Schoolies Week - why, why, why?

[mayk]

probably just jealous that i am not 18 anymore

This thread's existence and leading discussion is because we are not 18 anymore, and you are the first to admit it. Good onya!

 

[professor_frink]

geez, it's been 10 years since I was at schoolies. Starting to feel pretty old

The parts of it that I was sober enough to remember(the long walk from my bed to the fridge first thing each morning) were great

According to the media and the whinging oldies, apparently I was going to get beaten up by violent gangs every night, who would then drug my female friends and rape them. We must have been the few fortunate ones that missed out on that!

And as for the old timers quoted below, why don't you chill out and take your meds, you don't want to give yourselves a heart attack now do you?

What's wrong with going out and getting a job???

You never taken a holiday? What on earth is wrong with a holiday with your friends after working hard all year

I suppose they must all be wearing "hoodies" too, and loitering around looking suspicious!

did they have schoolies back in the 50s and 60s??

Who cares

They have it now so it might be time to learn how to deal with the fact that the young hooligans today act differently to the young hooligans back in the 50's.

 

[MRC & Co]

ha ha ha ha ha ha ha.

Good post Professor.

Times change, look back at the binge drinking Romans living in Rome at the time, visiting hookers every weekend after a night absolutely gassed.

 

[Prospector]

It is freezing in Adelaide today which means it must almost be snowing in Victor Harbor (AKA Schoolies ville!) Normally we hear what is happening on the Gold Coast by now - we have had nothing on the media. Maybe it is a deliberate move?

If they are wearing hoodies, then maybe they might just be warm!

 

[chops_a_must]

Times change, look back at the binge drinking Romans living in Rome at the time, visiting hookers every weekend after a night absolutely gassed.

Ha ha...

Sounds like crashing at my mates place in Highgate after a night out.

Seriously though... Office workers have christmas piss ups where the married man sexually assaults the young secretary before forcing her into sex on the photocopier.

Year 12's have sex with everything that moves, and if they can't, they drug them and get them drunk to be able to do so.

FIFO workers buy mountains of meth, start fights and glass people each time they're back in Perth.

And first year uni students celebrate the end of year with buying cough syrup because they can't afford better drugs.

Every sector of society has an unsavoury celebrating procedure when you look at it in the extreme.

I don't see the difference between schoolies week and what a lot of us uni students do at the end of year - go out every night for a week and sleep on each others couches, whilst doing nothing.

I'd rather schoolies week than them hitting the nightclubs for the first time, and it be much more dangerous for them in those circumstances, which will undoubtedly be witnessed again tonight.


But geez... you can't half tell the people in this thread that no longer have the young girls put out for them.

Nothing like aging ungraciously though I suppose.

 

[Smurf1976]

It is freezing in Adelaide today which means it must almost be snowing in Victor Harbor (AKA Schoolies ville!) Normally we hear what is happening on the Gold Coast by now - we have had nothing on the media. Maybe it is a deliberate move?

If they are wearing hoodies, then maybe they might just be warm!

The severe storms in SE Queensland would presmably have had some effect (assuming they are affecting the Gold Coast?).

As for not hearing anything yet... http://www.news.com.au/story/0,27574,24689345-29277,00.html

 

[Smurf1976]

I'd rather schoolies week than them hitting the nightclubs for the first time, and it be much more dangerous for them in those circumstances, which will undoubtedly be witnessed again tonight.

Do the clubs on the Gold Coast all remain shut for the duration of schoolies? I'd have thought quite a lot of them would be out clubbing all night. As for whether that's a problem or not, that one comes down to how the place is run.

 

[chops_a_must]

Do the clubs on the Gold Coast all remain shut for the duration of schoolies? I'd have thought quite a lot of them would be out clubbing all night. As for whether that's a problem or not, that one comes down to how the place is run.

Don't know about the GC Smurf.

But I was referring to here, where the leavers are still only 17.

 

[gav]

But geez... you can't half tell the people in this thread that no longer have the young girls put out for them.

Nothing like aging ungraciously though I suppose.

ROFL!!!

Has anyone seen the 1993 film "Dazed And Confused"? Its set on the last day of school in a typical small country town in 1976. Geez, the stuff they got away with back then! Makes the year 12's of that private school in Kew look like angels...

Looks like you oldies werent as well behaved as you let on! :

 

[beerwm]

i went last year.

drunk every night. partyed hard, it was great [no drugs]

the beach party and cavill was lame, too many wierdos [sorry but there are]
hotel parties was the real fun.

police presence was good.

its a shame the image of schoolies is wrecked by the few who get pregnant, alcohol poisoned or in fights.

 

[Judd]

Daughter didn't go to schoolies week. Why? Because she hadn't bothered to get a part time job and save for it and, despite her pleading buggered if my wife and I are going to pay for her indulgence after the amount of funds we have already spent on her education.

She not happy with us but tough. Told her enough times that we will fund her secondary schooling but after that she, and her siblings, are on their own.

 

[chops_a_must]

buggered if my wife and I are going to pay for her indulgence after the amount of funds we have already spent on her education.

Yes, how dare she be born and then expect to be put through school. How selfish are kids these days?

Girls that are angry at their dads are the most fun though. So thankyou.

 

[Wysiwyg]

Yes, how dare she be born and then expect to be put through school. How selfish are kids these days?

Compared to other animals we do spend many more years taking care of offspring.Mainly because a human mind takes longer to get smart than all other brains on Earth.

Some never.

 

[Nyden]

Yes, how dare she be born and then expect to be put through school. How selfish are kids these days?

Girls that are angry at their dads are the most fun though. So thankyou.

Chops, I don't think he was upset about paying her tuition; but rather her wanting an all expenses paid vacation just for finishing. Perhaps there's a good lesson there - you have to work and save in order to get what you want

 

[chops_a_must]

Chops, I don't think he was upset about paying her tuition; but rather her wanting an all expenses paid vacation just for finishing. Perhaps there's a good lesson there - you have to work and save in order to get what you want

I just hope Judd's bed is big enough to fit his daughter and her male friends.

If he was worried about funding her indulgence or debauchery, how about rewarding a pretty monumental achievement together. There's an idea hey! Go on holidays or something together instead. Sounds like the sort of stubborn attitude that gets teenagers really pissed off. The "No you can't do that, but I'm not going to allow or suggest an alternative" type attitude.

 

[Nyden]

I just hope Judd's bed is big enough to fit his daughter and her male friends.

If he was worried about funding her indulgence or debauchery, how about rewarding a pretty monumental achievement together. There's an idea hey! Go on holidays or something together instead. Sounds like the sort of stubborn attitude that gets teenagers really pissed off. The "No you can't do that, but I'm not going to allow or suggest an alternative" type attitude.

Yes, but he had already informed her in the past that he would not fund this; and that she would have to pay for it herself.

By that logic, I should be terribly upset that I wasn't given a car for my completion of VCE (as many students apparently are), or $2000 for a schoolies week.

If a teenage girl suddenly becomes a slut because she couldn't wrongfully have her way as an adult (most end of year 12 students are 17-18) - then that girl has some very serious issues; and perhaps the $2000 would be better spent on therapy. Note to Judd; I am not referencing to your daughter here, but rather the notion that Chops seems to be making.

Oh, and to what alternative? "No, you can't have a Ferrari sweetheart, but as a compromise - how about a merc?

 

[chops_a_must]

That's hardly a normal request though...

 

[Prospector]

I didnt have any problem paying for sons to go to schoolies week, not that it cost that much in SA. After all, I much preferred them to study hard in Year12 and get a good TER, than be having to worry about working instead of study, just so that they could fund their schoolies week. Doesnt make a lot of sense to me!

Cant believe I am agreeing with Chops! :

I also think it a child's right that we educate them.

 

[numbercruncher]

I read 124 arrested last night on Gold Caost .....

24 schoolies and 100 toolies.

 

[MRC & Co]

I agree Prospector.

My parents always encouraged me and my brother to do what we love and concentrate on it with their support (oh and we were not rich either).

My brother now runs his own company and I'm doing what I love. So so far, it seems to be working out.