My experience was that you were taught which analysis would maximise your marks, pity the poor maker who had to read hundreds of version of the same essay on symbolism in Fly Away Peter or metaphors in Death of a Salesman the year I did matric.
My comment was intended to be complementary to yours. I think we are on the same page.
When was that last sat ? I was thinking more of English Expression (Clear Thinking, Essay structure), and Geography than English Lit but even suggested or model answers contribute to learning analysis.
Your second point comes across as trying to sell being under resourced as a feature, not a bug.
Because everyone can go to a public school. If you see education (at least up to secondary) as a right, then the government should do all it can to have the public system compete with the private, especially on staff. If private schools are performing better, then maybe the government can move some funding away, and back to the public system.
Being exposed to diversity at a young age means you're less likely to fear it as an adult. Although I guess fearing diversity is an ideology and political strategy for some.
You can put it down to that if you like. How do we know it’s not a case of private schools getting the best results for their students and gaining entry into university, where they may have dropped out at a public school where there wasn’t the positive peer pressure? Maybe this particular statistic favours public schools because high dropout rates takes their less gifted students out of the equation.
Utterly useless? It got you into uni…
Ask Finland.
It’s not about public schools being under resourced, it’s that private schools spoon feed students to pass exams and score high marks. Everything is handed to them on a platter, and that breeds laziness once they hit the real world. The public system sets students up for the real world much better
Whatever but interacting with diverse groups will put them in much greater stead than those who think anyone of value has a daddy pay for their Range Rover and Swiss skiing holiday.
Public school students achieve higher university grades than private school students despite the latter achieving higher university entrance scores.
I put this down to “I didn’t sent you to St Snobby’s for 12 years for you to do a trade, you’re off to do Commerce/Law” and that student then not really applying themselves at uni.
Plus uni not putting any pressure on the private kid as well so they drift towards the pub instead of the library.
The most useless stat in existence. Has no bearing on your life beyond your desire to attend University the next year. If you don’t get into the course you want then apply later as a mature age student of transfer in.
Since applying to uni straight after school I have never needed nor been asked for my TER and have forgotten it completely. Utterly useless
Results are results.
How do you know that, though? Where’s Gethelred when you need him!?
Why is this a drawback?
If your child was to get a scholarship to attend a private school for absolutely free would you still decide not to send them there?It’s not about public schools being under resourced, it’s that private schools spoon feed students to pass exams and score high marks. Everything is handed to them on a platter, and that breeds laziness once they hit the real world. The public system sets students up for the real world much better
Whatever but interacting with diverse groups will put them in much greater stead than those who think anyone of value has a daddy pay for their Range Rover and Swiss skiing holiday.
Public school students achieve higher university grades than private school students despite the latter achieving higher university entrance scores.
I put this down to “I didn’t sent you to St Snobby’s for 12 years for you to do a trade, you’re off to do Commerce/Law” and that student then not really applying themselves at uni.
Plus uni not putting any pressure on the private kid as well so they drift towards the pub instead of the library.
The most useless stat in existence. Has no bearing on your life beyond your desire to attend University the next year. If you don’t get into the course you want then apply later as a mature age student of transfer in.
Since applying to uni straight after school I have never needed nor been asked for my TER and have forgotten it completely. Utterly useless
In that article posted by Schneebly11 earlier it said:
Science!
I earn enough that I could probably send (some imaginary) kids to a reasonable private school, though not the top ones. I'd probably still go public even if there was a scholarship on offer. I'd have to look into the school though, it might be a reasonable one, and see who my kid would be around, wouldn't want them to just hang around with a bunch of entitled rich kids. Would also have to factor in how they'd be treated if they were the odd one out i.e. not as wealthy.
It's a good point, re: parental influence. The person I mentioned who openly said their private schooling made them feel entitled had a Dad who owned some wealth management consultancy, and they went on to do literally Law/Commerce I think, last I heard was working for a federal Coalition Senator. But then another friend had a Dad who owned an electrician business, Mum who was a teacher, he went to one of the top private schools as well (think his Mum may have been a teacher there at some point), but then given the family background, studied teaching at uni and did most of an electrician's apprenticeship. Pretty down to earth guy. So family influence will play a significant role in whether private schooling might corrupt a kid into some entitlement/superiority complex.
Of course each specific school is different, but I think a lot here are eating way too much into generalizations of 'rich snobby kids' like it's an American TV show. Most kids really don't give a s**t how much your family makes. I mean as long as you have an Xbox to play games with them, they don't care if you are coming to school in a Range Rover, a second hand van or catch the bus. Of course there will be some dumbasses, but there will be some at public schools as well.
A significant proportion of parents aren’t “wealthy”, they struggle with the fees and go without.
