As we can see visually.UNZPME said:Do u wnnaa achive n get betaa marks wel cum 2 condel prkdas all i guta say bst education
The schools in those areas are much, much better - but they are much more expensive too.TearsOfFire said:
Not true. The teachers there are really good and the classes are small.SomeoneCool said:
SomeoneCool said:
Fck you, you're a dumbass at Sefton. You're Ms Hang's accomplice and I know that you fail possibly every subject that I have with you, fool.nerdsforever said:
Haha and I'm entitled to say whatever I want as wellnerdsforever said:
Well here's something to think about...most people who got UAIs above 95 believed the school is crap. This is coming from Class of 04 all the way up to 07. Even the dux of Class of 04 fully dissed Sefton on these forums as well.Zephyrio said:
That's because the teachers who decide to STAY make themselves believe in that because they can't exactly criticise the principal in front of students....Most students, parents and even a couple teachers in the school (who say it in the most sugarcoated tone lol) believe the policies are far too conservative compared to other schools and that they should be relaxed.Zephyrio said:
I won't give names just in case, but according to people within the school, one of the senior admin staff left the school (after just 2 years) due to an enormous amount of "pressure" placed on him by Coombes. A physics teacher who left the school in 03 was the teacher in question who supposedly considered suing the principal.Zephyrio said:
It certainly did affect some students (though I wasn't one of them). Don't be so ignorant of ridiculous rules just because you weren't involved in it. As for the Year 12 concert, yes we do take some responsibility for that, BUT it was the principal's decision to ban it and not give future students a chance for redemption. The fact still stands, regardless of who is to blame, that the principal removed a lot of the good stuff that used to be in the school.Zephyrio said:
Yes, but parents (and students) do want to know how students are faring in the duration of the school period, not after. We have the right for freedom of information. It is highly unfair that other schools can provide that information whilst the ultra-conservative Sefton does not. The "preserve motivation of those who may not have been doing so well" does not make sense. If someone is not doing well, not having that ranking information will give a false illusion that they are doing fine and reduce motivation to some extent. Marks are not a good indicator either, because of inconsistent marking schemes between assessments. Refusing to give information of rankings is nothing short of censorship.Zephyrio said:
To end on a more positive note, there are much better Maths teachers than Khattar. I had her for a term in Year 11, and I found she rushed the material a lot without much room to understand to material (and her handwriting...oh god!). Don't get me wrong, she is a great teacher but Ms Dike and Ms Milledge are much better (I daresay the best in the faculty), they encourage appreciation and understanding of the concepts and where they come from, not to mention that they encourage people to challenge themselves...lolZephyrio said:
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[/FONT][/FONT] This is a ridiculous assertion. A very well respected teacher, often regarded as the best teacher in the darn school believes that Coombes ought to be respected for the policies she has implemented. He added that in this world you wouldn’t agree with everyone someone else had to say, and so be it. Until I left Sefton for another school, I hadn’t appreciated all the good that it has. Given another chance, I wouldn’t have considered leaving at all (which indicated that I was rather disillusioned with the whole administration and its hardline stance on issues I thought deserved more consideration).
[FONT="]Hearsay. These stories always crop up to discredit the executives. Unless there is some evidence to back it up, I won’t believe it. Gossip stories like these come up all the time – and since when should the opinions of a few teachers suddenly represent the whole teacher body at our school? Even if one teacher was at odds with the principal – to the extent where the matter was considered to have been worthy of being heard at a court – does this mean that all teachers have similar issues? Why do teachers even bother then?
[/FONT][FONT="]Once again I shall reiterate the fact that I don’t think that Sefton is this perfect place. I don’t. I think you’re making a big issue out of nothing – to not have undergarments visible is a perfectly viable rule. In fact, it’s a rule at many schools. I don’t want to see people’s underwear or whatever sticking out, and because such a small minority of people were affected by the rule, it’s basically a cheap shot at the administration. In the words of that dude on Thank God You’re Here, “Do you want to change into something more comfortable?” Are we going to be petty about such a minor rule? How many people actually want to display their undergarments anyway?
[/FONT][FONT="]Point taken. I still believe that ranking or no ranking, it doesn’t really matter. You ranked highly in your subjects so for you it wasn’t so much of an issue. For some of my friends, knowing their ranks would have been devastating. Again, it’s not to much of a huge deal when you consider that you get your rankings anyway. To condemn this issue to the level of “censorship” – as if the school is on par with that of political bureaucracy – is just blowing things out of proportion. You get your relative position nowadays – given bands A B C D E – and how many students are placed within them – so there is a fair indication of where the student sits in any case. But of course, this has gone unnoticed, or rather, unappreciated by most students.
[/FONT][FONT="]I prefer Khattar because her classes are more engaging than Dike’s. Her handwriting is shocking but it’s got that endearing quality I’ll never quite forget. As for Milledge, I’ve never had her in maths but I have heard that she is an excellent teacher.
