Why can't I change my header picture?
Why won't the Australian government do the right thing for once?
Why is almost all my assessment due within the space of 5 days?
Why does all my research indicate that recent changes in development policy by the World Bank and IMF are only tokenistic and that ideologically driven neo-liberal policy will continue to shaft the developing world?
Why do the Americans insist on pursuing a mulititude of bilateral free trade agreements at the expense of the the multilateral system?
and finally,
How do people distort evidence so ruthlessly to pursue a partisan political cause that achieves nothing?
Cartharsis. I feel much better now. Not that I was feeling that irritated in the first place - that outburst was more related to not being able to change my header image than any political antagonism I may hold to the incumbent Aussie government.
Coz hey, the world's looking pretty cool at the moment, as far as I'm concerned. Been back two weeks since a brief trieste to Germany for the
SIFE World Cup, an amazing 10 days in which we made the final against all expectations, met some amazing people from business and around the world, partied hard and just generally had fun and exchanged ideas. Even got to hear one of Canada's finest, Stuart Knight .
Apart from the thrills of an all-expenses paid (and free suit) trip to Germany, Uni's been cruising along up until I got back, when reality hit and I noticed that I had a semester's assessment to do in about 4 weeks. VCEnet has been rolling along nicely, as I've now started on the fun process of editing next years content - about 50 down, 550 to go.
On the upside, I'm speaking on a panel at Plan's Children as Partners conference in a few weeks, on the topic of Young people in Business. Should be a hoot, with heaps of people involved in the youth and community sectors in attendence for 2 days of post-exam excitement. And, I may even get some ideas for the University, who are in the process of redesigning their key student leadership programs, SALP (Student Ambassador Leadership Program). I could hope that they'd send along some of the senior Uni staff ... Melbourne Uni is currently embrioled in a major fiasco over the role of the Student Union, the Uni having frozen the Union's $12 million funding agreement after claims of corruption, incompetence and probably lots more I don't know about.
I'm rambling ... which is what happens when I should be writing an assignment on Young People's Perceptions of Citizenship, or one on something to do with Learning and Language acquisition. Oh well, until the next time I attempt to change my header image when meaning to write an assigment.
Mossy
