well-being Archives - Pushing The Edge https://pushingtheedge.org/tags/well-being/ Pushing The Edge for Critical Thinking in Education Mon, 23 Dec 2024 22:46:11 +0000 en-AU hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://pushingtheedge.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/cropped-PTE-512x512-32x32.png well-being Archives - Pushing The Edge https://pushingtheedge.org/tags/well-being/ 32 32 Can We Come to Your Wedding? https://pushingtheedge.org/can-we-come-to-your-wedding/ Fri, 01 Sep 2017 08:16:18 +0000 http://167.99.27.222/?p=10591 In the battle for Marriage Equality, I reflect on moments in my classroom as a gay teacher. Most noticeably, a ‘can we come to your wedding?’ plea from my students. Can We Come to Your Wedding – We’ll bring the flowers It’s early morning, just before class. One of my adult students comes bursting in, ‘Greg, did you hear the news?’ “Everyone can get married by the end of the year,” she says, referring to the forthcoming Marriage Equality postal survey in Australia. With my students knowing that I’m gay and in a relationship – I say, “maybe Simon and

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]]> We Didn’t Know About the Bullying But We Should Have https://pushingtheedge.org/bullying/ Wed, 30 Nov 2016 07:01:25 +0000 http://167.99.27.222/?p=9528 Homophobic bullying is rampant in most schools leading to suicide and a range of other tragic outcomes. How might we make our schools safe for all?

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]]> Why I’m Compelled to Take Action as a Teacher https://pushingtheedge.org/action/ Wed, 23 Nov 2016 06:18:30 +0000 http://167.99.27.222/?p=9482 With a new president and a rise in hate-related crimes, I've found myself wondering why I'm compelled as a teacher to take action for social justice.

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