Australia’s schooling system is among the most highly segregated in the OECD. Public schools educate the majority of disadvantaged students, while there is concentrated advantage in private schools.
This situation can be attributed, in large part, to our school funding arrangements.
A really informative article that explains how we got to where we are and what we can do about it. Australians must demand a fair and more intelligent system.
I also had a Catholic education (all-girls) but it was not as harsh as yours sounds like it was. Nevertheless, I rebelled in high school and asked too many questions (I was given a warning) about the religion. I’m not in touch with any of the people I went to school with but in the early years after school they were a very varied bunch, nuns, divorcees, and non-marriers but that was a long time ago. One thing that I do value about the Catholic education is the social justice aspect which is strong.
You’ve made me wonder what happened to all the girls I went to school with. Most of them would be grandmothers now.
Mine was all boys, my sister went to a girls only school. We were certainly treated differently.