Browsing Category Social Issues

  • Death & Dying 11

    Death and the Bereavement Process – Why do we make it so Difficult?

    Most people in the world dread death. We tend to avoid talking about it, thinking about it and generally having anything to do with it. The fear is ...

    On March 16, 2021 / By / Photography by Matt Paul
  • Money 43

    Responsibly Spending Money

    Recently I was listening to a program on the radio and the presenter was talking about addictions. As I was driving I felt how relieved I was that ...

    On January 13, 2020 / By / Photography by Nico van Haastrecht
  • Greed/Corruption 34

    Shredding the Use of Fear-Based Advertising

    Recently I was discussing with a friend how ridiculous some of the current forms of advertising and marketing have become and he related a story to me about ...

    On January 6, 2020 / By / Photography by Benkt Haastrecht
  • Education 86

    The Child with the Green Tinted Brush

    Have you ever seen a group of soldiers marching in time, a mass of bodies with not one footstep out of place as they clump obediently to the ...

    On August 21, 2019 / By / Photography by Benkt Haastrecht
  • Global Issues 76

    To Flag the Truth

    Something occurred to me the other day when I noticed the U.S. flag was at ‘half-mast’ at my workplace after yet another mass shooting that occurred here in ...

    On July 19, 2019 / By / Photography by Nico van Haastrecht
  • Global Issues 266

    Waste

    Whilst thinking about writing this blog, I was pondering for how long I have had a problem with waste, and I would say that it has been for ...

    On December 26, 2018 / By / Photography by Benkt van Haastrecht
  • Sexism 463

    What Does it Mean to Be a Man?

    I sat on the train ride through the snowy mountains of eastern Switzerland, deeply occupied in my observation of all the curves that the snowfall had left, and ...

    On October 12, 2018 / By / Photography by Michael Brown
  • Colleagues 510

    “It’s Only a Test….”

    I was unexpectedly placed in the position of being forced to take a timed test quite recently. The surprise test was part of a professional development day – ...

    On September 4, 2018 / By / Photography by Nico van Haastrecht
  • Relationships 586

    Who’s the Boss?

    I recently realised that I, along with most other members of the teaching and auxiliary staff at school, usually refer to the principal in conversations as ‘the boss’. ...

    On June 13, 2018 / By / Photography by Nico van Haastrecht
  • Global Issues 584

    The Evil in War

    The dictionary’s definition of war is “a state of armed conflict between different countries, or different groups within a country.” (1) The word ‘war’ comes from the old ...

    On March 31, 2018 / By / Photography by Nico van Haastrecht