Nossal News: Page 7
To achieve a truly multi-cultural country, it is needed for one to look past the different clothing, customs, beliefs and even the level of melanin in another's skin and discover what makes everyone similar. Differences should not be ignored; ignorance cannot be conquered simply by more ignorance. But differences should not be solely focused on. When this is done, similarities are rarely seen. Shifting one's view could dramatically affect the way friends and enemies are perceived. It is every human's right to have feelings, experiences, opinions and beliefs. If others are simply acknowledged as living, breathing human beings who can feel and can contribute to our society, then this country, this world, would greatly benefit and become more united. If everyone in a community was cared for by everyone else and in return cared for them, then problems like racial segregation and differentiation would not exist. Even other aspects that eat away at societies like depression, loneliness and poverty would fade with the introduction of genuine caring attitudes into our community. People will still come into conflict and personalities will inevitably clash, but if these disagreements were solved with the added ingredient of looking beyond oneself, peace will arise where wars may have once flourished. This generation harbours the people who will be the leaders of the world in the future. However, instead of being conscious of other people, they are perfectly content to plug in their earphones and block out the world with loud, blaring music, or engage in conversation only with those they know well. Though it may not seem like it, these antisocial teenagers could very well hold the key to becoming the genuine, caring generation that this world has been waiting for; the generation that could lead this country and this world into a time where people help and support each other. When everybody is so focused on others in this altruistic mindset, they can also focus on the environment around them, and problems like Global Warming or Climate Change can be tackled by an entire country – a unified body of people working toward the same thing. So, in conclusion, though the question posed might appear to be difficult, it has a simple answer. All one has to do is change oneself from the inside out. To accept differences, focus on similarities and work together for a brighter future. Hopefully, this generation will not follow in the egoistic footsteps of some before them, but will branch off on their own altruistic path that will mould the world and truly make it a better place. Then Australia's culture would be one where many different cultures worked together in harmony and peace, interacting and coming to each other's aid. Australia's culture would be one renowned throughout the world. For we are one, but we are many, and from all the lands on earth we come. We share a dream and sing with one voice: 'I am, you are, we are Australian.'
State Wide Pupil Free Day Monday 9th August All Government Schools receive training on the rollout of the Ultranet