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Originally Posted by ienhz

lol, I went to Macdonald elementary near Hastings. God damn, that school was like 50% asian and 50% native. We always had freakin potlatches at our school and I remember they made all the kids make native blankets for their ceremonies. I don't know what the educational value of that was but i guess they were smart in taking advantage of free labour.

What? No Bannock? I used to think Bannock and dried salmon were the only things FN people ate.

Originally Posted by skyxx

I did. Wasn't the best school haha. Had some fond memories. Apparently it's one of the lowest ranked school in Vancouver. Anyway, speaking of Macdonald elementary. I heard it's like 80% native now. My buddy's sister goes there and one time she got lice from one of the kids. Pretty funny stuff. On one of her report cards. It states that she did well in some aboriginal dances. That's all that was said. haha

Originally Posted by ienhz

I think my elementary (Macdonald) is one of the lowest ranked schools in Vancouver as well. Apparently it came 2nd last or so in some math rankings. Templeton didn't seem too bad (Grad '06) but Brit is ranked lower than Templeton haha. I think they (Brit) had a 25% failure rate for provincial exams in 2007 LOL.

It's funny, growing up in some of the shittiest schools and I'm still somehow managing a 3.6 GPA at SFU. I don't think these rankings really mean anything.

Well, the Fraser Report is pretty useful. The highest scores in all of BC come from the district of West Vancouver. I remember one of the assistant superintendent, or it might have been the super himself, going public and basically saying that the clientele was better bred. He got into a lot of flack, but he was just telling the truth. When your schools are filled with children from well to do families, you better do well. East End schools are filled with kids from families where half the children come to school with empty stomachs, have FAS (fetal alcohol syndrome), been through hell the night before, etc. It's no surprise.

Both Strathcona and Brit have changed demographics. Everything has gone downhill.

On a positive note, Templeton recently won a "Reach for the Top" type competition that beat out teams from other private schools like St. Georges. This was no local competition. It was national. People were like, WTF? Some dumb ass Vancouver East End school takes the national title for having the smartest kids? Haha.... so much for rowing clubs and paying hundreds of thousands of dollars a year. I hear Templeton is one of the better schools in Vancouver now, with a good arts programme (film, drama, etc.). Good for them 'cause it used to be one of the shit hole schools for the longest of times.