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May
22
2012

QOTW: Choose Your Musketeer

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I just finished re-reading Alexandre Dumas’s d’Artagnan Romances again – The Three Musketeers, Twenty Years Later, and The Vicomte de Bragelonne. It’s possibly the fifth time I’ve read these novels? I’m actually a chronic re-reader of my favourite novels (hello, Harry Potter, read about 20 times), as I find that I discover new interesting tidbits … Continue Reading

May
17
2012

Self-Entitlement And A Blame Everyone Else Mentality

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Okay, this just makes me really angry. A former student who is suing Geelong Grammar School says she decided to seek damages after she failed to qualify for her preferred university course. Rose Ashton-Weir, 18, alleges Geelong Grammar gave her inadequate academic support, particularly in maths. Seeking compensation in the Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal, … Continue Reading

Mar
08
2012

Kony 2012: A Charity Perspective

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If you haven’t yet heard of Kony 2012, you’ve probably been living under a rock for the past 24 hours. Put simply, it is one of the fastest and most pervasive guerrilla charity awareness campaigns I’ve seen. It has circled the globe a million times over and almost half of my Facebook friends list has … Continue Reading

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