tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24338064.post7881407007252066209..comments2024-02-11T19:28:27.997+11:00Comments on Personal Reflections: Clare Belshaw's BlogJim Belshawhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10075614280789984767noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24338064.post-47682059604397180212007-12-13T22:52:00.000+11:002007-12-13T22:52:00.000+11:00thanks dad.And thank you ninglun and david... of c...thanks dad.<BR/>And thank you ninglun and david... of course you are free to leave comments on my blog. ;)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24338064.post-62322589629686006132007-12-13T22:31:00.000+11:002007-12-13T22:31:00.000+11:00As my old mate Bob Walshe used to say, and no doub...As my old mate Bob Walshe used to say, and no doubt still does in his 80s, "You learn to write by writing"... Still the best way. And, yes, it's hard to be 2007 SBHS boys and not be somewhat multicultural; kind of went with the territory really.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24338064.post-63557688423853741222007-12-13T20:20:00.000+11:002007-12-13T20:20:00.000+11:00Thanks, chaps, for indulging a proud Dad!Neil, tha...Thanks, chaps, for indulging a proud Dad!<BR/><BR/>Neil, that's true, but in this case it did not come from HSC English, but from her desire to write and love of the sound of words. Her grammar and spelling, still a bit wonnky, improved by leaps and bounds when she wrote her own 40,000 word novella in Year 10.<BR/><BR/>This is not a contribution to the literacy debate, by the way.<BR/><BR/>David, she is a bit introspective. She is also very strong willed. I suspect her greatest personal achievement at school was the way she turned a group of girls who did not quite fit in, who might otherwise have been misfits, into a cohesive and recognised group whose very existence was marked by the fact that they were different and accepted as different. They are a great lot.<BR/><BR/>Neil, a large slab of what we might call the affiliated boys come from SBHS. You would also be pleased, I think, that this is a remarkably multicultural group. <BR/><BR/>Enough boasting.Jim Belshawhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10075614280789984767noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24338064.post-5000818843257637102007-12-13T10:50:00.000+11:002007-12-13T10:50:00.000+11:00For a yungun' she is quite introspective. I think ...For a yungun' she is quite introspective. I think she will do well.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24338064.post-17277330479504611042007-12-13T09:32:00.000+11:002007-12-13T09:32:00.000+11:00Great stuff, Jim (and Clare). Not a lot wrong with...Great stuff, Jim (and Clare). Not a lot wrong with Clare's literacy, Jim. :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com