Private or Public Schools?

[Black Orchid]

Australia is hosting unprecedented numbers of international students, who now make up more than a quarter of enrolments at some universities.

The Grattan Institute's Andrew Norton says some universities are making "huge profits" from international student enrolments
The number of international students in Australia has increased by 12 per cent this year as enrolment numbers continue to rise exponentially.

Department of Education figures show that in February, Australian universities, private colleges, English language courses, and schools registered a combined 542,054 enrolments.

That compares with 305,534 total enrolments five years ago.

Students from China make up the largest proportion of students at 31 per cent, followed by India, Nepal, Malaysia and Vietnam.

But universities have been seeking to diversify their international student markets, and the latest figures show there have been big rises in the numbers of students from Brazil and Columbia

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-04-18/a ... ts/9669030

Combine that with the Chinese already here and studying 24/7 for places and nary a brunette or blonde to be seen anymore

[mellie]

Aussie kids are just,going to have to stop lurking at maccas, put down their iPhones and start hitting the book's.

[mellie]

Unless of course they're planning to work at maccas.

[brian ross]

Unless of course they're planning to work at maccas.

No one, right in their mind, expects to work at Maccas...

[mellie]

Uni students perhaps.

Or people who,aren't academically inclined.

We cant all be rocket scientists.

[brian ross]

Uni students perhaps.

Or people who,aren't academically inclined.

We cant all be rocket scientists.

Perhaps not but to have working at Maccas as your highest ambition sells the overwhelming majority of people rather short, Mellie, don't you think?

[mellie]

Uni students perhaps.

Or people who,aren't academically inclined.

We cant all be rocket scientists.

Perhaps not but to have working at Maccas as your highest ambition sells the overwhelming majority of people rather short, Mellie, don't you think?

Agreed, but there's some awful jobs out there, and someone has to do them.

[Black Orchid]

Uni students perhaps.

Or people who,aren't academically inclined.

We cant all be rocket scientists.

Perhaps not but to have working at Maccas as your highest ambition sells the overwhelming majority of people rather short, Mellie, don't you think?

Agreed, but there's some awful jobs out there, and someone has to do them.

Very true but hardly likely to be Uni students.

[mellie]

Eg, during my first year of nursing at uni, I had to paddle through a disabled clients house with plastic bags taped over my shoes and around my ankles so as to not get cat faeces on my shoes.

He had 17 cats.

Someone had to prompt him to take his meds and dress his ulcer.

[mellie]

Plenty of uni students working in fast-food restaurant's. Gosh.