It's Generally Known That Grey's Academics Are Bad But The Sport Acceptable

Grey College is supposedly regarded as one of the best schools if not the best in South Africa, but everyone knows that Grey is bad at academics. So the boys come from all over South Africa to come and take part in sport and not to excel academically, because academics are not a priority. If it was, much less time would have been spent on sport.

The only real reason white boys still come from all over the country to Grey is due to not wanting to be in black schools for the black schools' standard has dropped so severely, it's not worth going to school there anymore. Grey still has majority white Afrikaner boys, up-keeping some form of standard.

Uncountable money is sponsored and spent on international rugby tours, but the boys who do exceptionally well at academics have to pay for themselves out of their own pocket, if they want to take part in mathematic Olympiads overseas. Not even 1 cent is spent on them or sponsored for them to take part and to represent our school. Academics is what a boy needs to provide for his family in future, but games, NB. note, games, which sport forms a part of, is focused on. Less than 3% make it big in sport and become professional sport stars these days, so it doesn't make sense why Grey keeps focusing on sport. Maybe it's due to bad managerial staff or a bad governing body.

Boys, who excel at rugby, are merely put through without the academic backup and there is a huge fuss made of them on stage when they need to get some kind of rugby-award. This is never done with any of the other sports or academic achievements. The fact is, a rugby-player can do badly at academics and will get congratulated for playing a specific position in an important rugby-game on his academic report-card.

Ha, ha, ha, that's Grey for you.

The shock is that Grey hasn't delivered as many Springbok-players as they would like us to believe. Do the research; it's really much less than the other boys schools in South Africa. 

Grey's Academic Education Sucks Now Even More Than Ever

By Grey word skoolgelde betaal vir die naam & nie vir die onderrig nie. So word skool gehou by Grey: "Blaai na bladsy ... en merk paragraaf .... Onderstreep die sin wat met ... begin want dis wat jul in die toets gaan kry. Paragraaf op bladsy ... is ook belangrik om te leer."

Greyseuns en ouers mag dalk nie weet hoe dit by Grey werk nie, so hier is 'n indiepte uiteensetting. Jy gebruik die naam maar jy verskaf aan jouself onderrig of jy tyd het of nie want Grey hou jou ongelooflik besig op die sportveld. Laerskoolonderwysers, sowel as hoërskoolonderwysers gebruik ook net die naam om te sê hulle is 'n onderwyser by Grey, nie om regtig skool te hou nie. Die salaris word ook gretig ontvang om vir almal te sê Grey is 'n goeie skool en dat die onderwyser daar skool hou, maar wat in die realiteit nie gebeur nie. Die onderwyser is maar net teenwoordig in die klas in persoon met 'n baie kort beskrywing wat die seuns by die huis hulself mee moet onderrig. Verder hou die onderwyser homself besig met eie persoonlike belange.

In the English classes, it is even worse, since the black boys do as they please and they talk throughout each class to each other with no regard or respect for the teacher. Hence, no other boy can hear the teacher that results in the class not even starting or the boys to sit and chat or play on their cell-phones.

Grey College Grievances het met studente gesels wat nou op universiteit is. Hulle sê almal dat hulle nie die nodige kennis het om te kan studeer en hulle is ook nie geleer om onderrig te ontvang nie, daarom studeer hulle 3 jaar aan eerstejaarvakke. Swart sowel as wit studente is eens hiermee. Hulle lag en skerts terwyl hulle sê hulle onthou hoe dit was by Grey want Grey hou sy reputasie van sport bo alles. By Grey sekondêr is leeglê in skooltyd aan die orde van die dag wat dit baie lekker maak by Grey want jy hoef nie veel te doen in die oggende by die skool nie. Jou klasse begin eers regtig in die aand waarvoor jou ouers dubbel moet betaal want die ekstra klasse kos EKSTRA. Jy betaal dus net skoolgelde om êrens veilig te wees in die oggend en om te kan sê jy is 'n Greyboy, maar dit beteken nie dat jy enige akadeniese kennis het nie en daar word regtig nie onderrig verkaf nie. Grey is dus eintlik 'n dagsorg.

Many Greyboys lately don't get appointed to jobs, whether they have studied or come straight from school, as the employers say they are like uneducated people: they either have to teach them every single thing in a spoon-feed way or they are completely unfocused and undisciplined to work. The moral of the story is, Grey is set up in a way not to draw the boys' attention to education, but to the camaraderie, sport and fun of doing as little as possible at class. This is probably the reason Greyboys always try to get out of situations where they need to participate and throw in their academic support.

"What a shock it was to all of us when my brother went to Saint Andrews where academics come first. His marks fell from 60% at Grey to 20% at Saints, because we only study a day or sometimes 2 days before a test and exam," sê 'n Greyseun. "He worked his butt off to get to 60%, because they actually do class work during school hours in the morning, but now he knows more than us. He strives to do even better than he is currently doing, however vast the shortfall, as he didn't think he was capable of excelling academically for the mere reason that academics are not the focal point at Grey which it is supposed to be."

Wiskunde onderrig soos met baie van die vakke by Grey se laerskool is regtig van swak gehalte, maar anders as ander vakke is wiskunde bitter belangrik en selfs hier moet ouers nou deesdae betaal vir ekstra klasse. Greyseuns daag by die privaat ekstra klasse op met geen of minimale kennis en skok almal met hoe min hulle weet. Dis regtig 'n skande, maar so bou Grey sy reputasie buite die skool op. Hoërskoolonderwyser vee hulle net eenvoudig aaraan af as daar geen wiskunde fondasie gelê was in die laerskool nie. Die seuns wat wel goed doen by Grey is afkonstig van ander skole waar daar wel onderrrig verskaf is en 'n wiskunde fondasie gelê is deur goeie wiskunde onderwysers, nie soos die gemors wat op Grey se betaalstaat is nie. Selfs sussies in Oranje & Eunice help nou hul boeties met wiskunde en ander moeilike vakke want by daardie skole word hul ernstig geskool TYDENS SKOOLURE. Ouers het nie meer fondse soos in die verlede om dubbel te betaal vir onderrig plus ekstra klasse nie, maar hulle skaal maar af aan lekker eet. Party het selfs pap en vleis of net pap vir aandete elke aand omdat dit al is wat hul kan bekostig om die ekstra klasse by te bring. Daar behoort glad nie ekstra klasse in die aande te wees nie en as dit 'n opsie is, behoort dit net 1 aand in die week te wees sodat die kinders se breine kan rus weg van akademie en sport af, nie vir klomp verskillende vakke nie. Seuns neem nou al glad ekstra klasse in wetenskap en ander vakke. Wat 'n skande. Dit help in elk geval nie om net 1 goeie wiskunde onderwyser te hê nie. Al die wiskunde en wetenskapondewysers behoort blerrie goed te wees.

Geen mens kan daagliks 13 tot 14 ure aan jou skool wei nie, nie insluitend studietyd, konserte, prysuitdelings en ander byeenkomste soos galas, oueraande, vergaderings, musiekfeeste, fondsinsamelings en vakkeuse aande nie. Dis heeltemal onmenslik! 'n Normale mens behoort soos met werksure 8 ure aan jou skool te spandeer en as ekstra 1 uur aan sport per dag. Leerders op skool, wat die beste vaar in die wêreld tydens hul skoolloopbaan en selfs na skool, wei net 20 tot 30 uur per week aan skool belange, akademie en sport ingesluit.