Comments on: Not a Blasted Wasteland, part 2 http://castironbalcony.media2.org/2009/08/22/not-a-blasted-wasteland-part-2/ A blog by an opinionated mother of two, which might lie idle for a while sometimes. The blog, that is. Sat, 05 Nov 2011 09:56:23 +0000 hourly 1 By: Helen http://castironbalcony.media2.org/2009/08/22/not-a-blasted-wasteland-part-2/comment-page-1/#comment-9446 Helen Thu, 22 Oct 2009 21:19:09 +0000 http://castironbalcony.media2.org/?p=688#comment-9446 No problems S/T! :-) No problems S/T! :-)

]]> By: smith/tommy http://castironbalcony.media2.org/2009/08/22/not-a-blasted-wasteland-part-2/comment-page-1/#comment-9445 smith/tommy Thu, 22 Oct 2009 20:50:12 +0000 http://castironbalcony.media2.org/?p=688#comment-9445 Thank you from now this is the name I will write under and apologise for any problems I may have caused. Just letting you know I have written to MP's, WMR Director and newspapers supporting scary suburb high in aliases. Just last week I wrote a comment in True Local Where We Live" supporting scary suburb high and even mentioning the scary suburb highs real name. I mentioned the $30,000 fee for a posh school on the other side of town because people do pay that money for education there. The Posh high you mention, that is closer in a posh suburb and not so scary to the parents, does not have that tpye of fee, but unfortunatley people think it is a fantastic school. Well..... I have had people tell me it is not what it is cracked up to be and know people who are actually looking for another school and then........suprise surprise .......enrol at scary suburb high. I will continue to support scary suburb high as much as I can and tell people that I am happy with it. Thank you from now this is the name I will write under and apologise for any problems I may have caused.
Just letting you know I have written to MP’s, WMR Director and newspapers supporting scary suburb high in aliases. Just last week I wrote a comment in True Local Where We Live” supporting scary suburb high and even mentioning the scary suburb highs real name.

I mentioned the $30,000 fee for a posh school on the other side of town because people do pay that money for education there. The Posh high you mention, that is closer in a posh suburb and not so scary to the parents, does not have that tpye of fee, but unfortunatley people think it is a fantastic school. Well….. I have had people tell me it is not what it is cracked up to be and know people who are actually looking for another school and then……..suprise surprise …….enrol at scary suburb high.

I will continue to support scary suburb high as much as I can and tell people that I am happy with it.

]]> By: Helen http://castironbalcony.media2.org/2009/08/22/not-a-blasted-wasteland-part-2/comment-page-1/#comment-9444 Helen Thu, 22 Oct 2009 19:28:22 +0000 http://castironbalcony.media2.org/?p=688#comment-9444 No, I get the fact that you're on the same side. It's only the constant morphing which is a problem. As I say it's different with you because you're not using it in a hostile manner which is usually the case with morphing id's. But it does mean the blog software thinks you're a new commenter and will keep sending your comments to the moderation queue! No, I get the fact that you’re on the same side. It’s only the constant morphing which is a problem. As I say it’s different with you because you’re not using it in a hostile manner which is usually the case with morphing id’s. But it does mean the blog software thinks you’re a new commenter and will keep sending your comments to the moderation queue!

]]> By: Smith/Tommy http://castironbalcony.media2.org/2009/08/22/not-a-blasted-wasteland-part-2/comment-page-1/#comment-9437 Smith/Tommy Thu, 22 Oct 2009 08:55:05 +0000 http://castironbalcony.media2.org/?p=688#comment-9437 I can asure you that I am not a skyhigh supporter. I change my identity because I cannot risk being found out who I am. I do have a child at scary suburb high and other children that go to a school that supports skyhigh, that is how I know these people, and there are other reasons that I cannot go into. My loyalty lies with scary suburb high because the school has helped my child so much I am grateful and I want to support the school so it is around for a very long time. So if you don't want to reply to my comments that is fine. I can asure you that I am not a skyhigh supporter. I change my identity because I cannot risk being found out who I am. I do have a child at scary suburb high and other children that go to a school that supports skyhigh, that is how I know these people, and there are other reasons that I cannot go into. My loyalty lies with scary suburb high because the school has helped my child so much I am grateful and I want to support the school so it is around for a very long time.
So if you don’t want to reply to my comments that is fine.

]]> By: Helen http://castironbalcony.media2.org/2009/08/22/not-a-blasted-wasteland-part-2/comment-page-1/#comment-9426 Helen Wed, 21 Oct 2009 10:44:21 +0000 http://castironbalcony.media2.org/?p=688#comment-9426 "Smith"/"Tommy", you've posted three comments on an old thread with two different posting names and three different email addresses. Generally morphing email addresses and nics is the sign of trollish behaviour, but your demeanour is friendly and polite and the points you make are all good (except for fees at Poshsuburb High - I was talking about a different one which is another high school but in a posher suburb, hence less scary to Teh Parents :-) So I'm a bit bamboozled by why you would want to change your identity from one comment to the next. I'm just wondering whether you're a SkyHigh opponent with another agenda I'm not aware of, (e.g. someone who wants to create the impression that there are more people commenting on this thread than there actually are?) Of course, I'd love a chorus of agreement and you are essentially agreeing with my post, but morphing identity behaviour suggests some agenda I'm not party to. So, sorry, I won't approve any comments by any of your other "identities". If this is just a newbie netiquette thing, I do apologise. “Smith”/”Tommy”, you’ve posted three comments on an old thread with two different posting names and three different email addresses. Generally morphing email addresses and nics is the sign of trollish behaviour, but your demeanour is friendly and polite and the points you make are all good (except for fees at Poshsuburb High – I was talking about a different one which is another high school but in a posher suburb, hence less scary to Teh Parents :-) So I’m a bit bamboozled by why you would want to change your identity from one comment to the next.
I’m just wondering whether you’re a SkyHigh opponent with another agenda I’m not aware of, (e.g. someone who wants to create the impression that there are more people commenting on this thread than there actually are?) Of course, I’d love a chorus of agreement and you are essentially agreeing with my post, but morphing identity behaviour suggests some agenda I’m not party to. So, sorry, I won’t approve any comments by any of your other “identities”.
If this is just a newbie netiquette thing, I do apologise.

]]> By: smith http://castironbalcony.media2.org/2009/08/22/not-a-blasted-wasteland-part-2/comment-page-1/#comment-9421 smith Wed, 21 Oct 2009 06:53:11 +0000 http://castironbalcony.media2.org/?p=688#comment-9421 Helen, I do know these people and so I can say that they definatley have not set foot in the school. They think that "precious" should not have to be subjected to real life and God Forbid have to catch public transport. Although they don't mind them getting on a train at 7.00 in the morning to go to Posh High but not public transport to Scary suburb High. They don't realise that they are raising kids that will not be able to cope in real life because the helicopter parents have hovered around them all their lives to "protect" them. We all love our children and wouldn't want anything bad to happen to them. But as parents it is our duty to prepare them for the real world which is a lot more scray than what they "think" Scary Suburb High is. Don't get me wrong Helen, would love the rest of the school to look like the new junior school. I can't wait to see the school with the new landscaping and painted walkway. But for the resources the school has the Principal has done a fantastic job. You can pay fees at Posh High and your child gets NO education. A person paid $30,000 for education for son at Posh High. He dropped out and became a waiter. News article parent suing school because paid fees because his child failed. Another friend rang posh high and told them will not pay fees because the son did not learn a thing. These are people that I know but there are so many similar stories out there. So paying a lot of money to a school does not give them the edge in education that they think they will get. They are really only kidding themselves and making the school board of Posh High very rich. If they built this new school how can they guarantee they will get all the enrolments they need? There will always be the posh highs all over the place and who is to say they will choose Skyhigh High School? That will mean, in the end, they took $20mil poured it into Skyhigh High School which they could use NOW to improve all the Scary Suburbs High Schools in the western suburbs. The school has been heavily promoting themselves for the last 2 years but these parents will not even go to their open days to have a look. They are so closed minded they refuse to open their eyes. Helen, I do know these people and so I can say that they definatley have not set foot in the school. They think that “precious” should not have to be subjected to real life and God Forbid have to catch public transport. Although they don’t mind them getting on a train at 7.00 in the morning to go to Posh High but not public transport to Scary suburb High. They don’t realise that they are raising kids that will not be able to cope in real life because the helicopter parents have hovered around them all their lives to “protect” them. We all love our children and wouldn’t want anything bad to happen to them. But as parents it is our duty to prepare them for the real world which is a lot more scray than what they “think” Scary Suburb High is.

Don’t get me wrong Helen, would love the rest of the school to look like the new junior school. I can’t wait to see the school with the new landscaping and painted walkway. But for the resources the school has the Principal has done a fantastic job.

You can pay fees at Posh High and your child gets NO education. A person paid $30,000 for education for son at Posh High. He dropped out and became a waiter. News article parent suing school because paid fees because his child failed. Another friend rang posh high and told them will not pay fees because the son did not learn a thing. These are people that I know but there are so many similar stories out there. So paying a lot of money to a school does not give them the edge in education that they think they will get. They are really only kidding themselves and making the school board of Posh High very rich.

If they built this new school how can they guarantee they will get all the enrolments they need? There will always be the posh highs all over the place and who is to say they will choose Skyhigh High School? That will mean, in the end, they took $20mil poured it into Skyhigh High School which they could use NOW to improve all the Scary Suburbs High Schools in the western suburbs.

The school has been heavily promoting themselves for the last 2 years but these parents will not even go to their open days to have a look. They are so closed minded they refuse to open their eyes.

]]> By: Helen http://castironbalcony.media2.org/2009/08/22/not-a-blasted-wasteland-part-2/comment-page-1/#comment-9414 Helen Tue, 20 Oct 2009 10:54:38 +0000 http://castironbalcony.media2.org/?p=688#comment-9414 <i>I know for a fact that they have shunned Scary Suburb High without even setting foot in it.</i> Interesting, that's what I thought but I have given them the benefit of the doubt as I don't know them - that's what I suspected though Smith! <i>staff that go way above the call of duty to help their students eg homework club, classes on the school holidays to prepare for exams, taking students to uni on a Saturday, again to help them prepare for exams. All this is done on their own time</i> Yes, you are not wrong there, daughter is counting down 1 week to VCE exams and she is personally benefiting from this at the moment. I appreciate what they do so much. As you say it's the staff. I love the new rebuilt junior school though, and the front of the place is going to look massively improved once they do the landscaping (which starts soon) and we repaint the walkway. Great comment Smith - it shows I'm not just imagining or being a Pollyanna about Scarysuburb... I know for a fact that they have shunned Scary Suburb High without even setting foot in it.

Interesting, that’s what I thought but I have given them the benefit of the doubt as I don’t know them – that’s what I suspected though Smith!

staff that go way above the call of duty to help their students eg homework club, classes on the school holidays to prepare for exams, taking students to uni on a Saturday, again to help them prepare for exams. All this is done on their own time

Yes, you are not wrong there, daughter is counting down 1 week to VCE exams and she is personally benefiting from this at the moment. I appreciate what they do so much.

As you say it’s the staff.

I love the new rebuilt junior school though, and the front of the place is going to look massively improved once they do the landscaping (which starts soon) and we repaint the walkway. Great comment Smith – it shows I’m not just imagining or being a Pollyanna about Scarysuburb…

]]> By: smith http://castironbalcony.media2.org/2009/08/22/not-a-blasted-wasteland-part-2/comment-page-1/#comment-9413 smith Tue, 20 Oct 2009 09:48:24 +0000 http://castironbalcony.media2.org/?p=688#comment-9413 I have read and heard a lot about these people trying to get a new school built because they avoid Scary Suburb High. These are the helicopter parents that hover around the kids before and after school. They are not letting their kids grow up and experience life. These are the parents that have not given their kids boundaries and feel that children at the age of 2 should have a say in major decisions. If teachers try to discipline their child they are down at the school making the biggest stink about it. They won't accept a teachers view if they are told the child needs help with school work. Then these children get to an age where they are so self opinionated that they can't see past their noses. They have no regard for school rules or respect for teachers. Low and behold these kids grow up and become teenagers and we find these SAME parents running to the school social worker because they can't control their kids and the kids is getting into all sorts of trouble. I know for a fact that they have shunned Scary Suburb High without even setting foot in it. Scary Suburb High does not have the same posh building as Posh Suburb high but it does have staff that go way above the call of duty to help their students eg homework club, classes on the school holidays to prepare for exams, taking students to uni on a Saturday, again to help them prepare for exams. All this is done on their own time and they DO NOT GET PAID FOR IT. The principal putting in her own time to sort out school matters. I have driven past on a Saturday afternoon at 5pm only to see the principal drive out of the school driveway. I really cannot understand why parents take out a bank loan and work 3 jobs and go into debt for the rest of their lives to send their child to posh suburb high when we have a fantastic school on our door step. How do I know my kid goes there and I see it first hand. On another note: I have personally seen people bust their guts to get their kid into a zoned school or a school on the other sice of the city because they say it is a really good school, only to find 6 months later they are not happy and apply to send them to Scary Suburb High. Their children have flourished and have come ahead in leaps and bounds. So don't judge a book by it's cover. A school that has just been built might have bright coloured walls, look new, have shiny toilets but at the end of the day it is the staff that deliver the lessons and teach your child not the walls and toilets. I have read and heard a lot about these people trying to get a new school built because they avoid Scary Suburb High.
These are the helicopter parents that hover around the kids before and after school. They are not letting their kids grow up and experience life.
These are the parents that have not given their kids boundaries and feel that children at the age of 2 should have a say in major decisions. If teachers try to discipline their child they are down at the school making the biggest stink about it. They won’t accept a teachers view if they are told the child needs help with school work. Then these children get to an age where they are so self opinionated that they can’t see past their noses. They have no regard for school rules or respect for teachers. Low and behold these kids grow up and become teenagers and we find these SAME parents running to the school social worker because they can’t control their kids and the kids is getting into all sorts of trouble. I know for a fact that they have shunned Scary Suburb High without even setting foot in it. Scary Suburb High does not have the same posh building as Posh Suburb high but it does have staff that go way above the call of duty to help their students eg homework club, classes on the school holidays to prepare for exams, taking students to uni on a Saturday, again to help them prepare for exams. All this is done on their own time and they DO NOT GET PAID FOR IT. The principal putting in her own time to sort out school matters. I have driven past on a Saturday afternoon at 5pm only to see the principal drive out of the school driveway. I really cannot understand why parents take out a bank loan and work 3 jobs and go into debt for the rest of their lives to send their child to posh suburb high when we have a fantastic school on our door step. How do I know my kid goes there and I see it first hand.

On another note: I have personally seen people bust their guts to get their kid into a zoned school or a school on the other sice of the city because they say it is a really good school, only to find 6 months later they are not happy and apply to send them to Scary Suburb High. Their children have flourished and have come ahead in leaps and bounds.

So don’t judge a book by it’s cover. A school that has just been built might have bright coloured walls, look new, have shiny toilets but at the end of the day it is the staff that deliver the lessons and teach your child not the walls and toilets.

]]> By: Ashleigh http://castironbalcony.media2.org/2009/08/22/not-a-blasted-wasteland-part-2/comment-page-1/#comment-8889 Ashleigh Tue, 08 Sep 2009 09:33:29 +0000 http://castironbalcony.media2.org/?p=688#comment-8889 erk. drat. email me your reply :) me at ashleigh dot id dot au It's possible you did not answer the special anti-spammer trick question after the comment box. erk. drat. email me your reply :)
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It’s possible you did not answer the special anti-spammer trick question after the comment box.

]]> By: Helen http://castironbalcony.media2.org/2009/08/22/not-a-blasted-wasteland-part-2/comment-page-1/#comment-8864 Helen Sun, 06 Sep 2009 02:08:49 +0000 http://castironbalcony.media2.org/?p=688#comment-8864 Great post Ashleigh. Just in case this info is useful, I posted a comment and got "Gatekeeper error .8dbc8d61dfa527a63fc6c8710a420da5: your response ("") did not case-insensitively match the required answer. You can try again, or else report the error to the site administrator." Great post Ashleigh. Just in case this info is useful, I posted a comment and got

“Gatekeeper error .8dbc8d61dfa527a63fc6c8710a420da5: your response (“”) did not case-insensitively match the required answer. You can try again, or else report the error to the site administrator.”

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