Monthly Archives: November 2007

Jo, you are right!

Hey Jo,
I hear you on the $28,000 a year. It’s hard to justify a job that doesn’t pay the bills…
I hope you have a wonderful birthday in New Zealand. Nothing beats home. Say hi to the Duchess for me.
And congratulations on the intern. I’ve been following your elections with great [...]

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And so the story continues

It was with much sadness that I delivered Janni to Brisbane airport last week.
Janni had decided she needed to go home and share her experiences and photos of Jschool 2007 with her family and friends in Sweden.
Janni flew home via Stockholm and Gothenberg before travelling home to Jonkerping with her parents.
I have had a few [...]

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The last hoorah

Jo Mitchell-Turner
Valedictorian speech Jschool 2007
Every journalist who is not too stupid or too full of himself to notice what is going on knows that what he does is morally indefensible.
He is a kind of confidence man, preying on people’s vanity, ignorance or loneliness gaining their trust and [...]

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The last hoorah

Jo Mitchell-Turner
Valedictorian speech Jschool 2007
Every journalist who is not too stupid or too full of himself to notice what is going on knows that what he does is morally indefensible.
He is a kind of confidence man, preying on people’s vanity, ignorance or loneliness gaining their trust and [...]

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So long and farewell to Australia

So long, farewell, and to next year’s students, good luck.
It has been a great year, but despite that, I’m ready to go home. My internships have ranged from Whitehorse, Yukon in Northern Canada to Launceston, Tasmania–about as far apart as I could possibly get–and I’m travelled out.
It is time to curl up by a [...]

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