Education

An ongoing topic of discussion for me, one which had particular relevance with my ex who was a teacher and whom I got into a lot of debates with on the subject. Having just read this article Lesson number six struck me, as it was a better phrased expression of my own belief. Having gone to a selective high school, I was always a bit biased, but it's still my firm belief that putting children in an environment that looks at talent in a positive manner, rather then trying to chop it down ("tall poppy syndrome") is more important then giving then a fully rounded societal upbringing. Of course there is nothing preventing the two, but it seems to be the case that it's normally one or the other, for example the majority of the schools that get the best academic results in Sydney are single sex schools.