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Russell Modlin

Press Service International

Russell Modlin is in his 30th year as a Secondary English and Physical Education Teacher. He has taught in Mackay, Brisbane, Alice Springs and currently on the Sunshine Coast. He is married to Belinda (26 years) and they have three sons- 2 have finished High School, 1 to go!

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  • Schoolies - Is it the best week of your life?

    Years ago, I heard the story of a parent’s advice to their son about their approach to their end of school “schoolies” trip.

  • “Mo”vember 2017 - every minute, somewhere in the world, a man takes his own life.

    The state of men’s health is in crisis. Men experience worse longer-term health than women and die on average six years earlier.

  • Hear the heart of your son

    I had just been on the school’s New Zealand ski trip with 36, grade 11 and 12 students. The kids were amazing and the staff I went with were magnificent. I was tired, weary and worn out by the end though.

  • Give your life some perspective

    This is a photo of my 17-year-old son lying in hospital. He had been mildly concussed in a football (soccer) game one Tuesday night.

  • He’s getting his licence this time, isn’t he?

    We had a saga with our eldest son getting his car licence. Let’s just say, most of it was his doing. Some of it had to with bureaucracy, red tape and jumping through some hoops.

  • Champion blokes learn to love - Book Review

    Ian “Watto” Watson, a family friend of 30 years, has once again delivered a perfect and timely book for Aussie blokes.

  • What would Russell do?

    Six years ago I asked myself this question, and a whole series of questions about who I was and where I was going.

  • I am the parent

    My eldest son is on the fringe of being caught on the party bandwagon. Let’s celebrate everything we can, and even when there is nothing to celebrate, let’s have a party anyway. Let’s not call it a party, let’s call it “casual drinks”, “birthday drinks” and let’s have “pre-drinks” and then go to the “party / get together”.

  • National Close the Gap Day- March 16th 2017

    Kevin Rudd’s National Apology on 13 February 2008 was the beginning of a spiritual and moral breakthrough in our nation’s history.

  • Champion blokes 'shed' their shame! – A Book Review

    Three years ago I reviewed Ian \"Watto\" Watson\'s first book Every Bloke\'s a Champion. Even you. This book encouraged many Aussie blokes to live a turbocharged life.