The book of Five Rings

http://www.cyberpathway.com/musashi/
Read this many years ago and am revisiting it now.

Bullying

It's not only kids that are bullies - quite often there are teachers within the schools that bully as well.
They have never left the system - gone to school, then Uni/teacher's college and straight back to school - so they know how it all works.

http://www.bullying.com.au/
http://www.worksafe.vic.gov.au/wps/wcm/resources/file/ebce57435dee769/vwa_violence_bull.pdf

Melbourne conference

Well, planning is well underway for the Melbourne Middle Years Schooling conference which will be held at the end of Term 3. Those who are planning it/presenting at it are dedicated to bringing about change in the existing mainstream education system and sharing some exciting ways of educating our young adolescents.