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Year 9s March and 'Sleep' Over against child slavery
Toorak College Year 9's organised a march into our local village and slept over at the school to raise awareness and funds for the fight against child slavery - Jenny and Linda have posted more details about these events. I was delighted to be a part of such a motivated, enthusiastic and incredibly well organised group of young women as they engaged in rowdy and meaningful collaborative action. I hope those just wanting a quiet lunch break in Mt Eliza felt the same...
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I discovered the Charter for Compassion this weekend too when they sent me an email encouraging me to tweet about their project's aims. I did this. Here's the link for the Australian vieo that was compiled to support their cause; http://bit.ly/3yKfZJ
Angela, your post is very helpful to me at this point. I am spending a great deal of time with my students talking about non-negotiables such as respect, citizenship, and cooperation. We are making progress, but I have been looking for something e...
Over the weekend, I had a very long conversation with someone I love about the wars that have been waged over religion. It was suggested that no wars are ever truly about this but that religious differences always provide a convenient cover story ...
Katie, I can understand exactly where you are coming from. There is so much happening here right now and I would love to be getting more of the students from my school involved, but our reality is that we are hitting wind down. Like you, my hopes ...
Were you inspired to write this after reading Mrs. Leach's poem Stephanie?
That is the plan. Being aware they have an audience beyond the classroom should become a positive for them. Some of my Year 10 students were discussing a personal blog set up by one of them this morning. They were distracted from their assignment ...
I love the last line. Shakespeare often wrote about immortalization through verse in his sonnets and this is what I am reminded of in the last stanza. The Global Poetry Project has just welcomed another genius. Please continue to share your poetry...
I love the second stanza. While standing for and hoping for are both essential at different times, it all boils down to being proactive or reactive. This poem has captured a universal human instance. The direct address left me feeling uncomfortabl...
"They are not used to using these forums in the school setting and many are savvy enough to realise it will make them more accountable in demonstrating productivity for the course."
You know, I can remember when Laura first started her 25 Days to...
Great rhyme and rhythm in this piece. Tricky to pull off--great work! Great message!
The students have had some great ideas but we have struggled to get them off the ground. One that seems to be coming together is an initiative to raise awareness of the Zaidee Rainbow Foundation. This foundation encourages others to donate their o...
Hi Stephanie,
I really like the rhyme scheme in this poem. It reminds me of some of the poetry of a man called William Butler Yeats. He wrote in the same style and his poems often dealt with weighty issues, as yours does. This poem makes me consi...
I completely and utterly agree with this. I see so many people who have so called "good" values and morals in life look at others as though they are the scum of the earth because they were born differently than them. It's not right that so many pe...
If the battle cry is given,
and the drums of war begin,
would you fight to save the peaceful,
or let the grief sink in?
Would you stand for all you know,
if the price became to steep?
Or would you swallow all your worries,
and hope to hell they l...
I really appreciate the subtle point you make about the ways in which we judge people based upon what they do or do not accomplish. People who don't finish school do lose quite a bit of status in our world, but I can think of so many people who ha...
Hmmmm....and I'm wondering...is it possible to make the world a better place without making ourselves better? And is it possible to make ourselves better without making the world better? I'm really curious about how you would answer this, Kathryn....
Catherine---Wow. This is like a much needed slap in the face ; ) What a great example of how we can use poetry to make necessary statements and illuminate serious issues. Provocative.
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