What are your thoughts on the NSW education system? (1 Viewer)

[Shavi Masee]

Do you like it? What could be improved? What do you think abt selective, public, and private schools? And compared to other countries do you think we have a better education system? opinions on anything else...

 

[Bendwhat?_over]

I gotta get out of here

 

[spiderfan44]

private schools shouldnt receive government funding

 

[beanbug]

so insanely flawed! hsc is not a good representation of 13 years of schooling and puts already disadvantaged students (esp in regional/rural/remote areas) at more of a disadvantage

 

[sly_lyepat]

better then other countries but could be better

 

[Average Boreduser]

so insanely flawed! hsc is not a good representation of 13 years of schooling and puts already disadvantaged students (esp in regional/rural/remote areas) at more of a disadvantage

brother, to get into med rurally, you need ~91atar and 70%tile... If anything, urban students are disadvantaged.

 

[sly_lyepat]

so insanely flawed! hsc is not a good representation of 13 years of schooling and puts already disadvantaged students (esp in regional/rural/remote areas) at more of a disadvantage

how?

 

[Bastani]

so insanely flawed! hsc is not a good representation of 13 years of schooling and puts already disadvantaged students (esp in regional/rural/remote areas) at more of a disadvantage

if you live in rural areas thats your own fault

 

[katiekms]

if you live in rural areas thats your own fault

stop trolling

 

[Average Boreduser]

private schools shouldnt receive government funding

That's not really fair. Private schools need funding regardless. The costs of education for students can only do so much- this being teacher salaries, sports extracurriculars etc. Government funding is essential for any school for stuff like infrastructure, resources, funding for indp. papers etc so I don't 100% agree that it should be completely axed from the latter. I think it should simply be reduced.

 

[Bastani]

stop trolling

nah fr if you live in rural areas thats your fault and plus theres so many benefits and opportunties rural students get that others dont, yk how much easier it is to get into selective, uni, med school etc. if you're living rural

 

[beanbug]

brother, to get into med rurally, you need ~91atar and 70%tile... If anything, urban students are disadvantaged.

its also way harder to get a 91 atar if youre in a rural area. the quality of teaching and resources are much less than in metro areas (speaking from experience as someone who has gone to school in a regional and metro area) and these students typically don't perform as well in the final exams

 

[Average Boreduser]

stop trolling

For ref, to get into med with an urban background req is about 99.5 atar and 94%tile JUST for interview--> not even guaranteed entry.

 

[katiekms]

nah fr if you live in rural areas thats your fault and plus theres so many benefits and opportunties rural students get that others dont, yk how much easier it is to get into selective, uni, med school etc. if you're living rural

how is it their fault? nobody controls what family they’re born into. i can’t just tell my parents “hey can we move to sydney please even though we can’t afford it”

 

[Bastani]

how is it their fault? nobody controls what family they’re born into. i can’t just tell my parents “hey can we move to sydney please even though we can’t afford it”

then go to a boarding school or use government subsidies idk

 

[katiekms]

then go to a boarding school or use government subsidies idk

so your solution for not having enough money is to go to a school that costs a kajillion dollars? interesting…

 

[Average Boreduser]

its also way harder to get a 91 atar if youre in a rural area. the quality of teaching and resources are much less than in metro areas (speaking from experience as someone who has gone to school in a regional and metro area) and these students typically don't perform as well in the final exams

I did asw. defs less resources in rural areas but you just need to be resourceful and manage your time well. Ik someone on this forum who got a 99.5+ in a school ranked in the 400s. 91 isn't impossible to do if you can trek it out and grind. Any atar over 90 is hard to achieve. But note that the cuttoff for students in urban cities would be 8x the effort required for the same cuttoff rural so take this advantage to your benefit.

 

[Bastani]

so your solution for not having enough money is to go to a school that costs a kajillion dollars? interesting…

hurlstone is abt 10k anually and you can always apply for benefits

 

[Shavi Masee]

hurlstone is abt 10k anually and you can always apply for benefits

10k is still a lot for some families even with benefits.

 

[katiekms]

hurlstone is abt 10k anually and you can always apply for benefits

jesus christ i don’t think you understand how expensive 10 thousand dollars is. how much money does benefits get you?