I am still under 30 and therefore grew up with a Labor Govt and was lead to believe by my family that Australia was the lucky country because everyone could acheive their dreams.

This seems to be something that I have watched slide over the years little Johnny has lead the country. My deepest concern with this is Education because I am a teacher. I teach in a state school and I don't need to talk about its condition or our lack of resourses because it's nothing new and I have written to The Age on the matter millions of times.

But NHJ gave to me a new perspective of ideas to put towards the students I teach, to help them understand the kinds of things that are happening in this world. It did make me feel very sad whilst reading because I still hold that romantic notion that Australia is The Lucky Country.