Glen Waverley Secondary College

DO NOT COME HERE — YOU’VE BEEN WARNED! This school is an absolute nightmare. The teachers couldn’t care less about students or their learning — they only show up for the paycheck. Favoritism is everywhere, especially toward girls, while boys get ignored and treated unfairly. The facilities are pathetic — old, filthy, and completely neglected. Instead of fixing what actually matters, the school wastes money on pointless junk like “peace poles” no one cares about and blasting classical music in the disgusting bathrooms as if that’s going to stop fights. And now, to make things even worse, the school is ruining the only oval we have by covering it with these hideous cardboard-box-looking buildings. It’s made everything more crowded and inconvenient for students, and literally everyone hates it. Yet the school parades it around like some big achievement, while in reality, other schools are laughing at how ridiculous it looks. This place is a complete joke. If you actually want to learn, be treated fairly, and enjoy going to school, go anywhere else. Coming here is one of the worst choices you could make.

Moved to Australia, and started year 8 here. I’ve had the worst experience, there is zero support for new students, like nothing at all, no teacher support or resources to understand the system. I was a straight A student before coming here and got my first D only because I didn’t know when the test was and didn’t have a tutor. Another thing I hated, since this school is filled with Asians, we all relu on tutors instead of the teacher. Which then disadvantages students like me who need the teacher to explain stuff. And anther thing, if you think there’ll be no/ less racism as an Asian just cuz there’s all Asians here then you’re so wrong. In fact, I’ve heard people from a diff country call someone else a slur or exclude on the basis of ethnicity. Moreover there’s a huge bullying issue here, it’s not evident since it’s internal bullying such as exclusion or calling names out of class where the teachers won’t notice. As if the teachers would do anything, I remember experiencing this and never getting any support. I was just told to “focus on my studies” and was given a counsellor who did nothing really but I don’t blame them. The school doesn’t believe in mental health, never supported the wellbeing centre we have, doesn’t really do anything to support students. However, I’ve met some of the best people here, now my closest friends, it took me a while (3 years) to find my way here and blend in. The school promotes studying nothing else, not even sport or performing arts. It’s just for science, maths, or tech. Senior school teachers I’ve had are the best at giving support and resources and I think it’s important for a teacher to support their students and even the school to provide mental support. Instead they’re producing mindless workers with burnout and severe depression. I could never be proud of this school, sorry..