Tristan

__**COMPLETE THE FOLLOWING STAGES IN SEQUENCE:**__
 * 1. Cut and paste these instructions into your own page and save them there (from there you can put them in bold when you've completed them, indicating that you have done so and so that I can tell by simply going to your page)**
 * 2. Watch the //[|Minature Earth] // clip**
 * 3. Respond to my question on the //Your feelings and thoughts on 'Minature Earth'// discussion thread (find the link on the left of this page)**
 * 4. Post to the discussion thread //What Sort of People are Refugees?//**
 * 5. Read my latest post on the //Refugees - Your Opinion!// discussion thread & respond to it thoughtfully (this will take some time)**
 * 6.** Play the interactive online game //Against All Odds,// following the instructions on that page (find the link on the left of this page)
 * 7.** Explain how/if playing the interactive online game //Against All Odds// has changed your perception on refugees.
 * 8.** Go to the page named //Definitions & Questions -// read the information on the pdf files attached and answer the questions on the 'Who Are Refugees' sheet. You should answer the questions in detail, backing up and giving reasons for your answers. You must post your answers to your own page so that I can view them.
 * 9.** Find a song and its lyrics or a poem about the refugee experience. What do you think the lyrics of the song or the words of the poem mean? Post your song/poem and your thoughts on our new //Wallwisher .// Double click anywhere on the Wall to post your thoughts and link to the lyrics/words.
 * 10.** Click here to hear a short snippet from Riz's story as an asylum seeker coming to Australia.
 * 11.** Riz said that he saw people in a detention centre with their lips sewn together. Go to the page on //@Detention Centres// (also on LHS of this page) and post your thoughts (before doing research) to the following questions in relation to what Riz saw: **a)** Do you believe this? Why/why not? **b)** How would people end up with their lips sewn together? **c)** What purpose would it serve?

(16/08/2010) My understanding of the difference between a refugee and an asylum seeker is, that an asylum seeker is waiting for the OK to be let into the country they have gone to, whereas a refugee has already been through this and is classified as a refugee according to the United Nations thingy about refugees. This is a person who has fled their country due to a well founded fear of from their government, this can be by attack because of political opinion, beliefs or even part of a curtain group.

(30/8/2010) I think that the reason that Australians are 'afraid' of 'boat people' is because some people think that they will take all of our jobs. I also think it's because very low amount of people think that they will hurt us and when some people think something they can spread it fast. Although these wont happen, people believe things and although 'boat people' are humans like us, some will never treat them as they should be treated.