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Tracey Schreier

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Former Principal (Beverly Hills, USA) Former Head of School (Sydney, Australia). Every day in education has been a joy + privilege. 🇦🇺

Beverly Hills, CA Sydney, AUS
Joined April 2011
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Tracey Schreier
2 years
@MrsRBaker I was pregnant & once got a second hand lamp from a boy in year 3. He had obviously wrapped it himself. He told me it comforted him when he was scared in the dark and hoped it would comfort my baby. Teaching kids is THE BEST JOB IN THE WORLD!!!!
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11 months
@EllaTravelsLove Feeling grateful that my children aren’t clever enough and I’m not rich enough for them to have gone to these Ivy League schools. 😂
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Tracey Schreier
2 years
This is my most favourite tweet … I think ever! @smitchellmlc @JasonClareMP @AGavrielatos @Anncaro11 @JaneCaro
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Tracey Schreier
10 months
@Miss_Snuffy Why can’t you have a supervised prayer room? I’m confused.
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Tracey Schreier
3 years
@friendlyjordies Please let it be on Dutton and how, as a policeman and politician, he has managed to amass such a fortune?
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Tracey Schreier
2 years
@miz_rat @JohanComedy @BlueDodoBird I lived in USA also in the late 80s. Spent the next 30 years in Australia. Went back to the USA for 2 years during covid for work! Loved it! But now back in AUS and dreaming of being back in the USA! Who wants to offer me a job?
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Tracey Schreier
4 years
@Peter_Fitz Well I want a rabbi for my children, and a imam for my neighbour's children, and a swami for my friend's children ... oh hang on ... I can see a problem here. I know! Why don't they hire a non-denomination school counsellor or psychologist? Who will tell them?
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Tracey Schreier
6 years
@Peter_Fitz As a teacher of 32 years I am so PROUD of these children! Engaged, enraged and educated!
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Tracey Schreier
3 years
The end of the second episode of Ms Represented is the most powerful piece of film editing I’ve ever had the privilege of watching. I was crying. I was clapping. I was furious. I was elated. Bravo. 👏 #auspol #MsRepresented @annabelcrabb #thedrum @KarenMMiddleton @ellenmfanning
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Tracey Schreier
3 years
@deemadigan He completely epitomises to me the out of his depth middle aged white male who has been promoted above his competency … purely because of privilege and connections. But I might be wrong?
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Tracey Schreier
2 years
@noplaceforsheep Unmarried spouse. 😂 How on earth did that pass through an editor?
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Tracey Schreier
3 years
@Stop_Trump20 @SciRocker Oh my goodness. Now I feel bad. My first thought was Gucci. 🤦‍♀️
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Tracey Schreier
3 years
@InsidersABC @samanthamaiden There is hardly anyone in hospital that is double vaccinated. Well guess what. There is hardly anyone who is double vaccinated! 😂 Just brilliant Samantha. #auspol #lockdownSydney #insiders
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Tracey Schreier
4 years
@mjrowland68 @R_Scott88 @Bunnings But ... she's a "living woman". She says she is being discriminated against because she is a woman? Where's the logic that takes her there?
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Tracey Schreier
3 years
@PatsKarvelas I’ll be reading the terms and conditions of 2022 before I agree.
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Tracey Schreier
3 years
@viropractor Those damn QR codes that you use to check in are a scam. They erase your memory. You go into the supermarket to get bread and milk and you leave with chocolate and chips.
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Tracey Schreier
2 years
@ImColinBrown I’ll give you IKEA and raise you Bunnings. In Australia we have even better. A hardware store that has a sausage sizzle in their parking lot. Sausages wrapped in a slice of bread folded over. It’s an institution. (Raises money for charity).
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Tracey Schreier
3 years
Society started referring to teachers as superheroes because they’ve outsourced everything to us while passing it off as a compliment instead of actually paying us what we’re worth or trying to make our work more manageable. @Anncaro11 @JaneCaro #edutwitter @AGavrielatos
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Tracey Schreier
3 years
@russellcrowe @johnqgoh I am a teacher so I am crying! I was at a restaurant yrs ago & my Yr 10 boys ran past, saw me & shouted my name, then went to get the whole class who ran past shouting my name.I turned to a famous person in the corner & said, “& you thought you were famous.” It was Russell Crowe.
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Tracey Schreier
4 years
@JaneCaro I am appalled by the scavenger hunt but that is a long bow to draw. I sent my children to private school (for many reasons) but NONE of them was to teach my children how to hold "others in contempt". That is a ridiculous thing to say.
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Tracey Schreier
2 years
@danilic @DaveSharma I bumped into him at the pool shop. I gave him a piece of my mind about the Biloela family. He looked shocked. I started thinking maybe I had the wrong person. He was wearing a mask. 😂
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Tracey Schreier
6 years
I’m watching the interview between #WaleedAly and Scott Morrison. He is so prime ministerial, so clever, so calm and composed. And the other one is our actual Prime Minister. #Auspol #TheProject #theproject
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Tracey Schreier
4 years
@murpharoo @PatsKarvelas I'm supposed to come home end of March from Los Angeles. I'm a proud Australian. I only work in America - it's my livelihood. My husband and children live in Sydney. It's how I support my family. Some people's lives are more complicated. People shouldn't judge.
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Tracey Schreier
5 years
@Peter_Fitz this is the tweet of the week.
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Tracey Schreier
3 years
@PatsKarvelas I have a doctor friend working at a Santa Monica hospital CA. He told me if you’re unvaccinated you will get delta. That’s how transmissible it is. He is talking USA but I think we’re also in trouble.
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Tracey Schreier
1 year
@emma_husar Our parliament is a cesspool. 😢
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Tracey Schreier
2 years
@DaniAndi4 @StruggleDisplay 😂 My daughter babysat 2 kids 3 & 6. Called me because they woke up. I went to help. Parents came home. Imagine their surprise to see their child’s principal in their lounge. Told the 6 yr old he had quite the story to tell on Monday. He looked confused. Didn’t know me. 😂
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Tracey Schreier
3 years
@bairdjulia #thedrum You’ll like this word. Confelicity: a much-underused word meaning delight in someone else's happiness; the opposite of Schadenfreude. Us watching the Olympics. Especially seeing the families. Makes me cry every time.
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Tracey Schreier
3 years
@noplaceforsheep This is their version of diversity.
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Tracey Schreier
3 years
@noplaceforsheep Soon we'll be getting the American "thoughts and prayers" from this government.
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Tracey Schreier
3 years
@vanbadham They literally don’t have a plan and that’s what I think is most frightening. I can accept that someone thinks differently to me but not that they can’t think at all! So anxious with them in charge.
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Tracey Schreier
5 years
@SquigglyRick Stop the boats! Er not this one with the rich white folks on board.
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Tracey Schreier
2 years
@BeccleJ @MissLJAshton @admutum I must admit I don’t like Once either. For young children they think that rabbits are being killed - & some teachers say to protect the students. But do we really need to teach a sanitised version of the Holocaust. Maybe just teach it later?
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Tracey Schreier
4 years
@HKorbey But ... isn’t that defeating the purpose of stay at home? I’ve just come back from LA and this would definitely not be allowed. Stay at home, social distance, no get-togethers ... I don’t know ... sounds odd.
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Tracey Schreier
3 years
@adamliaw Adam I like scrambled eggs for breakfast, lunch or dinner. Even better if you season them with cocoa, butter, sugar, flour and milk.
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Tracey Schreier
2 years
@MikeCarlton01 She’s so redoubtable, indefatigable, formidable, successful. Everything we feminists want from our role models. And I can’t bear her. I feel like a traitor. 🤦‍♀️
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Tracey Schreier
4 years
@jelani9 I have a history joke but it is dated.
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Tracey Schreier
2 years
@BrionyScott Year 10, giving up maths in Year 11, on a Friday afternoon, last period, summer, in a demountable without air conditioning. I’ve done this - and loved the kids - but our results. 🤪🤦‍♀️
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Tracey Schreier
2 years
To my colleagues in the public sector isn’t paying great teachers more the same as accreditation; lead, experienced, highly accomplished? There are already pathways to earn more IF you want to be burdened with bureaucratic tick boxes. More of the same? @aliceleung @Anncaro11
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Tracey Schreier
2 years
@NileGardiner You’re asking a father to cut his son off? It’s his son and grandchildren!!! That would make him a poor person for sure. Your children don’t always tow the line - but they’re your children. Always.
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Tracey Schreier
4 years
@JuliaGillard I am so sad to hear that we have lost Susan Ryan.I knew her from The Drum where it was clear how bright she was & how clearly she could articulate the important things. In her honour I honour all women who are courageous, inspirational and live their life NO EXCUSES, NO REGRETS.
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4 years
@adamliaw As a maths teacher who has been asked over and over again, over many years, by my Year 10 students, "When will I ever need this?" I now have an answer. "To understand the next global plague mate, and to homeschool your children without looking like an idiot."
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Tracey Schreier
3 years
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3 years
@Peter_Fitz Blah blah. But you do know that if you take OMNICRON, add the letters SETATLIBB, remove the letters NORCIMO, the remaining letters spell Bill Gates. Makes you think huh? (Taken from @simonharris_mbd ) 😂 🤔
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Tracey Schreier
3 years
@AGavrielatos @smh I loved teaching but don’t encourage my kids to do teaching. Why? Bureaucrats, politicians, academics who think they know better. Today a 4th reason surfaced. 24 was offered his 1st graduate job as an engineer. His salary, the same as mine! Well mine after I had taught for 24 yrs
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Tracey Schreier
2 years
@RochellRochelle @nadinevoncohen Well said. Jewish & Wentworth voter here. There is enough anti-semitism out there without Sharma’s fake & confected outrage done for political gain. He is just putting us in more danger not less. He really needs to be quiet.
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Tracey Schreier
4 years
@adambspencer I’d you’re IQ45 you might make a case for man woman person TV camera.
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Tracey Schreier
2 years
@mrbgilson Fabulous. I know a child who every day came early to his Year 12 maths class so that he could write a joke on the board. (It was my child & sadly he spent more time looking for the jokes than working on his maths. 😂) Still a legend!
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Tracey Schreier
4 years
@fransi1803 @theheraldsun @J_C_Campbell #standwithdan Honestly the vituperative, the vacuous, the naysayers are all in the cheap seats hurling abuse at those that dare greatly. Who on earth had the playbook for a global pandemic within the worst economic downturn in decades? He deserves approbation not opprobrium.
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Tracey Schreier
3 years
@DaveSharma @australian I’m in Wentworth. And even if you’re right I’ve decided to vote based on values and character and not only on policy. You can’t fake the first.
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Tracey Schreier
4 years
@adamliaw I went yesterday. And it was fill of fit people who look great. Why are they still there? Aren’t they done?
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Tracey Schreier
2 years
@beckydestroyer @jRomeest93 You can only discriminate against a protected class. White, male, privileged. … hmm not sure which class that is. In an interview you’re allowed to ask questions to ascertain interests, values, behaviour that may or may not align with your company’s culture.
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Tracey Schreier
3 years
@Miss_Snuffy Of course we need to teach them behaviour (and model it, and reinforce it) but I believe, firmly believe, children are born good, want to be good, and have goodness in them. It’s not pedantic, it’s not minor. This belief is a big deal for an educator.
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Tracey Schreier
4 years
@thetopjob I have a thought. What about having a system whereby billionaires give a percentage of their income to the government to spend on health, education, transport, security etc. We can even have an organisation that collects this money annually. It’s sounds kind of fair to me.
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Tracey Schreier
6 years
@alexbhturnbull It’s deliciously ironic that it’s Al Jazeera.
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Tracey Schreier
3 years
@handbagdeb @Natasha19317558 @ms_michellelaw @nakkiahlui Justifying this is saying it’s okay to deal with your anger (or embarrassment or ego or hurt or any emotion) with violence. It is a common excuse used by DV perpetrators. “I just couldn’t control my anger”. “I love her so much I got mad”. Violence is never okay.
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Tracey Schreier
6 years
@JaneCaro @ABCthedrum I’ve been shocked at what she’s said. She’s been snorkelling near Manus and therefore she knows their desperate circumstances? What the?
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Tracey Schreier
3 years
@VjalexanderVal @katemcQ We have been told that. We are not allowed to go more than 10km from our home. These people are flaunting the rules.
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Tracey Schreier
2 years
@rgay So confused. Is this real. He’s using the money for a bicycle lane? What? Maybe I’m misunderstanding?
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Tracey Schreier
4 years
@katelhunter Nonsense.We just don’t hear about the public school children’s antics because it’s not as salacious as this. I’m appalled by the list & there should be consequences but the predicable braying about private schools and their alumni is ridiculous. My two children are kind & gentle.
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Tracey Schreier
3 years
@perlmutations Who on earth celebrates when people are killed? Why is it a photo opportunity? I’m not even commenting on the verdict (I wasn’t in the court) but to go around now triumphantly proud & celebrated is appalling. It blows my mind.
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@FixingEducation I’d add get then to school! No refusal, no missed days, no absences, no tardies. Start the habit from day one. No excuses.
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Tracey Schreier
5 years
@rmayemsinger Adam Liaw’s tweet was classic.
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Tracey Schreier
4 years
@SimonMonk @mcannonbrookes Unbelievable. He deserves full marks. A contemporary solution with available technology to an existing problem. 👏 👏 Bloody impressive.
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Tracey Schreier
2 years
@Kerensd I regard it poorly and asked the teachers at my school to stop teaching it. A Jewish child “playing” in the camp. They killed them. Murdered them. Starved them. Experimented on them. One million of them.
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Tracey Schreier
4 years
@kharaharris89 @hughriminton I was overseas and we were NOT told to get back immediately. Maybe on the news here but not the advice from our embassies overseas.Some people’s lives are complicated. If the gov can’t help its citizens in dire circumstances then ...when?
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Tracey Schreier
4 years
@JtuckerJames This sounds like Piaget’s conservation ... and it’s seminal work because it’s true. No need to teach concepts that are beyond them conceptually ... give Mr or Miss 5 some time.
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Tracey Schreier
2 years
@JasonAblin John Hattie Visible Learning and the Science of How We Learn (not the others!) and Daniel T Willingham Why Don’t Students Like School. But the book that I really loved & started me reading books on education was Dumbing Us Down by John Gatto.
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Tracey Schreier
6 years
@RobinBoleski Excellent! Let children “discover” the Pythagoras theorem (took decades for a group of mathematicians - but our kids are smarter than them), calculus, trig ...
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Tracey Schreier
10 months
@DrEliDavid But if an orthodox Jewish boy didn’t want to shake hands that would be fine? I think so.
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Tracey Schreier
3 years
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3 years
I love Masterchef. I love the contestants. I love the judges. I love the way feedback is given & received. I love the camaraderie. I love its multiculturalism. I love that everyone, every culture, every cuisine is championed. #MasterChefAU
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Tracey Schreier
5 years
@MarkPaxton13 @TonyHWindsor @vanOnselenP I’m in LA, USA. My husband has gone back to Sydney. He is shocked at how behind Australia is in their response. We are two weeks ahead of you at least in fighting the spread. Australia could have been minimally affected ... but no. You voted liberal!
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Tracey Schreier
3 years
@meladoodle Lol. It’s guaranteed. Today 25 leaves home to go live in Mount Isa. I’ve already redesigned his bedroom. Can’t wait to drive him to the airport. 😉
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Tracey Schreier
2 years
@Peter_Fitz I’ve got you covered. This one. I especially gave a … lol … so I would find it to forward it on to you. I’m very diligent. You’re welcome.
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Tracey Schreier
3 years
@nadinevoncohen lol. I don’t know what to think anymore … except that the women of Queensland are fierce. Don’t mess with them.
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Tracey Schreier
1 year
@PeterWMurphy1 @cheryl_kernot He asks what led to his mental deterioration? He mentions a few things but not the responsibility of the (his at the time) school! Delve deep into what you are imparting to your students. Same Head who campaigned for the preservation of powers to discriminate against gay staff.
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Tracey Schreier
10 months
@MaryKostakidis Yes!!!! Tell Hamas to surrender. It’s the only way. They’ve lost. In a war someone surrenders. It’s them! Don’t they get it? Tell Hamas!!!!!!
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Tracey Schreier
3 years
@Peter_Fitz At first, when this initially blew up, I thought change it. But it’s a tennis court named after a tennis player who achieved so much … as a tennis player! Her personal politics and religious beliefs are irrelevant - and they are beliefs held by others.
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Tracey Schreier
2 years
@dontAtttttMe I actually think that young new graduates miss out the most with remote working. They miss out on mentoring, observing, coaching, discussion, conflict resolution, collegiality, humour; the “informal curriculum” of an office.
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Tracey Schreier
3 years
@YvesRees Yes as someone who has dedicated my professional life to children and teenagers (teacher) I’m appalled and FURIOUS! Vote then out!!!
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Tracey Schreier
4 years
@emma_husar Emma I wrote letters published in the SMH about your egregious treatment. At the time I actually was being treated similarly - although far less publicly. But ... both of us ... onwards and upwards.
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3 years
@Beagz When 21 was 13 he got a PlayStation. He wanted a (I can’t even think of the other one now). I said of course I’ll change it. I did. For a beautiful pair of high heeled shoes for myself. Never gave him a present that year.
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6 years
@emrazz Thank you, thank you, thank you. But sadly... and this will be controversial...women can be the worst offenders (women complaining about strong women - they're too busy being a good and obedient wife, mother and employee). We are our worst critics! IT'S APPALLING.
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3 years
@Tio_Nunn @Charalanahzard No they tell you unequivocally that it is $3,000. Including all meals. It’s a fixed price no matter which hotel you stay at. She can’t pretend to be surprised. It’s well documented and explained.
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3 years
@Miss_Snuffy The “mob” you speak of are eminent scientists, researchers, educators, professors. Maybe, just maybe you don’t know everything & some humility is in order. Your “guess” is not equal to evidence & research. Your job is not to perpetuate egregious stereotypes.
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4 years
@adamliaw I’m so nervous of getting the virus because then they’ll trace where I’ve been ... & it gets confirmed what a privileged, lazy, entitled life I lead -Hairdresser, nails, wax, Woolworths, coffee with friends, lunch with mates).To be fair I’m unemployed for the first time in 32 yrs
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Tracey Schreier
4 years
@_denisescott Denise I went for a run but had to turn back after two minutes because I had forgotten something. I had forgotten that I hate running, am completely unfit, and totally unmotivated.
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4 years
@LeonaLioness6 You want me to chose a doctor who has been in the field over fifty years building experience and expertise over Donald Trump? Poor Fauci ... I think to be in the running we will have to give him a handicap. #StandWithFauci
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5 years
@BrionyScott @ama_media Here in LA we were the first school to close. We are closed for three weeks. The parents are extremely relieved that we made a decision. Using Zoom, our LMS, explaineverything, and a website to deliver synchronous and asynchronous eLearning. The teachers have been magnificent.
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3 years
@BBCJonSopel @vanOnselenP I’m not sure. Being recalled to explain why they knew nothing about this. Its literally their job. It’s their performance that will be under review. Then a new team will be sent back - to ensure they get their billions for AUS breaking a contract.
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11 months
@noplaceforsheep As a Jew I couldn’t agree more. Israel was attacked by terrorists but all of a sudden they’re at fault. Jews are now being targeted all over the world in all aspects of their lives. So thanks for this. We appreciate the support. But … hmm … not sure that’s what you meant?
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6 years
@Peter_Fitz This is old but I've just seen it.
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2 years
@JasonAblin It’s actually more like 9 to 10 weeks. 2 week holiday. Another 10 weeks. 2 week holiday. Another 10 weeks 2 week holiday. Another 10 weeks 5 to 6 week holiday (summer). 4 terms (+- 40 weeks). 3 holidays & 1 longer for summer. Much better.
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10 months
@persianjewess @johncusack How can you watch this and not think that Israel has to do something about it? How can they not defend their people? How can they let them rot in an underground tunnel? What do you want from the Israelis? Seriously.
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6 years
@KKeneally @deemadigan I take umbrage at your use of the word “even”. I’d far rather hire an ex maths tutor than any government minister ... for innumerable reasons. From a maths tutor.
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6 years
@Qldaah @cheryl_kernot Oh course this makes sense. If my children are very hungry I cut the pizza into 8 pieces instead of 6. Why is this so hard for people to understand?
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6 years
@annabelcrabb I’m enjoying the season finale of The Liberal Party.
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3 years
@Peter_Fitz This for sure.
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4 years
@JuliaGillard @QandA @hamishNews True story. In 1998 (1999?) I got onto a plane to QLD. I said “hello Julia” to the person sitting in the first seat. My husband said “who is that?” I answered, “the first female prime minster of Australia”. I called it early. Thank you Julia. You continue inspiring me.
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