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Reflections
November 24, 20172

Education: knowledge, skills, values

Seeing me wandering aimlessly around the kitchen during my first cooking class, Mrs Loke asked me, ‘Girl, what are you doing?’ ‘I’m looking for an egg...

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Reflections
November 17, 20172

Motivation: money, mastery and meaning

Although I said last week that I would write about the Australian education system, I found that I had to take a step back and write about motivation first. Both my husband...

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Reflections
November 13, 20170

a time to throw away stones, and a time to gather stones together — Season to Journal

Thank you so much, Susanne Timpani, for allowing me to contribute this guest post on your blog, Season to journal. For everything there is a season, and a time for every...

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Reflections
November 10, 20178

Swooping magpies and fake news

One false step has made me the target of swooping magpies. Is this how fake news begins?

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Book progress update
November 3, 20170

How Kathleen Rushton put the steel back in me

Many things can get a girl down. How she looks. How much she earns. Whether she climbs the corporate ladder. Whether she cares for her children herself. Whether she has...

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