Siamang Apes, Western Plains Zoo, Dubbo
Lake Mulwala, Yarrawonga.
Milford Sound, New Zealand
Church of the Good Shephard, NZ
Lake Burley Griffin, Canberra
Jobs I have done: Gardener, Warehouseman, Programmer, Computer sales, Computer Administrator, Systems Programmer, Office Automation, IT Team Leader, IT Communications Specialist, IT Infrastructure Director, Operating Systems Specialist, Open Source Specialist, Applications Development Director, Theologian, Lecturer, Minister, Business Man, Handy Man, Teacher and many other jobs and interests on the way.
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I would fain grow old learning many things... --Plato
There are year 10 girls who are taller than I am here. It is easy to miss the lack of maturity in these students if we only judge based on the external.
By the time a student gets to year 10, they are well grown and have many of the physical attributes of adulthood. However if you watch them in a classroom or even school setting it is clear from their behaviour that they are still children. They talk in class, play with phones and ipods, wrestle etc. They often sit on the ground - something that has carried over from kindergarten.
Yet when responding to questions and being focused on the task you can see the maturity and understanding that is developing. It is important to understand the many viewpoints so that the response is the best for the student, drawing them on rather than either confirming that they are a child or being too far ahead and them failing to follow.