DT. wrote:Paphitis wrote:DT,
I believe the publically funded schools like Polis are pretty good, or at least they were back in the day.
I don't have any experience with the Cyprus Private system but I did have experiences at the Paidagogiki Academia in Nicosia which I also thought was quite good.
The Private System in Australia is a massive industry. Some of the schools are what you would call very posh and cost an absolute fortune. They are a rip off in my opinion. They are very established, very "ivy" league to coin an American phrase and attract the best teachers on huge salaries which is how they justify the enrollment fees which are up to $30,000 per year. These schools not only get their kids into the right jobs, but can even get you to the top universities in Australia, US or UK.
I don't think you comprehend the kind of private schooling that is available. It's not my style at all, but some are elite elite. There is a lot of bullshit factor I am sure, but if you want the best, you have access to it as long as you can afford to pay the extortionist fees.
Get Real,
I agree that in Cyprus you would be better off going to Private schooling which I am sure are pretty good.
paphitis,
Although you're one of my favourite forum members you do have one very obvious vice. You assume way too much about people, countries and experiences.
I know the kind of elite schooling that exists around the world and was lucky enough to have been born in a siuation where i could take full advantage of it in Cy, Uk and CH. However the next time you feel compelled to announce to the world that
No one wants to live in Greece or Cyprus because there is no incentive!
Yeh, I sure as hell going to bring my familky over and be unemployed and to give my kids a second rate education!
And in one swoop insult both the excellent education that I received that got me and any many others in the universities of our choice both in the UK and the USA, but also the education that my children are currently receiving. And will hopefully give them the choice of university anywhere in the world they choose to go to.
I could just as well "assume" that Australia to be very honest is known for many things but the educational system sure as hell ain't one of them. That Ozzie students in the UK ended up on the bottom scale of the uni's or on the floor of the student union pub and also that everyone's first reaction to a female Oz student woud have been to snap the condoms out their wallets......but i won't cause thats not a fair representation of the education system in Australia its just my assumptions based on my limited expererience with Australian education.
Why thank you DT for the compliment. Likewise, you are one of my favourites on this forum.
But you have been quite naughty and you may have misunderstood. I was not being insulting to Cy education standards but did actually say on quite a few occasions that the Public System in Cyprus is quite reasonable, and I am sure that the private system is probably quite good also. I have no reason to think otherwise.
However, the public system in Cyprus simply does not compare to the public system in Australia. The Private System in Cyprus also does not compare to the Private System in Australia, especially since some of the Private Schools in Australia are considered to be the best in the world. It is quite simple a completely different league altogether.
Also, there are 7 universities in the top 50, and about 30 or so in the top 300.
As to our free spirited women, I would just like to add, that I never had any problems in Greece when I was there, with supposedly very good Greek Girls. I really can't foresee how our very independent and quite lively fairer sex has any connection or bearing on the Australian system.
Some schools have budgets running into the millions. Australia is apparently the richest country in the world with the highest GDP if I am not mistaken. So the original point is, you would have to have rocks in your head to uproot a family from Australia, US, or Canada, for Cyprus and compromise your children in the education, career and quality of life stakes. Sorry, but I don't see the logic in it.
There are some really posh arse schools kicking around without a word of lie. The students that attend these Schools are generally from old establish families, the super rich, and some very hard working families that struggle and battle with the fees but who obviously either value education greatly or are elitist. Some Cypriot families send their kids to these Schools but generally fall in the latter category - they value education highly and only want the best old School Tie establishments. Many actually mortgage their houses to send their kids to these Schools, I kid you not. Many families make huge sacrifices. As for me, I think I would even sacrifice my testicles for my kids. Cypriots can be like that. The Chinese and Japanese have a similar mindset.
But generally speaking, it is these kids who attend these Schools that generally get up to the most mischief. The kids are high socio economic, quite spoilt (probably), and have plenty of money for booze and drugs. They also enjoy driving Daddy's high end Merc and 4WD that has never been out bush. A bit poncy I know.
