Lit Network Photoalbum.

[Janine]

Thanks Kathcf. Did you post your photo yet?

[Janine]

That sounds like your best bet, and after all this discussion.. can't wait to get a better view of your artwork!

Thanks, Logos, and I hope to make a blog soon with more examples of my art. It should be fun to make it up but need better scans and photos and that will take me a little bit of time. I will tackle that after the holidays.

Have a good night and thanks ~ Janine

[dramasnot6]

Nice pictures Drama and Janine. Drama, you do look a little rebellious in that pic.

Thanks kathy! Really glad you think so

[Janine]

Drama, I like your avatar and the photo in your profile page of the book with blue, is it petals, scattered on the pages. That is quite interesting. Did you take these photos or find them online? They are really moody and striking. I, also, like the one in your signature. All are great photography and nice composition, with a gentle sensitive mood to them. Very nice choices and they go well together.

[Janine]

This is just an experiment to see if it will place my photo in the text..... Wow, it worked. I will have to paste it in each time I post.

Happy Holidays everyone! Love and peace to all of you ~ Janine

[Pensive]

Thank you Pensive! I'm the very old age of 14 My father is Indian and my mother is half Spanish and half Russian. What is your heritage?

Welcome to the fantastic fourteen (hope it will be fantastic) league, man!

I got the idea of you being Asian from your picture. You are a bit brown and have black-ish hair which I think are not common amongst Americans.

My grandparents from father's side migrated from India in 1940's something, used to live in Lacknow before that. You might have had heard of this city in India. On the other hand, my mother is a Punjabi.

[muhsin]

We are waiting to see Janie's pic. Soon?

[Virgil]

Thank ye so much Lain! What a compliment coming from such a beautiful girl as yourself Trust me, you wouldnt want this uniform. It doesnt make you feel superior in the least, just really...really strangled. The teachers pay no attention to academics and all attention to how much jewelry you have on and whether your shirts tucked in *sigh*
Smiles are wonderful things! Very,very contagious

Don't underestimate the importance of appearence, especially neatness. Kids in their school uniforms always have a special appeal for me. It makes them look more sophisticated. I can't stand the sloppy look that is so popular these days. I think you look quite nice.

Now that really sounds like an old fogey talking. A fourteen year old is entitled to be somewhat rebellious.

BTW, Drama what type of school do you go to that requires uniforms, a religious school?

[dramasnot6]

No, every single school in Australia requires a uniform. Be it public, private, unisex, monosex, religious, non-religious, etc. There is no school that doesnt require it. Not one. I've even met homeschooled kids who were encouraged to wear their uniform while taught at home! I go to a private school here, but all 12 years of my life were spent in a public one so it is a new experience. The government schools here are rather atrocious though here, i tried one out for a day when coming here and kids were having food fights in the middle of a math class. My private school is the only non-religious AND unisex one in the entire city i think. What type of schooling did you have Virgil?

[dramasnot6]

Hey virgil! look at that, its just us online!

[Virgil]

I went to public school, Drama. I did not have to wear a uniform. I probably, no definitely, would have rebelled. I was a rebellious teenager. But I think uniforms are good idea. So much of kid's energies go into a "look" that I think it takes away from learning.

Just Us? Don't tell anyone.

[dramasnot6]

I can definetly see you as a rebel Virgil! I actually think freedom of dress enhances the learning experience, it opens up your mind and lets the teachers fully concentrate on the curriculum and classroom behaviour. I too thought it might be a good idea upon arriving here, but after experiencing both i find i very much miss the freedom. In theory it's good, but in practice the entire school body has to put lots of time and energy, more so then deciding what to wear for the day, in maintaning and enforcing a proper uniform that it really isnt worth it. Takes away from the juicy stuff, the learning For me no degree of neatness is worth being exposed to less knowledge Of course, many of my peers disagree

[thevintagepiper]

No, every single school in Australia requires a uniform. Be it public, private, unisex, monosex, religious, non-religious, etc. There is no school that doesnt require it. Not one. I've even met homeschooled kids who were encouraged to wear their uniform while taught at home! I go to a private school here, but all 12 years of my life were spent in a public one so it is a new experience. The government schools here are rather atrocious though here, i tried one out for a day when coming here and kids were having food fights in the middle of a math class. My private school is the only non-religious AND unisex one in the entire city i think. What type of schooling did you have Virgil?

That's what the schools here are like as well....strict and sophisticated uniforms for all.
I'm a homeschooler, and therefore an exception

[Pendragon]

Lainy, my hair is not that reddish, but thanks anyway. It looks different in different lights, I suppose. Now it is getting lighter all the time (due to mixed in white hairs, don't tell anyone - haha - I am getting to that age you know). This is one of the rare occasions I took a photo and liked it... of myself. Had to trash a lot of them, and not easy taking one's own photo. Thanks for the lovely compliments. Good you can't see my waist and hips - they are chubbier than I would like them to be. I am only 5' so can't put on any weight without it showing. Just how did my avy make you think I was chubby...just curious to know?


Hey, now I am popping up all over again (like Uncle Virg) - see that's the thing with posting photos of yourself - you have to see yourself coming and going!

Come now, Janine (lovely picture, BTW), if Virgil and I have become the Uncles here, then surely there is a need for a sweet Aunty? Aunty Janine, the tiny poet. Anyone else think that sounds good?
BTW The pipe is just for show, it helps me think when I write!

[Madhuri]

No, every single school in Australia requires a uniform. Be it public, private, unisex, monosex, religious, non-religious, etc. There is no school that doesnt require it. Not one. I've even met homeschooled kids who were encouraged to wear their uniform while taught at home! I go to a private school here, but all 12 years of my life were spent in a public one so it is a new experience. The government schools here are rather atrocious though here, i tried one out for a day when coming here and kids were having food fights in the middle of a math class. My private school is the only non-religious AND unisex one in the entire city i think. What type of schooling did you have Virgil?

This is exactly how Indian schools are, not even a single school that doesnt has a uniform.