WALK STUDENT MAGAZINE
IN THIS ISSUE: ▪ WALKING THE STREETS OF JERUSALEM ▪ WALK MEETS TRACEY PRICE ▪ WHAT’S ON AT TABOR ▪ PUZZLE PAGE ▪ WALK GOES TO SPATS CAFE
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HERE ARE THE SUPER HEROES WHO HELPED WALK MAGAZINE COME TO LIFE,
ANSWERING THE QUESTION: ‘IF YOU HAD SUPER POWERS, WHAT WOULD THEY BE?’
LISA BIRCH My super power would be flying at the speed of light so I could get a lot of stamps in my passport. SASKIA CAPON Editor in Chief I’d like to be able to call down the rain – and dance in it. LIZ CHAPMAN My super power would be to talk to animals. Yes, I’ve thought long and hard about this one and I believe that’s how I could best serve society! JAMES COOPER I think playing the piano and being able to rise cheerfully before sunrise. I don’t know how those freaks do it! PHIL DAUGHTRY The ability to gaze into someone’s soul and reveal to them the beauty I observe there.
SOPHIE GERRIE I’ve always wanted to be able to fly and to hold my breath under water infinitively.
MEG HARRIS I would want the superpower of invisibility.
ANNE MAHER Graphic Designer My heart says healing, but the adventurer in me wants to fly! JADE WYATT After much deliberation, I’ve decided to have the power to travel through time, purely for the chance to witness the incredible stories through history. MICHAEL WYATT I would love to have the power to finish a manuscript and submit it to print!
WOULD YOU LIKE TO CONTRIBUTE TO WALK? WE ARE SEEKING ENTHUSIASTIC STUDENTS TO APPLY FOR EDITORIAL, PHOTOGRAPHY AND MEDIA MANAGEMENT ROLES. IF YOU THINK THIS MIGHT BE YOU, OR IF YOU HAVE AN IDEA FOR AN ARTICLE, PLEASE EMAIL US AT WALK@TABOR.EDU.AU
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EDITORIAL Welcome to WALK, Tabor’s first student magazine. This year, our creative team have worked to craft a magazine that reflects the unique group of humans who choose to make Tabor home. While putting the final pieces of the magazine together, I wondered what the sum of its parts had to say. What sentiment did the entire work elicit? I believe there is a message in this small student magazine, and I think it has formed both intentionally and incidentally. Tabor leads in education for social professions and the people who choose to study here are part of a socially conscious movement. It’s a movement that starts with the individual and spreads through the collective. It starts with you. Regardless of where you are in your Tabor journey, you are part of a closely-knit work that seeks to transform the world. Perhaps, like Rebeca Albu, you will create a family within your classroom; maybe you already support your fellow students, like Linda Wharton; perhaps you will travel to Jerusalem and bring back a new perspective on peace, like Sophie Gerrie; maybe, you will write a story that sooths a soul. Whatever you do, you will do it with an education grounded in grace and compassion. We are all applying ourselves to a rigorous education so that when we graduate, we can go out confidently saying: ‘This is who I know myself to be and this is how I know I can help.’ This edition of WALK shows people in the act of connecting with that conviction. That’s inspiring, and that’s our message. So, I am proud to present to you the inaugural issue of WALK. Thank you for allowing me to journey with you as you share your stories.
Saskia Capon Editor in Chief WALK Magazine
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LETTERS TO THE “I am really pleased that a student magazine is being made, my hope is that it will bring a greater sense of community and connectedness for those involved with Tabor.” Katie Price, Tabor Student “I am thrilled that Tabor students have a great opportunity to share their thoughts and ideas with the wider community through the WALK magazine. It is important that student voice is valued. I look forward to reading all your wonderful articles!” Michelle Krieg, Student Well-being Officer, Tabor “A wonderful showcase of our culture beautifully dressed for a joyful outing. Well done!” Phil Daughtry, Dean of Faculty, Humanities & Social Sciences “Wholesome, or whole and then some? I feel like the new student life magazine, WALK, will provide an opportunity for Taborians from all faculties to unite and form great connections. The intention of community within a Godly environment is inspirational.” A passionate Taborian
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WALK TALKS TO REBECA ALBU
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CREATIVE EXPRESSIONS OF SHALOM
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WALKING THE STREETS OIF JERUSALEM
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WHAT’S ON CAMPUS
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REFLECTIONS ON FILMTHE GREATEST SHOWMAN
GET THE SCOOP ON MUSIC AT TABOR
WALK REBECA ALBU BY SASKIA CAPON
This year, both my children began middle school and with that milestone came a series of promises I made to myself. They were promises made in the height of the summer bliss bubble, when rushed mornings and tightly scheduled afternoons are forgotten; new ways of approaching old problems seem so obvious that summermum-me wondered at the bewilderment of term-mum-me. I reclined on a lounger in the sun and thought to myself, ‘I will no longer deliver forgotten items to school.’ And, ‘I will purchase all necessary school items well in advance of the first day.’ And of course, ‘I absolutely will not embarrass my children by interrupting their class, especially not on the first day.’
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05 A few weeks later and twenty minutes in to the first school day, I knocked on my eldest son’s classroom door to ask if he could be excused to try on various sizes of school hats. Last year’s hat had deserted its schoolbag post at 7am that morning and, after a solid hour’s search proved unfruitful, was officially pronounced AWOL. Term-mum-me promises never to make promises whilst enjoying bliss bubbles of any kind. The upside was I met my child’s teacher in action, a whole week before acquaintance night. Had our roles been reversed, I may have found it hard to withhold withering looks of reproach from the disorganised mother intruding on my first lesson of the year. Instead, Rebeca smiled, excused my son, and calmly continued addressing twenty-eight other students without missing a beat. I think she has superpowers, so I asked if I could interview her. She graciously said yes. ‘So, Rebeca, any stand-out students this year?’ I ask, my eyes inadvertently wandering to my son’s desk.
When did you graduate? ‘2016 Term 3, and I had a job in Term 4. I hadn’t fully finished or got my teacher’s registration and I already got a part time year 7 position. Which is crazy! I always said “I’m never going to teach year 6/7.” My mentor teacher said, “You actually have a gift for that because you build relationships really quickly.” She must have seen something in me that I didn’t see at the time.
I DIDN’T REALISE I’D LEARN SO MUCH ABOUT ME, AND MY IDENTITY IN CHRIST
‘They are all standouts,’ she laughs. Her passion for teaching is clear, and she is careful to explain that the learning environments she has experienced have contributed to that passion. ‘That’s what I loved more about Tabor, I learnt about who I was. What I stood for, what I believed in, what I wanted to promote in my classroom. ‘I expected, at Tabor, to learn (and I did) about what it was like to be a teacher but I didn’t recognise I’d learn so much about me, and my identity in Christ.’
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What made you choose to study at Tabor? ‘The learning environment. I work much better in a smaller environment. I am really relational and so I couldn’t stand the thought of being one in 500. I like to build relationships with everyone I meet (including) lecturers. I loved the varied ages (of students) in Tabor. And it just looked beautiful.’
‘Tabor kept encouraging us to go for interviews and I just thought: why not? It wasn’t as nerve wrecking as I thought it was going to be.
‘I got the job! I was happy it was part time so I had those two days to get my head around it and do some work at home. Then Phil (Tyndale Middle School Principal) said to me, “We want to offer you a full year next year,” and I said, “Um, I don’t know if I want tha t.”’ Bec laughs. ‘My plan had been to relief teach for the first two years. Phil said, “Go away and pray about it and then come back,” and I am so grateful he did that. So I did and I just felt God say, “Bec, I really need you to step in to what I’ve already got planned for you.” I’ve loved it ever since.
If you could travel back in time and speak to first-yearuniversity-student-you, what would you say? ‘The best is yet to come. There were days when I was like, ”This is dragging on forever,” or I thought, “How is this applicable?” Eventually, when you get to the classroom, you see how it is applicable. I didn’t understand the importance of the first year subject on spirituality, justice and education and why we had to think about worldviews or how that tied in to teaching. Looking back on that now, I can see it was all so important because it developed who I am.’ How has being a Christian influenced your teaching? ‘That’s the centre of who I am and so that comes out in everything I say and do. (It’s) the reason why I have the grateful jar and the journals with my kid, so I am building relationships and communication with them, just like God wants to do with us. I always say, “As soon as my kids step through my door they’re a part of my family, and we have to look out for one another.” Whether you’re a Christian or not, we’re called to help people.’
Rebeca meets the wildlife at Normanton, Qld
AS SOON AS MY KIDS STEP THROUGH MY DOOR THEY’RE A PART OF MY FAMILY If you had a super power, what would it be? ‘Flying. Because I really freak out on rides when you drop so I would be able to not feel the drop.’ I believe this answer is a careful cover, constructed to deflect from her hidden superpowers that keep twenty-nine twelve-year-olds focused all day. We wrap up, say our farewells and I leave feeling I’ve spent the afternoon chatting with a friend. I’m even inspired to look in to Tabor’s Bachelor of Ed. Wait a sec, that would require organising children other than my own. Term-mumme thinks of misplaced hats and concludes it is better I stick to writing and leave teaching to superhumans, like Rebeca.
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07 A PLACE TO BE.. A PLACE TO GATHER IN WORSHIP A TIME TO LISTEN, SEEK, RESPOND, ENCOURAGE THROUGH CREATIVE EXPRESSIONS OF MUSIC, ART, DANCE, PEN, WORD, SILENCE, TOGETHER WITH THE FATHER, SON AND HOLY SPIRIT. EXPRESSIONS OF SHALOM IS A WORSHIP SPACE WITH JESUS AT THE CENTRE. THIS HAS BEEN A DEVELOPING SPACE, A RESPONSE TO THE SENSE THAT GOD IS INDEED CALLING US TO NEW THINGS AND IN OBEDIENCE TO HIS CALL WE DISCOVER MORE OF WHAT HE IS SAYING. OUR CREATIVE GIFTS - WORDS OF LIFE, SONG, DANCE, ART, UNIQUE EXPRESSIONS WITHIN - ALL BEAR WITNESS TO HIS LIVING, BREATHING SPIRIT, CALLING US TO GREATER FREEDOM, FULLNESS OF BEING AND BUILDING EACH OTHER UP. HIS WORD SPEAKS POWERFULLY THROUGH OUR GOD-GIVEN EXPRESSIONS OF HIS HEART. Expressions of Shalom is held fortnightly Tuesdays evenings. All Tabor students are welcome! Students are encouraged to come as they are, or also welcome to bring an instrument, or tools for other artistic medium such as paints.
FOR MORE INFORMATION OR TO REGISTER YOUR INTEREST Narelle Schultz | email: tca178941@taobr.edu.au
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MATTERS MIND
I LOSE MY MIND ON A DAILY BASIS BY PHIL DAUGHTRY
In our public health conversation, we often hear of references to a mental health ‘crisis’ or ‘epidemic’. The statistics are relatively clear on this: 1 in 5 Australians experience a mental illness in any given year and 14% of Australians will be affected by an anxiety disorder1. Almost half of all Australians (45%) will experience a mental illness in their lifetime and 54% of these do not access any treatment2. That’s a whole lot of existential misery going on, and in this, our ‘lucky country’. Intelligent and helpful responses to the suffering caused by mental illness are far less obvious, more nuanced, and related to different professional, academic and personal views. It is probably fair to say that, in Australia, the medical/ pharmaceutical model prevails. By this I mean psychiatric assessment and balanced prescriptions of appropriate medication. Following, a distant, but meaningful, second comes psychotherapy, a particular form of counselling. This intervention is more labour-intensive and expensive than drugs. Personally, I’m appreciative of both
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09 of these approaches. I have seen their benefits in relation to members of my extended family, colleagues, and former youth work clients. There is however a far broader social and spiritual frame of reference to consider in the nurture of the psyche. Public health researcher and analyst, Richard Eckersley, has long argued that the hyper-individualism and materialism of contemporary western culture, coupled with, ‘an unrelenting [pressure] to make the most of one’s life’, gets in between young adults and historically shared cultural traditions and beliefs. Thus, people are increasingly distracted ‘from what is most important to
ritual of morning prayer and meditation. This usually involves a key biblical theme and/or text as a frame of reference. God as the one who is fiercely and protectively compassionate towards me. God who frees me from the spiral of anxiety through an emerging vision of the web of grace in which I ‘live and move and have my being’ (Acts 17). In this daily ritual my sense of self and care for the world is renewed. Following this holy pause, I step into my working day a better version of myself, more patient, forgiving, resilient, and hopeful. Less likely to panic and react in the face of perceived threats. But as the wear and tear of
I’M GRATEFUL THAT THE STRUCTURE OF ALL TIME IS CIRCULAR RATHER THAN LINEAR
wellbeing: the quality of their relationships with each other and the world, which, ideally, contribute to a deep and enduring sense of intrinsic worth and existential certainty’3. More recently, the social researcher, Hugh Mackay, has concluded that the cure for modern anxiety and loneliness is primarily to be found in the mindful cultivation of neighbourhood relationships4. Who would have thought that the gospel axiom, ‘love your neighbour as yourself’, could be just the hidden treasure we didn’t know that we were looking for?
the day takes its inevitable toll, my calm centeredness begins to unravel - my mind is fragmenting - life seems harder and less benevolent by day’s end and particularly in the middle of a dark night. Thus, I’m grateful that the structure of all time is circular rather than linear and I am able to come back around to the places and spaces of my daily rituals where defragmentation occurs and mercy is refreshed. What small daily practices have you found to be helpful in bringing you back into the best version of yourself? Through these practices in your own story may God grant you access to the Spirit of ‘love, power and soundness of mind’ (2 Timothy 1:7).
Speaking from a personal perspective, I know that I lose my mind on a daily basis. What I mean by that is that I follow a series of daily morning rituals that help to ground me into myself and prepare for the day to come. They include simple things like a decent, healthy breakfast; a cup of tea,
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Facts and stats about mental illness in Australia, accessed online, 20.06.18 at: http://www.mindframe-media.info/for-media/reportingmental-illness/facts-and-stats Facts and figures about mental health, accessed online, 20.06.18: https://www.blackdoginstitute.org.au/about-us/publications-andresources/fact-sheets Eckersley, R. 2011. A new narrative of young people’s health and wellbeing. Journal of Youth Studies, 14 (5), pp. 627-638. Mackay, H. (2018. May 17). ‘How the state of the nation begins in your street’ [Audio podcast]. Retrieved from: http://www.abc.net.au/radio/ programs/conversations/conversations-hugh-mackay-2018/9749264
THE WALKING STREETS OF JERUSALEM WITH SOPHIE GERRIE
When I first heard whispers that Tabor was considering taking a Post-Grad study tour to Jordan and Israel I thought it was too good to be true! I’m pretty sure I put my hand up for it before the trip was ever confirmed. Then the whispers became a reality. From the 9th-24th of April, twenty students and friends of Tabor and two lecturers headed off on an adventure to the Holy Land. The subject we were studying was Jesus in His Context. The Sea of Galilee, Jerusalem, Nazareth, Bethlehem, the Jordan River, Caesarea Philippi and the Judean desert were just a few of the incredible biblical sites we visited in an endeavour to understand the context of Jesus’ birth, life, death and resurrection.
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11 It is one thing to sit in a classroom in Australia and learn about these places, but it is another to see them in real life. No longer does Nazareth seem as real in my imagination as Narnia or Middle Earth. I have walked in the dusty footsteps of Jesus, sat on stones laid thousands of years ago, seen the diverse geographical differences between north and south, east and west, and tasted all of the wonderful local foods the region has to offer. Nazareth, all the other places we visited, and even Jesus are so much more real to me now. It has brought the stories of the Gospels alive to me in ways I wasn’t expecting; it has added an earthiness and depth to them. But you can’t visit the Holy Land and only see historical sites. The reality of the current political and religious tensions and the challenges faced by people in their day-to-day lives was all part of our learning.
NAZARETH... HAS BROUGHT THE STORIES OF THE GOSPELS ALIVE TO ME IN WAYS I WASN’T EXPECTING
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Old City, Jerusalem, Israel
One of the highlights of the tour was our day in Bethlehem, which is located in the West Bank. We were absolutely blessed by a lecture at Bethlehem Bible College, where we heard about the current situation in the Palestinian Church, what they are hoping and praying for, and how they are working for peace in the region. I was also particularly excited about getting to see some original Banksy artwork on and around the separation wall between Israel and the West Bank. A massive thank you has to go to our lecturers Melinda and Stephen for leading and teaching us so well and asking thought provoking questions. And to Aaron for all the hard work in the lead up to the trip in order to make it happen.
Banksy Hotel, Bethlehem | Opposite page photo: Greco-Roman ruins Jerash, Jordan
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A ARCHAELOGY POEM BY JADE WYATT This archaeology of words where you see structure, form, tension of expression and constriction look closer sweep aside the soft dirt, dig beneath the rubble, drop a stone down into the quiet lake the infinite within the defined immerse yourself only you can find the meaning in the symbols that sing beneath your touch anoint yourself in secret rhyme time will not touch you here dissolve the darkness drink deeply awaken. write write about the winter the creeping cold
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the darkening trees the breath that curls and whispers of warmth write about desire its soft touch its weight write about the fire that burns like hunger write about sickle-shaped leaves, pale strains of music write about the grey stain of shame the bent knee of repentance write of hope in birth, in water, in each bright star remind us why it matters remind us to be still write us down beneath our slumber where we wait to be awoken write that we remember.
REVIEW BOOK
THE NO.1 LADIES’ DETECTIVE AGENCY (20 YEARS ON) BY MICHAEL WYATT
It is the twenty-year anniversary of the ‘The No.1 Ladies Detective Agency,’ and I am sorry to have missed its author, Alexander McCall Smith, at Adelaide Writers’ Week this year. I would have liked to ask him questions about the novel that’s sold millions of copies world-wide; for example, how the simple story of a woman in Botswana starting a detective agency could be so profound, heart-felt, and entertaining at the same time. But no, I imagine he’s heard that before, and a trip up to the microphone at Writers’ Week is not a thing taken lightly. One has to try to appear learned and sophisticated, and ask something serious. So, despite the event being concluded, I couldn’t help but daydream a few questions and imagine myself stepping up under the watchful eye of the audience to deliver them.
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15 ‘Alexander McCall Smith,’ I say, looking to the podium. ‘How do you feel about being a white man of English descent, taking on the role of a black woman from Botswana?’ He purses his lips and nods his head. The question is good, but I can see he’s heard that one before. Well ok, I’ll try another. ‘Alexander McCall Smith, you’ve spent a great deal of your life writing technical jargon for academia - what was the reasoning behind the change in your writing style to make you sound more colloquial?’ He leans back in his chair, crosses his arms, and consults some distant part in his brain. He is either thoroughly impressed, or he thinks I’m a pretentious twit. After this imaginary conversation with the author, I decided to revisit the novel itself. Re-visiting a much-loved book is a dangerous thing, as it can be a perfectly good way to spoil a pleasant memory. And, in this instance, I was armed with the aforementioned questions, poised to critically attack what I remembered. So I started to read, and not long after I began, I was struck by a passage that spoke directly to my hanging questions: ‘She was a good detective, and a good woman. A good woman in a good country, one might say. She loved her country, Bostwana, which is a place of peace, and she loved Africa, for
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all its trials. I am not ashamed to be called an African patriot, said Mma Ramotswe. I love all the people whom God made, but I especially know how to love the people who live in this place. They are my people, my brothers and sisters. It is my duty to help them to solve the mysteries in their lives. That is what I am called to do.’(p2) Here was the author, speaking for this fictional African woman, in a tongue I doubt he rarely used in real life, let alone in his prose. Yet I honestly didn’t mind. I no longer cared about Alexander McCall Smith, because I no longer saw him. Without realising, I’d easily reached the half-way mark of the novel… because I was on a journey with Mma Ramostwe, as she started her detective agency in the dusty but beautiful land of Botswana. I was with her in the tender memories of her father as he worked hard to give her a future, in the struggles of her early days that justified her unusual occupation as a detective, and in the quirky cases that utilised her keen and analytical eye. And in all this, I realised that it was beyond just being a stylistic choice on behalf of the author. ‘Well I was there,’ says Alexander McCall Smith leaning closer to the microphone. ‘I was there in the passenger seat of Mma Ramotswa’s little white van as she bumped along on her rounds. I was there beside her under the Acacia tree as the chickens pecked at her feet. And I was there on her porch, as the sun set steadily on Botswana.’
MEETS WALK
TRACEY PRICE BY SASKIA CAPON
I jump, as a nun chatters across Tracey’s desk soon after I walk in. Admittedly, the habit-clad figure is two inches high, plastic and wind-up, but her jaunt toward me makes me even more curious to discover just whom I am about to interview. How do I begin to interview someone whose vocation has varied from Head of the School of Education at Tabor, to prison warden at Old Adelaide Gaol? Of course, Tracey’s laughter and openness quickly sets me at ease. I wonder if the deans at other tertiary institutions are so approachable, or if we are just lucky that ours is willing to sit and share her time and expertise. Tracey’s doctoral thesis will examine spirituality and justice in the context of the evangelical Christian school, using Paulo Friere’s concept of critical pedagogy as her research methodology. It’s a philosophical approach and I wonder how it works in the context of researching justice.
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17 ‘Christian’s talk about justice (as) social justice… because it’s about the gospel. Of course, it is that sense of hospitality and justice… but essentially justice as far as I read it in scripture is covenant justice. It’s God making a covenant in terms of relationship with us, so therefore justice is really about the essence of who God is, lived in and through the who of who we are in a spiritual sense.
Her words echo my conversation with Rebeca Albu, but of course, it was Rebeca echoing Tracey. I smile broadly and explain to Tracey that I am experiencing the result of her pedagogy as a parent of a child who is currently a student of Rebeca Albu, one of Tracey’s former students.
‘Nicholas Wolterstorff said: “We should teach justly for justice.” So, if you want social justice outcomes, the starting
‘That gladdens my heart more than anything because the one thing that I really want to see out of my research is teachers taking this on for themselves. …That they begin to allow that to come through who they are. That to me is a
point is: Who are we as just people? And the starting point for that is: Who is God as a just God.’
real blessing for the next generation, so it’s a blessing for me to have influenced that in some ways.’
The magnitude of Tracey’s research balloons exponentially in my mind and I scramble for structure, some sort of framework my all-toohuman mind can cling to while we delve into such weighty matters. Tracey, quickly brings things back to terms I can grasp.
THERE’S SOMETHING VERY SPECIAL ABOUT TABOR THAT YOU CAN’T QUITE QUANTIFY
‘I’d rather that we engaged with the idea of justice conceptually. From there you’re beginning to change yourself in terms of your understanding and therefore who you are as a person who is concerned about justice.’ ‘What does justice look like in the classroom?’ I ask. ‘…the selfhood of the teacher will give that sense of what justice is. If you are being authentic to who you are… that’s what your classroom will be characterised by. …No matter who the teacher is, (justice) will be transformational, be full of concepts that are meaningful, and will have a heart of hospitality.’
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And, I think, a blessing for the parents of the children experiencing the resultant education. This realisation elicits a deep sense of gratitude in me, for the dedication to self-examination that is encouraged in students who begin their teaching journey at Tabor.
‘So, what was it about your life that lead you to be passionate about this approach?’ I ask. ‘I think I’ve always had this approach to life… to see the bigger picture as well as the detail. …Everybody else saw teaching as my gift before I saw that. I kind of avoided it, not deliberately, but I just got interested in other things. ‘God made it pretty clear that this is where I was meant to be. …There’s something very special about Tabor that you can’t quite quantify. I’m attached to where I am but I’m not afraid of change – I’ve quite happily embraced change in my life. To me it’s about the people, it’s always about the relationship and …I’ve never worked with this many people at once who are so skilled and so caring.
I squeeze one final question in to our time together and ask, ‘How did working in a prison affect your approach to education?’ ‘There are very few behaviour management problems in my classroom,’ she laughs. ‘Look, I’m me wherever I go – so for me, being a prison officer was sort of about teaching, in a very different way, but I still treat people the same. My sense of people needing to be respected and recognised for who they are, the understanding that we are complex as human beings (is the same). ‘It was great grounding in terms of figuring out my faith and what that meant in reality. When you’re faced with hard questions of: When I open a cell (to find) somebody has taken their life, or I’m on admissions and a paedophile has come in, or someone who has bashed a grandmother, how do you treat, practically, these people? ‘It’s real people and real lives and there’s a sense of integrity that you have to bring as a person into that. You have to learn the difference between assertion and aggression and that’s a very important skill to have in a classroom.’ Before I know it, our time is up and we have covered enough for me to create ten articles. I thank Tracey for her time and expertise and, with a final nervous glance at the inanimate nun, make my farewells. I leave her office feeling full, in that way you do when you have examined great and deep things. It makes me want to go for a long walk beneath the winter sun, to spend time reflecting on my understanding of God, and how I represent His justice. Which, I guess, is the legacy Tracey leaves all those fortunate enough to learn from her.
Sister Assumpta is a crazed, fanatical nun who belongs to the Mattie Hislop group, whose job it is to help people who are suffering from addictions. She was portrayed by Irish actress Rosemary Henderson.
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Applications for second semester are at an all-time high and WALK couldn’t wait to go to Orientation Day and meet some of our new students. We gathered in The Hub, hands cupped around hot mugs of coffee as students had their first taste of Michelle’s famous brew. Staff and current students mingled as the new comers were welcomed in to Tabor’s family. Keep your eye out and introduce yourself to some of these new faces.
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STORY SHORT
DREAM TEAM BY LISA BIRCH
‘Alright, freshies, follow me!’ Anna Narky waved her arms in the air, guiding us to the relatively easy first station, set up in a small area on one of the multi-purpose courts. All we had to do was weave between cones which had been placed quite close together. We lined up, and then I noticed all of the assessors. It wasn’t just Anna watching us; she had a guy with a stop watch at one end, someone holding a whistle next to the first cone and another assessor hovering nearby with a clipboard. In fact, there were more assessors than skaters. ‘I feel sick,’ I muttered to no one in particular. It wasn’t just nerves; something wasn’t quite right. It didn’t matter, because all too soon I was skating between the cones, making perfect time. ‘Awesome work, babe!’ Cathy, one of my team mates from Team Slow, high-fived me as I rolled to a stop. ‘How’d you do?’ I asked her.
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23 ‘Alright, I think, but all these assessors are giving me the creeps. It’s not very chill, is it?’ We looked around at the other skaters, set up at two other stations. The assessors holding clipboards were clutching them to their chests, determined not to give anything away. Anna gathered us around her. ‘It’s time for your endurance laps. Now, you know the minimum you need to pass your safe skater test is 27, but today, you only need to get 20 laps in five minutes.’ I glanced at Cathy — neither of us had been able to skate more than 18 laps in five minutes. Maybe fresh meat testing day round two would be the day we cracked it. Anna assigned us each an assessor who would count our laps, and we picked a spot on the track. I selected a red line, thinking it would be lucky, and waited for the whistle again. As soon as it blasted, I began to run on my skate stoppers and picked up speed, slowly lapping other members of Team Slow. But by the time two minutes had elapsed, they were passing me. With only three minutes on the clock, and five laps in, I knew I probably wouldn’t make 20, but I kept going. At the 30 second warning I sped up again, but when the final whistle blew, I’d only achieved 16 laps. The afternoon dragged on. We were tested at standing on one leg, and then the other, for thirty seconds. Harder than it sounds on skates. We skated as a big pack of girls, dodging obstacles thrown on the track by the assessors. Finally, the moment I’d been dreading, the giant pool noodle was laid across the derby track. ‘You must jump over the noodle with both feet in the air and land with both feet at the same time,’ Anna reminded us. In the line that curved around the apex of the track I saw other roller girl wannabes crossing their fingers. I said a quick prayer, thinking God might be more reliable than holding two fingers together. Like all prayers I’d offered up to God, I WALK | August 2018
knew I could count on him for some kind of answer. Soon enough there was just a wide open space between me and the pool noodle. I skated slowly and jumped, and then landed straight on my backside, a sure sign of not bending low enough to jump. On my second attempt, I heard my skates leave the ground at different times, and on landing, I did the same. After my third failed attempted, Anna skated up to me. ‘I’ve seen enough. Come and have a chat.’ Well, this can’t be good. I looked over my shoulder at Cathy who was peering at me from behind a taller girl. I shrugged at her and followed Anna, who sat down on one of the chairs that lined the court. ‘I’m not skating very well today,’ I said to her. She shook her head. ‘It wouldn’t be fair to let you keep going. The thing is, we really like you, and you’ve given everything a go. Why don’t you come back as an NSO?’ I looked at her blankly. ‘A what?’ ‘NSO. A non-skating official. You can volunteer with us and still come to all our parties and things. Plus, they have a super cool uniform.’ I didn’t give two hoots about the uniform. I wanted to wear skates and speed around, hip checking people and getting in the way of the opposition. Volunteering sounded like fun, but right now all I wanted to do was play on a team. ‘There’s always next year,’ she said kindly. I thanked her, and she went back to Team Slow, now down one member. I skated off the court as fast as I could and started peeling off my skates and knee socks in the foyer. What on earth was I thinking? I’m a quiet underachiever! Was I nuts to think about being a derby girl in the first place? I stashed my skates in my bag and walked out to my car. The roller girl decal I stuck on my back window seemed to be mocking me. I gave it a death stare, then climbed into my car and cried.
When I got home, I took to my bed like an overtired child who has been sent to her room without any dinner. Except, this time, I had sent myself there. ‘There will be other chances,’ my husband said. ‘You could always volunteer with them.’
‘I can’t, Cathy. I’m having a baby,’ I said. My husband looked at me curiously, wondering who I was talking to, no doubt. It was too soon to tell people, but not soon enough to stop competitive skating.
I shook my head. ‘I’ve never been on a team, except primary school netball, and then I had to play Wing Defence every single time.’ I looked over at my skate bag; it was already sending a wafty odour across the room. ‘This is the only thing I thought I could do, and now I can’t even do it.’ I even got kicked off Team Slow, for crying out loud!
‘Oh. Well, next time freshies come up again, maybe?’ Cathy sounded surprised, but still had derby on her mind.
God, I prayed, you have some funny ways of answering
Instead of washing out my stinky skate gear, I found myself washing new baby clothes. And instead of attending practices, I started attending pre-natal classes. It wasn’t the team I’d imagined, but it was even better than Team Slow. It was the team God had chosen for me. We were the Dream Team — no hip checks necessary.
prayers. ‘I’m coming around to collect your tickets,’ said the gym instructor from the stage. The disco lights were on, and being a balmy January day everyone was already hot and sweaty before the workout had started. ‘Please let me know if you are injured or pregnant.’ The instructor stood before me and I handed her my card. ‘I have a knee injury,’ I said, so she went through some basic instructions of what not to do. But something else she’d said — ‘or pregnant’ — stuck in my mind.
‘Sure,’ I said, and meant it. There would be time for me to skate again, one day, but for now I just wanted to worry about my team of three.
Or pregnant… Those two words began to annoy me all through the class. Could pregnancy throw your skating off balance? There had been six weeks between the fresh meat training sessions and that big test I had taken yesterday. I tried not to think about it too much. The class flew by, and soon enough I was looking at the roller girl decal again. This time she looked friendly. Cathy started fresh meat again without me, with a new league she had tracked down. ‘You should come,’ she said. ‘Everyone there is really nice, it’s super relaxed. Totally your scene.’ This was the third time we had had this conversation, and I couldn’t put off telling her the truth any longer.
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LEADERSHIP STUDENT TEAM WHAT WOULD YOU HAVE A DOUBLE HELPING OF?
AT THE BEGINNING OF 2018, STUDENTS ACROSS EACH OF TABOR’S SCHOOLS CAME TOGETHER TO FORM THE STUDENT LEADERSHIP TEAM. WE MEET MONTHLY WITH THE AIM OF PROMOTING THE BEST TABOR STUDENT EXPERIENCE FOR ALL. WE LIKE TO WELCOME NEW STUDENTS ON ORIENTATION DAY, AND SUPPORT CURRENT STUDENTS WITH THEIR IDEAS TO IMPROVE STUDENT LIFE. WE ALSO LAUNCHED TABOR’S FIRST COLLEGE HOODIE – THAT GORGEOUS GARMENT YOU HAVE SEEN SO MANY OF US DONNING IN THESE COLD MONTHS! HERE, I HAVE ASKED EACH OF THEM WHAT THEY WOULD HAVE A DOUBLE HELPING OF. SASKIA CAPON Grad. Diploma in Creative Writing Hot chips with gravy and patience – although hot chips with gravy is likely to result in a very happy (and therefore) patient Sas ;) FELICITY HAMPEL Bachelor of Education (Primary) Cob loaf! Because is there such thing as too much cob? Oh and pasta? Because you can never get sick of all the different pastas! MEG HARRIS Graduate Diploma in Arts (Creative Writing major) Mum’s potato bake
KATIE JONES Bach of Applied Social Science (Counselling) A double helping of Werther’s Original (crunchy, not chewy!) They remind me of my Nana, and also a double helping of laughter. NAHNI VAN PAMELEN Bachelor of Arts (Music major) Compassion or mangoes, whichever is most accessible. LINDA WHARTON Certificate IV in Mental Health My double helping would be compassion and kindness followed by caramel popcorn (in that order).
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THE BELL FOR WHOM TOLLS BY PHIL DAUGHTRY
On Monday, April 30, the bell tower at the top of the central external staircase rang
out an invitation to
all staff and students to find a periodic, series of pregnant pauses in each day. When the bell rings each of us is invited either to join a 15-minute time of guided prayer in the chapel or to simply pause where we are for 30 seconds or more to practice a moment of stillness and contemplation in our own way. The theologian, Karl Rahner, referred to prayer as a ‘swift, upward glance of the soul’ - a way to transform the fragmentary effect of multi-task-time-economy to a unifying vision of compassion as permeating and binding all things in a singular purpose of expression. In this pregnant pause, we become conscious again of the silent grace that pervades our universe. Such grace personally embraces our own stories and awakens us to our connection to all stories.
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27 In prayer, we are brought back to our right minds, our deepest and truest impulses, and experience the renewal of our ethical soul. The peace that passes comprehension, and is the promise of the resurrection, holds us in a renewed and delightful way of being. So may it be. The rhythm of opportunities and invitations is outlined in the table below:
Prayer
Theme
THE THEOLOGIAN, KARL RAHNER, REFERRED TO PRAYER AS A ‘SWIFT, UPWARD GLANCE OF THE SOUL’
Scriptural reference
Days and times
Do not be anxious about anything, but in every situation, by prayer Morning
Supplication/
and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. And
Monday - Friday
prayer
intercession
the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your
8:30 -8:45
hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus (Philippians 4:6-7) Midday
Rest and
prayer
reflection
The Lord is my shepherd, I lack nothing. He makes me lie down in green
Monday, Wednesday
pastures, he leads me beside quiet waters, he refreshes my soul
and Friday
(Psalm 23:1-2)
12:30 - 12:45
To him who is able to keep you from stumbling and to present you Evening
Adoration and
prayer
thanksgiving
before his glorious presence without fault and with great joy – to the
Tuesday, Wednesday
only God our Saviour be glory, majesty, power and authority, through
and Thursday
Jesus Christ our Lord, before all ages, now and for evermore! Amen
4:45 - 5:00
(Jude 24-25)
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EATS WALK OUT SPATS CAFE BY SASKIA CAPON
My first visit to Spatz Café was sixteen years ago. I was dating a handsome redhead who I knew would one day be my husband — if he would just get on with asking me. Spatz was then, and is now, the place to go for ambience, whether you’re planning a cosy catch-up with the BFF or an indulgent date with a really good book. The lighting is dim, glowing through red glass lamps, occasionally reflected in a gilt mirror hanging on the wall. The tables and chairs are an odd mix of dark wood and light cane, both adorned with well-worn coverings in every shade of red. There are cosy booths in one of the two front rooms and I vaguely remember sitting, starryeyed, in the booth on the left facing King William Road, many years ago.
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29 I visit Spatz these days for monthly writer’s group meetings—
that is both creamy and tangy. I am completely satisfied by
romanticism of a different kind. I meander over creaky floors,
the time my fellow writers begin to arrive, but I find room
covered in carpets to find our little nook: a separate room
enough to add an iced-chocolate to the tab. Someone else
out back with built
orders
in
around
crepes and it makes
low black tables. The
me wish I had room
windows here are
for more. Next time.
covered with heavy
Our desserts in the
drapes
middle of a writing
seating
bordered
honeycomb
in a black fringe
activity
and I pass through
friends are focused
a
enough to ignore the
red-curtained
doorway,
and
my
stepping
deliciousness waiting
down into a space
on our tables, but I
that feels as though
simply cannot. The
it
fresh
was
designed
cream
atop
specifically for our
my
writerly purposes. I
forms cold little clots
have arrived early,
where it touches the
left myself plenty of
ice-cream, just the
time to enjoy a meal
way I like it. Two thin
before
wafers and a slice of
everyone
iced-chocolate
arrives. I’m probably
pineapple
a bit strange that way,
it from feeling too
but I have always
rich. The little girl in
enjoyed eating out
me is delighted with
on my own — and
the single chocolate
movies, movies are
freckle resting on my
much better viewed
spoon, saved for last.
solo.
prevent
Split bills are no
A softly spoken waiter
problems at Spatz
brings menus and
and I like to be
I quickly decide on the creamy chicken vol-au-vent served
the last in line, watching the happy faces of my friends as
with chips and salad. It comes out quickly, the vol-au-vent
they pay and make their way outside. Finally, I walk out to
hot, flavoursome and indulgent, the chips lightly salted and
my car waving farewells, already anticipating next month’s
perfect for scooping up the vol-au-vent’s rich sauce. The salad
rendezvous – I think I’ll have crepes with banana.
is crunchy, bursting with freshness, tempered with a dressing
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STUDENT A SLICE OF LIFE BY SASKIA CAPON
Linda
Wharton
began
studying
The group tell me they encourage each other, sharing computer skills and study survival tips. They explain that their study group is one way in which they are practicing the self-care they are studying. It seems a great way to practice what they will one day be preaching to others. The group have even met together for walks along the beach and plan to do so again.
a
certificate IV in Mental Health in February and soon saw a need for a nurturing environment where students could come together and study. She set aside two days per week to be available for any VET student wanting to connect and share their study journey.
Maria, Frances and Linda ‘I usually come in Wednesday and Thursday, but I wanted to be flexible so we work around ‘Everyone’s lives are hectic, it’s nice to know we are not what people need.’ alone, to connect with other students outside of class.’ It wasn’t long before other VET students joined Linda to support each other in their studies. ‘We give each other study support, social and emotional support, not to mention support with snacks and coffee.’
Who do you share your study journey with? Got a group that regularly meet to support each other’s study? Tell us about it at walk@tabor.edu.au
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CREATIVE COOK INGREDIENTS 3 eggwhites 260g almond meal (ground almonds) 225g castor sugar Amaretto liqueur, or almond essence Icing sugar
In Italy the Amaretti is a treat just like-a Mamma used to make! A favourite with young and old alike – so simple to prepare and quick to bake! First separate three eggs, and in a bowl whip up the whites until the peaks are stiff. Next, add the almond meal and sugar. Look! We’re half-way there – it only takes a jiff! Now for the almond flavour, you’ve a choice: three drops of almond essence works for sure; or, più autentico, a little splash of Amaretto almond-based liqueur! Now gently, with a spatula, combine to form a firm but sticky sort of ‘dough’. And that’s the biscuit mixture, dusted, done! Onto the next exciting stage we go! Before we shape the biscuits do make sure (and heed me well at this point, if you please!) you’ve turned your oven on and set the temp. to one-eight-zero Celsius degrees.
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Next, using two dessert spoons, shape some dough into a smooth and dainty sort of blob (on Masterchef they call it a quenelle but near enough is perfect for this job). Into a bowl of icing sugar drop just three or four raw biscuits at a time. Coat liberally, shake off the excess, then arrange upon a baking tray that’s lined with baking paper. Now repeat until you’ve used up all the mixture in the bowl (fifteen to sixteen tasty amaretti is what you can expect to make in all). When done, into the oven with the trays and bake for fifteen minutes or until you smell them and they’ve turned a golden brown. (They’ll look a little soft, but that’s the drill). Now let them sit upon the tray to set for just a couple minutes, undisturbed, then transfer gently to a cooling rack to set completely, ready to be served! And that’s how quick and easy it can be to bake a tasty treat that will astound. They’re perfect with a cup of tea or coffee – whip up a batch when friends next pop around!
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ON REFLECTIONS FILM
THE GREATEST SHOWMAN BY ELIZABETH CHAPMAN
I didn’t know what to expect. I walked into the cinema as a blank canvas. I left floating, my mind painted in a kaleidoscope of colour.
I LOVE THOSE MOMENTS IN LIFE WHEN YOU FEEL AS THOUGH YOU’VE TASTED MAGIC
I love those moments in life when you feel as though you’ve tasted magic. Those moments when you’re lifted beyond yourself, beyond your circumstances, and taken into the clouds where imaginations thrive, music floods your soul, and you’re uplifted to a place of self-discovery and reflection.
This is what occurred when I watched Michael Gracey’s film, The Greatest Showman. I laughed. I cried. I then smiled through the tears. Immediately, I wanted to see it again. Only this time, I would take my beloved. Life, of course, would get in the way and weeks would pass without our much anticipated date.
all the while, it taught me the definition of success. One can have it all, according to the world. Or, we can have it all in a completely other-worldly sense.
This film instilled me with a courage I hadn’t known before. It was a courage required for this next stage in my life, a stage when my husband would leave his stressful job to join me, and study at Tabor. Only, instead of Creative Writing, he would study Theology. He would study God. Next week we’ll both be students with a mortgage and three fur-baby mouths to feed. But this week, to celebrate, we’re going to watch The Greatest Showman. It may be the last film we see in the cinema for a while, and I can’t think of a better one to end this crazy season with and begin another.
Still, I was determined. After all, the film transported me to another place, another time, another worldview. I witnessed the beauty in simplicity, the fragility of life, and the uniqueness in individuality – and
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THE GET SCOOP ON MUSIC AT TABOR CONGRATULATIONS GOES TO… Casey Lawrie, Tiarna Kerber, and Josh Rance for being awarded Kodaly SA Music Scholarships for 2018! This scholarship recognises full time students who demonstrate significant potential to be classroom music teachers. The winners were funded $500 to complete a music teacher course. Nicola Kubenk – Clarinet/Composition, and Elizabeth Brady – Violin/Music Education. Nicola and Elizabeth have been accepted into the ASO Professional Pathways Program. This year, the Adelaide Symphony Orchestra selected a small number of students who demonstrated excellence in music knowledge and orchestral music to pursue mentoring and masterclasses with the ASO. Participants gain exclusive access to ASO artists and conductors, professional development opportunities, arts management insights, and to see the orchestra and guest artists in rehearsal.
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35 THE TABOR SINGERS!
I WOULD TEACH CHILDREN MUSIC, PHYSICS, AND PHILOSOPHY; BUT
MOST IMPORTANTLY MUSIC, FOR THE PATTERNS IN MUSIC AND ALL THE ARTS ARE THE KEYS TO LEARNING. PLATO
We are excited to announce that the Tabor Singers have won one of nine spots in Australia for the Open Division of the AUSACA Australian A Cappella Awards – Video Finals. They will be performing on stage in Melbourne 7th-8th September. They will be judged by a trio of a cappella experts: Christ Blain from Suade, Australia; Johanna Vinson from Pitch Perfect 2, The Sing Off, and Musae, USA; and Christopher Diaz from The Sing Off, Freedoms Boombox, and The Exchange, USA. Cheer on our Tabor Singers by following them on Facebook: Tabor Music Department, or on Instagram: tabor_music | Get Involved!
WORSHIP BAND! Are you a Tabor student who wants to be a part of an ensemble? Why not come along to Worship Band! Students lead this casual ensemble on Thursdays 11am-12pm in Wayville. Email us for more details at music@tabor.edu.au
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TALES FROM THE UPPER ROOM SUBMISSION GUIDELINES Tales from the Upper Room is a unique anthology of short fiction, creative non-fiction and poetry, written by students, staff and alumni of the Tabor Creative Writing Program. We encourage anyone affiliated with the Program to submit their creative work to us for consideration. As a guide to what we publish, be sure to read some previous editions of Tales from the Upper Room. We are currently seeking submissions for our “speculative edition” of Tales. That is, works of fantasy and sciencefiction, or otherwise inspired by the realm of faerie. To be considered for publication in our next edition, submissions should be sent before Friday 7th September 2018. Please refer to the following submission guidelines before sending us your work: ▪
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