Plantation Studios

When I was about to turn thirteen (above), my Intermediate School teacher Mr. Tooley presented me with a certificate to mark the end of a two-year stint under his tutorage. He was equally and by far the worst and the best teacher I have ever had. Worst because his level of discipline was extreme which created a great deal of anxiety in myself and my fellow classmates. Much of this discipline was connected to the underlying and often unwanted competitiveness he created in class, boldly...

It started with a phone call one afternoon tinged with beams of doubt infiltrating my usual positive outlook upon the horizon of life....

L-R Rasela Torise, Lealah Shostak, Monet Shortland. I've been quietly contemplating the topic of 'winning' this past month ever since we...