It is interesting to note the different perspectives and thoughts after so many years and comparisons with today’s schooling results. As a student, and yes throughout my life, I have had an exceptional brain, tempered only by my complete and utter total laziness, yet I have managed to achieve my life’s aims. I could have done better and applied myself more to get the ticks in the boxes and result cards, but I doubt that I would have had nearly as much fun doing it that way.
Fort Street had a varied clientele from local lads struggling to read and write English to those who were brought up cocooned from many of life’s realities, such as myself. Some who we least expected to become highly successful have, and some we expected to haven’t. That’s what life is all about, and looking back on it, it’s been a good life, and those who I didn’t socialise with as a child, I am now happy to associate with as class mates.
It was the same at RMC Duntroon. Many there I did not particularly like, but we forged a bond over four years, maturing together so that we are all brothers with a special bond that will never be broken. It was also great to renew some of those special friendships at the last re-union I was able to attend. I did find it amazing that many of those vandals who used to march around Singleton in the school cadets, hopping over the tents and getting into every sort of mischief imaginable, had actually grown into responsible adults. I wondered how come they didn’t remain the same as they were, like me?
Then I discovered that I had actually mellowed and changed over 40 years like them as well and that somehow I had turned my laziness into success, because the lazy man always finds the easiest way to do things. That is especially true in the IT world, where I have finally found my niche.
Esoteric comparisons between James Ruse and Fort Street are a waste of time, because we went to the better school, because of its diversity of students. Our exposure to all of these differences, combined with the highest ratio of university qualified teachers of any school in NSW at that time made us what we are today. A great bunch of blokes.
I have enjoyed reading the emails and the blog, keep up the good work. I am not particularly into blogs as I put most stuff onto my home page, but do enjoy reading all that stuff so keep up the good work.
Regards,
Dave
Dave Hay
InTACT Operations Branch
ICT Manager
Justice and Community Safety (JACS)
É 02 620 53336
È 04 38 68 78 39
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