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Which is the better private school.. different options

  • Cranbrook

    Votes: 12 6.6%
  • Scots

    Votes: 7 3.9%
  • Sydney Grammer

    Votes: 79 43.6%
  • SCEGGS Darlinghurst/Redlands

    Votes: 20 11.0%
  • Ascham

    Votes: 5 2.8%
  • Kincoppal Rose Bay

    Votes: 7 3.9%
  • Kambala

    Votes: 8 4.4%
  • Newington

    Votes: 7 3.9%
  • Trinity

    Votes: 17 9.4%
  • Knox

    Votes: 19 10.5%

  • Total voters
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hazza

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Originally posted by gnrlies
what school is this?

As if youd go to a private school

What a waste of fucking money! lol

(im not out to bag the schools or the people out, just saying that in my opinion they are a waste of money considering that good marks come from students who are willing to put the effort in, not students who go to an expensive school)

Yeah cos it was totally our choice ....
 

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Originally posted by hazza
Yeah cos it was totally our choice ....
Thats cool, but i guess to say that you get a better education at private schools is false which i guess is what im getting at.
 

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Originally posted by gnrlies
Thats cool, but i guess to say that you get a better education at private schools is false which i guess is what im getting at.
You are right in the sense that your education is what you make of it - you can lead a horse to water but you can't make it drink. Going to a private school is like going to a river, there are far more opportunities available than in the public system. Whether you choose to take them is up to you.
 

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i went to a private school and ive been at a public school and theres alot of prestige to it.. im not being a snob..but im glad i went to a private school..

and dont get the money part wrong.. alot of the parents that send their kids to private schools struggle to pay it off.. but there are many more oppurtunities.... i agree on that..
if someone asks u what school u went to and u say like 'forest high' their like oh yeh wheres that"

but if u say newington college or something liek that they'll say ahh what an excellent school or whatever..
but it could also be the other way around

and u hafta remember most private schools arent selective but they usually do extremely well.. not as well as ruse though...

but no DEFINATELY NOT a waste of money
 

hazza

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Originally posted by kini mini
You are right in the sense that your education is what you make of it - you can lead a horse to water but you can't make it drink. Going to a private school is like going to a river, there are far more opportunities available than in the public system. Whether you choose to take them is up to you.

Exactly.. But at a private school, if your coming low in the year group, against the whole state your still doing pretty well.

Mainly cos the standard of educatoin at a private school is higher and they make us do harder work. An example of this is with the school certificate. At my school bad was getting a band 4 for something, we only did maths, english and science. While at a public school, Ryde secondary collge used to be malvina high. Getting a band 4 was doing "really well".

But there are also some people who no matter what school they goto will struggle and also those people who can goto any school and come top in the year.

But a private school hosts so many better opportunities because we pay for the education, we pay to get a better education. Im sitting here now in one of the schools computer labs in the libary looking out onto a view of the harbor and in perfect view of the bridge. We payed for all of this really.. Brand new computers, Harbor views, and a teacher sitting around reading the soprts reslults online hehe...

I dont think there will ever be a best private school, or a best school. Its the students who really make the school and every year there is a different year group.


ps Barker sucks :D
 

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Originally posted by fatmuscle
St Aloyisius is the best school for Athletics.... hehehhe

CAS....
Without a doubt. ;)

(For those who don't know, I think they came second last this year, only beating Cranbrook).
 

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i would have to disagree with the comments saying that there are more opportunities at private schools...

I would rather like to perhaps rephrase that there "might" be more motivation to do well at private schools.

With parents forking out thousands of dollars to send their kids to school, and the actual discipline policy at private schools, you would probably have more motivation to do well at such schools compared to a comprehensive state high school.

But assuming the motivation is there, the marks would be no different between a private and a non-private school.

When you think about it, what does a private school provide that a public school doesn't in terms of doing the HSC. The teachers are the same in qualifications, the resources are the same, and although class sizes "may" be smaller in private schools, i dont see this is such a huge issue (considering that 24 is max at govt schools and i dont see any real problem with it).

Thats what im saying. By the way, i am not bagging out private schools out, or saying that you shouldn't waste your time going to one, but all im saying is that in terms of academic success there is no advantage.
 

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Who gives a shit about what's the best private school. Prestige is nothing. Half of the students at those schools don't even get the best results and are really shitty and think they're all that or something... I totally prefer Baulkham Hills High and James Ruse. But on that list, I voted for Sydney Grammar cause they excel in the HSC. But on the other hand, they're also a selective school as well.
 
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there is no best private school. public education is totally the way to go... teaches you life skills...
 

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Ms 12 said:
Exactly MLC, Pymble Ladies College, Kings School, Tara, Loreto, Meriden, Tangara, Brigidine etc etc Youve put in ones that aren't that good and left out some pretty big ones.

And SCEGGS Redlands and SCECGS Darlinghirst are different people
ERM, Maybe someone has pointed this out before but.... Brigidine, unless there is some other brigido... it isnt private. It is a CEO School.
Also It is a shit school...and not a big one either....
 
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starbaaa said:
there is no best private school. public education is totally the way to go... teaches you life skills...
Like how to roll your own joints and the best weapons to use in turf wars
 

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