How Sydney has Changed
Feb 3rd 2004, 5:55 am
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How Sydney has Changed
http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2004/...570365594.html
Fifty years on, John Howard's old school is a little different, with almost 90 per cent of the students coming from non-English-speaking backgrounds, reports Kelly Burke.
In the Canterbury Boys High School graduating class of 1956, it would be safe to say there was no one called Mohamed.
The face of the inner west school has changed quite a bit since the graduation of its most famous old boy, John Howard.
These days, almost 90 per cent of the students at Canterbury Boys come from a non-English-speaking background.
A more recent old boy, Mohamed Yassine, is testimony to the way schools - and the nation - have changed in two generations.
Mohamed's story is one of five told in a new ABC documentary series which screens over four Tuesday nights from February 10. Our Boys documents the 2002 school year at the PM's alma mater, where the Glasser system of discipline has been in operation for 14 years.
Fifty years on, John Howard's old school is a little different, with almost 90 per cent of the students coming from non-English-speaking backgrounds, reports Kelly Burke.
In the Canterbury Boys High School graduating class of 1956, it would be safe to say there was no one called Mohamed.
The face of the inner west school has changed quite a bit since the graduation of its most famous old boy, John Howard.
These days, almost 90 per cent of the students at Canterbury Boys come from a non-English-speaking background.
A more recent old boy, Mohamed Yassine, is testimony to the way schools - and the nation - have changed in two generations.
Mohamed's story is one of five told in a new ABC documentary series which screens over four Tuesday nights from February 10. Our Boys documents the 2002 school year at the PM's alma mater, where the Glasser system of discipline has been in operation for 14 years.
