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cara.mel:
We were talking about people at the very top
My enter wouldn't be 95 if I went to a government school, it'd be like 99.70 or something

excal:
The public education system would be choked if there wasn't a private alternative, as sad as I am to say this. It's a pity it's not funded any more (and in fact, private schools are funded even more by the Commonwealth Government).

I suppose we need choice, though.

I personally wouldn't send my children to private school...I'd try and get them into my alma mater though :)

Fyrefly:
I can vouch for the small difference @ the high-end scale of ENTERs.

My good friend used to go to my low-rung government school with me, before she went on to do bigger and better things first @ Uni High, then @ Macrob for her final year. We were generally of equal intelligence, with the key difference being her strong favouring of sciences and her ESL, while my subjects were a bit more across the board and I did plain English. The difference in our scores? She only beat me by .55 (which, come to think of it, could actually be attributed to the more favourable scaling of her subjects). I certainly believe I saved my money... however, there certainly IS a difference, despite it being a small one. If I were in pursuit of a medicine degree or something more lucrative where every ENTER point counted, then perhaps my views would be different.

When it comes to a middle band student, my witnessing of the experiences of family and friends around me suggest that a stricter school with more dedicated staff can lead to an improvement more substantial than half a point (not necessarily private schools, but many of them seem to be sterotyped as such).

johd89:

--- Quote from: Fyrefly on December 23, 2007, 11:52:26 am ---I can vouch for the small difference @ the high-end scale of ENTERs.

My good friend used to go to my low-rung government school with me, before she went on to do bigger and better things first @ Uni High, then @ Macrob for her final year. We were generally of equal intelligence, with the key difference being her strong favouring of sciences and her ESL, while my subjects were a bit more across the board and I did plain English. The difference in our scores? She only beat me by .55 (which, come to think of it, could actually be attributed to the more favourable scaling of her subjects). I certainly believe I saved my money... however, there certainly IS a difference, despite it being a small one. If I were in pursuit of a medicine degree or something more lucrative where every ENTER point counted, then perhaps my views would be different.

When it comes to a middle band student, my witnessing of the experiences of family and friends around me suggest that a stricter school with more dedicated staff can lead to an improvement more substantial than half a point (not necessarily private schools, but many of them seem to be sterotyped as such).

--- End quote ---

Uni High and Macrob are both government funded schools though.... (?) And it's a fairly limited example, and there's no way to generalise with this information to all public/private sectors.

I agree with some of the views expressed thus far, that it's your choice on whether you'd like your child to attend a private/public school, but the private sector can be extremely expensive, and perhaps overpriced.

Also, a school shouldn't be judged purely on its quality by the median ENTER scores. If you're absolutely miserable where you are, but your school gets fantastic study score averages, then what's the point? A large proportion of school is about your experiences, not just your grades. (Of course, it's important that your school has excellent teaching methods and that they have resources in order to let you reach your full potential.)

Fyrefly:
Macrob is still selective though; it was purely an example in light of cara.mel's estimations.
Never fear, everyone on this forum is well-aware of the fallacy in assuming the part represents the whole *cough* brendan *cough* :P

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