$5 for an A4 colour photocopy!!
#61
Re: $5 for an A4 colour photocopy!!
Originally Posted by arkon
I'm impressed Just shows how you all pay attention! But thats most likely because most of you are british and british educated so things like paying attention come as second nature! Here by contrast is like living in a old fish bowl with everyone called BOB, All with 3 second memories.
Believe me, I've taught/teach British and Aussie children and I wouldn't claim the moral high ground for the British education system if I was you.
OzTennis
#62
Re: $5 for an A4 colour photocopy!!
Originally Posted by Hutch
What about the caravan rental? The community spirit? The school system (both quality of public and cost of private)? The hoons in their too-powerful cars? The garage door? Barefoot supermarket shoppers? Builders (with regard walls)? The birth certificate? The MP3 player? Amazon? The curtains? And off-peak electricity?
OzTennis
#63
Re: $5 for an A4 colour photocopy!!
Originally Posted by MrsDagboy
Wonder if he realises that OzTennis (with the almost photographic memory) is also an aussie?
OzTennis
#64
Re: $5 for an A4 colour photocopy!!
Originally Posted by arkon
Why so many Ausies on a British expat site? Or am I missing something?
OzTennis
#65
Re: $5 for an A4 colour photocopy!!
Originally Posted by Hutch
You're an adventurous type deep-down though, aren't you Arkon ... I have the photographic evidence to prove it...
OzTennis
#66
Re: $5 for an A4 colour photocopy!!
Originally Posted by OzTennis
Arkon, you are not paying attention to the Goldfish Bowl.
Believe me, I've taught/teach British and Aussie children and I wouldn't claim the moral high ground for the British education system if I was you.
OzTennis
Believe me, I've taught/teach British and Aussie children and I wouldn't claim the moral high ground for the British education system if I was you.
OzTennis
I don't want to start an argument on which system is best as I know which I think is best and to me and the boy thats all that matters. There is a good thread here :- http://britishexpats.com/forum/showthread.php?t=349773 that pretty much sums it up for me. That and what I've seen with my own 3 eyes.
So everyone stay calm and just accept that when it comes to education Australia is somwhere ranked alongside Ali G, so big it up for me main man, respetpa to you all and lobby your local MP to get the school system to change to actually teach kids nowledge and how to writ proper like wot I do.
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Re: $5 for an A4 colour photocopy!!
This is probably the saddest thread I have ever read.
#68
Re: $5 for an A4 colour photocopy!!
Originally Posted by spiral tribe
This is probably the saddest thread I have ever read.
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#69
Re: $5 for an A4 colour photocopy!!
Originally Posted by spiral tribe
This is probably the saddest thread I have ever read.
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Re: $5 for an A4 colour photocopy!!
Originally Posted by OzTennis
You must have led a sheltered life, you want to get out a bit!
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And you say I need to get a life. LOL
#71
Re: $5 for an A4 colour photocopy!!
Originally Posted by arkon
I just can't resist your pom baiting.... Personally I think the Oz education system is a complete waste of the day for the kids that are in it, I mean what did you learn today son? Oh we watched a video of Casper the friendly ghost then the teacher took us all to the aqua golf.
I don't want to start an argument on which system is best as I know which I think is best and to me and the boy thats all that matters. There is a good thread here :- http://britishexpats.com/forum/showthread.php?t=349773 that pretty much sums it up for me. That and what I've seen with my own 3 eyes.
So everyone stay calm and just accept that when it comes to education Australia is somwhere ranked alongside Ali G, so big it up for me main man, respetpa to you all and lobby your local MP to get the school system to change to actually teach kids nowledge and how to writ proper like wot I do.
I don't want to start an argument on which system is best as I know which I think is best and to me and the boy thats all that matters. There is a good thread here :- http://britishexpats.com/forum/showthread.php?t=349773 that pretty much sums it up for me. That and what I've seen with my own 3 eyes.
So everyone stay calm and just accept that when it comes to education Australia is somwhere ranked alongside Ali G, so big it up for me main man, respetpa to you all and lobby your local MP to get the school system to change to actually teach kids nowledge and how to writ proper like wot I do.
If you want a sound bite to get your limited concentration span around I would say there is an earlier and greater emphasis on the acquiring of social skills and life skills in Australian schools. Some of the highest illiteracy rates in the western world bear testament to the efficacy of concentrating more on the 3 R's (actually one W, one A and one R but a Brit invented the term) in British schools.
I wouldn't stoop low enough to point out that your knowledge based education system failed you somehow.
Give me a system which emphasises transferable skills such as problem solving and decision making rather than Mastermind (or who wants to be a millionaire) contestants any time! I'm not making this comment specific to any country it is what I think education should be about - equipping people for life rather than being a walking encyclopaedia or calculator (and I'm not trivialising the importance of numeracy or retention of facts).
There have been enough posts on here comparing tertiary education achievement, literacy rates, numeracy etc in the two countries to give you a real rather than a jaundiced understanding. I guess you are too busy dodging trolleys, fending off weirdos and so on to do a proper search here or on the net for the facts though!
OzTennis
#72
Re: $5 for an A4 colour photocopy!!
Originally Posted by OzTennis
I wouldn't stoop low enough to point out that your knowledge based education system failed you somehow.
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#73
Re: $5 for an A4 colour photocopy!!
Originally Posted by arkon
That was supposed to be a Joke.
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#74
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Re: $5 for an A4 colour photocopy!!
Originally Posted by arkon
I'm impressed Just shows how you all pay attention! But thats most likely because most of you are british and british educated so things like paying attention come as second nature! Here by contrast is like living in a old fish bowl with everyone called BOB, All with 3 second memories.
Do what a lot of Australians used to do, go to the big smoke every three months or so with a list of the really hard to get or expensive items and have two or three hectic days.
As for the bread, you live in a warmer climate, make your own. Its good fun, really. And it is said to be therapeutic
#75
Re: $5 for an A4 colour photocopy!!
Originally Posted by Ialibu
This is probably why everyone tries to take you to the cleaners.
Do what a lot of Australians used to do, go to the big smoke every three months or so with a list of the really hard to get or expensive items and have two or three hectic days.
As for the bread, you live in a warmer climate, make your own. Its good fun, really. And it is said to be therapeutic
Do what a lot of Australians used to do, go to the big smoke every three months or so with a list of the really hard to get or expensive items and have two or three hectic days.
As for the bread, you live in a warmer climate, make your own. Its good fun, really. And it is said to be therapeutic
I just want to put some of my posts into perspective, yes I do feel I regularly get ripped off but yes I do know why and yes there really is no alternative. So if anyone is thinking along the rural lines then think very hard about it because you don't realise just what you find important until you don't have it anymore.