Toast Warren Tredrea - Elected to the Port Board (Football discussion only)

[1954]

Norwood, Glenunga, both Adelaide Campuses, Brighton, Marryatville, Mitcham Girls, Unley all have pretty good reputations. People actively try to get into those school zones.

Many asian students with parents living overseas have been attending Brighton for quite some years now, and I believe Marryatville has many asian students as well.

Brighton has a highly rated music programme which is apparently a strong attraction for their parents, and re changing zones I had clients who moved suburbs so their daughters would be in the Marryatville zone.

I did something similar for my son, my house is in the Seaview high area which didn't have a great reputation at that time, so I registered my address as my parent's house at Glengowrie which made him eligible to attend Brighton, and he was there from 2005 - 9.

The other schools you mentioned are all highly rated, a professional couple I know and who were both college educated sent their kids to Unley and were very happy with the standard of education they received, and I have relatives both older and younger who attended both Adelaide High Schools and did well.

 

[El Zorro]

Adelaideans are weirdly obsessed with where people go to high school. Never seen anything like it outside of Adelaide. Unless you are talking about US universities.

 

[manureid]

I did something similar for my son, my house is in the Seaview high area which didn't have a great reputation at that time, so I registered my address as my parent's house at Glengowrie which made him eligible to attend Brighton, and he was there from 2005 - 9.

They really started cutting down on people doing this in recent years. You needed to provide all sorts of information as proof you were actually in the zone and not using someones address.

 

[Papa G]

Adelaideans are weirdly obsessed with where people go to high school. Never seen anything like it outside of Adelaide. Unless you are talking about US universities.

 

[Shaucob_Burjan]

Adelaideans are weirdly obsessed with where people go to high school. Never seen anything like it outside of Adelaide. Unless you are talking about US universities.

Brother, the Victorian AFL commentary are always trying to make it a thing on what private high school AFL players go to.

It's pretty evident that they want to make the sport more US-College/High School like.

 

[OneGreatClub]

Adelaideans are weirdly obsessed with where people go to high school. Never seen anything like it outside of Adelaide. Unless you are talking about US universities.

Or Vic AFL commentators.

 

[Sleezy]

Yeah if you judged my high school on ATAR (average below 30) then you'd think it was a dumpster fire.

If you judged it by what it focussed on, getting the students where they wanted to go (98% left with a traineeship, apprenticeship, tafe placement or uni placement) then it was one of the best in the state.

Could I have gotten a higher ATAR at a private school? Probably, yeah. But I got into the course I wanted, so big whoop. I got to spend 6 more years with my mates (one of whom now teaches there) and walk to school every day.

No regrets.

 

[dirty2]

When I was in high school (90s) the joke was that the only difference between public school and private school was the quality of drugs you could buy.

 

[Duck Farmer]

When I was in high school (90s) the joke was that the only difference between public school and private school was the quality of drugs you could buy.

And private schools knew how to properly celebrate Easter - at least the Catholic ones.

Btw, big weekend coming up?

 

[Poo Eckert]

lol wtf

Would you also be mad if Peter Malinauskas took out private health insurance?

Not sure why I’m replying to a professional gaslighter but anyway.

Do you think if he was questioned on the quality of public schools he’d reply with “look I wouldn’t send my child to one if I’m a parent”.

Answer would be no. So if the system is good enough for the rank and file he should lead by example I’d suggest.

We all know the public system is a shambles.

 

[RussellEbertHandball]

Mods you moved the covid stuff to the covid thread. Maybe you need to move the private school stuff to the private school thread.

 

[dirty2]

And private schools knew how to properly celebrate Easter - at least the Catholic ones.

Btw, big weekend coming up?

Im hoping for a... Good weekend.

Maybe I should buy the Mrs some flowers or something to butter her up.

 

[Contested Marx]

Im hoping for a... Good weekend.

Maybe I should buy the Mrs some flowers or something to butter her up.

Marlon Brando style?

 

[Poo Eckert]

Mods you moved the covid stuff to the covid thread. Maybe you need to move the private school stuff to the private school thread.

Do we have one? did Tredrea go to private school?

Only joking good point. Big tangent

 

[gbear]

Do we have one? did Tredrea go to private school?

Only joking good point. Big tangent

I believe he went to st. Michael’s hence why the Kornes boys don’t like him, as they went to scared heart

 

[Schulzenfest]

Not sure why I’m replying to a professional gaslighter but anyway.

Do you think if he was questioned on the quality of public schools he’d reply with “look I wouldn’t send my child to one if I’m a parent”.

Answer would be no. So if the system is good enough for the rank and file he should lead by example I’d suggest.

We all know the public system is a shambles.

Yes replace the word 'schools' with 'hospitals' and that exact sentence could apply to my example too.

 

[gbear]

Yes replace the word 'schools' with 'hospitals' and that exact sentence could apply to my example too.

Good luck getting into a public hospital for anything other than an emergency atm. You would be surprised what is categorised as a category 2 and 3 surgery. But you have made your views very clear on the issue in the past, so goodluck with all that as it is even worse than it was 2+ years ago. May the odds be in your favour and you don’t get sick.

 

[EskimoPAFC]

So how about that Warren Tredrea

Warren Tredrea

Age

45

Ht

194cm

Wt

96kg

Pos.

Fwd

Career

Season

Last 5

D

14.3

4star

K

10.1

4star

HB

4.2

3star

M

6.9

5star

T

1.4

3star

G

2.2

5star

No current season stats available

D

5.4

2star

K

2.8

1star

HB

2.6

3star

M

1.2

2star

T

0.6

3star

G

1.0

4star

hey? Quite the player I hear

 

[Duck Farmer]

Do we have one? did Tredrea go to private school?

St. Michael's like Michael Wilson, Greg Anderson, Darryl Poole, Darren Cahill etc.

 

[portly]

I realise I'm giving extra ammo to the boomer haters on here as lot of water has obviously flowed under the bridge since I went to school but it's disappointing to hear how far the public education system in this state has apparently fallen, as back in the dim darks when I joined the navy an SA high school education was rated better than the equivalent of either Victoria, NSW or QLD.

The two most sought after roles for a recruit coming through the ordinary seaman/able seaman system were electrical mechanic or radar plotter as both created opportunities in civilian life, eg at that time I can recall being told by an officer that R.A.N. trained radar plotters were so highly rated they could get a job at any airport in the world.
After the testing system was completed most chosen to train for either of those two roles were South Aussies, not bad when there were only 40 or so of us of in an intake of 300, and I believe previous years had similar results.

Re the private school system there is absolutely no doubt it opens doors, but like any system some dills will slip through.

As an example about 25 years ago I inherited a bloke who had done all of his schooling at one of the most prestigious colleges in Adelaide, and had somehow qualified as a lawyer.
He was a nice enough bloke but you wouldn't have wanted him representing you for an overdue parking fine, he didn't survive in that profession, ended up as an order picker in a warehouse and needed family connections to get him that job.

As a public school teacher for 43 years, I say that the public school system has sucked all that time!

Some good, like Glenunga and Marryatville, but mostly all schools were underfunded, with many teachers having to teach way outside their comfort zone, and having to cope with all levels of abilities in their classes.

A grandchild has 7 students in her class. I once had to teach 34 students in a 12 Maths 1 class.

Many other advantages too.

Oops. Outed myself as a boomer and nerd now!

 

[Scodges]

1. Need to sack Koch
2. * off ken
3. Keep Dom away from port

The 3 things what needs to be done to get ports back.

4: C.Cornes


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[TeeKray]

So how about that Warren Tredrea hey? Quite the player I hear

Appointed captain on the day we won the premiership.

 

[Poo Eckert]

Yes replace the word 'schools' with 'hospitals' and that exact sentence could apply to my example too.

Well let’s face it the public system for hospitals isn’t great. However we don’t always have a choice do we. Plus you can have private health and still end up in public systems.

I’m sure Peter would have no issues being a public patient in his governed Medical system

 

[Chewy316]

Well let’s face it the public system for hospitals isn’t great. However we don’t always have a choice do we. Plus you can have private health and still end up in public systems.

I’m sure Peter would have no issues being a public patient in his governed Medical system

It really depends on the issue.
If you have an emergency, you're better off going into the public system because they have all the specialist teams on site ready to go pretty much at any moment. This is the opposite of the private hospital system where instead they call in specialists to consult depending on the situation.

I learned this the hard way back in 2019 when I got Guillain-Barre Syndrome. Stumbled into a private hospital's emergency department in Adelaide on a Friday arvo, thinking that being a private patient my issue would be expedited. Instead, I didn't see a neurologist until Tuesday evening and in that time I went from being extremely wobbly on my feet on the Friday to being paralysed from the neck down by the time I saw the neurologist. Had I gone to the RAH that Friday arvo instead I would have been seen by the neurology team that evening and treatment would have started and things definitely wouldn't have gotten to the point that they did! Even as I got worse the nurses told me "you picked a horrible time to get sick!" Implying that the weekend was a dead period for the private hospital and that I wouldn't be properly seen for a few days anyway. In hindsight I would have moved to the RAH immediately at that point.

The irony was that the neurologist who saw me in the private hospital was actually one of the heads of neurology at the RAH anyway.

If you have an issue that is run of the mill elective surgery though, the private system is far superior simply because you won't have a mile long wait list to deal with. I've had patients at my work (I work in healthcare) who have been on the public waitlist for a new hip, and in that time they go from being relatively functional to not being able to walk 20 metres up the road to get their newspaper in the morning. Going private removes that wait time and as such, one's quality of life isn't as reduced.

 

[Schulzenfest]

Appointed captain on the day we won the premiership.

Only 'appointed' captain though, unlike the rest of her captains who ascended to the role via divine right.