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| Beat Blog |
| quote: | Originally posted by Trance Nutter
exactly. People have it in their heads that private school = only the top schools (ie the Scotchs etc).
There are many more private schools than just the stupidly rich ones, and they have very different student demographics across the range of schools.
So yes, you (among others) are generating stupid and illinformed stereotypes which may fit for some students in the top schools but certainly not all and certainly doesn't take into account students which come from private schools which aren't like the top schools. |
That's a very fair point, which I agree heartily with, hence why I mentioned early on in the thread that, in using the words "private school", I meant only the "top" schools like Scotch, because that's where, on the whole, the snobby attitudes and "must-have-a-degree" thoughts stem from. Other schools like P.E.G.S, De La Salle, Marcellin etc tend to be far more down to earth and seem like a glorified public schools than private schools.
Echosystm, I find it hard to believe that you say you don't know a single Scotch kid who went to uni, when around 90% of school leavers at places like Scotch go onto university.
You must have been hanging around with the 10% of battlers who couldn't make it. :toothless |
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| gumble |
i went to scotch... (in tas)
i felt i had a very sheltered life after leaving it.
but i wouldnt trade it for the education i got.
im at uni (honours), and my "life skills" have been learnt through leaving home at 17 and putting myself through uni, completely. |
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| Beat Blog |
| quote: | Originally posted by gumble
i went to scotch... (in tas)
i felt i had a very sheltered life after leaving it.
but i wouldnt trade it for the education i got.
im at uni (honours), and my "life skills" have been learnt through leaving home at 17 and putting myself through uni, completely. |
yeah, that will do it!
I was kicked out of home at 18 and came back not long after, but I learnt a hell of a lot in that time! :D |
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| Trance Nutter |
| quote: | Originally posted by Beat Blog
I find it hard to believe that you say you don't know a single Scotch kid who went to uni, when around 90% of school leavers at places like Scotch go onto university.
You must have been hanging around with the 10% of battlers who couldn't make it. :toothless |
:conf: I didn't say that
I actually don't know anyone who went to Scotch at all (I don't think) |
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| Beat Blog |
Sorry, got you mixed up:
| quote: | Originally posted by echosystm
Funny you say that...
My close group of 5 friends from Scotch (private):
Carpenter
Plumber
Unemployed
Pizza delivery boy
Unemployed
My close group of 6 friends from Unley (public - where I went):
Law
Commerce
Engineering
Satellite photographer (never went to uni though)
Commerce
IT/multimedia
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