The Idea behind selective schools is to place people with high intellects in one place so that they will all mutually benefit from each others presence
I believe they are a very good thing.
Re: private schools.
Don't perform as well as selective schools but have more of a values based...
Re: Public School vs. Private
The issue of public v.s. private.
The fact is that in the past the government (Howard) has tried to discourage students from going to public schools by underfunding them and creating a clear intellectual distinction between private and public (non-selective)...
Re: What school you at?
The Scots College
and Re:Uniforms, nothing beats our summer - Kahki green shorts, shirt and long socks with tie and black shoes
Prefects at my school are pretty much the same. BUt they very rarely use their special prefect powers and so they get along with most people OK
(All the little kids suck up to them which is very funny)
Also at my school all students are Automatically nominated as a prefect and the people who...
Re: What school you at?
It is a very hard poll to do, I mean out of all the schools in the state most of them would be around the same size and most people at the school probably wouldn't use this forum any way, so the basis of the survey is flawed
I think you're all taking the HSC far too seriously.
Life really dosen't revolve around whether you succeed in one exam that takes place once in your life