My Journey, Jimmy Stynes’ autobiography is, as you would expect, an extraordinary read. A few years ago, it was a privilege to watch Jim Stynes work with groups of kids in two of the schools where I used to teach. His charisma was something to behold. He was gifted. He could establish trust with a…
DetailsHave you heard this phrase popping up in your conversations this year? My teenage kids are quick to spot a first world problem when someone is complaining about an issue that pales in comparison to what people face in the majority world every day – like having access to a regular fresh water supply. Recently…
DetailsArthur is putting in the last couple of rows of chairs for a parent information night. I like to get to my presentations early and often, I bump into someone like Arthur, the maintenance man at a boys’ school where I run the Time & Space programs. I wander in with 216 sheets of paper…
DetailsThe great thing about blogposts is that they can sometimes be a slow burn (Paul Kelly reputedly took years to write To her Door) or in this case, immediate inspiration impels that the story just has to be recorded now. Eric Hill has left the building… Well, he just left the (geography) room at the…
DetailsJosh is a Year 12 student at The Hutchins School in Hobart. He spoke as a panellist at a Time & Space night I facilitated for a group of Year 8 boys (average age 13) and their dads or mentors. He offered an insight that smashed a stereotype. You know the one: that wisdom only comes from…
DetailsThe star of this story signs off her messages to the world with the words… Be inspired. Be Inspiring. The words stand in comfortable alignment with the way she lives her life. Just before you go on reading, please, stop… … for a moment… … and think of a person who is a mentor to…
DetailsA ‘choose you own adventure’ post today. Very interactive – click on the click-able bits of the post as you wish. Here is a gift for you for International Women’s Day (the poem at the start is only 3 or 4 minutes). If you are a bloke reading this – pass this on to a…
Details“Mind if I play with you guys?” “No worries,” I say, shaking hands with the man in the sunglasses, “My name’s Bill and this is my son Jack.” “I’m Andrew.” We are on the first tee of a brilliant little nine-hole course nestled into the foreshore of Apollo Bay, our annual summer holiday spot. One…
DetailsA ‘mail-out’ was conducted in a beautiful house in a leafy green Melbourne suburb on Tuesday night last week. There you go. This is an international scoop for the Time & Space Blog. Now admittedly, it has been a big news week. If you are reading this sometime after publication – here’s what else has…
Details“So… do you want me to come in with you?” I ask. The young bloke (aka YB), our #2 child, and #1 son, and I sit this morning in the car park of his new senior high school. He is starting in Year 10 today. There is a typical pause. It could be his own…
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