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Originally Posted by Ali - Hi ephemeral. Been a while since my VCE :-)
You may disagree with that notion by all means, but I'm sure you have also read may articles confirming public school graduates do better at Uni than private grads, in general, due to Uni's not spoon feeding their pupils.
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I've seen several studies on this, and I'm still not certain. I went to a private school and have seen several of my friends drop out of university. But then again, plenty of my school friends are still at uni, and I also know plenty of public school graduates who've dropped out of uni.
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^^ Some interesting articles on the matter. In any case, I feel that the students who get 99.95 deserve their scholarships. Remember that although many of these students are private school students, most of them would've been on an academic scholarship at this private school anyway.
The spoon-feeding argument is always over-hyped anyway. And if you want to look at a system where independent study is imperative, try doing the IB.