Wednesday, May 25, 2011

How to get to Australia this summer? (high school student)

How to get to Australia this summer? (high school student)?
I'm a high school student in the United States. I need something - whether it be an internship, homestay, boarding school etc. to get me to Sydney this summer (when it will be winter there) and keep me grounded with a good amount of independence. Do you have any specific suggestions on where to go? I've done a lot of research, but I've found it extremely difficult to find something that wasn't a teen tour-like program
Studying Abroad - 4 Answers
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I would avoid sydney unless you have a lot of money. Rent in Sydney is much more expensive than in most cities in the US. Boarding schools in sydney have very long waiting lists, most children wanting to go to a private/boarding school in Sydney are enrolled at high school when they are 2 years old. A farmstay would give you a great experience if you don't mind hunting kangaroos and cutting the balls off sheep, and you will get paid (although not much) Queensland will be nice in winter, victoria and tasmania will be very cold but are very beautiful.
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You will not be able to come to Australia under the age of 18 unless you are either 1) in a school or 2) on the tour program you are talking about P2P. 1) requires you to commit to 6 -12 months and requires either a formal exchange program (6 or 12 months) or to enrol as an international student in a boarding school (12 months and there is a multi year waiting list - plus will cost around 15K).
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Tuesday, May 17, 2011

What subjects do you have to study in High School to be a solicitor in Australia

What subjects do you have to study in High School to be a solicitor in Australia?
And whats the mininum HSC score to study law in University?
Primary & Secondary Education - 2 Answers
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like you said it's about uni...... whatever subjects you do in high school.. just make sure you go really really good at.... look at great musicians for inspiration, repetition, repetition, repetition is the way to go
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do what you enjoy and are good at whilst in high school, as long as you get good marks in each subject. it will all depend on your UAI, all though i believe it is changing to some other ranking system for the 2010 intake. try sites such as UAC to find out the entry requirments. also have a look at some of the universities that you are interested in attending to find out what their requirements are. most will show the UAI for this years intake, but for next year and the year after they should be around the same. different universities will have different UAI cut-offs. for example charles sturt would be alot lower than UTS or UNSW.

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Monday, May 9, 2011

What Languages Do Kids In Australia Learn In School

What Languages Do Kids In Australia Learn In School?
In School What They Learn
Other - Australia - 9 Answers
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the schools i went to the languages we had were italian, german, and in high school we could choose from german, greek or japanese. i'm not sure but i think german's the most common language to learn in school
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Depends entirely on the school. My son's school in Perth teaches Indonesian and Japanese.
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Different schools teach different things, but the main ones are: German Indonesian Chinese Japanese Spanish French and sometimes Italian. Schools focus mostly on the Asian languages because Australia does a lot of business with Asia. There are also some bi-lingual schools, mostly French. There are some Islamic schools that are also bi-lingual. Those are the main ones. However, we don't teach them to any great depth. Most kids don't remember much more than the numbers and how to say their name if they're not serious, which is a shame.
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You can learn almost anything. Previous posters have pretty covered the basics in general High School. Outside of normal school hours you can learn almost any language you like, including Latin. Run independently but with the assistance of the Department of Education, Employment and Training (and their state counterparts) are Saturday language schools. These are usually run by local accredited speakers of the language and are assessable. I'm not sure if they count toward your final year marks, but the life benefit outweighs any academic merit. For example my brother started to learn Serbian at Saturday school, which was not offered in the mainstream curriculum.
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My five children are in primary school and they are learn French.
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If you look at what languages students do in the HSC in NSW - of the top 5 only one (French at number 4) is European. The rest are all Asian languages.
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English predominantly. The second language options vary from school to school. Personally, when I was in school I was taught Indonesian and Japanese. Most schools either have these subjects, or French or German.
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Touchy subject with me... when I went to High School.... in a rural area... we WANTED to learn languages... but our STUPID ANNAL HEADMASTER insisted that "farmer's children do not NEED to know a second language"... and so it was not in our curriculum... But as others have pointed out... many languages are taught in australian schools these days.
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We got taught Japanese at my school

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Monday, May 2, 2011

So if yr 9 is first yr of high school is our (australia) yr 7 & 8 still classed as primary in usa

So if yr 9 is first yr of high school is our (australia) yr 7 & 8 still classed as primary in usa?
Am still so confused Don't get it at all . yr 7-9 is middle school so is it classed as high school or still primary
Primary & Secondary Education - 3 Answers
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what part of MIDDLE do you not get?
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In the usa Kindergarten, first, second, third, fourth, fifth and sometimes sixth (depending on the school sixth grade is either elementary or middle school) and middle school is sometimes 6th, 7th and 8th grades. But 9, 10, 11 and 12 are always high school in the USA.
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Neither. It's a different system. Primary, middle and high. Not just primary and high.

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