Expensive private schools

[EvangelionZeta]

^who're you? D:

[hellomoto]

just a fellow lurker from the bluestone

[EvangelionZeta]

It would be rather amusing if you were Peter Collins, but I'm inclined to think you're not. 

[appianway]

Summer Heights? *Is in awe*

I think the merit of a school (public or private) is largely defined by the students attending the school. You find fantastic students at private schools; you discover similar concentrations of amazingly talented teenagers at public ones. In saying that, it's also good to go to a school that provides a plethora of extra-curricular opportunities for students, but I guess it's always possible to find these without the guidance of a teacher.

[EvangelionZeta]

I would definitely agree that fantastic students should be able to excel regardless of their educational institution - people on this forum like Mao prove that.  However, in saying that, I feel that private schools are perhaps better at drawing out the latent talents of the "lesser" students better; there's more encouragement to participate in what the school offers on the whole. 

[GerrySly]

It would be rather amusing if you were Peter Collins, but I'm inclined to think you're not. 

Heh that it would

What was your part in Summer Heights High EvangelionZeta? I'm gonna watch it now lol only asian I can remember is the kid who goes "he rang me up and copied my entire essay and handed it in to the teacher the next day", was that you?

[hellomoto]

It would be rather amusing if you were Peter Collins, but I'm inclined to think you're not. 

I'm defs not that wranger

[EvangelionZeta]

It would be rather amusing if you were Peter Collins, but I'm inclined to think you're not.  

Heh that it would

What was your part in Summer Heights High EvangelionZeta? I'm gonna watch it now lol only asian I can remember is the kid who goes "he rang me up and copied my entire essay and handed it in to the teacher the next day", was that you?

Yeah, that's me.  The nasally tone in my voice and my slight Asian accent have (hopefully) improved remarkably since.  (:

[appianway]

I would definitely agree that fantastic students should be able to excel regardless of their educational institution - people on this forum like Mao prove that.  However, in saying that, I feel that private schools are perhaps better at drawing out the latent talents of the "lesser" students better; there's more encouragement to participate in what the school offers on the whole. 

It really depends on the school. I went to a private school until the end of year 8 and found the environment stifling, but I thrive on the range of activities offered at my (rather atypical) state school.

[IntoTheNewWorld]

I would definitely agree that fantastic students should be able to excel regardless of their educational institution - people on this forum like Mao prove that.  However, in saying that, I feel that private schools are perhaps better at drawing out the latent talents of the "lesser" students better; there's more encouragement to participate in what the school offers on the whole.  

It really depends on the school. I went to a private school until the end of year 8 and found the environment stifling, but I thrive on the range of activities offered at my (rather atypical) state school.

your state school doesn't count, it's like a private school except from the outside it looks like a hole =P (I'm sorry).

I don't think normal state schools can afford to offer a wide range of extracurricular activities (Or maybe I just went to one of the poorer ones...?)

[EvangelionZeta]

I would definitely agree that fantastic students should be able to excel regardless of their educational institution - people on this forum like Mao prove that.  However, in saying that, I feel that private schools are perhaps better at drawing out the latent talents of the "lesser" students better; there's more encouragement to participate in what the school offers on the whole. 

It really depends on the school. I went to a private school until the end of year 8 and found the environment stifling, but I thrive on the range of activities offered at my (rather atypical) state school.

Which private school and why?

[appianway]

You probably wouldn't know it.

I felt incredibly restricted at my old school: I remember feeling either forced to participate in activites (the music director once lectured me on how it was my obligation to perform in the concerto concert, even though I wasn't learning a concerto at the time) or sensing that there wasn't the opportunity to create events that suited my interests. The school was also quite rigid in terms of academics: my year 7 science teacher banned me from asking questions in class because most of them were beyond the scope of the secondary school course. I also recall a certain english teacher marking down one of my essays because my vocabulary was too sophisticated. Apparently she wasn't familiar with some of the terms that I was employing. I explained to her how to use a dictionary. To be honest, I don't really think that helped our rocky relationship...

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Looks like you should have skipped highschool altogether!

[TrueTears]

I dono my school seems pretty shit at times =S

[EvangelionZeta]

You probably wouldn't know it.

I felt incredibly restricted at my old school: I remember feeling either forced to participate in activites (the music director once lectured me on how it was my obligation to perform in the concerto concert, even though I wasn't learning a concerto at the time) or sensing that there wasn't the opportunity to create events that suited my interests. The school was also quite rigid in terms of academics: my year 7 science teacher banned me from asking questions in class because most of them were beyond the scope of the secondary school course. I also recall a certain english teacher marking down one of my essays because my vocabulary was too sophisticated. Apparently she wasn't familiar with some of the terms that I was employing. I explained to her how to use a dictionary. To be honest, I don't really think that helped our rocky relationship...

Sounds like Thor Taylor, except in his case, the school moved him out of the normal maths class and provided him with a special teacher who basically accelerated him to the point of doing Spesh in year 9.  Not to sound condescending (again!) or anything, but it sounds to me that your school just wasn't as prepared for you as some others.

In regards to the activities bit, I remember in year 7 they offered us extension groups for Philosophy, Quantum Physics, Marxist politics and Ancient Greek (amongst more "typical" ones), so yeah...

Probably varies from school to school though - maybe one of the private schools would have clicked with you just like MacRob evidently does.