Politics
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Peace is the freedom to be yourself
As a member of the LGBTQIA+ community our road to peace requires the courage to be ourselves. Only freedom to be ourselves grants us real peace.
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An education farce – NAPLAN 2023 an exercise in data manipulation
NAPLAN has always been a flawed measure. This year tit might boarder on farcical with the system with new levels an example of data manipulation.
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Ignorance, the root of all evil
This might seem somewhat condescending to suggest that ignorance bothers me the most as it implies a confidence in my own knowledge but stick with me. Ignorance and a refusal to seek information impacts our ability to build understanding and therefore contributes to many of the world’s problems. This is true for discrimination and poverty…
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Passion is what makes us Great
In one word, what makes a teacher great is passion but it is not quite as simple as as it sounds. Often when we talk about passionate teachers it is assumed we mean about the job in general but that is really an overview. A great teacher will be driven through three main sources of…
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Breaking the sporting binary – trans participation in sport.
A more reasoned approach to the trans participation in sport debate that unpacks some old myths and inherent sexism to present an alternat way forward.
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Keeping teachers in the classroom
It is obvious that Australia has serious problems in the education with teacher retention. Here is my breakdown of why people are fleeing the profession.
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HP and resisting community expectations
Since speaking my truth, one of the most frustrating things has been the expectations we as a community place on each other and would be allies.
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Rethinking the 26th of January
In recent memory the 26th of January otherwise known as Australia Day or Invasion Day depending on a person’s cultural awareness has become a day marked by hostility, division, and insensitivity. However, simply changing the date as the increasingly defining calls will inevitably achieve is a simplistic and potentially harmful outcome. Instead, it falls to…