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It had occurred both to Mr. Nishant Petra and myself, that we attend a MULTICULTURAL school:

mul·ti·cul·tur·al
   /ˌmʌltiˈkʌltʃərəl, ˌmʌltaɪ-/ Show Spelled[muhl-tee-kuhl-cher-uhl, muhl-tahy-]
adjective
"of, pertaining to, or representing several different cultures or cultural elements: a multicultural society"

Indeed, you would expect that in a MULTICULTURAL school, all cultures are equally represented (not necessarily equally followed- that is entirely dependent upon the demographic of the school populace, something not within our control) : after attending that bogus scripture seminar a couple of weeks ago, it has come to our attention that all cultures are NOT equally represented - we are overwhelmingly exposed to Christianity (i generalise here: both a mixture of protestantism and catholicism) both in compulsory Scripture seminars, and through the only religion-oriented group in the school: Soul Purpose.

Now, not anything against those guys, but overexposure to a singular facet of a cultural can lead to cultural ignorance, and the formation of a seamless 'monoculture', or as Jimmy described it:
'misconceptions'

Indeed, I myself do not know enough about the world's various religions: it is something we must seek to correct: ignorance may be bliss, but ignorance can, and eventually does lead to conflict.

And so: to the point. Mr Petra and I have invited representatives from individual religious organizations to tell us a little about their religion at lunch time: these will be purely informative, and will NOT attempt to convert/bag out any other religions.

The first speaker will be from the Auburn Gallipoli Mosque, and he will be telling us a little about Islam. Dates have not been confirmed yet, but listen out for it in daily notices. In the following weeks, we shall hopefully have representatives from 'The Greater Synagogue' in Sydney City (yes, that is why I was away today, i went and had a chat), somebody from Sydney Buddhist Centre, a Hindu Speaker etc. We are open to suggestions and feedback (and encouragement/help :) ), so please give us a shout out
Baulko Year 12, for your quest for knowledge/greater awareness of the world around you, I hope to see you there!

Until the day after tomorrow (my turn to post),
Ciao!

Krishna

We are two very cool friends who went to Baulko :)

TALK TO ME :)


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It had occurred both to Mr. Nishant Petra and myself, that we attend a MULTICULTURAL school:

mul·ti·cul·tur·al
   /ˌmʌltiˈkʌltʃərəl, ˌmʌltaɪ-/ Show Spelled[muhl-tee-kuhl-cher-uhl, muhl-tahy-]
adjective
"of, pertaining to, or representing several different cultures or cultural elements: a multicultural society"

Indeed, you would expect that in a MULTICULTURAL school, all cultures are equally represented (not necessarily equally followed- that is entirely dependent upon the demographic of the school populace, something not within our control) : after attending that bogus scripture seminar a couple of weeks ago, it has come to our attention that all cultures are NOT equally represented - we are overwhelmingly exposed to Christianity (i generalise here: both a mixture of protestantism and catholicism) both in compulsory Scripture seminars, and through the only religion-oriented group in the school: Soul Purpose.

Now, not anything against those guys, but overexposure to a singular facet of a cultural can lead to cultural ignorance, and the formation of a seamless 'monoculture', or as Jimmy described it:
'misconceptions'

Indeed, I myself do not know enough about the world's various religions: it is something we must seek to correct: ignorance may be bliss, but ignorance can, and eventually does lead to conflict.

And so: to the point. Mr Petra and I have invited representatives from individual religious organizations to tell us a little about their religion at lunch time: these will be purely informative, and will NOT attempt to convert/bag out any other religions.

The first speaker will be from the Auburn Gallipoli Mosque, and he will be telling us a little about Islam. Dates have not been confirmed yet, but listen out for it in daily notices. In the following weeks, we shall hopefully have representatives from 'The Greater Synagogue' in Sydney City (yes, that is why I was away today, i went and had a chat), somebody from Sydney Buddhist Centre, a Hindu Speaker etc. We are open to suggestions and feedback (and encouragement/help :) ), so please give us a shout out
Baulko Year 12, for your quest for knowledge/greater awareness of the world around you, I hope to see you there!

Until the day after tomorrow (my turn to post),
Ciao!

Krishna

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March 2010 April 2010 May 2010 June 2010 July 2010 August 2010 September 2010 October 2010 September 2011 October 2011 November 2011 December 2011


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