Athena's+Journal

= Boori "Monty" Pryor = It was a Wednesday afternoon on 29th July, whilst the Year 10 year level at Killester College welcomed a guest speaker by the name Boori "Monty" Pryor. He was a delight to have seeming that his humour and story telling put smiles on our faces and left us in deep tears of laughter also leaving a tattoo on our emotions of his experiences, despite his challenging experiences from his past that he encountered (his way of telling his stories). By him having a smile on his face,it only made us think that no matter what, why think back and cry when you can look back and laugh, and think that they are just chapters of your life where you can always flip over the page and read on. His persona is one of those whom are great people with personal inner strengths to help you move forward.He was sharing his childhood stories that encouraged us to keep strong no matter what, because in life you won't always be happy with the things that you encounter because they are just the obsticles that block your path way, yet you have the strength and courage in order to overcome them. He told us about the aboriginal dream time stories and the way he said it was amazing as they were his beliefs and stories that were passed down from generation to generation. I was blown away by the experiences of his family with the many deaths and the struggling of being accepted and always being blamed. He without realising it, showed us the many ways of dealing with issues with great creativity, seeming that the answer isn't always violence. You just have to accept people for who they are, because without a doubt they are human as well. The way Boori captured our attention from the very start from having us wait impatiently,yet anxious to meet a wonderful indigenous Australian man who has a wonderful persona and who includes his child hood stories into the novels that he writes on past experiences. His stories were told with great pride and passion with the face of humour to cover the sadness and the hurt that Boori and his family faced in life.

SCAFFOLD QUESTIONS
**How has this unit has been for me?** This unit has been very interesting as it allowed me to focus on an other religion but my own. It gave me a chance to explore the differences and the similarities as the unit progressed. Each time i logged on to this wiki, i found that is was a way of logging on to a whole new religion from my point of view.

My frustrations for this unit were that i didn't always have a computer source at my finger tips all the time. I couldn't always find accurate information as every site had different statistics and different information at a non accurate date. However, my achievements were that i actually learnt something new and i didnt mind signing in at least once a week to see the progress of the wiki page from the whole group, and from their ideas i would be able to also write my own. I have learnt many new things about ISLAM, as it is a broad religion that spreads among many countries around the world.Also how Islam has a sacred text called "Quran" which provides a guide to the most basic desire of muslims, mostly, to follow Allah's will.I also learnt that Islam in Australia is the fourth largest religious grouping after christianity, no religion and buddhism. It is one of the most diverse religious grouping from it's people covering nearly every ethnic and racial background. I have also learnt how to complete group work and work with fellow group members.
 * 1.What have been my frustrations? My achievements?**
 * 2.What have i learned?**
 * 3.What is my faith tradition? How has studying this way,and this topic,cultivted my own spiritual path,or deepened my understanding of my own faith tradition?** My faith tradition is Greek Orthodox. I was given a better and more spiritual understanding of my own faith in which allowed me to explore the differences and similarities between both faiths. It made me cherish my own faith as it is a huge part of me. It has made my understanding stronger and made me go into more depth with my own faith/religion. At the end of the day we are all one no matter what faith tradition we follow or what colour we are. We engage in our inner selves and find out who we really are, our true selves.