Results- slightly disappointed.

So yeah, just received my results by zmail. Low 60s for both accounting and macroeconomics. I'm definitely not born to be an accountant or an economist. Distinctions for mathematics and finance, as expected.

So I guess I was right when I predicted a low 70s WAM (just above 70). Okay, I know I might not listen to my own advice/inner "stereotypical Asian father", but it's that time again.. critical self reflection! Yay!!

Okay, what did Peter do wrong during semester 2?

-Skipped entire lectures for the whole semester because they were either on too early or too late (accounting, math)
-Tried to use a laptop to take notes.. but this proved problematic when you had to draw diagrams or write up long equations.
-Tried to use a pen and paper to take notes.. not as bad but I can't write fast enough and I didn't look back at them alot.
-Slept in and missed out on an in-class test, losing like 3% of my total mark for one course.
-Forgot to do a graded online quiz because.. I'm just fail like that. lol, just slipped my mind.
-Skipped some lectures simply to sit around and talk with mates.
-Regularly did not do homework if it did not affect my mark.. when it did affect I mark I did minimum required for the marks

Okay, that was alot of fail right there.

Critical self reflection part 2:

What changes can I make in order to improve?

-Actually do the fucking homework, even if it does not count towards marks

-Turn up to the fucking lectures

-Similar to above, WAKE UP ON TIME

-Limit my "free" time to 2 hours a day on uni days

-Recognise that you can no longer cruise on the back of your high school knowledge

So yeah, slightly disappointed (this is the 2nd time I've spelt that word wrong and needed spellcheck to correct it.. thought it was spelt "dissapointed" but apparently not..)

And yeah, holidays are cool, pretty chill. TOO chill. 

Peter out.

Detective Chief Inspector Peter Fox- Hero

A detective who has been with NSW Police for 35 years (and still is an active member) and has investigated countless cases of child sexual abuse and murder. Wrote an open letter  to the NSW Premier calling for a royal commission into cases of child sexual abuse and subsequent cover ups by the police and the church.

Evil flourishes when the good people do nothing.

I'm normally not particularly fond of police, but society does need people to investigate the most horrendous and ugly crimes out there and bring the offenders to justice. Good people like Detective Peter Fox, who I think is very brave to have the emotional strength to face these sick crimes and also to speak out against the institutional practice of protecting paedophile priests by shifting them around and church leaders knowing about but failing to report cases of abuse to police.

First interview

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2012-11-08/studio-interview-with-senior-nsw-detective-peter/4362100

PETER FOX: Oh, Tony, I think most people would be absolutely crumpled up in tears to hear it. Just some examples of what I've sat and listened to is that one young boy at the hands of paedophile priest James Fletcher, he was 12 years of age when the priest drove to a secluded park outside of Maitland. He told the boy to remove his pants and the boy was totally unaware of what was going on and quite embarrassed, but that particular priest anally penetrated him.

The boy wasn't aware at that stage that his anus had been torn and he started bleeding. He was screaming in agony on the seat and his knuckles were turning white. And as the priest continued to thrust while he screamed, he said he focused on the St Christopher's Cross on the dashboard and watched it swaying back and forward to try and take his focus off the pain.

The priest never relented at any stage during that, and even after the act was completed, he was totally uncaring for the child and simply sat back in the driver's seat and had a cigarette while he finished sobbing.

....

TONY JONES: This is actually - this is - as horrific as the litany of sexual crimes against children are, to me one of the most disturbing lines in your letter was along these lines: "I can testify from my own experience the Church covers up, silences victims, hinders police investigations, alerts offenders, destroys evidence and moves priests to protect the good name of the Church." You're saying you have evidence of all of this?

PETER FOX: Oh, not only do I have evidence, it's irrefutable. Most of that is fact that's been admitted by many of them. We encounter it all the time. For people to sit back and say it's not going on, they've got their head in the sand. The greatest frustration is that there is so much power and organisation behind the scenes that police don't have the powers to be able to go in and seize documents and have them disclose things to us.

TONY JONES: If things were covered up, if there was serious cover-up, how high up the chain did it go to your sure knowledge?

PETER FOX: I have definite information that - of some covering up certainly to a number of diocese bishops. It potentially goes even higher than that.

TONY JONES: Higher than that? You mean into the top levels of the Church hierarchy, is that what you're saying?

PETER FOX: That's correct. I've got no doubt. 

Second interview
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2012-11-12/interview-with-detective-chief-inspector-peter-fox/4368082



PETER FOX: I don't want to go into it too deeply, but this is the end of my policing career. I realised that from the moment that I decided to speak out last week. As much as it's denied, the culture within the police force would never allow someone like me to move back into it.

.........

And he then went on to point out, he said, "We have wonderful big churches, we've got wonderful places of worship and they're ordained with jewels and they're all empty." They need to start asking why are they empty? Because if you can't change, that's not going to change. If the Church really is genuine, they need to stop making the comments that Cardinal Pell made today.

If he can't stop moving them - saying those comments, move along and let someone else come in that is a little bit more conciliatory, that has got more of a compassion, an open ear. The way Cardinal Pell treated the foster family in Melbourne whose two daughters suicided after abuse was nothing short of disgraceful.

I think he needs to have a real hard look in the mirror and go back and say, "Why did I want to become a priest? Somehow I've got into this position now where it seems to be all about how much money can I save through the compensation schemes? How can I protect the reputation of the Church? How can I protect this priest that I used to go through the seminary with?"

That doesn't matter. It should be: "How can I protect these little children? How can I look after these victims? How can I care for them and give them compensation and help them get over the trauma?" That's where we should be looking. So I'm hoping that the royal commission will do some of that.