Book Review

I recently read a beautiful American book called Three Cups of Tea, it is a brilliant non-fiction that fascinated me. If you are interested in Islam, the Middle East, and how education can help a society help itself, this is an excellent book that looks at the issues and misconceptions surrounding the Middle East.

It follows the work of Greg Morrison as he sets up schools in Pakistan, making it highly relevant in to political issues still occurring today. The writing style is detailed and political -sometimes reading like political journalism, and can be hard to follow, but for he most part is a pleasure to read being interesting and often suspenseful in its story. Often it is also emotive as it allows you to sympathise with people we in the western world often have little insight about.

If you do become interested in the politics and work described in the book, donations can also be made to the case.

Words and Feminism

I found this on Facebook and thought it a perfect example of the power of words and their influence in our culture.
Enjoy -
Joss Whedon - Feminism

Creative writing group

Hey,

I'm thinking of starting a creative writing group in Gawler for teenagers and young adults. So I'm putting it out there, what sort of things would you like to see in a writers group? What days are best over the summer holidays? And any other ideas you think might work.

Thanks!
Meg

More Graphology

Okay - know it's been a while, but to make up for it I've done a little more research on Graphology.
I've learnt a few things, one being that if someone's writing gets smaller as they write it is a sign of intelligence as they are able to become more focused and concentrate harder the longer they write.
Also,

• angular writing is a a sign of aggressiveness
• people with larger handwriting are often more outgoing
• starting a words with a larger letter indicates tact
• long upper strokes indicates imagination e.g.-

Note these facts were taken from online previews of boodle books - 

What Handwriting Indicates: An Analytical Graphology By John Rexford and Graphology  By Ruth Gardner

Shadows Land

Hi everyone,
Sorry, due to the madness that is year 12 I have again been away for a while, however as a result of this difficult high school time I have got a few creative products of my work to share with you including the video below, Shadow's Land.
The video was my drama individual study, which I chose to do over the group performance, aka I was a bit mental. This has taken me blood, sweat and tears to complete, but it was worth it. Note, though the work, settings, and ideas are all mine, the music on this video was not, I give credit to Roberto Jonata and The Piano Guys for their wonderful compositions.

North and South

Hey, sorry I've been away, year twelve lives up to its name, free moments are hard to come by. However, I recently did manage to both read the book and watch the series North and South.
As a book first off, I loved it, the story is brilliant in how each character, whether major or minor, plays an intricate and crucial role in the story's plot,  however, I will admit, I think I liked the ending in the TV minnie series better.

The entire series was well acted and entertaining, and remained faithful to the book in most key areas. Though the ending was changed for the seres, I found immensely powerful and well done, perhaps one of the best romantic scenes I've ever seen. It's not often that a film production rivals it's book, but this series definitely did it well.

Often I find seres done on old classics either too modern in that they are unfaithful to the book, or quite accurate but not visually interesting, but I think this series balanced it quite well. Therefore, if you like old fashioned romances, like Jane Eyre or Pride and Prejudice, I highly recommend both the book and the seres.

Word Videos

On Face Book Ted Videos recent recently put up a link. Several fascinating talks and lectures about words, language and literature, I figured this was something I had to share.
So please enjoy!