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What is one thing you cannot live without? Chilli sauce. What is your all-time favourite quote? Every new beginning comes from some other beginning's end. What do you think is your best physical feature? I've been told my calves are alright (lol). If you could take a trip to anywhere in the world, where would you go? Greek Islands. What historical event do you wish you could’ve witnessed? Titanic would have been cool What is your favourite food? Anything Mexican Who inspires you? My Mum. What is something you are looking forward to this year? My 21st.
What is your nickname/s? Don't really have one, but sometimes get Lay.
What has been your favourite Unit at Avondale?
What are you studying here at Avondale? Secondary teaching. What do you believe are your top 3 strengths? Sewing, stress eating and really good at procrastinating
100% Dance and Gymnastics with Wendi Herman
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What do you think is your best physical feature? Height. If you could take a trip to anywhere in the world, where would you go? Italy as I have family there and it’s the origin of my favourite food.
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What is your nickname/s? Don’t have one that I want to admit.
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What has been your favourite Unit at Avondale? Developing Your Core Competencies
What is one thing you cannot live without? My relationship with God. What is your all-time favourite quote? “I love it when a plan comes together.” Colonel John “Hannibal” Smith.
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What historical event do you wish you could have witnessed? God creating the earth
What are you studying here at Avondale? Secondary Teaching. What do you believe are your top 3 strengths? Loyalty, Public speaking, and Empathy
What is your favourite food? Anything Italian Who inspires you? Jesus. What is something you are looking forward to this year? T20 Cricket World Cup.
“It is what it is.”
Sometimes things happen, things that are out of our control, things we cannot change. So what is the point of becoming stressed and wallowing in sadness over these outcomes? It is better to just move on, accept the fact that sometimes things happen in ways other than we want them to and get on with our day. This has almost become a coping mechanism to overcome hardships, but it is important to find balance, as this should not discourage transformation and effort.
Aleksander Coe
Quotes or sayings that people carry with Qthem uotes or sayings that people carry with them
MEANINGFUL MMANTRAS EANINGFUL MANTRAS
Trinity Alt "Be what you choose to be, not what society expects you to be." I am a big believer in backing myself. Throughout most of my life I was told that I wouldn’t make it into university and, at most I would end up as a labourer. Well, if that’s what society believed that’s all I was going to be, I wasn’t having it. The basis of this mantra is to always back yourself, never let society or anyone determine your future because it’s yours. You can do what you want to do, and be who you want to be it’s not their decision, it's yours.
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We are born curious, as toddlers asking, "Is the playdough as tasty as it looks?”
From childhood, we are mathematicians and scientists, asking endless questions to better understand our big world. Maths is so much more than mindlessly plugging numbers into formulae, just as English isn't only about memorising interjections and propositions The language of Mathematics will change and grow as we become more fluent in it it is simple enough for a child to play with, yet with endless depth to uncover. Sometimes the process of learning is painful and frustrating, burying us in mountains of crumpled up paper (Sorry, not sorry, Greens!). But this learning fosters discipline which moulds lifelong character and virtue
Mathematics & Science
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Simplicity is the highest standard of Mathematical beauty, and I can assure you that you don't need to be an astrophysicist to learn about the world (that's only a prerequisite to being the next Bachelor)
he melodic chords of the indie guitar send the splotches of sunlight dancing across the table. Earphones in, you absently gather the floating Cheerios onto your spoon as you scroll through IG reels. It only takes a single glance at the time to send you running out the door. You're late for your 8am lecture (groan!), and your Cheerios drift listlessly, forgotten. Just another day swept up in the university rat race But let me encourage you: Press pause. Rewind. Instead, expand your sensory awareness in a moment of mindfulness. No, I don't mean sight or sound, but your 6th sense, often forgotten Mathematics Wait! Before I lose you to high school algebra PTSD, let me invite you to seek the sublime in the mundane Thermodynamics, rhythm and pitch, the Cheerios Effect, social media algorithms, and time are woven together into the fabric of our human experience by the thread of Mathematics and its natural extension: Science
Intelligence alone is overrated, and Maths and Science were never about memorising more knowledge. So, we must focus less on getting the right answer fast, and more on asking the right questions Poetry is the art of calling the same thing by different names, but Maths and Science are the arts of calling seemingly different things by the same name. They are a lens to creatively unlock different perspectives, and they broaden our horizons to understand the universe outside ourselves. Outside ourselves! Let me get to my point. It’s nothing short of ironic that in 2022, we still believe the planets revolve around us. With the focus on ourselves, Maths is corrupted for personal gain, and Science is exploited for slothful convenience But we must remember that before anything, Maths and Science were meant to point beyond themselves and inspire us to question, "WHY?" Why are there laws and patterns that nature obeys? Why can we rely on the sun to rise each morning? Why do the countless constants align so perfectly for the universe to be just right? Could we be studying the indelible fingerprints of a Being who created all things tangible and intangible? “What, but doesn’t our invention of Maths and Science negate the relevance of a Supreme being?” You ask “I mean, didn't Einstein's theory of relativity abolish the necessity of absolutes in today's society?” Postmodernists adore the notion of independent frames of reference ("you do you", “that’s my truth”, etc.). However, physics demonstrates that each frame of reference is coupled with certain, fixed mathematical equations. In a world informed by the postmodern relativism of Literature and Arts, the steadfast nature of maths illustrates unwavering absolute truths. Once a theorem is proved mathematically true, it is true forever. Full stop. Isn’t this straightforwardness so refreshing? Isn’t it a relief to not be responsible for shaping and defining your own world? But now we must ask ourselves: Who wrote those equations predetermining our frames of reference? Galileo famously observed, "Mathematics is the language with which God wrote the universe " From history’s earliest scientists, our personal relationships with God have motivated us to discover, appreciate and practice the truth inherent in Maths and Science “Great are the works of the Lord, studied by all who delight in Him.” (Psalm 111:2) Louise Huang T
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Literature and Art
Let’s set the scene; it is September of 2018; 17 year old Jenaya is flipping through her QTAC book of universities, trying to decide what to do with the rest of her life. The bell rings, and she is off to advanced maths, followed by biology, which she quite enjoys and does well in. Perhaps that will help her final marks be bumped up because she took a risk and picked music and drama as her other subjects, which “do not provide her with enough academic challenge”. But hey, hey, this is not a comment on the priorities of the education system is it? Anyway… her desk at home is covered in half finished paintings she has been working on while listening to audiobooks of her school texts by Brontë and Austen, enraptured in the foggy moors and uptight dinner parties Her phone is full of pictures of her maths textbook, so she doesn’t have to take the hefty thing home in order to work on her calculus homework. This is me, and I hate to break it to you logical people, but I picked english and history teaching, with a bit of visual art thrown in. I have always had a curious mind; I wanted to know how the world worked, from the recurring Fibonacci sequence to the method of throwing a clay pot. So creativity vs. logic has been an ongoing to and fro in my mind. Creativity is a trait that I take pride in and do my best to nurture. It has brought me through many difficult situations, both rationally and emotionally During the dreaded year of 2020, I dove head first into my art to keep me afloat. I processed my emotions through the brush strokes, through the poetry that filled the notes on my phone A life jacket in an ocean of uncertainty frighting against the tentacles of negativity lurking in the deep. Reading has allowed me to delve into the world of others, assassins in glass castles, frightened people with no money and no prospects, and archers fighting against governments with assault weapons… perhaps not the safest worlds to live in but definitely good to read about
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The question is, ‘which is better? Literature and art or mathematics and science?’ Perhaps we can take out our definitely not a sciencey science Bunsen burner and boil it down to two things creativity vs. logic.
We observe creativity of others in our lives constantly If you look around you right now, I can guarantee you will see something someone somewhere has used their creativity to design and make, whether it’s the thousands of advertisements we see in a day, the pattern and cut of the clothes you are wearing, or the finish of the chair you are sitting on. Without creativity, the world would be infinitely more boring. To be fair though, logic is needed to measure and print and calculate and plan and analyse and generally for the earth to keep on turning The world is full of beautiful writing and art, as well as fascinating science and maths, and I would argue that, at least, my life is all the better for it.
Did you know that reading fiction is considered a significant additional developer of empathy in people of all ages? To think, the story of Lily Bloom in Colleen Hoover’s It Ends With Us could help me gain empathy for people who do not share a history with me It allows me as the reader to watch and learn as the characters develop their emotional intelligence and learn how to love someone the right way Art has the profound ability to reach the soul of people, and this is why I love it it’s everywhere.
Jenaya Lewis
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