Private education vs Public education

[Nick]

I grew up in a really rough neighborhood in a few of my schools as a kid at the age of 6 I was chased down the road by a big kid with a knife, I fought my way through the rest of school a nice sensitive kid had to become what I didn't want to be to survive. to this day because of what was done to me i carry it all as potential violence. even as a christian, underlying stuff done to me can come out in adult life. It tool a lot to try to reverse it all.

Now why would I want my 2 sensitive little girls exposed to that crap? undisciplined brats being allowed to get away with anything in public schools the teachers can't control them and don't care. where I live gangs of 13-14 yo children steal money from international chinese university students at knife point. I went down to the shopping mall nearby the school to find a young mother with a baby who had 2 children from the school with her she was smoking with the baby and to the 5 yo children "Dont you walk across that road you f**** lilttle f****wit." she intelligently instructed the child she was minding.Who does that to a young child?

The problem is naughty children in classes require more of the teachers time so what happens is more time is spent by teachers attempting to get the students to do the work and be quiet rather than teach the lesson. The good behaved kids suffer because of the naughty ones and grades suffer which is what I am seeing now with my eldest. we pay for external tutoring to make up for a poor effort on the teachers part a year ago who didn't focus on math enough. In private schools discipline requires less time and more time is spent on the lesson . My best mate is a teacher in a christian school he told me about this. aparently the teachers take more interest in reducing bullying too.

I don't want my 2 sensitive little girls to live with the scars i do I don't think i can remember ever liking school at all.

I thought I could at least give them that, nice childhood years and memories.

I'm sorry mate.
If it's the neighbourhood you're in, then there's going to be 'dodgy stuff' going on in both public and private schools. I think your best bet would be, God willing, to move to a better area. I understand that depends on job security etc. I'll be praying for you.
One of my teachers a couple of years ago lives at Woy Woy at the Central Coast. You probably know it's not a good area at all. She sent her kids to school in Sydney every day because she wanted them to get a good education in a Sydney public school.

 

[Chris]

I'm sorry mate.
If it's the neighbourhood you're in, then there's going to be 'dodgy stuff' going on in both public and private schools. I think your best bet would be, God willing, to move to a better area. I understand that depends on job security etc. I'll be praying for you.
One of my teachers a couple of years ago lives at Woy Woy at the Central Coast. You probably know it's not a good area at all. She sent her kids to school in Sydney every day because she wanted them to get a good education in a Sydney public school.

its all good mate i was good til i started remembering it all..in our suburb its nice its the areas surrounding us are getting worse..next happy subject. woy woy is such a nice area to look at its ashame its rough like that.

 

[farouk]

I think you guys must be in Australia, right?

(A number of us here are in North America; I guess there are similarities and differences in the systems in various countries.)

 

[Nick]

its all good mate i was good til i started remembering it all..in our suburb its nice its the areas surrounding us are getting worse..next happy subject. woy woy is such a nice area to look at its ashame its rough like that.

True, Woy Woy and Yumina (spelling?) are lovely places; my family have been on a few holidays in the area, and we have some family up that way. It is a pity that you see many people curling up on the sidewalk or staggering around with you-don't-want-to-know in their hands or backpacks.

I think you guys must be in Australia, right?

(A number of us here are in North America; I guess there are similarities and differences in the systems in various countries.)

Yes we are, and yes there is.

 

[farouk]

A famous place in Australia that I have heard of is Bondi.

(Are any of you guys near there, maybe?)

 

[Chris]

i live about 2 hours noth of there in a coastal town/city called newcastle

 

[farouk]

i live about 2 hours noth of there in a coastal town/city called newcastle

C:

Oh okay, so I guess you guys have long beaches extending all along the coast from Bondi.

I guess some of the schools even have classes on the beach sometimes...

(You Aussies are - nearly - all swimmers, anyway, aren't you?)

 

[Nick]

A famous place in Australia that I have heard of is Bondi.

(Are any of you guys near there, maybe?)

I live in Sydney. Bondi is in Sydney. Bondi is overrated.
I live on the other side of Sydney. It'd take me at least 1 1/2 hours to get there, as Sydney has a massive urban sprawl.

 

[farouk]

I live in Sydney. Bondi is in Sydney. Bondi is overrated.
I live on the other side of Sydney. It'd take me at least 1 1/2 hours to get there, as Sydney has a massive urban sprawl.

Nick:

Oh really, so is Sydney that big?

Overrated? I see. I wonder why Bondi is so well known and famous then?

 

[Nick]

Nick:

Oh really, so is Sydney that big?

Overrated? I see. I wonder why Bondi is so well known and famous then?

Sydney is massive. It's only got 4.8 million citizens, but it's urban sprawl is massive. The only thing containing it is the central coast to the north, the blue mountains to the west, wollongong to the south and the ocean to the east.

It's a nice beach, but becasue it is so famous and so commericalised, it's kinda wrecked. It gets 40,000 people each day in the summer. Manly is just a bit north and a nicer beach.

 

[farouk]

Sydney is massive. It's only got 4.8 million citizens, but it's urban sprawl is massive. The only thing containing it is the central coast to the north, the blue mountains to the west, wollongong to the south and the ocean to the east.

It's a nice beach, but becasue it is so famous and so commericalised, it's kinda wrecked. It gets 40,000 people each day in the summer. Manly is just a bit north and a nicer beach.

M:

Oh okay; thnx for the info!

Anyway, don't think I'll be getting to OZ any time soon...