Schoolies and Curry parents

[charmanderp]

YOLO?

You can't justify everything with that.

Yeah don't worry haha, I was taking the mickey out of anyone who tries.

[pi]

Sex culture, for the guys...not so much for the girls

The guys are having sex with girls... I'd say it works both ways

[nacho]

Sex culture, for the guys...not so much for the girls

guys tend to have sex with girls

[Soul_Khan]

^^I honestly don't get why people do that.

I'm exactly like you.. I just don't see the point of it. It's not our cup of tea you may say.. i guess people have different personalities

I'd much prefer it to spend the time with family or a few close friends.

[betruetoyou22]

I dunno if anyone else is having/has had the same problem, but having curry parents sometimes really really really sucks.
It's not like I'm asking to go to Gold Coast, it's Inverloch for god's sake!!!

Grgrgrrrr.

Apreciate your parents and everything they do for you. You don't know what you have until it's gone.

[Bhootnike]

its not the fact we dont appreciate what they do for us...

its the fact they sometimes dont let us live life how we wish to live it.
And here is when i tell you to go watch 3 idiots. :p

but the point is not that we take them for granted; i love my parents and what they do for me. but sometimes i get really pissed off that im not treated like an adult or not trusted.  i think id class it as overprotection.

[betruetoyou22]

but still, overprotection is better then negligence. they care about you. kiss their feet and thank them and spend time with them. who needs schoolies!

[Bhootnike]

I saw your thread - sorry to hear that

but in refernece to Tandonator's post, i guess she's just seeking some liberty, as am I , and am guessing a lot of other curries are

[Truck]

In the end, irrespective of how "crazy" schoolies gets with "drugs/sex/alcohol", it's your personal responsibility to make the decisions which affect your life. I've witnessed the "oppressed" kids finally get a chance to be free of their parents wrath and be able to drink/have sex/party as much as they want, and let me tell you it almost always ends up with someone passed out and a night of general regret, if not worse. I think the parent outlook of "don't let our kids do anything" within the context of our culture is just a time bomb waiting to go off and probably worse for the kids in the long run then if they were allowed to make their own mistakes and learn from them.

[betruetoyou22]

In the end, irrespective of how "crazy" schoolies gets with "drugs/sex/alcohol", it's your personal responsibility to make the decisions which affect your life. I've witnessed the "oppressed" kids finally get a chance to be free of their parents wrath and be able to drink/have sex/party as much as they want, and let me tell you it almost always ends up with someone passed out and a night of general regret, if not worse. I think the parent outlook of "don't let our kids do anything" within the context of our culture is just a time bomb waiting to go off and probably worse for the kids in the long run then if they were allowed to make their own mistakes and learn from them.

It's all about balance. too much sunshine can burn too though.

[taiga]

Seems to be the wrong idea of schoolies going around.

Schoolies =/= drugs sex and alcohol on the Gold Coast

It's just the week after exams. If you go to an apartment in the Melbourne CBD for all I care that's schoolies. I had pretty tight 'curry' parents at the end of year 12 too, but heading to Lorne/Rye wasn't something I marketed to them as 'schoolies', it was just an outting with friends in that week.

If you go and ask them 'can I go to schoolies', the first thing that comes to mind for them is violence and drugs in Queensland, not you out with your friends in Inverloch.

[thushan]

Hahah taiga that wouldn't work either. My parents would not let me go anywhere at the end of year 12 if it didn't involve me coming back home that night. Haha.

So even going and staying at an apartment block in the Melbourne CBD is a no no.

[Truck]

In the end, irrespective of how "crazy" schoolies gets with "drugs/sex/alcohol", it's your personal responsibility to make the decisions which affect your life. I've witnessed the "oppressed" kids finally get a chance to be free of their parents wrath and be able to drink/have sex/party as much as they want, and let me tell you it almost always ends up with someone passed out and a night of general regret, if not worse. I think the parent outlook of "don't let our kids do anything" within the context of our culture is just a time bomb waiting to go off and probably worse for the kids in the long run then if they were allowed to make their own mistakes and learn from them.

It's all about balance. too much sunshine can burn too though.

100%. That's why I think the balance atm is skewed in the wrong direction

Seems to be the wrong idea of schoolies going around.

Schoolies =/= drugs sex and alcohol on the Gold Coast

It's just the week after exams. If you go to an apartment in the Melbourne CBD for all I care that's schoolies. I had pretty tight 'curry' parents at the end of year 12 too, but heading to Lorne/Rye wasn't something I marketed to them as 'schoolies', it was just an outting with friends in that week.

If you go and ask them 'can I go to schoolies', the first thing that comes to mind for them is violence and drugs in Queensland, not you out with your friends in Inverloch.

+100 to this.

Hahah taiga that wouldn't work either. My parents would not let me go anywhere at the end of year 12 if it didn't involve me coming back home that night. Haha.

So even going and staying at an apartment block in the Melbourne CBD is a no no.

I think that's appropriate ? Anyways either way Thushan, at least you're a boss at VCE, chemistry and life in general

[rebeccab26]

I dunno if anyone else is having/has had the same problem, but having curry parents sometimes really really really sucks.
It's not like I'm asking to go to Gold Coast, it's Inverloch for god's sake!!!

Grgrgrrrr.

lol gotta love curry parents
mine are the same don't stress
say your checking out unis?
meeting future doctors and share intellectual discussions about important issues in life?
clearing your head so you can come back and study intensely?
good luck!

[Mr Keshy]

There's Indian parents, then there's Tamil parents  To be honest, they aren't too strict, at least mine aren't.

I personally don't want to go to schoolies because of the unnecessary risks involved and I don't fancy drinking alcohol either so by word of mouth, that's 3/4 of the appeal of schoolies gone anyway. :/

I'm a car freak myself so provided I do well, I'll get a nice Mazda RX-8 and I'm planning to do an epic road trip with my friends!! Even though petrol will be a pain, it'll still be way cheaper than most schoolies trips anyway.

I'm one of the few who personally don't see partying hard as a way to wind down haha, a nice drive down some winding roads seems to float my boat better... We should do an AN cruise one day next year!