For those who don’t know: Last Thursday 27 August, a girl in Year 11 died whilst skiing at Perisher Valley yesterday. Please read this SMH article to understand what is written below. Tomorrow, I’ll write an analysis of today’s media coverage. Today, we witnessed a tragedy, spirit and camaraderie. The events of today were attended [...]
Archive for the 'Reflection' Category
August 27 2009
Reflection Statement
Tomorrow (Friday) is the deadline for HSC English Extension 2 major works. As part of their work, a reflection statement is written to, supposedly, ‘reflect’ on the major work they have composed. This week, the phrase has been uttered many times, in different ways, expressions and the like. Given that Year 12 finish school in [...]
August 21 2009
Here we are
Six weeks ago, many of us never thought that this day would come. For the last two weeks, I and everyone in year 12 have had trial examinations. These are the final school assessments before the HSC exams in October. I must say, that even with all the hype surrounding Trial exams, everyone handled it [...]
July 30 2009
Phone in a jar.
This afternoon, I put my iPhone in a glass jar. It was nothing special; I just thought it looked nice in a glass jar. While carrying this around the place, I encountered conversations that went a bit like this: Someone: Why have you got your phone in a jar? Me: Long story. Some people were [...]
July 20 2009
Optimism + recount
I’d like to talk today about optimism. I think it is great to be optimistic about what you do and think. Often it allows us to focus and forget about things that have passed. But how much optimism is too much? Is it unhealthy due to its ability to cover up our shortcomings? I recently [...]
June 16 2009
Marketing an Extreme Sport
Extreme sports need extreme forms of marketing. Take extreme ironing for example. If you ever see an ad about it, you normally see some enthusiastic person overdoing the ironing action. The “extreme sport” of debating has had its fair share of clever marketing campaigns over the years. This year at school, our 1st Debating team [...]
June 6 2009
From the Archive: Recollections of a Camp: Day 1
This is a post I wrote in November of 2007. It was about the first day of the Yr 10 Camp. At the time, I felt the need to document it, as the days surrounding it were interesting. Anyway, here it is. It was the day after the formal. All the glitz and glamour from [...]
May 24 2009
Inherit the Wind
A few people have asked me to write a review of Barker’s Year 11 play, “Inherit the Wind”, because they themselves couldn’t get to the play. Having seen it yesterday night, it’s fine. Note that the powers that be have forbidden me to use people’s names, so I’ll write about it in context. “He that [...]
May 10 2009
Weeks 1 and 2
Well, the first two weeks of term 2 have passed. I have to say, that it hasn’t been as pressured as last term. Finally I have some free time on the weekend (at least that’s why I’m writing tonight). I’m glad that this time has been sufficient to plan how this term will unfold. You [...]
May 2 2009
Statistics from the Holidays
Below are a set of statistics from the holidays past. A couple of holidays ago, I wrote a page of haikus to describe the three weeks of that holiday. This time, by compiling a set of statistics, I’ve done something different. If there are any that you want more info on, drop a comment below. [...]
