2002 School Magazine

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Breanna Ryan: Haunting Memories MY name is Breanna Ryan and I'm from Beaudesert. I love my parents but especially my Dad. He was a great duck hunter, but we were poor and couldn't afford a dog He used to point to me and I'd have to fetch the ducks. it can get mighty cold swimming in those lakes with a dead duck in Your mouth. Ha Ha sucked You right in, didn't I?!I! But seriously I am from Beaudesert - amongst other country towns throughout Queensland. Beaudesert State Primary School was the largest one I attended with about 90 other little rascals in my grade Coming to Grammar in Year 8 was a milestone for me - 00 longer destined to a life of watching rugby league! After overcoming my initial dumb-founded ness. I thought I would never make it out alive, but here I am. I'm about to be set free, after serving a five-year sentence During my time on the inside I've been allowed h the exercise Yard to participate in volleyball, rowing. cricket. touch football and rhythmic gymnastics. The institution lent me a trumpet for a short while, but due to my lack of ability I was destined to lead a music-free existence. On my periodic releases, I attempted to social ise with the opposite sex but I had become a social mistit, instead taking to roller blade tenn's With my probation due shortly I've booked the first flight out of the country and won't be back for a Year. MY destination: South Africa. MY dream freedom, but nothing will erase the haunting memories of life as a boarder

Annabelle Vaughan: A Very Special Experience MY name is Annabelle Vaughan and I live near Warra. Warra is a country town on the Darling Downs, about an hour and a half away from Toowoomba. I grew up on a farm just outside the town, and I went to primary school In Brigalow, which 15 about 15 minutes away from my home. There were about 45 students at my primary school. When Ileft in Year 7, there were only three other girls in my grade. My mother was the Principal and my teacher for most of my time there I came to Grammar into Beanland House, knowing only one other person, and the change from primary to secondary school was unbelievable. I came from knowing only four or five other girls my age, to a school with over two hundred girls in my grade, and thirteen complete strangers who I would live with for the next five Years! During my time at Girls Grammar I have been involved in sailing, band, orchestra, choir, and a brief attempt at playing cricket! I have been lucky enough to be a House Group Senior for Year 10 Beanland this Year, which has also been a lot of fun. Next Year I am going to France on a Rotary EXchange, and when I return I hope to go to UO and complete a degree in Lawnournalism, Business Management or some combination of those three! Beng a Boarder at Grammar has been a very special experience for me. We arrived in Year 8 as coinp ete strangers, but we are eav'rig as more than fr'ends. Living together surpasses friendship; each girl must learn to cope with the d'fferent personality traits present. which can be quite difficult. Constant contact with each other makes it very hard to avoid confrontation. The Boarding House has given us so many memories, of both laughter and tears, and I don't think any of us fully appreciates just how much it has given us It never quite got the 'home away from home' feel that we had heard about, but there's 00 denying it has been a fantastic experience to have. Each of the girls that I have shared this time with are very good friends iaibeit hard to get along with occasionallyI. and I would like to thank them all for making my time in the Board'rig House as good as it has been