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[offtopic] scaling, private vs public schools, etc
paulsterio:
--- Quote from: Peanuts11 on March 25, 2012, 09:58:22 pm ---Look, I probably shouldn't say this, but I'm assuming you wanted to be doctors and large majority were Indian/Lankan/Paki/Asian etc?
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Massive generalisation, there are more white people in medicine than any other race, as far as I know - so don't pull those culture stuff you talk about :P
--- Quote from: VegemitePi on March 25, 2012, 09:54:15 pm ---You'd be surprised. I wanted to go to MHS when I was in year 8, and many I know had similar goals at that time. It's actually not that rare tbh.
Sometimes it comes down to parents (which isn't necessarily a bad thing), but the student usually has interest too (well, I did in any case).
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I think I've probably talked to you about this before, but it does depend on a lot of factors, that's why of everyone at Melbourne High, pretty much the upper class of the schooling population at a Year 8 level, there are still those who fail to get a good mark and do rather lacklustre in VCE. It has to do with the school, but not everything.
Parents - well that's a questionable discussion - it's generally good, but dependency is a bad thing - some students are very dependent on their parents to do well and in the end, sometimes they're not gonna be around forever.
Student interest is far more important - in the end it's your life, what you want to do with it is your decision, like this goes out to everyone else discussing this minor subtopic, it's very difficult to know what you want at a young age, however, by the time you're in Year 12 and are 17-18, you really should know what you want to do and take responsibility for it, in my opinion.
msantorini:
I guess it is the best that you should be able to just do your best and be able to accept defeat. It is not right to judge others or compare them to your personal standing because in the end what matters is what YOU yourself have achieved no matter what school you are from, it is the learning that really counts and you have to be able to be at peace with yourself so that you will be able to really excel in your chosen field.
paulsterio:
Not exactly and btw, you've completely missed the point of the discussion, which really has nothing to do with being at peace with ourselves.
charmanderp:
It seems that Peanuts is insinuating that if you don't go to a private school, you can't get 99.90+, which is absolute rubbish. There are well over 100 students in this state capable of getting 99.90+, and those that don't will have failed to do so more due to a lack of hard work OR just being really unlucky through dropping marks where they probably shouldn't have, more so than they will have been prevented by a lack of private schooling.
I'm glad that I go to a public school. It's taught me how to fend for myself and how I need to control my own life in order to get anywhere. I had the choice to go the MHS in Year 9, which I turned down, and I certainly don't regret it in relation to my potential ATAR.
charmanderp:
It seems that Peanuts is insinuating that if you don't go to a private school, you can't get 99.90+, which is absolute rubbish. There are well over 100 students in this state capable of getting 99.90+, and those that don't will have failed to do so more due to a lack of hard work OR just being really unlucky through dropping marks where they probably shouldn't have, than they will have been prevented by not attending a private school.
I'm glad that I go to a public school. It's taught me how to fend for myself and how I need to control my own life in order to get anywhere. I had the choice to go the MHS in Year 9, which I turned down, and I certainly don't regret it in relation to my potential ATAR.
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