2002 School Magazine

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editorial magazine

Staff Consultants

Editorial

Student Committee

During this Year. I have spent some of my holidays in Jakarta, Indonesia. Most recently I was there in October. and arrived back in Australia less than two weeks before the awful attacks in Bali. This is. to say the least. a sobering experience When In Jakarta. even for small periods of time, one experiences what seems to be a completely different world to the one we experience in Australia. The vast majority of Indonesians live in what those of the Western world would consider terrible poverty. The streets are filthy, road ru es appear not to exist, and puncturing the air every couple of hours, depending where You are, is the distinctive sound of the many inuezzins calling their worshippers to prayer. Tiny kindergarten children wander along the streets, often in groups of two or three, with 00 fear or worry of being hit by the aforementioned awful traffic - although admitted Iy, the smaller suburban streets are used less for cars and more for pedestrians. bicycle-driven carriages called becoks and the warungs - street-side shops which are the main source of income for many families As I moved between Australia and Indonesia, it has been sobering to compare the lives of students at this school to the average teenage girl living in what is the largest Islamic country in the world. it made me sad to realise that most school students cannot dream of going to university. and are lucky to make it to the highest level at secondary school. Many of them are destined for careers as food sellers. staff in wealthier and expatr'ate households, and traffic controllers. Many of them will never escape their local kompun9, virtually a sprawling grotto of dank, two-roomed 'houses: How different to our own situation. Most of us live in comfort and stability, in relatively happy families, and are planning careers as doctors. lawyers. scientists, teachers, orjust about anything we can dream of. University is something we take for granted. This is not the case in so many places throughout the world - notjust for girls, but for almost everyone We are so lucky to live in Australia, and although our region is perceived as increasingly unstable. this is still just about the safest, happiest place to live in the world. Our School also affords us the privilege of an education that extends far beyond the Years we attend. We are granted the opportunity to achieve our dreams, and this is something we should never take for granted

Philippa Davie IEdito Charlotte Churchill

Mrs Ann Farley Mrs Debra Adams Mrs 18cqueline Colwill Mrs Kristine Cooke Mrs Torii Reddacliff

Lena Constantin

Jordan Dreitzner

A1yce Frew Cheryn Goh Arooke Kahawita

Mr John Rowell

Mrs Sandra Richardson

Mrs Anne Stubbing ton Mrs Linda Thomas

Kavita Paw

Yolanda Torresan

Members of the MDgozine Committee mufting finol cruelol decisibns

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School Photographers it-Rj: Kotrino IDFreson, Alexondro Vennrdos, Sow Choj Churlotte Churchi!I, VOIDndo IDFreson, Kobano Mohoroge

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