She's coming!!!!

Spring is creeping up on us can you hear her coming??
Everywhere i go she leaves little clues of her arrival...
I can see her in the dotted pinks of the blossoms and yellows of the wattles
I can smell her in the sweet perfume of fresias and the moistness of the green grasss
I can feel her in the warmth of the afternoon sunshine that drives out the chill of the Winter's day
I can hear her whispering in the rustling of the new buds on trees that were once bare....
She started out singing softly but I'm sure she's getting louder...

I don't wish i was a punk rocker with flowers in my hair

Okay there's a song thats playing on the radio called 'I wish I was a punk rocker with flowers in my hair'. Have you heard it? Its quite a catchy song it goes ...

'Oh I wish I was a punk rocker with flowers in my hair
In '77 and '69 revolution was in the air
I was born too late into a world that doesn't care
Oh I wish I was a punk rocker with flowers in my hair

When the head of state didn't play guitar
Not everybody drove a car
When music really mattered and when radio was king
When accountants didn't have control
And the media couldn't buy your soul
And computers were still scary and we didn't know everything'

....okay thats just a snippet, if you want the rest of the lyrics then google it yourself. Anyway although i do quite enjoy the music of this song, the lyrics actually irritate me a bit. The words seem to be along the 'the world is becoming a terrible place and we should be afraid of it' mentality. Now i admit that there is a lot of bad stuff happening in the world and yes there are some scarey things about living in 2006 but i don't think our response should be only one of fear.
Two points-
1. There has always been evil in the world and therefore there has always been scarey stuff happening. I'm sure that people living in '77 and '69 when 'revolution was in the air' probably wished that they lived in an easier time.-Its all relative!
2. If we think that the world is becoming a bad place then what are we going to do about it?

This is my main issue here. We cannot complain about how terrible the world is without accepting some sort of responsiblity for it. So if there's stuff thats happening that we don't like, then what are we going to do about it? I refuse to accept that i am a helpless consumer in society- I can be a producer as well!.

It's still a man's world

I am coming to the end of my primary education uni course. This means that i now have the somewhat daunting task of applying for jobs. This might be a long process and i am told that about 70 percent of grads obtain positions. I may have to apply for numerous jobs, i may have to attend numerous interviews. While faced with this task i have observed that if i in fact were a male, this process would most likely be a lot easier.

It seems that most of my male friends have already been offered jobs from their rounds that they have been on. While i must aknowledge that i am sure that they are, and will be fantastic teachers, i am some what jacked off at the fact that it seems that because they are male, obtaining a teaching position is a heck of a lot easier.

Whilst i aknowledge that there are a lack of male teachers in schools, and i also aknowledge that boys need male role models, i question the immediate assumption that because someone is male, that makes them the best teacher for the job. I also question the fact that in most situations women do not even have a chance to apply for these jobs as they are often not even advertised.

I am not a feminist, but there are some inequalities that exist between the experiences of men and women in the workpalce that really jack me off.

For example-
-Although more and more women are entering the paid workforce at a greater rate than ever, they are still bearing the majority of domestic and childrearing duties

-Not only are women working twice as hard but their work in the professional workforce is not receiving equal salaries to men

-Although women are competing for better jobs and careers than ever, men still tend to move into the higher paying jobs in each occupation

I am not a feminist (Matt seems to acuse me of being a bra burner everytime i get a bit fiesty about womens rights!), i just believe in equality between men and women. And from what i see, we still have a way to go before that is achieved.

On that note i'd like to welcome myself back to the blogging community. I'm sorry that its been so long since i last blogged, lifes busy blah blah blah, but i'm back and will endeavour to start posting again!

Until next time,

Beth 'I don't burn my Bras' Eastwood