Catholic School vs State School

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Are such “women” the equivalent of “little sissies”?
 
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Not to me. To me, little sissies are guys who prance around the stage in tights trying to be Tinkerbells.
 
And what ballets have you seen again? The Nutcracker? I mean, there ARE a whole lot of fairies in The Nutcracker, but they aren’t played by male dancers. Male roles in The Nutcracker include a soldier who battles a rat king to the death as well as all the soldiers and ice that stab each other to death with swords…


These athletic types…


This non-example of cultural sensitivity…

This well-built dude who gets the girl with one single “prance”.

But maybe you were thinking of this guy…


I think that’s meant to be a parody of effeminacy though.
 
Allegra said:
And what ballets have you seen again? The Nutcracker?
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Don’t remember the names. It wasn’t important to me. One of them had Swan in the name but I don’t remember to be honest. Ballet is fine for those who enjoy it. I tried to like it. But I decided I’d rather sit in a corner and jab my eyes with toothpicks.
 
It’s one thing not to like something or to be bored by it. It’s quite another to declare that thing to be effeminate and those who like it to be “little sissies”.
 
Some people like men who are ignorant of culture and insecure around male artistic expression. Mostly other ignorant, insecure males. That’s their thing though.
 
I think that would be Swan Lake. I’m sure it doesn’t have importance to the conversation, but I think that’s the one you might be recalling.
 
He’s taking a break from posting that may or may not be indefinite.
 
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Okay, if one is girl.
But if a girl’s boyfriend doesn’t like football, he’s a girlfriend, not a boyfriend.
 
Two years in a school where you feel uncomfortable is a long time. I would consider changing schools, but first investigate how “Catholic” the Catholic school is. If the school is located in a liberal environment, they may be more liberal than you might think. It is also worth looking into how many transfer credits you will receive. Most schools will accept courses from another school provided the description of the topics approximately matches what they teach. If the content is nearly the same, there is really no good reason why you should not receive credit for the courses you have already taken. And you shouldn’t have to feel so uncomfortable in your present school.
 
With all due respect to the University of Southampton, @catholic03 would have to ask himself whether it’s really worth travelling the best part of 12,000 miles at a cost of over £17,000 p.a. in tuition fees and as much again in other expenses to attend a university ranked 97th in the world when he could go to the more prestigious University of Auckland at a fraction of the cost or to the Victoria University of Wellington at minimal expense.

I don’t know to what extent the OP is even looking for opinions on his options. Personally, however, I very much doubt that it’s worth paying £100,000 for a degree from Oxford, let alone Southampton or anywhere else. At the level of an undergraduate humanities degree, the standard of education in New Zealand is going to be basically indistinguishable from the standard of education at Oxford. If studying in the UK is a big deal, there are plenty of scholarships available at postgraduate level, where he would reap the full benefits of a UK university education—and at no cost to himself or his parents!
 
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With all due respect to the University of Southampton, @catholic03 would have to ask himself whether it’s really worth travelling the best part of 12,000 miles at a cost of over £17,000 p.a. in tuition fees and as much again in other expenses to attend a university ranked 97th in the world when he could go to the more prestigious University of Auckland at a fraction of the cost or to the Victoria University of Wellington at minimal expense.

I don’t know to what extent the OP is even looking for opinions on his options. Personally, however, I very much doubt that it’s worth paying £100,000 for a degree from Oxford, let alone Southampton or anywhere else. At the level of an undergraduate humanities degree, the standard of education in New Zealand is going to be basically indistinguishable from the standard of education at Oxford. If studying in the UK is a big deal, there are plenty of scholarships available at postgraduate level, where he would reap the full benefits of a UK university education—and at no cost to himself or his parents!
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I don’t know much about higher education there, but I totally agree that it’s not worth overpaying for an undergraduate degree.
 
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Well the OP has another thread open on which he says he’s leaving the forums, so I don’t suppose he’ll be that upset. I’m still not sure what to make of the OP and some of his other threads.
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Luckily, I decided to stay. I think that you can hopefully accept that I regret my previous immature posts. I am young and we sometimes make silly mistakes. Thanks very much for your help anyway.
 
I agree, I do not see the point in the University of Southampton. Especially if it will cost so much!

Your advice is very insightful and I do appreciate it. Not many would take the time to write so much to help others and I thank you for that.
 
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This school is said to be one of the best in the country and has extremely high academic results. I do very well academically at the school and have no issues in this area.
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That says it all. Don’t even think about changing. You would regret it after a week, if not earlier.
 
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I have never owned a gun, and it doesn’t seem to have done me any harm. Possibly when I was at school the use of guns was taught as part of the cadet corps. Unless children are weighing up a career in the military I really don’t see why they need to know how to use a gun, let alone “have guns”, even if, to be fair, you qualify it with “and gun safety instruction”.
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I am a gun owner and recreational shooter pursuant to the Second Amendment of the US Constitution. I have been told by an ex-US Marine Gunnery Sergeant that I am a “natural”, and GySgts do not say things they don’t mean. Gun safety and marksmanship, for the moment solely with air rifles and pistols, are part of the physical education component of our homeschool, and my son excels at it. I have presented JROTC, through the local public school, as an option later on, if he chooses to do so. (Sadly, I never served, nor was I ever in ROTC — our Catholic high school didn’t have it.)
 
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