One fine Sunday morning in 2008, i read a newspaper article about the rising cost of education in Sydney. Gab was in Year 3 at that time attending a local Catholic School.
Thinking aloud, I said, “Private schools are so expensive. We will need to spend anywhere from AU$10,000 to $30,000 per year! Even the government high school kids need to spend up to $5,000 for extra curricular activities.”
Gab was sitting beside me and started to read the article with me.
Suddenly, he closed the newspaper that we were reading and muttered. “Don’t stress, Mum. I will get into a Selective High School so Mama will not have to worry about money.”
Truly, these were Gab’s words!
“Alright, son. Here’s the plan, in order to get a Selective placement, you need to move to a public school for Years 5 and 6, preferably get into an OC Class“.
“Yes, Mum.”
Bingo! The planets just aligned. How it happened, I had no idea.
In a nutshell, Selective High Schools are run by the government to provide an educationally enriched environment for highly achieving, academically gifted students.
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