Teenage Suicide and Compulsory Schooling
by Lyn Loxton
Adults, can’t you see it?
You’re killing all the kids,
Don’t you realize that in your papers
We’re not just statistics.
Each headline is a tombstone
Erected to the dead.
And one more child has killed himself
By blowing off his head
This poem was written by Melanie, an attractive 17 year old, just before she committed [...]

By Jim Batt
Yes it is possible, although not easy, to get into university without completing (or even starting) VCE. I have spent only a very insignificant amount of my time in high school but still wished to further my education at a university level. I began by undertaking the FAST course (Foundation Access Studies) at [...]