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本帖最後由 yanange 於 15-11-20 21:19 編輯
manning2014 發表於 15-11-20 16:43 
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Thank you for the information. Since your brother was attending Sydney Grammar ...
If you want answers from a local's perspective try this forum, it looks at public vs private: http://forums.whirlpool.net.au/archive/1768177
And read the below articles
http://www.smh.com.au/nsw/private-v-public-schooling-20150416-1mm8bn.html
http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/news/nsw/primary-school-public-v-private-debate-study-reveals-public-educated-children-do-just-as-well/story-fni0cx12-1227308735207
http://www.businessinsider.com.au/the-great-school-debate-public-versus-private-education-2015-6
Private vs Public. I think in university, due to the distortion with the selective high school system, I think NSW is in a strange place. A lot of top students are just from these schools but then out in the work place, I worked in a large MNC before, if you came from public school and you did law, medicine, banking, you are extremely bright as you had no one to help you or spoon feed you. But most of the people that did law, medicine, business courses, engineering a lot went to selective, catholic or private schools, very few from public high school. Australian public high school getting in the top tier courses is few and rare, but obviously Australians don't only emphasise on the top tier, there are still universities in Newcastle, New England, Western Sydney, Wollongong that you can attend, when I was at the MNC, there were kids from there.
Sydney Grammar only accepts PR or citizen, Sydney Grammar is a selective school, there are two primary school campus one in St Ives the other Edgecliff. My brother entered in Year 5 at St Ives, he sat a written test and group interview, but not coached. This school is elite as it has some of the most expensive fees in Sydney and a very prestigious network of students, every year almost 1 student going to US top colleges, many top CEOs, lawyers, doctors etc. My brother was quite a timid child and didn't do extremely well in academics until Year 11. out of a year of 180, I say he was in bottom half, but that never deterred his determination and when to do well. The school constantly encouraged sports and a thrive for learning and inquiry. But I also think for boys, they mature a lot later, they love sports more between age of 12-15 and only focus on study later. I remember once I looked at my brother's scorecard and I said, seriously your ranking is poor, it's such an expensive school do better, then later he replied to my Mum, what's the point in pressuring myself always when I know only the last two years of high school matter, I only now want to explore and learn. My mum thought it was very mature of him and left it as that.
Also note my brother and I never went to coaching colleges like other Asian kids, only a maths tutor as that was both of our weakness. My older sister attended the local public high school as my mum knows my sister talents was not in academics and just left her in a school she was happy with. I overall performed better throughout Pymble but I think grammar had a good side in that it instilled life planning in the boys. I.e. helping them discover their true passion and leadership qualities. My brother was volleyball captain, although not a prefect, it was still good as this REALLY helped him to be confident, sporty (he looked good, the girls liked him  ) and he fitted into the Australian culture. Due to sports, he was able to interact with boys of different age groups within his school so he could mentor younger boys and learn from older boys. Sydney Grammar has a fabulous OLD BOYS network. If you have to pick, Grammar is the best. But not easy to get in after Year 5 and year 7. It's much harder to get into Grammar full stop, they don't actively recruit in HK as they don't take international kids.
King's and Knox, King's is a wealthy school but doesn't perform as well, to be honest, for the money you pay, why not pick Shore, stronger academically and perform better in sports, arts, drama and music. King's is in Parramatta, so it's less "prestigious" because it's localed in Western Sydney. Schools in upper, lower north shore, eastern suburbs and northern sydney tend to be considered more prestigious. And also the inner west ones like Trinity or Newington, but a completely different crowd socially. King's has a large campus and does cadet etc, but really I think its not as high up in the prestige ranking. King's developed probably more well rounded boys in sports, arts and drama, not overtly academic, I think it's due to the fact it is located at Parramatta which is a mix of the old and new money and the student's parents are probably made up of less professionals. Whereas upper, lower north shore and eastern suburbs is definitely made of old money. Eastern suburb schools will have less asians. King's I think would't be too hard to get into. Private education in Australia will just create a space for kids for boarding as you pay a large hefty extra fee in boarding, schools love that.
I would definitely prefer SHORE or Barker (big school but at least co-ed) or Cranbrook or Sydney Grammar or even the less old name schools like Sceggs Redlands or Reddam House. Knox, my main thing about this school, it is graduating 293 students, WOW, such a big cohort, wouldn't you feel your son will get lost in the crowd? Knox also had a molestation scandal, just google it, lots of parents fled, it was crazy! For the boy's schools, the girl private schools have really done a lot better but doesn't mean the boy's aint good, just they are probably developing later in life. Knox is quite easy to into really, my cousin did it coming from a B2-B3 HK school, after that scandal and compensation payouts, I imagine the school needs money. Knox aggressively recruit, I think my cousin did application process and interviews in HK.
Go to this fair- http://aeas.com.au/parents-students/hong-kong2016/ I recall Knox and Pymble were both present and I spoke with Elize Tse from ieducation, who was very knowledgable. That fair also had boarding schools from other states that could be good as less Asians, so your kid will immerse into Australian culture and perform better if he isn't a top student. I believe some schools require the AEAS, some don't.
Pymble in my year unfortunately had bullying, there were girls from rural AU that were mean and boarding mistress didn't do anything about it. white vs asians, but they get over it in time, nothing too detrimental, just name calling and cutting your clothing, adding dye to your clothing, not physical sine it was a girl's school. But speaking English is a must at Pymble, any other language is frowned upon in boarding school.
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