I'm a Baby Boomer - the best generation!! I am a school teacher (I specialise in Information Resource Management - that means I'm the librarian, "shhhhhhh" - and Information & Communications Technology - that means computers!) My ethnic background is: Indian (dad), Kiwi (mum),I am married to an Australian born Greek, Peter, and the father of my beautiful and brilliant niece was Cambodian. Our Best Man is Chinese. I teach in a VERY multicultural school. As you can see, I have embraced cultural diversity and where better to do that than my beloved Melbourne!! I was born in Richmond - proudly the first generation Australian in our family. I have one younger sister, Lisa - a very cool person indeed! I have two of the most wonderful dogs in the world, Bonnie (an incredibly smart and beautiful Border Collie) and Bertie (a big, bouncy, handsome, affectionate Lab cross)They are our "fur kids" and we love them to bits! (check out their photos.) I teach in a Government school with high socio-economic needs because I hope (and believe) I can make a difference, particularly to the lives of some of our very disadvantaged students and their families. Education can be the great leveller provided we can give equal opportunities to all students and not just the more privileged. I also believe that schools are sometimes the only safe places for students with very disadvantaged/dysfunctional family lives, places where we can demonstrate positive role modelling and encourage children to take advantage of a range of opportunities they might not encounter in their personal lives.
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