G D Scott
My blogs
| Gender | Male |
|---|---|
| Industry | Education |
| Occupation | retired |
| Location | Perth, WA, Australia |
| Introduction | Retired educator, brain still sharp (my view), body pretty good, fantastic wife, 2 adult sons, 5 grandkids a joy, love the natural world and write little books for my grand kids about insects, spiders, birds using photos that I take (..rank amateur photographer but love it) - no pic in profile as not mad on pics going on internet. Also not so photogenic now a senior (vanity???). In my long career with the Ed Department of WA I was a primary and secondary teacher, a teacher educator, principal of a K-12 school, a Superintendent of Schools and had two acting stints one as a Director of Operations covering several school districts and the other as Director of Personnel. I hold a BEd and BA from the University of WA and an MEd from the University of Alberta, Canada. I am also a Fellow of the Australian Council of Educational Leaders (FACEL). One of my life credos is never to flaunt or brag about my qualifications as I believe that if truly educated one doesn't do such things. In short I cannot abide intellectual snobbery. I have documented my qualifications and career simply to establish my bona fides to be writing blogs about serious matters like the education of the young. |
| Interests | education, communication, human rights, poetry, fishing, music, gardening (organic), bio-farming, peace in the world through non-violent means, Aussie Rules (Go Eagles!, water conservation, reading, cycling, walking |
| Favorite movies | Not a movie buff and very hard to please so here are some: Prime of Miss Jean Brodie, The King's Speech, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, .... |
| Favorite music | Classical (not too heavy), some rock, love Queen, the Piano Man - Billy Joel, Peter Allen, Abba, Beatles, Elvis,Tina Turner (Simply the Best), James Blunt ....very eclectic tastes |
| Favorite books | The Book Thief, Thomas Kenneally's "History of Australia (Vol I) from 1788 to Eureka", Capricornia, Sarah's Key, Jon Doust's "Boy on a Wire" , Pride and Prejudice, The Saber-Tooth Curriculum,most of Somerset Maugham's short stories, John Steinbeck's novels, poetry of Gerard Manly Hopkins-John Keats- Wordsworth-Shakespeare, Fowler's Current English Usage, The Macquarie Dictionary...too many to name |