July 2011
23 posts
‘there aren’t good people or bad people, just weak people and strong people. You have to surround yourself with strong ones, who let you be strong. Not weak that drain that strength from you’
I was told this last night and I love it. I like that it takes away from the notions of good and bad.
I’m now surrounded by strong people. I’m happy and confident and things...
Letting my generation down?
I had my first day of classes my second semester of my Masters today. In fact I’m in the middle of it, on my lunch break. My masters is in Education, but specifically in Career Guidance and Education, so we have a lot of sessions that bring up the differences between “Gen Y” and everybody else. How they’re lazy, they’re immature, they don’t set goals, that they...
“So you can keep your belief in whatever
I’ll wear my cynicism like a...”
– David Ford - Song for the Road
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Looking for Someone Sex, love, and loneliness on...
The obvious advantage of online dating is that it provides a wider pool of possibility and choice. In some respects, for the masses of grownups seeking mates, either for a night or for life, dating is an attempt to approximate the collegiate condition—that surfeit both of supply and demand, of information and authentication. A college campus is a habitat of abundance and access, with a fluid...
“Teachers have 2,000 social interactions a day whereas normal people will have in...”
– Phil Beadle http://www.abc.net.au/local/stories/2011/07/20/3274056.htm
“Education is the silver bullet. Education is everything. We don’t need little...”
– Sam Seaborn.
(via sparklesusannah)
Apology
Somewhere in my training I’m sure i was taught about the power of an apology. Probably in a restorative practises session. How it was helpful and healthy to have people in conflict sit down and discuss things in a safe, supportive environment and that a genuine apology can be incredibly useful for both people.
A genuine apology signifies that that person has thought about what they have...
