The negative criticism of my Novel has brought me to this....how could I be anything but positive when I write about Jihad Bin, headmaster of Punchbowl High school in Sydney. Until his arrival this school had a woeful reputation but Jihad took it on and has changed its image from negative to positive.
He introduced the concept of family to the school...the sense of belonging and the use of positiveness for all who may be involved. When taking over he spent the holidays meeting every parent, explaining what he was hoping for the school and how he planned to include each and everyone in this process. With a name like Jihad this must have been a very difficult thing to do.
On ONE PLUS ONE (ABC TV Fridays at 11.30am) he explained how he hoped to be able to convince Australians to give up their huge inferiority complexes...the need to seek approval from overseas before they do anything in their own country.
I think this brings me to the propensity of Australians to knock those who happen to be different or who have achieved one thing or another in their own little way...support them and don't be threatened by their achievement or by your lack of achievement. Team work and positiveness has been proven to be able to influence success...just ask Jihad...a migrant from Lebanon at 2yrs and from a Moslem family of six brothers and a sister...all successful Australians.
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