Browsing Category Social Issues
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Social Issues 13
What Was it Really Like to Get Tattoos?
When I turned 18, I connected with everything that turning 18 apparently meant. At 18 I could now drink. At 18 I could now have a full car ...
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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 ...
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Money 44
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 ...
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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 ...
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Education 77
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 ...
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Global Issues 72
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 ...
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Global Issues 250
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 ...
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Sexism 426
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 ...
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Colleagues 455
“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 – ...
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Relationships 520
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’. ...
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