Power in the School Yard

Schools have always interested me. Being a part of the schooling system for 12 years, I have learned a lot on how they work and operate – especially at the high school level. Many schools, no matter their academic record – have hypocrisy breeding within them. Examples include the fact that mobile phones are not [...]

A New Year, A New Decade, 2010

To all my readers, I wish you a Happy New Year! Hopefully, you all have set your new year’s resolutions and will see them through the coming year. I am sure the turn of the decade will bring some excitement and thrills which we would not normally expect. I hope it will be a brilliant [...]

1st Year Anniversary

Today marks one year since I started writing on this blog. The first couple of months were back in the olden days of Blogger. Ironically, it was also quite inactive – with posts at a rate of a couple per month. That all changed when I approached the holidays. I was suddenly filled with ideas, [...]

The Climate Change Dilemma

Climate Change and Global Warming are terms which have floated around the globe since the 1950s. However, no-one took these terms and their implied meaning seriously. Governments let these terms pass over their heads and ignored the situation at hand. Now, in the early 21st century, the world is faced with the stark reality of [...]

Petitions vs. Protest

If there is an issue whether domestic (within the country) or international, there are two ways to bring it into a national perspective. You can gather up signatures for petitions and hand it to the federal government or you can simply cause mass havoc in the middle of a major city. Over the years, many [...]

How To Get Votes

In a democratic system, voting is essential in order to become a leader for anything. Voting is the key principle used in determining who the head of the state is to who the sports club captain. Recently, schools would have had elections for form captains, SRC representatives, house captains etc. However, the one position (or [...]

Social Networks Slump

I must say that I have become very addicted to Facebook, Myspace and the good old MSN. You could say that it has become a part of my life! Well, I have had those three for well over three years, and I have seen my contact list grow exponentially. Recently, to my horror, I have [...]

Work Experience?

Work Experience is something that is required to be completed under the current educational system. It is also something that is highly preferred by employers as it shows “interest” in a particular field. Most students are often excited to do work experience as they would want to know the technicalities of their favourite career. However, [...]

2009 Is Here!

Happy New Year, my faithful readers and I wish to pass on my season greetings to you all. 2009 may bring many changes to people’s lives and the world in general. Some of these changes may have carried on from 2008 such as the USA President Elections or the Global Financial Crisis. I am sure [...]

Competition – VCE’s hidden killer [Part 3]

[Continued from Part 2...] Before I continue, I would like to say I am so sorry for making this post this big…but this, I find is an interesting issue. So I urge you to keep reading. In addition to keeping track of your in-class performance, there are some who keep track of the resources you [...]