I have just spent an hour or so reading blog posts on MySpace of some of my ex students who have now moved on from our school and I must say, they are fabulous writers. I would love to say I taught them everything they know, as I taught them all English at some stage […]

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“When I was cyber-bullied, first and foremostly, I felt violated, humiliated, anxious and upset. I wanted to hit the person back immediately.”

Tom Woods is a 16 year old boy who you may have heard of before. ‘Student cracks Government’s $84m p0rn filter’ (Herald Sun) was the first I’d heard of him. His latest feat ‘Schoolboy […]

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Yesterday at school the staff had a retreat day. We went to a place out of town in the hills. A Sister from the Marist order came to speak to us and draw our attention to the big picture. She asked some great questions and we recalled our intentions as Marist teachers. Our school motto that I […]

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In the last year of his life, my pa told me he’d made an appointment to see our local politician about an idea he had for solving the water problem. He told me to keep it to myself because others would say it couldn’t be done, but he’d thought it through and believed it was a viable option. […]

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 I love Amy Tan’s novels. “The Bone-Setters Daughter”, “The Joy Luck Club” and “The Kitchen God’s Wife” were very enjoyable reads for me and I will have to track down the ones I haven’t read yet and add them to the pile that is turning into a bookcase! Time for reading for me lately is […]

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Thanks to Rodney Olsen for bringing this to my attention. I find it quite powerful. Enjoy!
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One of my heroes for the past 12 years has been ‘Bucky’. I heard a very moving story about Bucky at a course I once attended called ‘Money and You’ in 1992, and promptly went out and read his book ‘Critical Path’. It was life-changing. I was told it was really hard to read because […]

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Today’s Age has a great article on true girl power: Sick of impossible princesses, real girls fight back. This type of news gives me great pleasure. Poor self image is very invasive this culture of unhealthy beauty. I will rest on this issue when I see normal images in the media and not distorted, air brushed, superficial, […]

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The Kite Runner was an enjoyable book for me on a number of levels. I learnt a bit more about Afghanistan. I felt compassion for the author and the errors he had made in his life. His recognition of his weaknesses and ultimate redemption were very heartwarming. I openly cried reading a part of the […]

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Yesterday I realised I needed to get away from the screen and the quiet house. I have enjoyed the new Aussie Bloggers Forum and getting this new address for myself, yet a wider world beckoned. So I went to my friend Wilma’s and spent the evening and day with her doing a bit of ‘personal growth’ work. […]

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