Calling on resilience or answering to adversity?
I have been a teacher for four years now: two years in the Teach for Australia program in country Victoria, and two years in…
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The Warmth of the Northern Territory
The first time I visited the Territory, I was welcomed with open arms by a crew of young people reigning from the tropical Top…
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English as a fourth language
“Dat one dere cheese, Miss!” These were the words of one of my Aboriginal students in French class, holding up a flash card with…
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Beyond TFA: an international perspective on disadvantage
After my two years teaching in regional Victoria with the Teach For Australia program, I had the opportunity to take on the final six…
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Joining the dots
This post comes in four tenuously linked parts. You could think of it like a terribly thought out collection of short stories, or a…
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Teacher-student relationships: mindful authenticity
As a new teacher navigates the enigmatic challenges that the profession throws up, it’s not so much that the goal posts shift, it’s that…
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Reasons I became a teacher
I have been lucky to hear Dave Faulkner from Education Changemakers speak twice in the past few weeks. Dave’s business card says that he…
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When reality sinks in
Education has held my hand my whole life. My parents, both university-educated, moved to Australia from Yugoslavia with their young children, on the basis…
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