School Education In Australia

Schooling in Australia was first was established a year after the British first arrived on the shores, 1788. It only took a year to set up a social utility and order for them to expand their empire. During the talk with Dr. O’Neill that it was based on the idea of Tikum Olum which is Hebrew for “Schooling is established to repair the world”. One of the facts that stood out to me during his talk was that private education schools receive funding from the government, which is the opposite of the United States. In the USA, they separate the church and the state. In high school (secondary school) they are supposed to be preparing you for your next One of the reasons catholic schools were so popular was because of the amount of Irish convicts that …show more content…
During the tour, I noticed that most of the students at Methodists Ladies’ College were prominently white women, most likely Australians going back to British or Irish backgrounds. While most of the international students were from Asia. This is common in the schools in the United States. At CSBSJU I have noticed that most of the international students are from Asia with the exception of Europe and the Caribbean. The race of a community has a lot to do with their interactions and the way they continue their daily lives. The school curriculum at the Ladies College seemed that is preparing the way for their life after secondary school is over for Australians. With the choice to either continue with school (University) or get a job straight out of high school. The requirements for students to finish high school is important to the government in Australia. That is the different idea back in the States considering you can drop out of high school. With the idea of hitting the age 16 in the United States the only choice you have that can affect you is to decide whether or not you want to continue High School. It is rare for Australians to drop out of high school because of the laws that back students fulfilling secondary school. During my parents age, I hear that it was more common to drop out during high school and furthering their education through actual on-site job learning. It has become much more competitive in the past 10 years with resumes. What is put on students and graduate’s resumes has become very important to what their future could hold. Since I went to a private high school, all of the students that were in my senior class graduated with me on time. While I was on the bus to and from Methodist Ladies’ College I noticed