I am to hand in the completed application form to the school where my son has got the academic scholarship this friday. But my son has refused to accept the scholarship.
There were more than 200 kids who wrote the test and only 2 have been given a scholarship and total amount over 5 years (grade 8 to 12) is 100,000$. That is a lot of money.
But more than the money, the school is one of the top most school in Australia. They have a huge waiting list and most paretns register their child at the time of his birth to ensure that he gets admission when he is 6 years old.
There are two conditions for the scholarship.
One, my son is expected to get A’s in all the subjects, all the terms.
two. he needs to complete grade 12 and can’t leave the school before grade 12.
My son has no issues getting A’s. It is the second clause he has a problem with. According to him, it violates his CRC ( convention on the rights of the child) core principles
He says, he can’t let the school dictate where he should spend the next 5 years of his life. His reasonings are simple. He wrote the test, he got the scholarship and it should come without a clause because at the time he wrote the test, nothing was mentioned about such demands.
He says he should be allowed to leave in the event he is not happy with the school, because the ‘best interest of the child’ should be the governing factor. ( the school allows you to leave, but I must pay back the money they gave as scholarship, which my son feels is wrong)
I have tried everything to make my child understand that he is really stupid to give up a scholarship to a very prestigious elite school. But he won’t listen.