{"id":428,"date":"2026-05-08T11:46:42","date_gmt":"2026-05-08T01:46:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.the-bach.kiwi\/?page_id=428"},"modified":"2026-05-08T13:56:51","modified_gmt":"2026-05-08T03:56:51","slug":"reflections","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.the-bach.kiwi\/index.php\/starlog\/reflections\/","title":{"rendered":"\ud83c\udf9e Reflections"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Stories shape how we understand ourselves.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Reflections looks at film, television, science fiction, history, and culture through a personal and social lens \u2014 the ideas beneath the spectacle, and the parallels between fiction and the world around us.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Because sometimes the most honest conversations happen through stories.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_83 ez-toc-grey ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title ez-toc-toggle\" style=\"cursor:pointer\">Contents<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><a href=\"#\" class=\"ez-toc-pull-right ez-toc-btn ez-toc-btn-xs ez-toc-btn-default ez-toc-toggle\" aria-label=\"Toggle Table of Content\"><span class=\"ez-toc-js-icon-con\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.the-bach.kiwi\/index.php\/starlog\/reflections\/#%E2%80%A6\" >&#8230;<\/a><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-2' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/www.the-bach.kiwi\/index.php\/starlog\/reflections\/#Violence-facilitates-change\" >Violence facilitates change.<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/www.the-bach.kiwi\/index.php\/starlog\/reflections\/#Teaching-How-to-Finish-an-Exam\" >Teaching How to Finish an Exam<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%A6\"><\/span>&#8230;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-query alignfull is-layout-flow wp-block-query-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group\" style=\"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40);padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40)\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\"><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignfull\" style=\"padding-top:0;padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40)\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\"><ul style=\"text-transform:none;\" class=\"alignfull wp-block-post-template is-layout-flow wp-block-post-template-is-layout-flow\"><li class=\"wp-block-post post-397 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-notebooks category-reflections tag-conflict tag-pacifism tag-philosophy tag-politics tag-society\">\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group\" style=\"padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50)\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-content-justification-space-between is-nowrap is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-8b4a092f wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\" style=\"border-bottom-color:var(--wp--preset--color--contrast);border-bottom-width:4px;padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30);padding-right:0;padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30);padding-left:0\"><div style=\"font-size:1rem;font-style:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:1px; 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But let\u2019s not dress it up. Violence doesn\u2019t open doors. Violence breaks them down. Splinters the frame.Shatters whatever was holding things together. And it doesn\u2019t just break structures. It breaks people. Communities that took generations to form.Families that don\u2019t come back together.Lives that are never lived.<\/p><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__more-text\"><a class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.the-bach.kiwi\/index.php\/2026\/05\/04\/violence-facilitates-change\/\">Do you want to read more &#8230;<\/a><\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<\/li><li class=\"wp-block-post post-336 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-notebooks category-reflections tag-education tag-learning tag-psychology tag-systems-thinking\">\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group\" style=\"padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50)\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-content-justification-space-between is-nowrap is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-8b4a092f wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\" style=\"border-bottom-color:var(--wp--preset--color--contrast);border-bottom-width:4px;padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30);padding-right:0;padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30);padding-left:0\"><div style=\"font-size:1rem;font-style:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:1px; margin-top:0;margin-right:0;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;\" class=\"has-text-align-left has-link-color wp-block-post-date__modified-date wp-elements-b42f77d231dfbdb748de2871758c9c2a wp-block-post-date has-text-color has-contrast-color\"><time datetime=\"2026-05-08T12:19:07+10:00\">8 May 2026<\/time><\/div>\n\n<div style=\"font-size:1.5rem;font-style:normal;font-weight:600;letter-spacing:1px; margin-top:0;margin-right:0;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;\" class=\"has-text-align-left has-link-color wp-block-post-date__modified-date wp-elements-dd7147694a4fbf0db6a315fe01053134 wp-block-post-date has-text-color has-contrast-color\"><time datetime=\"2026-03-30T11:27:03+11:00\">30 March 2026<\/time><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<h2 style=\"font-size:2rem;font-style:normal;font-weight:600;line-height:1.1; padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30);\" class=\"has-link-color wp-elements-81fae7576e8883cdc233c4ed4c32aedd wp-block-post-title has-text-color has-contrast-color\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Teaching-How-to-Finish-an-Exam\"><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.the-bach.kiwi\/index.php\/2026\/03\/30\/teaching-how-to-finish-an-exam\/\" target=\"_self\" >Teaching How to Finish an Exam<\/a><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt\"><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__excerpt\">Teaching How to Finish an Exam Finishing an exam is a skill.Not intelligence. Not knowledge. A skill. And like any skill, it needs to be trained deliberately. Most students don\u2019t run out of ability.They run out of time. The Hidden Problem Exams are rarely designed to be comfortably completed. 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