Walkabout

Compass Group Hong Kong Limited is a food and support services company in the Healthcare, Education and Business and Industry segments. Under the brand name Chartwells, it has catered food to schools in Hong Kong since 1995 in on-site kitchens. Chartwells caters to 17 schools in Hong Kong such as Hong Kong Academy and the Australian International School. Australian International School Hong Kong is a school in Kowloon Tong, Hong Kong with approximately 1100 students from the ages of 4 to 18. In…

When you hear the name Australia, what do you think of? Do you think of animals like kangaroos and koalas? Do you possibly think of famous landmarks like the Sydney Opera House or famous people like Steve Irwin and the band AC/DC? The country of Australia is not just big cities, Sydney and Melbourne. In his book In a Sunburned Country, Bill Bryson shows the many forms of diversity in both the people who live there and the fauna of the country, which he explains using his humor. There are also…

every day, hear the birds chirp outside my window, breath in fresh air, swim in crystal clear water, enjoy lakes that do not allow motorized vehicles, and climb mountains to see views of 100 miles or more. For the past two years, I have been on a walkabout, which ended up taking me to places that paint an honest picture of how most of the world lives. Mexico was adventuresomely gorgeous to the extreme. If you have the resources you can find places like Cascades, Ed James, Vera Cruz, Beach dunes…

Like the saying goes, “It takes a village to raise a child.” The elders also felt they had another responsibility to keep the village safe. “If hunger and natural disasters hit the settlement, it was expected that the elderly would 'go walkabout' and surrender their lives to the elements. It was important not to be a burden on the rest of the community” ("The Inuit's view of life – traditions of the Inuit culture."). The Inuit also did not believe in property rights. They had a “what is…

Who would you think would be a more sympathetic character, a habitual criminal or a renown member of the justice system? In the novel Great Expectations, the answer is not the one you would necessarily choose. This novel by Charles Dickens is centered around a poor boy named Pip who comes into great expectations of wealth by a mysterious benefactor, who turns out to be a lifer exiled to the new colonies named Magwitch. Because of this revelation, Pip struggles with the predicament of protecting…

apply to them” (Mirabal, Skeleton of a Bridge 254). They received insufficient aid to support themselves and their community, particularly in the face of newfound post traumatic stress disorder as a result of violent combat. LaDuke quotes Billy Walkabout, a distinguished Vietnam veteran, describing how he “came home to a hostile and ungrateful nation. [He] was treated like a war criminal. [He] felt like [he] didn’t belong in this land of [his] ancestors” (34). In attempting to defend and earn…

If I could narrow down what I’ve learned so far in this principal program and spending time with my mentor principal, this would be the question or statement I would summarize it in. Being a principal, and a teacher, you always have to think about the students. They are, after all, the reason why we are here. They are the reason we have a job. This program has made me a far better teacher, so I can only assume what kind of administrator I will be one day. It was hard to only choose five…

and be uncivilized (Dictionary.com) Bush (as Terrian) – an area of terrain covered by diverse plant life; terrain which is has been unfarmed by man (Dictionary.com) Dreamtime – “any remote period” detached from the present facts (Dictionary.com) Walkabout – a walk that is done with no set ending time and done “in the Outback by Aborigines” (Australian Slang) Frame tale as a literary term – a way to present a series of tales or stories not related to…