The fine line. A chat with teens.
In my Drama class recently – boys and girls aged approx. 16 – we were discussing Absurd Theatre. This type of theatre looks at the existentialist view that we are born from nothing; live a fairly...
View ArticleMy 2 cents: Rape and drinking.
There has recently been a raging debate on the Internet, since Emily Yoffe wrote an article called, College Women: Stop Getting Drunk. Basically – Girls, if you don’t want to get raped – don’t drink...
View ArticleThe Internet + my 11 year old daughter.
This year, our school has started down the technology education road and we’ve had to purchase an iPad for my 11 year old daughter. It has been a mildly tiresome and frustrating transition, having both...
View ArticleShould supermarkets be selling soft porn?
Location: Coles – one of the major Australian supermarket chains. Area: Magazine Section In the past I have merely done this: But today – Wed 7th Jan – I decided I would say something, when I saw...
View ArticleTo Year 12…
A few weeks ago, I was the guest speaker at a Yr 12 Final Assembly. A Drama teacher friend of mine, and this particular cohort’s Year Adviser, had asked me if I would give them a little sending off...
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