I cant but agree with the wisdom of this 67 year old pom - who is an Aussie now! Hat's off to you. I read this in the ABC online discussion forum: "Lifting the lid on Australia's 'visa factories'"
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Ian Harrison:
27 Jul 2009 2:04:13pm
Point one.
I am 67 years old, a child of "Ten Pound Poms" who left the UK in 1948 looking for and finding a better life. I am quite sure that most of these "Students" are doing just that, and who can blame them. In my experience it is the immigrants to this wonderful country who do best. Become businessmen and women and in a lot of cases major employers. I urge all Australians to put aside their declared (and undeclared) racial opinions and look at the facts and look at the History. Immigration built this country and will always do so, whether it be by stealth or wealth. I for one welcome any immigrant who wants to "have a go"
Point two
I did a Bachelor of Arts degree as a mature age student in 1995 to 1997. The University was a veritable League of Nations and I made many friend there from overseas countries. One of the most enlightening things was to see the difference in the work ethic of the overseas students to our own Matriculated students from High Schools throughout Vic and SA. and how the Overseas students in the main applied themselves so diligently to their tasks, despite the drawback of being in a foreign country and in a foreign and to some of them very frightening Society.
In comparison,I was and still am amazed at how many of our Matriculated Australian Students could not write an Essay or had an understanding of basic English.
One Australian boy reached that University so afflicted with Dyslexia that he could not read or write. How does that happen.?
Before we start disparaging these students from overseas we best do some housekeeping in our own Education system, especially at High School level.
Ian
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