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Opinion: Are we still not ready for change?

Saturday 9 November 2019 | Written by Thomas Tarurongo Wynne | Published in Opinion

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Opinion: Are we still not ready for change?
19110836 : “Prohibition goes beyond the bounds of reason, in that it attempts to control a man's appetite by legislation and in making crimes out of things that are not crimes.” – Abraham Lincoln (disputed)

A list of names was left on my desk, six names of students I had to urgently meet, left by the departing school counsellor in 2011. One I would later find had suicidal tendencies, three were just struggling to be in a larger school, one had been sexually assaulted by a family member and one was gay.

A list of names was left on my desk, six names of students I had to urgently meet, left by the departing school counsellor in 2011. One I would later find had suicidal tendencies, three were just struggling to be in a larger school, one had been sexually assaulted by a family member and one was gay.


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