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So true. The HSC/ATAR is so so overrated in terms of importance.

Tell me you are in High School without telling me you are in High School. I had a mate do a Business degree with me, he went down the accounting route and he was getting top grades. He lasted less than 6 months as an accountant and he became a pre-school teacher. He is living his best life...

I should probably have put more detail, but with Medicine you really need to think it through. It is not a good career choice if you are just chasing money/prestige. Here are some things to consider: Medical training takes a very long time (8-15+ years depending on the area of practice) and...

One thing about Aussies that doesnt get spoken about enough, they are some of the most honest people in the world. Money wont help you for any of the degrees you mentioned. Also those three course options sound like they were read out of a book called "Most prestigious careers for ethnics"...

Can I go further into life. One kid I knew was dumb as a post and got expelled for up skirting a teacher...he is a financial advisor working with Mark Bouris. Another kid I went to school with was dead average (as in 60 ATAR average), he started two multi-million dollar healthy meal plan...

Same issue that is wrong with every other education system around the world - its a 19th century solution for a 21st century problem. Modern schooling more or less hasn't changed in over 100 years. Back when this system was designed, it was very hard to access information, so having schooling...

Plumbers or electricians get paid over $100k per year, I think even chippies are starting to pull that kind of coin. When choosing a career, DO NOT base it on your ATAR or academics, I cannot stress this enough. You need to analyse what your strengths are, what you enjoy and what style of work...

I have hired Environmental people back in the day and I would say timing is key. If you do a Master's straight away, then no it is a waste of time. You need to build your career up first before doing the Masters. It probably is good for people looking to make the jump from junior roles into...

A super unpopular opinion, but one of the greatest tricks the government has ever pulled was closing mental/psychiatric institutions. They somehow convinced the lefties, academics and finally the wider public that these institutions were "outdated, cruel etc" when in reality, they wanted them...

Finally, someone who gets it. When it comes to careers, so many people look at their preferred subjects when deciding a job, as opposed to the exact nature of what a profession does day in day out. As you have said, law is a high pressure environment and it can be very demanding, especially at...

Herein lies the problem for me, what is Healthy Masculinity, because no one can really define it. These days it seems that "Healthy Masculinity" is defined by what it is not, as opposed to what it is. Any attempt to define masculine characteristics is often derided as sexist, which is a huge...

You dont agree with me so you are peddling misinformation. Seriously what ever happened to a well organised and thought out rebuttal to counter another argument? Maybe if the Yes campaign focused on that instead of calling everyone racists and getting celebrity/big business endorsements they...

The Yes campaign seem to refuse to take responsibility, they seem to be blaming "misinformation" for the defeat or racism which is really weak. Im starting to really hate the word misinformation because people don't understand what it means. Misinformation doesn't include opinions, views or...

This 100%. Ive said it repeatedly, I cannot understand immigrants who leave their old country for Australia for a "better life" only to bring all their old country problems to Australia. I couldnt imagine going to my grandparents house and getting all political about the North-South divide in...

A pretty predictable result on the whole, however the scale of the No victory is a surprise. I was predicting 57-43 to No, but it is looking like the Yes campaign might not top 40% nationally (especially with a lot of counting in WA to go and postal votes which tend to favour No). My thoughts...

I went to an all boys Catholic School and I would be dead against sending my kids to a single sex school. They really are a relic of the past and I think they do stunt your social development with the opposite sex. I noticed it in uni as a lot of the guys who went to Co-Ed schools were so much...

Agreed. I think Brexit, the 2019 Federal election and especially the Trump win have given people a distorted idea of poll accuracy. In all those cases, the polls weren't way off, they were within the margin of error and people werent looking at the right polling. With Trump for example...

I agree in principle, but maybe for different reasons. I think a decisive loss can be a good thing if it moves us away from radical left wing activist style policies. If a decisive loss means Indigenous issues just get ignored then I think it will be a disaster and a tragedy. What is...

Nice to see a fellow centrist in the chat. Im deeply mixed about this failing. Whilst Im voting No, I do support recognition and I don't want to set back reconciliation. I also think that if the Voice gets up and ultimately fails to impact Indigenous outcomes, then Indigenous activists have...