RSA Boarding Schools
#91
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Re: RSA Boarding Schools
Well let me count the insults Pablo thick, hysterical, harpie,apologist to name but a few. You sound like one frustrated, misogynisic little monkey, relieve yourself by all means, just don't involve a woman, thats all.
Here a video about Africa for you all to enjoy, foreign girl show it to your hubbie
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Here a video about Africa for you all to enjoy, foreign girl show it to your hubbie
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#92
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Re: RSA Boarding Schools
Well let me count the insults Pablo thick, hysterical, harpie,apologist to name but a few. You sound like one frustrated, misogynisic little monkey, relieve yourself by all means, just don't involve a woman, thats all.
Here a video about Africa for you all to enjoy, foreign girl show it to your hubbie
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value="http://www.youtube.com/v/PvC64lWeu-s&hl=en"></param><param
name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed
src="http://www.youtube.com/v/PvC64lWeu-s&hl=en"
type="application/x-shockwave-flash"
wmode="transparent" width="425" height="355"></embed></object>
Here a video about Africa for you all to enjoy, foreign girl show it to your hubbie
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value="http://www.youtube.com/v/PvC64lWeu-s&hl=en"></param><param
name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed
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#93
Re: RSA Boarding Schools
Wow, I'm stunned at how this has twisted into a slagging match. So, Italyexpat, have you lived in SA? Still have family and friends there? Gone back recently? I have, and my contact with them is very frequent.
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Re: RSA Boarding Schools
Excuse me? You came steaming in, throwing insults left right and centre, and then you get all prim and offended when you realise you are out of line. And what is most absurd of all is that you don't even have a point. No one is disagreeing with you about the unacceptability of London knife crime.
To answer your questions Tegwyn: yes, yes and yes.
To acess the video either cut and paste the code into another window,
OR type The africa you never see on TV and the u tube video will come up and click on it. cant post video here.
#96
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Re: RSA Boarding Schools
Hey FG,Take heart, it is a stunningly beautiful Country,most of the people are warm,outgoing,blunt and wonderful too.
You could spend 40 or 50 years there and not experience anything serious, on the other hand,if you DO experience what SA's term serious!,it ends to be VERY serious.
I will miss SA probably every day till I I die, but I will NOT take that chance with my daughter.
Yes, it could happen to her here in Galway too, but the odds are very different.
The alternative to warning you would have been to say nothing, I guess its your choice as to wether you prefer to be Forewarned or to live in blissful ignorance.
Anyway,have a good LSD,have a wee in the sea for me and enjoy,carefully.
You could spend 40 or 50 years there and not experience anything serious, on the other hand,if you DO experience what SA's term serious!,it ends to be VERY serious.
I will miss SA probably every day till I I die, but I will NOT take that chance with my daughter.
Yes, it could happen to her here in Galway too, but the odds are very different.
The alternative to warning you would have been to say nothing, I guess its your choice as to wether you prefer to be Forewarned or to live in blissful ignorance.
Anyway,have a good LSD,have a wee in the sea for me and enjoy,carefully.
#97
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Re: RSA Boarding Schools
Thanks DaxkShall I bring you a bottle of Meerlust? I agree the odds are slim but the consequences massive. I'll keep you all posted.
P.S. Be nice everyone - this forum seems more dangerous than Jo-burg at night!
P.S. Be nice everyone - this forum seems more dangerous than Jo-burg at night!
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Re: RSA Boarding Schools
Morelust? yes thanks, my cellar is too full of Nederburg
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I must throw my lot into the mix and state that as far as the UK goes anybody who sends their kid private has either got more money than sense or is an out and out snob.
A child’s ability to pass exams is based on their family background and ability level rather than the school he/she attends. The reason why so many children at private schools do well academically is because the kids are naturally clever, (having passed their common entrance) and have inherited intelligent genes from their parents. They have the ability to pass exams in state schools (apart from the real sink ones) with flying colours if their parents got their priorities right, and let’s not forget GCSEs and A’levels are so dumbed-down and don’t stretch the brightest youngsters as the old O and A’level did. Extra-curricular activities offered by private schools can instead be pursued out of school.
There is so much more to be gained from attending a state school – preferably a local one – where you are promoting community values and where the child is more likely to have schoolfriends in the area. Some universities also give preference to state school kids over their private counterparts even if the exam results are inferior (although imo this is wrong as I can’t see how any benefit is derived from attending an independent school over a state one).
Finally it’s worth pointing out that 93% of the population of school age are taught in the state sector, which means that the child is mixing with a wider variety of children than what he/she does in independent schools so is getting a better “life education” than what the molly-coddled, privately-educated pupil.
Can anybody with hand-on-heart tell me they’re not a snob by going down the fee-paying route?
A child’s ability to pass exams is based on their family background and ability level rather than the school he/she attends. The reason why so many children at private schools do well academically is because the kids are naturally clever, (having passed their common entrance) and have inherited intelligent genes from their parents. They have the ability to pass exams in state schools (apart from the real sink ones) with flying colours if their parents got their priorities right, and let’s not forget GCSEs and A’levels are so dumbed-down and don’t stretch the brightest youngsters as the old O and A’level did. Extra-curricular activities offered by private schools can instead be pursued out of school.
There is so much more to be gained from attending a state school – preferably a local one – where you are promoting community values and where the child is more likely to have schoolfriends in the area. Some universities also give preference to state school kids over their private counterparts even if the exam results are inferior (although imo this is wrong as I can’t see how any benefit is derived from attending an independent school over a state one).
Finally it’s worth pointing out that 93% of the population of school age are taught in the state sector, which means that the child is mixing with a wider variety of children than what he/she does in independent schools so is getting a better “life education” than what the molly-coddled, privately-educated pupil.
Can anybody with hand-on-heart tell me they’re not a snob by going down the fee-paying route?
#100
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I think what the rational people on here are saying is that, yes, street crime in the UK is crap, yob culture is crap and sadly young/old people lose their lives. In many cases, this can be avoided by staying inside the house/car/bar whatever, rather than going outside confronting (quite often drunken) yobs and calling the cops instead. We do not need to debate individual cases to make a point. The sad, cold reality is that in SA you are at your most vulnerable in your car and tucked up in bed with your family or braaiing in your back garden, etc. Last time I checked, not many home invasions in the UK. Plus, in the worst of attacks you'd be lucky if you were killed outright and did not suffer torture or rape or that of your family.
There's no comparasin, it's not apples with apples.
I'm sorry italyexpat, have the last word by all means, but you are outgunned, not by anyone here, but by the nature of the crimes and the statistics alone.
#101
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Re: RSA Boarding Schools
I must throw my lot into the mix and state that as far as the UK goes anybody who sends their kid private has either got more money than sense or is an out and out snob.
A child’s ability to pass exams is based on their family background and ability level rather than the school he/she attends. The reason why so many children at private schools do well academically is because the kids are naturally clever, (having passed their common entrance) and have inherited intelligent genes from their parents. They have the ability to pass exams in state schools (apart from the real sink ones) with flying colours if their parents got their priorities right, and let’s not forget GCSEs and A’levels are so dumbed-down and don’t stretch the brightest youngsters as the old O and A’level did. Extra-curricular activities offered by private schools can instead be pursued out of school.
There is so much more to be gained from attending a state school – preferably a local one – where you are promoting community values and where the child is more likely to have schoolfriends in the area. Some universities also give preference to state school kids over their private counterparts even if the exam results are inferior (although imo this is wrong as I can’t see how any benefit is derived from attending an independent school over a state one).
Finally it’s worth pointing out that 93% of the population of school age are taught in the state sector, which means that the child is mixing with a wider variety of children than what he/she does in independent schools so is getting a better “life education” than what the molly-coddled, privately-educated pupil.
Can anybody with hand-on-heart tell me they’re not a snob by going down the fee-paying route?
A child’s ability to pass exams is based on their family background and ability level rather than the school he/she attends. The reason why so many children at private schools do well academically is because the kids are naturally clever, (having passed their common entrance) and have inherited intelligent genes from their parents. They have the ability to pass exams in state schools (apart from the real sink ones) with flying colours if their parents got their priorities right, and let’s not forget GCSEs and A’levels are so dumbed-down and don’t stretch the brightest youngsters as the old O and A’level did. Extra-curricular activities offered by private schools can instead be pursued out of school.
There is so much more to be gained from attending a state school – preferably a local one – where you are promoting community values and where the child is more likely to have schoolfriends in the area. Some universities also give preference to state school kids over their private counterparts even if the exam results are inferior (although imo this is wrong as I can’t see how any benefit is derived from attending an independent school over a state one).
Finally it’s worth pointing out that 93% of the population of school age are taught in the state sector, which means that the child is mixing with a wider variety of children than what he/she does in independent schools so is getting a better “life education” than what the molly-coddled, privately-educated pupil.
Can anybody with hand-on-heart tell me they’re not a snob by going down the fee-paying route?
Children in the state sector are molly-coddled more than the independent sector. There exams are dumbed down to course-work, whereas the independent sector are beginning to opt for either IGCSE's, Pre-U's and exams which require greater rigour and are not allowed to be marked and remarked until the grade looks pleasing for the government figures. CCF, Duke of Edinburgh Award and Leadership programmes are actively encouraged or compulsory in independent schools, whereas the Military are no longer allowed in state schools to recruit!
I don't know what world you live in but now most parents in the independent sector are "first-time buyers" , not snobs, who would never have considered private education, and most struggle to put their kids through this type of education. Not every child will survive in state school, infact most are not as some 40,000 were not even allowed to sit GCSE English or Maths this year. You may live in a perfect bubble with your 2.4 children and be such a wonderful parent, but society and schools are not like that.
I grew up in a rough council estate and had an appalling education and most people I grew up with have this small-minded mentality which they push onto their kids. Few of us who don't have this mentality are far more successful and teaching our kids to be far more successful. It's a shame that you have to pay for an education which teaches children to hold doors open for one another, treat each other with respect, say please and thank you, and be able to hold a conversation with an adult without fear or embarrassment. I am a product of an awful state education and because of the route I am taking for my children they have far greater self-esteem than I will ever have.
So you either were privately educated and now don't have the money so its more a question of "fox and the grapes". Or you never have been and you don't have a bl00dy clue what you're talking about!
#102
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Re: RSA Boarding Schools
sh!tdelete- thats a new one- appropriate too- I enjoy deleting sh!t.
(in case you were wondering, shift + delete when hit simultaneously on a keyboard also happens to permanently erase a selection i.e.- no joyride to the recycle bin required which is what your thick post deserves).
Dreamworld?- you're kidding right?
If you bothered to read: my contribution was to advise the OP not to overdo the bling in her attempt to impress the school, because she may just attract an evil mind or two.
also, (I admit) I have been competing with Daxk for some affection from an interesting poster- unlike the bitch that you seem to portray, all the way from Tuscany....now that sounds dreamy...now off you go and toss your salad, you may feel better- I'm sure Pablo has done as requested....by now.
(in case you were wondering, shift + delete when hit simultaneously on a keyboard also happens to permanently erase a selection i.e.- no joyride to the recycle bin required which is what your thick post deserves).
Dreamworld?- you're kidding right?
If you bothered to read: my contribution was to advise the OP not to overdo the bling in her attempt to impress the school, because she may just attract an evil mind or two.
also, (I admit) I have been competing with Daxk for some affection from an interesting poster- unlike the bitch that you seem to portray, all the way from Tuscany....now that sounds dreamy...now off you go and toss your salad, you may feel better- I'm sure Pablo has done as requested....by now.
whats the difference to SA crime Daxk , Pablo, sh!tdelete and the rest of you living in a dream world, Read the link and educate yourselves, before you judge someone for wanting something better for their children.
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/new...cle4004409.ece
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/new...cle4004409.ece
#104
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Re: RSA Boarding Schools
FG- I have to agree with you. Ours have had a couple of years at Australian government schools...let me tell you there's a good reason why parents who can't really afford to are working 2 jobs, going into debt just to get their kids into a private school in Aus- all part of a carefully crafted plan by the powers that be to reduce the 'burden' of funding these government schools. HUGE difference now that they are in private.
Guess that's what you get when a government is run like a corporation.
Guess that's what you get when a government is run like a corporation.
This is ridiculous through and through and I'd love to know if you went to a private school?
Children in the state sector are molly-coddled more than the independent sector. There exams are dumbed down to course-work, whereas the independent sector are beginning to opt for either IGCSE's, Pre-U's and exams which require greater rigour and are not allowed to be marked and remarked until the grade looks pleasing for the government figures. CCF, Duke of Edinburgh Award and Leadership programmes are actively encouraged or compulsory in independent schools, whereas the Military are no longer allowed in state schools to recruit!
I don't know what world you live in but now most parents in the independent sector are "first-time buyers" , not snobs, who would never have considered private education, and most struggle to put their kids through this type of education. Not every child will survive in state school, infact most are not as some 40,000 were not even allowed to sit GCSE English or Maths this year. You may live in a perfect bubble with your 2.4 children and be such a wonderful parent, but society and schools are not like that.
I grew up in a rough council estate and had an appalling education and most people I grew up with have this small-minded mentality which they push onto their kids. Few of us who don't have this mentality are far more successful and teaching our kids to be far more successful. It's a shame that you have to pay for an education which teaches children to hold doors open for one another, treat each other with respect, say please and thank you, and be able to hold a conversation with an adult without fear or embarrassment. I am a product of an awful state education and because of the route I am taking for my children they have far greater self-esteem than I will ever have.
So you either were privately educated and now don't have the money so its more a question of "fox and the grapes". Or you never have been and you don't have a bl00dy clue what you're talking about!
Children in the state sector are molly-coddled more than the independent sector. There exams are dumbed down to course-work, whereas the independent sector are beginning to opt for either IGCSE's, Pre-U's and exams which require greater rigour and are not allowed to be marked and remarked until the grade looks pleasing for the government figures. CCF, Duke of Edinburgh Award and Leadership programmes are actively encouraged or compulsory in independent schools, whereas the Military are no longer allowed in state schools to recruit!
I don't know what world you live in but now most parents in the independent sector are "first-time buyers" , not snobs, who would never have considered private education, and most struggle to put their kids through this type of education. Not every child will survive in state school, infact most are not as some 40,000 were not even allowed to sit GCSE English or Maths this year. You may live in a perfect bubble with your 2.4 children and be such a wonderful parent, but society and schools are not like that.
I grew up in a rough council estate and had an appalling education and most people I grew up with have this small-minded mentality which they push onto their kids. Few of us who don't have this mentality are far more successful and teaching our kids to be far more successful. It's a shame that you have to pay for an education which teaches children to hold doors open for one another, treat each other with respect, say please and thank you, and be able to hold a conversation with an adult without fear or embarrassment. I am a product of an awful state education and because of the route I am taking for my children they have far greater self-esteem than I will ever have.
So you either were privately educated and now don't have the money so its more a question of "fox and the grapes". Or you never have been and you don't have a bl00dy clue what you're talking about!