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Originally Posted by OliverHolmes "It just so happens..."?
That's naive in the extreme. Wouldn't you consider, at least, that there must be some causal link present in the phenomena under consideration for such a result?
It's not a form of active discrimination in the conventional sense, but an institutionalised system of distinction and selection favouring a specific group - an inherent outcome of a fundamentally inequitable educational system.
The universities can claim simple recognition of academic merit - but we all know academic achievement is intrinsically linked to social class stratification.
It's akin to a foot race that allows assistance for a select few, and significant handicaps for the broader majority.
Public school students would be wise to take note - as this reality is at their expense.
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Correct me if I am wrong but what you are trying to imply that going to a private school will automatically mean that you would get a high enter. If so you are highly misconceived.
Students at private schools do not have to work any less to obtain the marks they do. Indeed their parents posess the funds to send their children to these schools. Their is no evidence suggesting that if these students went to a public school they would perform any worse.
You also state that academics are linked to social class ? It is ironic to note that a majority of private school students are from dual working families and in most instances parents sacrafice alot to send their children to these schools. These schools are open to almost everybody and if you want to get in most cases their must be a sacrafice on your behalf
You also fail to note that 2 of the best performing schools in VIC are public proving their is avenues of academic extension and enrichment in the public sector to cater for brighter children. Accel programs exist also.
So my message to you is stop attacking the private school kids who got a perfect enter. Yes they may have been educated in nicer buildings but it doesn't mean they placed any les effort to obtain the amazing results they did. In another article from the age, one of the boys who got a perfect enter score from Melb Grammar in his first years in Australia only slept a few hours each day spending the rest to study. The key to success in this case was pure determination and dedication.