Selective Schools: Good or Bad? (1 Viewer)

[AkaiHanabi]

yeah i'm generalising

i didn't realise the extent of the difference between us and 'others' until last weekend

really? what happened?

 

[nirvanafreak02]

really? what happened?

some partying that got a bit... out of hand


also the bashing

i feel sorry for him

 

[lionking1191]

lol no i wasnt making myself clear

im saying that selective kids think that comprehensive = dumb but more importantly dumb = primitive. if it happens within the school you know theres a problem. Because theres a difference between someone who can excel in maths and someone who can excel in life.

hey, don't speak for us

as far as i can see the benefits of selective schools stems mostly from the fact that it gathers together a group of people who actually want to, and is capable of learning, and gets teachers who actually want to, and is good at, teaching (there are obvious exceptions which i won't discuss)

 

[lionking1191]

some partying that got a bit... out of hand


also the bashing

i feel sorry for him

ohh that

 

[AkaiHanabi]

My bad. I meant people can't go to those schools on natural talent alone. You gotta study a little..even the slightest goes a long way in year 6.

And as for the social awkward thing, i intentionally left the word "most" in there because at these schools the "normal" ones actually happen to be a minority, at the most 50-50. It's only around year 11 and 12 about 1/2 of those 50% open up, and so really, for 4 years of school, it's only 1/4 of the school prepared for the outside world.

well, i'll admit i studied a bit. i did a few IQ puzzles the week before and read through the year 5-6 selective test prep textbook the night before >_> but not a drop of tutoring. but i'll be damned if i put my kids through tutoring when they're in primary school (when I have kids that is >_>)

 

[nirvanafreak02]

hey, don't speak for us

as far as i can see the benefits of selective schools stems mostly from the fact that it gathers together a group of people who actually want to, and is capable of learning, and gets teachers who actually want to, and is good at, teaching (there are obvious exceptions which i won't discuss)

agreed
if you notice i said "i love the smart people"
not "i love not being around dumb people"

what we're saying is there are advantages of going to a selective school
not the disadvantages of going to comprehensive one

 

[lionking1191]

well, i'll admit i studied a bit. i did a few IQ puzzles the week before and read through the year 5-6 selective test prep textbook the night before >_> but not a drop of tutoring. but i'll be damned if i put my kids through tutoring when they're in primary school (when I have kids that is >_>)

akai getting into baulko from our crappy (academic wise) little school is quite an impressive feat

 

[Scinery]

hey, don't speak for us

as far as i can see the benefits of selective schools stems mostly from the fact that it gathers together a group of people who actually want to, and is capable of learning, and gets teachers who actually want to, and is good at, teaching (there are obvious exceptions which i won't discuss)

lol that was really bad grammar

oh dear...


lol well u know that teachers dont choose what school they go to and i think this can all happen at a comprehensive school with a GnT class.

 

[AkaiHanabi]

some partying that got a bit... out of hand


also the bashing

i feel sorry for him

the spiking drinks thing? yeah, i heard about that from el capitano Oo

and the bashing... yeah, that was unfortunate. He's going to be ok though, he might make it to the picnic =/

 

[lionking1191]

lol that was really bad grammar

oh dear...


lol well u know that teachers dont choose what school they go to and i think this can all happen at a comprehensive school with a GnT class.

i'll get you to edit my post next time

 

[nirvanafreak02]

lol that was really bad grammar

oh dear...


lol well u know that teachers dont choose what school they go to and i think this can all happen at a comprehensive school with a GnT class.

who are you year 11 child?

 

[lionking1191]

but you do realise that teachers get 'promoted' up the hierarchy and they only end up at the really good schools after they get placedments at seriously crap ones?

 

[Scinery]

i'll get you to edit my post next time

rofl all part of the baulko err spirit

who are you year 11 child?

yeah umm no. im slightly outnumbered i may as well preserve my dignity.


somehow

but you do realise that teachers get 'promoted' up the hierarchy and they only end up at the really good schools after they get placedments at seriously crap ones?

mmmm like mail lol

 

[AkaiHanabi]

akai getting into baulko from our crappy (academic wise) little school is quite an impressive feat

hehe, i guess so. I think I used to read a lot (fiction and junk novels mostly), and my parents bought a stack of maths textsbooks. i just read the formulas and absorbed them the night before the exam. like a sponge. oh yeah...

and "there are obvious exceptions which i won't discuss" *coughtaylorcough*

 

[nirvanafreak02]

yeah umm no. im slightly outnumbered i may as well preserve my dignity.

screw dignity
sif we care anyway we're gone in a week

 

[AkaiHanabi]

yeah umm no. im slightly outnumbered i may as well preserve my dignity.

chances are i don't know you. but that's no major feat =D

 

[nerdsforever]

i agree with the OP. selective schools are so stuffed, but i dont want them to get rid of the system

 

[zeam]

any school is fine as long as not public

 

[cunny funt]

akai hanabi is reli cool for not studying and gettin into baulko

 

[AkaiHanabi]

akai hanabi is reli cool for not studying and gettin into baulko

Thanks. i think both my best friends got in without tutoring/studying as well Oo