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In One Punch, author Barry Dickins reflects on the many types of
violence that can now affect everyday life. In his heartfelt
exploration of the subject, Barry talks to many of the people whom
this violence impacts, including the parents of children who have
been killed, professionals in the justice system, and children who
live in communities where violence is rife. He looks at how the
world has changed in his lifetime and discusses where we are going
as a society.
Lessons in Humility is the bizarre story of Barry Dickins' life as
a teacher. He gained his Diploma Of Education at The Melbourne
State College forty years ago although he failed Classroom
Management. He has taught Drama and Creative Literature to cherubs
at a primary school and prayer-composition at a secondary college.
The recollection unfolds at the point of doom but cheerfully
expands when the author experiences enlightenment when he is put in
with Grade Ones forever. Barry Dickins' writing has been called
'The defeat of the desperate by the bizarre' which means of course
that his stage characters are inevitably overcome by not themselves
but their surroundings. Join the catastrophic but noble hunt for
meaning as our indefatigable community-loving teacher collides with
life head-on. Nietzsche once wrote that 'only with laughter do we
slay' and never was that epithet truer for a willing servant of
education who not only clashes with bureaucracies but can't
comprehend society either. What he is brilliant at is never
teaching but the forgotten art of listening. Children adore to be
carefully heard and practising that fact is what gets him through
Hell in one piece. The fantastic and fatal daily hurts and
contradictions are faithfully recorded here by a writer who loves
poor people so well he knows what lollies they've knocked off. Many
essays have been composed and published upon teaching in the 200
years of the strap. Many are marvellous but this is true. You too
will feel as you have held class at The Boil Street Special School
in Sickening Road. The author learns the timely lesson in modesty
at the rickety helm of teaching chaos. It's not that his kids are
stupid but that he is arrogant. He teaches poorly because he
listens worse. It is only when he surrenders his portrait of
himself as an artist to the wheelie bin of life that he finally
learns that teaching is to do with others and not vanity. Vanity is
interesting but it will never get the soul a Roadworthy
Certificate.
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