public school or private school to do better in HSC? (1 Viewer)

[MaTThew90]

when the rseults are compared between private and public schools they come up even in parts, what is the better option and reasons why you have selected?

personally i believe public because it gives you better communication skills and you arn't so under pressure the whole time, which gives you tiem to relax?

MaTThew90

 

[risole91]

public selective do the best
& again.
post in the right forums


I am pretty sure theres already a thread on this in the Schools forum.

 

[Conspiración]

Check the Honour Roll.

 

[ari89]

personally i believe public because it gives you better communication skills and you arn't so under pressure the whole time, which gives you tiem to relax?

What leads you to think public schools give you better communication skills?
And I'm pretty sure selective schools would put far more pressure on students than private schools...

 

[Conspiración]

selective schools would put far more pressure on students than private schools...

Come on gifted and talented kids, drop the books and start socialising! Great communication and problem-solving skills will get you the job, not the prestige of James Ruse!

 

[ari89]

Come on gifted and talented kids, drop the books and start socialising! Great communication and problem-solving skills will get you the job, not the prestige of James Ruse!

umm

 

[Conspiración]

http://books.google.com.au/books?id...sig=Z5eroKLLqmjK1__YN9F-5xayCpg&hl=en#PPP1,M1
Read if you cbf, I cbf.

 

[Enteebee]

private schools do better than most public non-selective, public selective do better than private schools.

 

[michael1990]

It goes.

Public-Selective Schools.
Private Schools.
Public Schools.

But it all comes down to the individual.

Personally i believe if we were pushed more, then our results would reflect such things.

 

[ccc123]

when the rseults are compared between private and public schools they come up even in parts, what is the better option and reasons why you have selected?

personally i believe public because it gives you better communication skills and you arn't so under pressure the whole time, which gives you tiem to relax?

MaTThew90

There are public schools that perform well, and public schools that perform poorly.

There are private schools that perform well, and private schools that perform poorly.

So of course, it varies. However, the notion that private schools are universally superior in academic performance lacks empirical support.

 

[munchiecrunchie]

Come on gifted and talented kids, drop the books and start socialising! Great communication and problem-solving skills will get you the job, not the prestige of James Ruse!

If you haven't noticed already, a majority of selective high schools kick butt at debating, public speaking and other extra curricular activities. Most kids there aren't even the typical "nerd" and are really social.

At selective schools, the students themselves create the pressure; they all want to be at the top.

That pressure translates to better results.

 

[boris]

the top 5 performing high schools for the last yew years have been selective public schools

so id vote them

 

[ccc123]

If you haven't noticed already, a majority of selective high schools kick butt at debating, public speaking and other extra curricular activities. Most kids there aren't even the typical "nerd" and are really social.

At selective schools, the students themselves create the pressure; they all want to be at the top.

That pressure translates to better results.

This is true, but there are still a large population of selective schools students whose sole focus in life is 'textbook' intellegence.


And these people are going to suffer if they don't foster some sense of social skills.


I'm also unconvinced that ability in debating and public speaking is a testement to good communication or social skills, as from experience, a lot of them just see these as opportunities to showcase their 'intelletualism', rather than to communicate.

 

[michael1990]

This is true, but there are still a large population of selective schools students whose sole focus in life is 'textbook' intellegence.


And these people are going to suffer if they don't foster some sense of social skills.


I'm also unconvinced that ability in debating and public speaking is a testement to good communication or social skills, as from experience, a lot of them just see these as opportunities to showcase their 'intelletualism', rather than to communicate.

I disagree with you on some points.

Yes these students do see it as an opportunity to show their own intellectualism, but it is a social activity.

If your're debating you are in front of a audience, you are also talking to fellow students.

Most of them will do very well when they leave highschool.

And social skills are not taught, they are learnt.

 

[sonyaleeisapixi]

selective
private
public.

then again, public school kids as a whole tend to manage uni better.

 

[Enteebee]

then again, public school kids as a whole tend to manage uni better.

Of the public school students who make it to uni they do a lot better, but a much higher % of private school kids actually get there. So it's really not all that impressive of a statistic.

 

[sonyaleeisapixi]

Of the public school students who make it to uni they do a lot better, but a much higher % of private school kids actually get there. So it's really not all that impressive of a statistic.

*shrug*
so its not that you do well in uni, its that you get there?
k.

 

[boris]

any spacktard can get into uni. i know plenty of people with an iq equivalent to that of a door mat who got into uni and are managing to pass.

 

[sonyaleeisapixi]

any spacktard can get into uni. i know plenty of people with an iq equivalent to that of a door mat who got into uni and are managing to pass.

i think you missed the point entirely.

 

[ccc123]

Of the public school students who make it to uni they do a lot better, but a much higher % of private school kids actually get there. So it's really not all that impressive of a statistic.

But what's the point of just getting into uni and then failing? Or are you saying that proportionate to the % that actually get into uni in the first place there is little difference?