Loveday Writing

How do you react (if at all) to any of these words: Collingwood Magpies/Cricket/Brisbane Broncos?** Collingwood Magpies: I think of my mother who madly supports them. Cricket: I think of boredom and the men in my life who somehow love it and watch it every summer. Brisbane Broncos: I think of how I know nothing about Rugby and the only

Do you have to love teachers to learn from them? (John Le Vert, paraphrased)** Not necessarily, although in my experience if you liked your teachers, learning from them was a lot easier and a lot more fun. In school, I never had any teachers I hated, but I didn’t enjoy having to learn from teachers I didn’t like.   **Reference:

Write about a time when you cried in public** One example that stands out to me is 23 March 2011 when I found out that a friend of mine, George Matchett had passed away. At that particular point in time, I heard the news from a friend of mine and saw several posts relating to his death but no-one had

Describe all the triumphs of your life** -Being (wrongly) diagnosed with an intellectual disability and my parents being told that I would need to be in special classes all through school, only to end up being in mainstream classes a year later and ended up doing the HSC. -Finally getting my full Drivers Licence after three failed attempts. -Having my

What’s the worst thing about growing up?** I think the worst thing about growing up is realising that you are completely responsible for yourself and one day you are going to be completely alone, like I am now. While there is the freedom of making your own choices, the payoff is that you have to make responsible choices all on