In grade 10, the Australian Defence Force recruitment team came to our school to put on a big whiz-bang presentation to convince us all to sign up. I went to a Bogan school, which was situated in walking distance from a prison and where newbie teachers did their time before going to nicer less angry [...]

At our story meeting today we discussing the smoking tax and bumming ciggies from people and chain smokers. This conversation instantly led me to have a flash back to when, in primary school I was billeted to stay with a creepy old fat man chain smoker, out in country NSW when I was competing at [...]

Today it was reported that some schools are considering abolishing the role of the school librarian and replacing them with the internet. I know! Who will stack the shelves and write abusive letters home about lost or defaced books? The school library holds many memories for me, none of which are about books or reading. [...]