Grammar Gazette- Issue 1, 1996

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Girls in cy erspace Allhe moment w are experienc- The age of Cyberspace has dawned. mar school senior class of 1996 will ing a monumental infonnaiion revolu- The way to literscy is now via coin- turn 21 in the year 2000. marking their lion. The computer is rapidly replac- purers to the internet. The goal-posts transition from youth to adulthood. it ingihebook. Themternethasarrived. for women's success have been 15 The world's Ironsition into a new Cyberspace. on-line. Ihe net. hackers. shifted. Once again boys have the ceniury. a new millennium. Preseni the infomtaiion superhighway are Ihe advantagebecauseboyshavegoithere Ginmmar Girls' will be Ihe firsi. re words which will Iak us in10the fu- first. Their message 10 women re- male genemtion of adults in the 21st lure. They are the vocabulary of the mainsthesame. Keep-Out. Coinpui- century. Our generation can. and we new type of literacy - computer Iii- ersaretechnologyandiechnologyisa must. sellhe pace for women for the eracy in cyberspace "man's world". There's no place for rest of that century. We cannoi Just Dieracy is always the pass- women there leave the boystoplay with their'toys word for inclusion. and it is always At present there are over 30 Because the computer is not a toy; it is something women havehadtostruggle million people in over 50 countries the siteorwealth. power andinnuence for. Having access to schooling and aroundtheworldlinkedtotheintemet. now and in the future. Women cannot un, vetsities. even to careers has only Over 94% of these users are mule. afford to be marginalised or excluded beenarelatively, rew thing for women. Men have more computers. spend from this new medium. if we believe into taken until 1990s for wonren nine line with them. and are lire even for a minute. that boy are jus to gall 50% or the places in universi- dorntnaiing presence in cyberspace. naturelly better with computers than ties. Since1875. BrisbaneGirls' Gram- The internet is male-territory. The girls. we are going to have as hard a mar School has provided women with internetinhomes. businesses andeven fighlon our hands securing a place for the OPPmniity for a libeml. broad hereinourclassmnmshaspomogra- women in cyberspace. as our based education. However, 11 is only phy and violence against women in- 'foremoiher' had to create a basically recently thawehavebeenouipertorm- cocooniedinto its sysiem. No effort equalsociety today. And if we loseihe inglheboys' schools. Althoughin this is involved in getting non the screen. right. we will go into Ih 21st century mistsncetheoppofu, nity fortheanequal the only effortis keeping it off. Many from tilesamestartingpointthatwomen education hasbeen available lowomen of the computer games which cineu- went into this century - a long way for a considersble time. social con- late depict hornfic acts of violence. behind men. Future female genera strumts were placed on women to pre- with apreference for violenceagainst lions will waste years in calching up ven their emancipation. in the past women. This is mainly because they We. as women have to lake part men defined a womens place as being are designed by men. for men. and in making and shaping the cyber SOCi inche home. notin the "worldofmen". Iherefore reflect men's "interests"! ety. or we risk becoming the outsiders in business or the professions. Girls There are no womenin charge or any we will become the infomiaiion-poor are genemlly viewed us being better significant are of computer hardware as women were for so long after the than boys at reading and writing and of software design. produciion ordis- introduction of print. When iteomes to Ihis hasbeen an advantagewhen books inbullon. mislefiio women to design cyberspace. men haveihe power. Burn havebeenih mediumotlearningand software 10r women. to develop a doesn't have to slay, his way. and it teaching. However. we umexperienc- computer literacy that is woman can't. There is nothing opiional any ing a culluml change. The skills of mendly. But there are no women longer abouicompuierinvolvemeni. The linency women had to perfect to coin- there. There are no women ensuring electronic medium us now the way we pere and be successful. to lake a place that the reinale sex gets a fool in make senseofihe world. andihisis why in todays world are now becoming cyberspace women have 10 be full members of the obsolete. The age of print is ending The Brisbane Girls' Grim- computer CUI Is History about learning lists of other peoples' important facts? The flower powersixiies pronio, cd ithkld immunesin ac. meal mmua ms. tirelulngitha war o nets Is hat personal experience, creativity and mad to aniculare inir own berets slip wittier wilfulcapitolle"ers? ."esumbly jinaginalion. us ways of undersinnd- pitted by evide, ree toy have gaitsad I shid net onmuni on tile list which ingiheworld. Thusaccordingto Bruce am tieriimd10 haleleumii Grointi winimis sinnld bamnre o Wilson knowledge and reason were nude SLre's use of lire word "hare- mittsioricalhawledgeul^ing replaced in our History classrooms. filmy. 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At Brisbane Girls' Grammar School. everyone is encouraged 10 voice her opinions through a range or venues. Whether you choose 10 write a leiier to Ihe Ediior or the Groinmar Gazelle. make a speech to a group or people or become a member of one or school' s many groups organisations. everyone has the right and the freedom. to voice Iheir and As Australians and students at Girls' Grammar. we have many opportunities to express our feelings and to point out what we think needs opinions and ideas

One of Ihe greatest ridvan, ages or living in a country such as Austinlia is usually taken for granied. We don't appreciate our freedom 10 speak and be heard because it has become a way or life. Sometimes. however. when we see countties like China run over their students with funks. or the Indonesian millmry slaughter over a third of the East Timorese copulaiion we are forced 10 think aboutjus, how We take for eranted being able 10 stand up and share our opinions and ideas with others. The Tiananmen Square demonsimtors were shoi while trying to do the same. Through letters to newspapers and magazines an individual has the opportunity to be heard by the whole country without rearof being persecuted orprosecuied But do we wake up every morning lucky we are

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Congratulations on your and Ihink I'm lucky 10 be alive, I'm lucky to be Australian! I'm lucky 10 outs"riding effort at publishing via live in such a great place! Ihe internet. I was impressed with No. We wake up and rush to gel your selection of Adobe Acrobat ready because we've sleptihroughihe 10rma, as a platform-independent alarm and only haveien minutes 10 gel solution 10 file transfer. Way to go! to school or work. or we get up and Technical slurf aside. I read with grumble because we haven'I had interest several pages or the Gareiie enough sleep What a marvellous program you have Sure we have our fair share of and what able students! One can problems: the unemployment rate. allnos, feel Ihe spirii or the conquest naiionaldebi. only gelling a B on your o life. as if 11 werej"51 one mole rock report card when you think you really waH to be clinibed. There is a quote deserved an A tinthis rrom Churchill, whichlcannoi When you pun Ihese dilemmas on just now recall - though perhaps you a world scale. Ihey're very small. can) to Ihe effect that Ihose young irisignificaniproblems. The hardships people who do noi set ou, to conquer Australians endured during Ihe life have 501.1ehow missed Ihe point - Depression and World War it are a and the fun! Your group obviously consianl situaiion for people living makeq no misiake abou, it today in places such as Ethiopia Busl regards Bangladesh or Zaire. Lucky we are G. N. Bushey 100. in being oneo, then chest couniry Nashville. Tennessee. USA

Editorial Committee

Editor Sub-Editor/ Sport Sub-Editor/School News Illustraior Staff Consultanis

Cailin Mallhew Freyr Pailerson Susanna Siegal Mirinda Youngs

foul Benneii. Krisiine Cooke Ann Farlcy and John Rowell

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