plantpot

Someone told me yesterday it was modeled on the NSW system....?

NKSK version 2

Ah, a smart arse.

I presume, from your incorrect use of the apostrophe, that you attended the school?

NKSK version 2

NSW seems to have the most respected system in Australia.

plantpot

Still getting to grips with it myself but yes it 'seems' pretty good at first glance, certainly the English Extension HSC is pretty rigorous.....very academic!!!

renth

Or rather, not attended. Just like the group or OR students my wife saw bunking off at Hillaries the other day.

bradfordlad

Very, very sorry for my incorrect use of the apostrophe. It's been a very long time since I attended school.I think we have a bit of a personality clash here. I just found it ironic,on an education thread, that you did'nt want to send your child/children to a school you had difficulty spelling. Then you did'nt pick the mistake up when pointed out. Then you go on an offensive. I don,t really know what to say.
Anyway, to save a slanging match, I will admit defeat here.Well done, you win.

bradfordlad

True story.Funny you should mention this and could well be a misconception of certain kids at certain schools at this time. Exam time at the moment. My daughter and a few friends finished their exams one particular day and decided to drive to Hillarys for an ice cream. Now four kids at Hillarys, all in school uniform as required, in what would normally be school hours......draw your own conclusions.

petensue

My daughter is in year 11 and her school has had two weeks off and she has just gone in four times for exams.She has gone out with her friends a couple of times after they finished in the afternoon in school uniform.Sue.

NKSK version 2

No personality clash - you're just a donkey who levelled an attack out of nowhere and got caught with your pants down.

From looking at everything else that I typed you really thought that I couldn't spell Ocean?

You really thought that it wasn't a typo and that I couldn't spell it?!

The real irony is that someone who was so quick to level the accusation of poor spelling couldn't even correctly place an apostrophe.

Planks and sawdust....?

La Vida loca

Here we go again the usual Northen Suburb pommy slanging matches.

We are a strange race and completely up our own ass most of the time, and cant see the bigger picture.

School is school, kids are kids, I know people who are well and truely minted and their kids are often drugged up and causing havoc.......they go to private schools and drive mummy and daddy's cars around....while daddy is at work and mummy is slouching around the cappacino bars during the day complaining how hard their life is.

Their IQ level is around 5 as they choose it to be.

I also know many hard "working class" people who have or had a crap education and are now well and truely made, those schools like Clarkson which I will defend, gives kids a glimmer of hope, even if there is a couple of clowns there ruining the reputation.

A few people need to stop being snobs and nimbys here, its ridiculous.

FIFO and Im glad to see one family is on its way out of WA.

bradfordlad

On the offensive again, even after I admit defeat. You won mate. Spell Ocean however you want.

NKSK version 2

Your admission of 'defeat' wasn't sincere. I'd accept it if it was genuine.

renth

Update - it really wasn't a very poor report (just a lot of ticks in the "seldom" column), I was speaking with the parents yesterday. It appears the school in question (with a HUGE waiting list) has taken it upon itself to become very selective and cherry pick only the best students from the waiting list regardless of siblings already at the school.

NKSK version 2

That's an ethically questionable change in policy.
Do they state anywhere that they are non-selective?

northernbird

UPDATE

My daughter has just been offered a year 8 place for 2011 at St Marks. To say I am excited is an understatement. Some would argue that this still isn't the best school but it is a million times better than my catchment High School.