Ivanhoe Girls Grammar School is a very good girl’s school in the north of Melbourne. Both my daughters went to the school and I have a great deal of affection for it and its excellent teachers and Head. This interested me. (249)
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No room for girlfriend at girl’s schoolIvanhoe Girls Grammar School is a very good girl’s school in the north of Melbourne. Both my daughters went to the school and I have a great deal of affection for it and its excellent teachers and Head. This interested me. (249) 13 comments to No room for girlfriend at girl’s schoolLeave a Reply |
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Yeah agreed Harry, interesting story…but playing the devil’s advocate, was it REALLY worthy of headline/front page of ‘The Age’ today?
“was it REALLY worthy of headline/front page of ‘The Age’ today?”
A private school, that is an organisation that receives significant government funding, discriminating on the basis of sexual preference? I believe that worthy of a front page. Name, shame and force a change of policy through public pressure I say.
I feel conflicted on this one. I have been associated with the School for a long time. Very enlightened teachers and Head. I’d like to know the full story.
The school would have been better off just admitting that they didn’t let the girls attend the event together because (a) the school doesn’t approve of the relationship and/or (b) the school was afraid of the reaction of conservative parents. At least that would have been honest. To hide behind the ridiculous excuse that they wanted it to be a co-ed event makes the school look dishonest as well as bigoted and gutless.
Aside from pretending, like Queen Victoria, that lesbianism is just too horrible to contemplate, the message the principal has sent to her students is that when confronted with a difficult situation, the solution is to dissemble with a story that will invite ridicule and contempt. This is not setting a good example, to say the least. The school could not have handled it worse.
I’m with Uncle Milton on that. I’m also surprised it’s legal to do what they have — I hope they don’t end up in court, that would be a real waste of money for them.
From the school’s website
Our Values
* The care and unique worth of every individual in the School
* Cultural and spiritual diversity
* Truth, integrity and compassion
Our Goals
To provide a learning environment for girls which:
* fosters healthy attitudes which enable girls to respect one another, develop resilience, enjoy school life and approach the future as responsible, caring citizens
Looks like a case of “Do as I say, not as I do”.
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The principal of this school has an excellent reputation and as I live nearby I had my daughter’s name on the waiting list largely because of it. Not any more. I contrast this episode with my son’s all-boys school, where a recent newsletter from the principal spoke openly and candidly about how the school is positively accepting homosexuality as just another aspect of the diversity of its pupils.
I agree Alan about the reputation being positive. I have enormous faith in Dr Heather Schnagl who is a wonderful Headmistress. I’ll accept her version of events. She is one of the most open minded and sensible people I know. I think there is exaggeration and hysteria in the reporting here.
it was because the girl was year 10 and it was a year 11 function to meet boys and mix.Not to hook up and / or to have sex, not to get married.
At a real y12 formal there has been same sex couples, lesbians have attended school there rang up and said so. School principle said so.
Another ex student lesbian said they were tolerant and supportive . a same sex couple there had a baby this year and it was celebrated in school newsletter.
Been to EOpC and dismissed
Beat up beat up beat up
My take is essentially the staff were uneasy on behalf of the wider school community that tried and true Judeo-Christian values were again under attack from the usual suspects who want to put every minority pecadillo or group on the same pedestal as iconic traditional values like marriage between a man and a woman. These were the same ‘progressive’ thinkers who would have us believe having 3 or 4 children to a similar number of sperm donors would have no ill effects on the ‘good society’. Presumably neither would Mohammed marrying or shacking up with 4 women or perhaps a few 9 year olds or a more appropriate 15 yr old as one notable aged aboriginal thought culturally appropriate. Homosexuals naturally can’t procreate either but let no natural impediment stand in the way of these bold social engineers and their calls on the public purse. Plenty more where that came from, more’s the pity.
Speak of the devil-
http://www.news.com.au/breaking-news/canadian-court-examines-polygamy-laws/story-e6frfku0-1225959308210
I dont have teenage daughters so I defer to HC’s expertise in this area. But on general priciples I can’t really take teenage girls (or boys) tantrums all that seriously. After all, its what they do.
The school has a policy that senior students must attend a “social” with an other-sex partner. This is not just for edification, it is part of their education. The rationale behind this is contained in curriculum philosophy which mandates “interpersonal development”. Boys are persons, or so I am told. And girls, particularly at same-sex schools, need to know about them to round out their education.
I know I dreaded it as I always find formal occasions a bit of an ordeal. But one must go through with it for the sake of the old school.
The girls will have plenty of time, the rest of their lives, to explore the wonders of same-sex relationships. Whilst they under the control of the school they should be forced to go out with at least one boy, if only for the sake of much lauded “diversity”.