i wouldnt say catholic schools are private schools..

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Originally posted by stevo_0 i wouldnt say catholic schools are private schools..

yes they are

Any school thats not run by the government are private schools.

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Originally posted by gumble A higher number of students from private go to university. Around 75% of my year. Private schools pwn, blah blah blah

Funny you say that...

My close group of 5 friends from Scotch (private):
Carpenter
Plumber
Unemployed
Pizza delivery boy
Unemployed

My close group of 6 friends from Unley (public - where I went):
Law
Commerce
Engineering
Satellite photographer (never went to uni though)
Commerce
IT/multimedia

But yeah... I guess it isn't a fair comparison... Unley usually shits all over every other school in Adelaide, public or private.

For as long back as I can remember (I can only remember 3 years before I graduated lol...), our school has gotten at least half of the total perfect grades in the state. When I graduated, we got 5 out of 7, the other two were from Pulteney and Mercedes.

Moral? Private schooling is over rated. Especially schools like Scotch, which own their own fucking island and shit. The kids are brought up to be complete useless little shits. Yeah, so our rowing boats weren't as good as yours. We didn't all have our own laptops. We didn't all have our parents bribing the principal. I'm an advocate of public schooling because it builds strong character, which is something private school children will never have.

My bet is that 75% you speak of went to uni, then failed life.

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Originally posted by echosystm I'm an advocate of public schooling because it builds strong character, which is something private school children will never have.

In the last 3 days you have spouted nothing but the biggest loads of shit I have ever heard



EDIT - I also wouldn't be dissing a plumber or carpenter, those guys are probably earning more than half of your buddies who went to uni. And doing a trade is hardly failing at life

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Originally posted by Trance Nutter In the last 3 days you have spouted nothing but the biggest loads of shit I have ever heard

It's in my nature

To be fair... the plumbers brother went to uni. He's a smart bloke. I don't know anyone else from Scotch who has gone to uni though, unless you count unemployed person #1, he went to uni for two weeks then quit. All my unemployed friends are from private schools (they will never need to work in their life).

They're all earning about the same tbh (except the unemployed guys). I don't think there is anything wrong with having a trade, everyone knows those guys often do well for themselves. BUT, if you need to go to a private school to become a plumber, something is wrong.

Last edited by echosystm on Aug-10-2007 at 10:32

An interesting discussion. I am reading it through my '(government) teacher' eyes. I know where I'd prefer to be working.

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Originally posted by BJeT I know where I'd prefer to be working.

and i hear mens gallery are hiring right now!

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Originally posted by echosystm I'm an advocate of public schooling because it builds strong character, which is something private school children will never have. My bet is that 75% you speak of went to uni, then failed life.

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Originally posted by BJeT An interesting discussion. I am reading it through my '(government) teacher' eyes. I know where I'd prefer to be working.

I'm about to become a teacher next year, im aiming for private because i want the best.....




























more pay

private schools spoon feed you. when u get to uni u get fucked.

public schools its all self motivated.

i went to private. and when i got to uni. i got ******ed. drop out a yr later. i appreciate the society and the values that they teach at priv school. but for my character i think id be alot stronger if i went to public.

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Originally posted by stevo_0 private schools spoon feed you. when u get to uni u get fucked. public schools its all self motivated. i went to private. and when i got to uni. i got ******ed. drop out a yr later. i appreciate the society and the values that they teach at priv school. but for my character i think id be alot stronger if i went to public.

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Originally posted by echosystm I'm an advocate of public schooling because it builds strong character, which is something private school children will never have. My bet is that 75% you speak of went to uni, then failed life.

As much as it pains me to say it, I agree.

I think I would have done much better at a public school, purely for that reason; public schools build character, and vastly improves your social skills.

So many of the people I went to school with got 97, 98 or thereabouts, and went off to university where in five years or so they will become doctors/engineers/solicitors/whatever.

The thing is, in ten years, most of them will realise how boring and inane their life has been/become. They haven't met anyone exciting, mixed in strange social circles nor done anything to push their boundaries. They are effectively stuck in their own lives because after they have studied for all that time, they feel that it's too hard and/or illogical to change professions or do something else.

Me, on the other hand, I finished school, with a respectable 90 after doing NO WORK, and I mean none - usually 30 mins study the night before a big exam, the rest of the time I played games on my school compulsory laptop. I went to university for six months, realised it was the biggest load of boring horse-shit ever (for me anyway - some enjoy I suppose), and so went about finding myself a full-time job.

Result: I've had a lot of interesting, character shaping experiences since I finished school. I'm now earning the same amount of money that my friends doing law/med can expect to earn the year after they leave university - the only difference being that I've been doing so for a while now, and by the time they leave university, I'll be literally 150 grand ahead of them. Regardless of monetary situation, which is superficial, I enjoy my job immensely, with any number of avenues into which I can deviate if I get bored. I meet a range of interesting people from all walks of life.

It's funny...so many private school graudates think that a degree is essential to achieving financial security and independence in their lives, or, to put it crudely: getting rich. They don't realise that all you need is motivation, initiative and some street smarts, and you'll succeed big-time. Out of my Dad's year level at school (200 people), the three wealthiest people, one of them my Dad, were dropouts who never even passed year twelve. Obviously times change, and degrees are more important these days, but it just shows you what you can do if you apply yourself.

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