Grammar Gazette - Issue 1, 2024

DR BRUCE ADDISON DEPUTY PRINCIPAL (ACADEMIC) A bit of COLLEGI A L LOVE might shake it all up S ome time ago philosopher John Ralston Saul (2001, p.4) made the following observations: REFLECTIONS ON HOPE, HUMANITY AND TEACHING

We are living in paradoxical times. One such paradox is the ever-present reality of destruction and loss operating alongside the wonder of possibility thinking and ingenuity. Our concept of humanity is being stretched and there are just so many tension points. We can count on one certainty and that is that passivity will create dire outcomes. As with so many things it all depends on the lenses through which we view the world. On a microscale, our current Australians of the Year, Professors Georgina Long AO and Richard Scolyer AO, are wonderful role models of hopeful excellence. They are medico scientists leading their field in melanoma

Any sense of power or powerlessness we have revolves around whether we believe we have the qualities with which we can have some effect on our destinies and on that of our society—not one great life-directing quality, but a whole range of them, all of equal importance, each with different roles. These permit us to change ourselves from passive to human beings.

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