Talk:West Moreton Anglican College
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[edit] Nosferatu.feuertote 07:32, 10 January 2007 (UTC)
Why did someone feel it was necessary to delete my addition re: senior tradition of having catchphrases for the graduating class? >:| --Nosferatu.feuertote 03:37, 25 December 2006 (UTC) I am sick of constantly cleaning up this page, and restoring it after constant vandalism and people removing the history paragraph(s). Please give me an explanation for this, else I will continue to change it. --Nosferatu.feuertote 07:32, 10 January 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Vandalism
OMFG ok you clearly hate wmac so y the fuck r u complaing if u attened there leave or if not stop ok sure west mac might b a hole 2 some of u but thats cuz u have no lives and are probly in trouble at that schoool get over it west mac was on eof the best schools ive been 2
[edit] Vandals have no lives
i am not sure why the keep doing that. it is so highly annoying. I have had to clean it up 13 times now. but i can't change the new title "borallin Point detention center". The vandals have absolutley no lives
[edit] Nosferatu.feuertote 05:37, 4 March 2007 (UTC)
They do have lives as pimply teens who can't even cope with the giant snoozefest that is WMAC. I mean if they seriously can't even put up with such obviously stressing things like wearing a uniform or waking up for school, who are we to judge these bastions of human acheivement? --Nosferatu.feuertote 05:37, 4 March 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Thomas.J.T 07:28, 4 March 2007 (UTC)
I absolutely agree. Its actually amazes me that these people bother to get up in the morning, whats the point. They would contribute more in the world if they just stayed asleep. But no, they can't even do that properly. Thomas.J.T 06:51, 4 March 2007 (UTC)
I have now improved it so that if you click on the names of the houses it will give you the history of the people that the names were based on. bliss....... Thomas.J.T 07:28, 4 March 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Delete the article
geez, why does everyone on here keep getting their knickers in a knot over this stupid west moreton article. Why is it that other school's wikipages haven't been vandalised at all, but there is an extensive history of vandalism on this west moreton page? West Moreton Anglican College must be a really REALLY bad school, people wouldnt vandalize the page otherwise. If west moreton is so concerned about constant vandalism, here's a simple solution - DELETE THE ARTICLE. Like wikipedia says before creating an article "If you don't want your writing to be mercilessly edited by others, don't create an article". Simple. So west moreton should just stop whining about the vandalism and maybe spend more time trying to improve their school, then people mightn't want to vandalise the wikipedia article.
[edit] Thomas.J.T 08:05, 14 March 2007 (UTC)
Actually, Wmac is a perfectly good school. Its just the stupid idioc teens who have nothing better to do in life other than go on to the interent and vandilise an article. Just because there is handful of morons who do this doesn't mean it is a bad school. And if you care to check, Wmac has some of the highest performing students in this region. So if you are going to say that wmac is a bad school just because of a couple of moronic eejits think again. What gives you the idea that these people are from wmac anyway. Thomas.J.T 08:05, 14 March 2007 (UTC)
How would u know Thomas.J.T, have you ever actually been there or sent a student there? Coolio 10:05, 14 March 2007 (UTC)
Yes, I also would be interested to hear how Thomas.J.T knows that WMAC is a good school? Have you ever attended, worked at, or sent students to WMAC??? Mr_bombastic_101 7:50, 15 March 2007 (UTC)
[edit] G.e.harding 09:35, 15 March 2007 (UTC)
I have to agree with the general consensus here that WMAC is a bad school, a friend of my wife sent her children there and took them out after only 2 years because her daughters weren't getting any help from the teachers and they were unhappy there. I've heard lots of bad things from other parents about that school, about how students were being picked on by teachers or being left behind, and how they weren't learning anything and the parents were being asked for money all the time from the school. I also heard that there was sewerage going into some lake near the chapel and it was a putrid smell. I don't know if this is true but I've heard the story many times. And I know a lot of parents are starting to pull their kids out of that school. G.e.harding 09:35, 15 March 2007 (UTC)
[edit] big little bird 10:25, 15 March 2007 (UTC)
I quote "If you fail to plan, You plan to fail". Firstly, whatever moron wrote this, contradicts themselves. If you fail to plan, you can not plan to fail, as you have previously failed to plan. Syntax error anyone? Secondly, think of all the people who have never achieved anything great during their school days, and are now among the most successful people around. I was driven to resent any form of study by the relentless way teachers used an increased workload as a threat, and eventually punishment. So for my schooling period at WMAC, I refused to complete set tasks. Guess who is now undergoing an apprenticeship as an Electrotechnology Engineer, one of the highest awarded and most technical trades available. It's me, fuckers. So shove your 'clever' sayings up your ass, and learn how the real world works. Also, the rumours about the sewage dam near the chapel, are true. I'm sure that there's technically an act against such things somewhere in the WPHS regulations, if anyone cared to take the matter further. The school has also used its internet resources to track students outside of school hours, I have witnessed a staff member confronting a student about something they did on their home computer the night before, a matter completely uninvolved in anything regarding the school. Breach of the privacy act? Again, someone may wish to follow up these claims if they can really be bothered. Personally, I would find greater satisfaction in watching WMAC drown under its own problems until it is in a financial defecit, atleast then they can not blame anyone except themselves, and everyone will truly see how pathetic the school heirarchy system is. The school is run very poorly, especially considering who much promotion goes on for the school. The grounds are maintained at a very low quality level, with litter often remaining in one place until it begins to decompose, simply because staff are not willing to pick it up themselves. In reference to this, any student who is asked to pick up litter, is expressly allowed the right by law to request Personal Protective Equipment, I.E. gloves, before they must obey staff instructions to dispose of such filth. So when that teacher tells you to pick up that banana peel, you say "Where's my gloves, maaaan?". Don't let staff threaten you, and remember that unless you expressly insult a staff member, or assault them, they can not punish you for being a smart arse. So, say anything you like, just don't swear or call them names, or smack them in the face. Although all could be fun, under the circumstances. Staff bullying and belittling students is commonplace at WMAC, the majority of teachers at the campus are under the impression that they have a greater power over the students than they truly do. So the next time that the football coach, and maths teacher, a Mr T.B., calls you aside and yells at you, insults you, or belittles you, report him, or any other teacher involved in such practises, to the main administration office, and make a formal complaint to the appropriate official state representatives regarding the matter. The fascist regime of WMAC must not destroy the minds of any more children! big little bird 10:25, 15 March 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Response to big little bird,G.e.harding,Coolio
I went to WMAC for 5 years. I graduated with an OP6, and got into a Law degree. I'm a second year uni student now, with nothing but praise for WMAC. Sure, some teachers I never quite saw eye-to-eye with, namely my Legal Studies teacher (which just goes to show even the worst teacher I had at WMAC still got me into a law degree). But that is pretty irrelevant if you are smart enough to understand that personal disagreements with a teacher matter little in your study. If you (or your kids) can't hack being at a school that provides for the students who can achieve highly, then perhaps they are better off in a school where their "Special Needs" are taken care of.
WMAC caters for the kids who have talent and who are actually going to do something with their lives. The only people I ever saw struggling were the ones who were too stupid for high-school level teaching, or too lazy. I hope more parents see that their precious sprogs aren't very intelligent, and take them out of schools like WMAC, so other students aren't impeded by teachers who have to deviate from the normal coursework so these dullards can understand it. I am sure I could have had much much more done for me during my Senior years, if the dumber students hadn't sucked up all the teaching resources because they couldn't cope. Go to Ipswich High already <_<
As for the teaching staff having "a greater power over the students than they truly do". Well, of course they do. They are teachers. They are authority figures. How hard is it to comprehend that they are your superiors, like a boss is, and your job is to study, and uphold the guidelines that you signed when you started there. Everyone signed a behaviour contract before grade 8 (or whenever you began at WMAC). It stipulates that you are to follow school rules, or GTFO. And if school rules mean picking up your own mess, then you do it or you get out. It's not your right to be at a private school, it's a priviledge that you pay thousands of dollars for. Some people, as per my argument above, are too stupid to benefit from a private education, and too immature to cope with simple instructions.
"Guess who is now undergoing an apprenticeship as an Electrotechnology Engineer, one of the highest awarded and most technical trades available." Congratulations, you're blue collar! *claps for you*
So suck it up people. Let's keep this article neutral. --Nosferatu.feuertote 02:52, 17 March 2007 (UTC)
By the way, I had Mr T.B. as a teacher for 3 years, and he was in the top 3 teachers I ever had. He never let anyone in his class fall below an A level, due the amount of effort and time he put into motivating us. We consistently beat the rest of the grade because the school knew that investing their time in us would pay off. But when I got to the Senior School, all the idiots trying for an OP took away teachers like him from students who could use his skills. --Nosferatu.feuertote 03:29, 17 March 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Response to Nosferatu.feuertote
In your reply to the above users, you failed to address things like the sewerage being pumped into the dam (Workplace Health & Safety would like to hear about that I'm sure) as well as poor teaching practices.
WMAC is a private school which should adhere to strict standards, and I'm afraid at this present moment, WMAC just doesn't hack it as a private institution. Perhaps you would be interested to know how disabled students are treated there? WMAC prides itself on being able to cater for students of all abilities, right? Well some disable students were discriminated against by teachers, one person who couldn't walk properly was left in a doorway crying because he couldn't get up and people were steeping over him, while his teacher calmly chatted away to some other parent only metres away.
And then there are the students who weren't able to do all the subjects they wanted to do because they weren't offered by WMAC, but were offered by several state schools in the area, and students who had to organise their own enrollments into correspondance subjects because the head of curriculum simply could not be bothered and do it herself. Oh, and the students who had to start their distance ed. subjects nearly 3 weeks behind because the Head of the Senior School "forgot" to send the enrollment forms away on time.
And the international students who had food they had bought at the vending machine confiscated by a teacher because the bell had already rang when they bought their food (although the girls were late to lunch because they needed to see a teacher during their lunchtime for some help with classwork and weren't dawdling at all). Then we have a teacher who, during a science class, decided to play with another students mobile and rang one of the numbers on it and tried to talk to the person on the other end, even though she was supposed to be teaching chemistry. And the fact that students have been left waiting outside their classes for 30 mins or more because their teacher was absent and nobody had bothered to call a substitute. And it's not just the kids with 'special needs' who get left behind. There was a student in a maths class of a certain K.W. who, having difficulty with their sums, asked politely for help and the teacher curtly replied "I don't know how you cannot understand this" and then dismissed the student. For some parents, private education is not a priviledge but something they have paid dearly for, and they deserve some level of quality for their fees. Not some dodgy rundown institution which tries to palm itself off as one of the best independant schools in QLD. Because that is simple false advertising. The way that WMAC edits photos to make the school look all lovely and green when it is actually just rocks and dirt (refer to front cover of 2006 yearbook)is also false advertising. And in response to your comment about "special" students who should go to Ipswich High, what the hell was WMAC thinking when they let them in in the first place??? WMAC will let all kinds of riff-raff in now, and that's not what you're paying top dollar for when you send your kids there. And then there was the 'protest' the teachers did at the beginning of 2006 i think it was, when, being fed up with the dodgy management and administation practices within WMAC, they wore red apple stickers on the front of their shirts as a sign of protest. And then there is the high staff turnover each year, because teachers just hate it there! WMAC may have been a good school when you went there Nosferatu.feuertote, but for those of us there now it is just one giant dump. Ask any of the staff, or parents, and you will get the same answer without a doubt. I really challenge you to do this!
[edit] Response to above edit
You make your point about there being facilities and practices that are out of date. I know my previous rant was steeped in elitism, but I think that we could agree to leave the vandalism out of the article? This talk page has some pretty strong opinions here that act as both sides to the school's image, and I think you're entitled to what you have to say.
I'm sure you're intelligent enough to see that people will read this and what you have to say as well as the article. But the article needs to remain neutral, and the talk page is for everything else. --Nosferatu.feuertote 07:40, 18 March 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Response to the Everyone
I would just like to say, to everyone,who has 'vandalised' or 'un-vandalised', thankyou. It shows how, like a knife, the school leaves one group untouched and another scathed, where some thrive, some fail.
I Started the 'vandalism'!, if you want to call it that, after I graudated WMAC. The wings of my wikipedia butterfly have caused this storm. I began it due to the poor quality of education I had recieved, i felt that people searching for information concerning WMAC needed to know that the school leaves many displeased. Out of my six subjects, the only one I felt that was handled properly went through 4 teachers in my senoir year. One of my teachers down-marked me so badly that when I had it re-marked it I had moved, not just a plus or minus, but from a C- to a B+. Just look at history of the amount of changes, if the page is to remain neutral it must acknowledge that a large amount of people are and have been unhappy with its performance as a school.
Though my reasons were not just moral, the stuff we wrote was funny. The subtle chagnes, the prevarcation, the in-jokes, the allusions, the large sue. In truth as much as us 'haters' have been burned by the school, it has brought us together. We have rallied our wits and fought as warriors battling the Anti-Vandals. Our prose and humour our weaponry, the honest belief that the school deserves it, our armour.
So to all the anti-vandals, we do this in memory of a school we despise, we vandal for all those who didn't have the chance, and i hope that until we are old with rhematoid arthritis we will still vandalise this page. WHO'S WITH ME??? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Donttouchmelikethat (talk • contribs) 04:26, 28 April 2007 (UTC).
[edit] Legal Acion
Just FYI, Westmac do have a legal right to sue Wikipedia if this nonsense does carry on, i believe senior managment have spoken to lawyers about this! Seroisly what sick kick do people get by defacing stuff i worked for EQ at one stage & kids vandalise computers & what purpose does it serve? just to be a pain in the butt! it means they can't use facilities then! STUPID HUH?? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Gsy7707 (talk • contribs) 01:54, 5 July 2007 (UTC).
