School leaving age is being raised

[Lulu]

*fuming for you losing the post!

The only thing I disagree with is the part time thing.

I worked with my father (Occupational Psychologist) for 13 years, before that he was in Navy Recruitment so I get where you are coming from completely and I think it's a terrible idea myself.

No, not everyone is suited to a school environment - many, many teens thrive in paid employment and it's ridiculous to force them to stay there. Especially with programs like VCAL.

The worst thing Jeff Kennett did in Vic was to close down all the technical schools and build houses on them. Stupid, stupid stupid.

[Dansta]

No, not everyone is suited to a school environment - many, many teens thrive in paid employment and it's ridiculous to force them to stay there. Especially with programs like VCAL.

The worst thing Jeff Kennett did in Vic was to close down all the technical schools and build houses on them. Stupid, stupid stupid.

Vcal - from what i know from others doing has kept them in school and im not 100% sure but back in '06 there was talk of bringing in a VCAL/VCE thing. - just not getting an ENTER score.

Ohh and it was Kennett that shut the tec schools down - my bad i thought it was howard

Glamourcide has a point, that there is very little differance between a 15y/o leaving school with no support to a 17 y/o doing the same. i personally feel that if highschools did have a better branch system into tafes it may help as well as better ties to job recruitment agencies the early leavers may have a better chance of finding a job/career path that fits them better. I guess another thing (that once again i found) when i was in year 10 and wanting to do a trade (at an all girls private school) i felt very much pressured into VCE/Uni ect. so maybe a change in views of private schools needs to change, that while yes Uni is good - for those who want to go but tafe is also a good option for those who wish to work more with their hands (as such) I think a change in views with some parents needs to change, like Glamourcide my mother (more so then my father) freaked out at the idea of me doing VCAL as she assumed i'd drop out of school - she also thought i was taking the 'easy' way out as well, little did she know what i'd end up putting myself though. I also know that a few people who i know left school in year 10 and 11 most of them have a job, i think one is a 'bludger' but most left knowing they wanted to work also one of them has a hard time reading/writing but is amazing with numbers so hes working in a factory now, but he loves his job and he left school at 16, i think and he's now 29 and doing really well for himself. i think if he'd have been made to stay at school he wouldnt be doing as well as what he is now becuase failing at VCE would have been fairly hard for him to cope with, which i can understand i always used to say if i did my VCE i'd get "sympathy points"