program was erected to illustrate equality in our films and consequently in the Australian way of life. In film‚ one can view a distinctively Australian aspect on equality‚ as many key characters reject the idea of a social caste system. The Castle‚ Rabbit Proof Fence and the Kelly gang all prominently display the Australian aspect of egalitarianism‚ by ignoring or rebelling against unfair laws and boundaries set by social class structuring. In The Castle‚ Darryl Kerrigan‚ a middle-class tow truck
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Feedback is considered by many education experts to be one of the most important elements of assessment for student learning as well as being a crucial influence on student learning (Brown‚ Harris & Harnett‚ 2012). Feedback‚ when applied effectively‚ can result in an increase in learner satisfaction and persistence as well as contributing to students taking on and applying more productive learning strategies. Feedback is a powerful strategy for teachers of all subjects and grade levels to use
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The first group we belong to‚ the family has more influence than any other group on forming our identity. Knowing who we are and where we belong to makes us feel happy and secure. Family is always the first and forever group that we belong to. They have more influence than any other group in shaping our identity. Other group like friends also help shape our identity but to a lesser extent. Family offers environment in which a person learns early‚ at the same time family is the first source of
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Rabbit Proof Fence in the context of Australian identity: In the introductory lecture our attention was focused on a number of core themes which run throughout the course. One such theme was the concept of a nation and the way in which cultural products of the nation shape our sense of identity. Rabbit Proof Fence is an important film to examine within this context as it is the first international film to examine the issue of Australia’s Stolen Generation. The film brought the story of the
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How the rabbit stole the fire How the rabbit stole the fire is written by Joanna Troughton. This book is a folk tale because the story would have been past down form generation to generation before it was made into a book. In the story’s orientation the characters of the sky people are introduced and the setting of the forest is also captured beautifully with illustrations.The usually is that the animals need fire for warmth in the upcoming winter.The sky people foreshadowed that the rabbit was a
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We all dream of a better life We all know about living the dream‚ My family and I left the Kabul for Pakistan in 1995. Our dream was a better life a life which we could sleep a night with peace a life which we could walk with no fair. Me and my father we were working as labour for a small company‚ it was 50/km far from our home and we were going there by my dad`s bicycle. The work was hard everything was hard there‚ but when I was coming home and looking that my brothers and sisters are having
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Quote 1 They’ve learned their lesson after Gogol. They’ve learned that schools in America will ignore parents’ instructions and register a child under his pet name. The only way to avoid such confusion‚ they have concluded‚ is to do away with the pet name altogether‚ as many of their Bengali friends have done. (3.56) Poor Gogol. As the first born‚ he’s the guinea pig for Ashoke and Ashima. The lessons they learn from raising him prepare them for the challenges of raising their second child‚ who
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Witness Recount In his "Brer Rabbit Stories"‚ nineteenth- century author Joel Chandler Harris offers a collection of colorful folkloric tales where he portrays vividly his childhood south. To paint a more accurate image of his stories‚ Chandler uses stereotypical characters of the region in his narrative; there is intrinsically no real plot but an old man entertaining a young boy. The author also exploits the vernacular of the region to convey his message and insist on their traditional and cultural
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I leap onto the hot‚ dry sand as it screeches under my burning feet‚ bolting with speed down to the water‚ so eager. The surfboard feeling heavy under my arm after trekking from home in the scorching summer’s heat. I dive in and it actually feels like heaven‚ exhilarating‚ yet I have never felt so alive. I paddle over a clean 3 foot wave rolling in and over towards my anxiously waiting mates‚ anticipating the next sets to come through. I finally get out the back of the waves and sit up on my board
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The greatest pain in life is not that of the physical kind. It is not loss. It is not death. But it is to be ignored. Excluded. Alone. I’m like a tree. A dead tree‚ who stands alone in a field of emptiness. Sadness. My bark is flaking‚ falling‚ fading. I am fading. My leaves curl and crumble. They are brown‚ dead‚ ugly. But you‚ you are a beautiful tree‚ whose branches stretch across the sky‚ far and wide. Whose leaves are a bright‚ luminescent green in the spring‚ and a rich‚ ruby red in the autumn
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