26 August 2008

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Dear neighbouring Canberrans,

Judging by the fact you people have gone to the effort to make a website specifically to disscuss Queanbeyan High, it is obvious you all have an unhealthy obsession I would tend to assume stems from jelously. So, I would like to introduce myself, I am a Queanbeyan girl and I go to Queanbeyan High.

I, unlike some of my peers, don’t feel the need to engage in some sort intellectual battle with you, and will happely spel thinngs rong. : )

Not becasue I don’t know how, or don’t know I would win, but because I simply already have.

See, I live in a town with a great sense identity and pride, and attend a school that I love to wake up to every day. I could tell you about the brilliant student teacher relationships, the interesting and challenging lessons and the fact that we don’t learn much about paragraph structure (in NSW, we learn that at primary school.) BUT, telling you all of these things would take the reason out of this website… and what would happen to your saturday nights?

Oh, and by the way, if your going to trash my message, (considering I’m a young girl I’m sure you’ll be right on to it) make it interesting. : )

I hope you enjoy the rest of your day.

I know I will… I live in Queanbeyan.

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born-brunette5:01 pm 13 Sep 08

Contrary to popular belief, Queanbeyan isn’t a “bogan town”, and actually isn’t that bad. I work at Coles in Queanbeyan, and on my first day was astounded by the amount of intellects living here. No, that’s not me being sarcastic, it is actually a reality. I can have an intelligent conversation with most anyone that comes through my register. Of course, there are those few that reply to my friendly “hi, how are you?” with a series of grunts, but that is to be expected.

As a year 10 student of queanbeyan high school, I don’t feel that living here gives me any disadvantage. Perhaps I would prefer to live somewhere like Melbourne, but I am not ashamed to be a part of this community. Is that so wrong?

I would also like to add that the inner-city of Canberra is supposed to be one of the most sophisticated areas in the region. Tell me how this can be, when 70% of the housing is from the mid 1970’s, and is now inhabited with drug-f*cked derro’s? Sure, they have the best shopping experience in the ACT, and some of the best Restaurants and clubs, but it doesn’t help the seedy feeling I get even driving through the slums. Old bicycles on the 1m² balconies aren’t all that attractive.

Other areas of Canberra aren’t much better.

Parents spend thousands of dollars to send their children to fancy private schools such as Merici and Dara Malan, when their reputation is almost as bad, if not worse than ours. Do their issues get public advertisement? Queanbeyan high is a government school, and because of this, receives a lot of media attention.

All I have left to say is stand back and look at the bigger picture. Remember – Queanbeyan derro’s will always be Queanbeyan derro’s. Queanbeyan students with intelligence and goals in life will eventually become your doctors and lawyers, government and council. It is a harsh stereotype to assume that because we go to Queanbeyan high that we are any less of people than “youse” are [fck, you think we have grammar problems!]. If you have had no association with the school before, bugger off. Don’t take it on face value – find out for yourself.

Don’t say s*it if you don’t know s*it.

Lol.
Funny thread.
I live in queanbeyan and love it! But it would probably be the best hole-of-a-town to bag out ever!

My grandmother had a young shop assistant come up to her and ask, “Are youse ‘uns alright?”

Amongst other things she taught high school English.

“Wese ‘uns are fine, thank you,” she replied incredulously. Needless to say “youse ‘uns” and “wese ‘uns” have become a much-loved part of our family culture.

ALEXANDRA said :

And use can just think where they came, from good old Queanbeyan High.

“Use”?

For crying out load you morons, get learned english properer – it’s “youse”!!!!!!

ALEXANDRA said :

Hello there,

I have raised two children that both graduated from Queanbeyan High. They are both currently studying at university. My eldest child is studying medicine at New England, my other child is currently studying law at Armidale.
So just think maybe next time one of you’re Canberra junkies has an overdose, my son might just be the one saving their life or when you get pulled over for driving under the influence, my daughter might just be the one serving you in court.

And use can just think where they came, from good old Queanbeyan High.

You can tell Joshwa and Shazza that we are all happier knowing that they have left Queanbeyan to succeed in the real world. This could be a great opportunity to start a new family business, Joshwa can fix you up after a scuffle at the Royal and Shazza can defend you in the morning at the courthouse. Sounds like you guys could corner the market as this is a service not available in Canberra (the Big Smoke), but we probably dont need it here.

They do Cert III’s in Medicine and Law at Armidale tech now?

Times change, I guess…

ALEXANDRA said :

So just think maybe next time one of you’re Canberra junkies has an overdose,

Fail

That’s a very good post, Alexandra.

: )

Hello there,

I have raised two children that both graduated from Queanbeyan High. They are both currently studying at university. My eldest child is studying medicine at New England, my other child is currently studying law at Armidale.
So just think maybe next time one of you’re Canberra junkies has an overdose, my son might just be the one saving their life or when you get pulled over for driving under the influence, my daughter might just be the one serving you in court.

And use can just think where they came, from good old Queanbeyan High.

Dear neighbouring Canberrans

*guffaw*

Unaccustomed as I am to making speeches ….

VYBerlinaV8_the_one_they_all_copy8:26 pm 27 Aug 08

I reckon it’s a gee up. I grew up in QBN, and it just doesn’t smell right (ie like bull$hit).

This thread was funny for a bit, but we need some newer material.

It could be worse in many ways, Overheard. Weren’t you supposed to be discussing offal?

Awwwwwwww!

Could be worse, I suppose: could be a three nut post bag…

You are a very lovable three post nutbag!

: )

*An old and rather wanky literary device*

THREE POST NUTBAG!

Confusion coming from this bit, I suspect: “he says at…”

An old and rather literary device: talking of oneself in the third person.

‘Scuse I!

That’s my point, Granny. I’m poster #44 (and #46 now!) so the original poster has managed to stir up 43 responses before I took up my e-quill and ink, and therefore got what they probably wanted: a bit of spit and vitriol, if my first possibility were correct.

#44? Er … Overheard … that was your post!

; )

Two possibilities here:

1. It was posted by a sh!t-stirrer, in which case, he says at post #44, (s)he’s achieved the initial aim and said sh!t has been well and truly stirred, or

2. It was on the up and up, in which case I hope everyone’s had fun stomping the living bejaysus out of a far, far, far too easy target. Feel good? Silly question.

Struggletown-bashing is right up there with blonde jokes and heroin for being so passé.

(Never lived there; driven through it several thousand times.)

Yep, Monster, I think ‘Shanaye’ sounds like the ‘Breeanna, Jaydyn’ type name a junior SES Commonwealth public servant living in Bruce would think up and apply for fun …

Actually peterh, Belconnen is both a district and a suburb. The suburb of Belconnen is located within the district bearing the same name.

Monster of the Deep1:03 pm 27 Aug 08

*sniff sniff* Does anyone else think ‘Shanaye’ smells funny? Kind of like goats on a bridge…

PBO said :

Poita, Macca, Raylene, Charlene, Kym, Bevan, Heath, Shayne, Taneesha, Brayden, Cade, Kade, Keisha, Jarad, Jarred, Jarod, Holden, Ford, Wayne, Joshwa, Zac, Brytnny, Aiesha, Alesha, Kiesha, Moesha, Aleysha, Shazza, Shanteylle, Jasmynne, Sharyn, Karyn, Kazza, Kezza, Karrin, Shawanda, Bryan, Bil, Jimm or Krystal.

I laughed, cried and wished bogans had compulsory sterilisation of all children at birth so we could stop this horrible breeding cycle.

skaboy12 said :

The funny thing is all the young mothers I know live in Kambah, Charnwood and Belconnen. At least us Queanbeyan residents can live without paying out other people. I’d say its because we are comfortable with our lives and don’t need to prove anything to anyone or kiss the boss’ arse all day.

oh, so you don’t work, then?

good to see.

oh and the comment about all the young mothers you know live in kambah, charnwood & belconnen, well done. I will certainly mention it to all the young mothers I know in queanbeyan – I am certain that they exist, in fact was at a picnic with a couple of them last week, I will be sure to point out that you believe that queanbeyan is made up of kids and grannies – they will love it…

and if you are posting on this site, how can’t you be paying out on canberrans?

PS – belconnen is not a suburb.

Hamilton – that was very, very mean (but extremely funny)

The City of Queanbeyan High School Math Proficiency Exam

NAME:____________________

1.) Little Johnny has an AK-47 with a 30 round clip. He usually misses 6 out of every 10 shots and he uses 13 rounds per drive-by shooting. How many drive-by shootings can Little Johnny attempt before he has to reload?

2.) Jarod has 2 ounces of cocaine. If he sells an 8 ball to Antonio for $320 and 2 grams to Juan for $85 per gram, what is the street value of the rest of his hold?

3.) Joahwa pimps 3 hoes. If the price is $85 per trick, how many tricks per day must each ho turn to support Joshwa’s $800 per day crack habit?

4.) Jerome wants to cut the pound of cocaine he bought for $40,000 to make 20% profit. How many ounces will he need?

5.) Brayden gets $200 for a stolen BMW, $150 for stealing a Commodore, and $100 for a 4×4. If he steals 1 BMW, 2 Commodores and 3 4×4’s, how many more commodores must he have to steal to have $900?

6.) Shayne got 6 years for murder. He also got $10,000 for the hit. If his common-law wife spends $100 per month, how much money will be left when he gets out?

ahahaha – way to build her up just to smack her down

And Shanaye, for educational purposes only – I feel compelled to point out that your use of the word ‘your’ should be ‘you’re’ (as in you are)… common mistake. My daughter just learnt about this (grade two of the ACT schooling system). (grins)

Shanaye – full credit to you for defending your school and your town. It is hard not to take offence when others knock your home/school/parents/friends/spelling/upbringing but I think it is wonderful to see that you and your peers have rallied in defence of something that you clearly feel strongly about. Good on you! That said, you need to understand that these discussion blogs invite debate and most posters will invariably end up with their share of both knockers (not the breast kind) and supporters. Don’t take this personally. If you want this issue to die down and for people to stop rubbishing your school/town etc… just stop keeping this discussion thread alive by continued posting. Everyone will have moved onto something else (to knock, support, discuss) before you know it.

jakez said :

Hilarity would ensue.

There’d also be a million threads.

Shanaye, get over your victim syndrome.

Cameron said :

Can you imagine if every person/group/region/industry/business/politician/etc that RA took the piss out of started a thread to try and defend themselves?

Hilarity would ensue.

Shanaye, OMG that is the most bogan name i have heard today. I bet you know a couple of people called: Poita, Macca, Raylene, Charlene, Kym, Bevan, Heath, Shayne, Taneesha, Brayden, Cade, Kade, Keisha, Jarad, Jarred, Jarod, Holden, Ford, Wayne, Joshwa, Zac, Brytnny, Aiesha, Alesha, Kiesha, Moesha, Aleysha, Shazza, Shanteylle, Jasmynne, Sharyn, Karyn, Kazza, Kezza, Karrin, Shawanda, Bryan, Bil, Jimm or Krystal. Or at least spells their name similarly.

What is it with Queanbonities spelling their kids name in the most seemingly phonetic way possible? Is it a dumbing down of the language once the border is crossed? Normally regional dialects take decades and many, many miles distance separating the two groups to occur, but thanks to the Interweb, the process behind the vocabular evolution(?) is somewhat sped-up. This may seem to be the case with Queanbonites.

Or maybe they just cannot spell.

Can you imagine if every person/group/region/industry/business/politician/etc that RA took the piss out of started a thread to try and defend themselves?

‘discuss’ has one ’s’

Only in the Olympics.

cbf Queanbeyan

“…you people have gone to the effort to make a website specifically to disscuss Queanbeyan High” Sorry but as great as you say your school is, discussing it wasn’t the sole purpose for creating RiotACT as far as I know.

Well done for your well put together response and you are more than welcome to post on the other issues that this website covers.

tylersmayhem9:02 am 27 Aug 08

Perhaps Shanaye (ironically very trailer park name there), should go and do a CIT course in web design and start a Riot page for QBN, rather than getting all defensive and sensitive because a non-NSW site doesn’t include them?!

Even M$ Word would have picked up that ‘discuss’ has one ‘s’, ‘jealousy’ needs an ‘a’, ‘becasue’ isn’t a word, ‘Saturday’ should be capitalised and ‘you’re’ is the contraction of ‘you are’ not ‘your’. Plus, you missed ‘of’ between ‘sense’ and ‘identity’.

Petty? Yes, but very satisfying – besides, she’s asking for it.

I guess sleeping at school saves her commute time?

shanefos said :

“Brrrk brrrk brrrk, daaaarrrling!”

Bwahahahaha!!

Granny said :

If this was written by a teen then I am a spring chicken in drag.

She didn’t actually say she was a teenager, so “Brrrk brrrk brrrk, daaaarrrling!”
She could be 38 and repeating year 11 for the 20th time for all we know…

It is great to see someone (like Shanaye) on this forum that displays loyalty and pride. Clearly, some could learn a thing or two from this young lady.

No, I am not her teacher and no, I don’t live in Quenbeyan.

The funny thing is all the young mothers I know live in Kambah, Charnwood and Belconnen. At least us Queanbeyan residents can live without paying out other people. I’d say its because we are comfortable with our lives and don’t need to prove anything to anyone or kiss the boss’ arse all day.

If this was written by a teen then I am a spring chicken in drag.

Doctor Evil Pavarotti7:49 am 27 Aug 08

realityskin said :

…. shouldn’t you be putting your kids to bed ?

I like that, just the right balance of brevity and nastiness…….

Qbn chick makes this post from her computer running on Canberra sourced power, drinks Canberra sourced water etc etc

You’re probably just trolling and I’d hate to be seen to be defending Queanbeyan, but where exactly in Canberra do you think that power comes from? Last I checked, we didn’t have a lot in the way of power stations around here…
And the water? Check your map and look at where Googong Dam sits – it ain’t the ACT…

RiotACT has never been nor ever will be a place to expect serious or credible responses.

I bet they don’t teach common sense in Q’town.

I will also assume that they don’t teach this anywhere in Q’town… oh hai, dis is dee internets.

p1 said :

Gee one QBN bashing and it draws them out of the wood work to defend the fair town. But we bash Charnwood all the time and no one cares.

speak for yourself…

may have moved, but still have mates there.

bd84 said :

they have computers in Queanbeyan?!

Punch-cards…

Holden Caulfield10:31 pm 26 Aug 08

Queanbeyan is a town built on poverty.

Vic Bitterman10:23 pm 26 Aug 08

Qbn chick makes this post from her computer running on Canberra sourced power, drinks Canberra sourced water etc etc. Owned!

Gee one QBN bashing and it draws them out of the wood work to defend the fair town. But we bash Charnwood all the time and no one cares.

All those chicken schnitzels have a lot to answer for. Definitely not brain food.

they have computers in Queanbeyan?!

I think this young girl as she likes to call herself misses the point that people pay Queanbeyan out because it’s funny not because we have strong dislike for anyone living there (they smell a bit funny though). There is an area in every single city in Australia that the majority like to pay out on.

In Canberra it happens to be Queanbeyan, why? the main reason is because it’s in NSW. Also it’s the capital of teen mums and it’s a hole! Can I ask if they have a whole subject at Queanbeyan High devoted to sex ed? Maybe they should devote one to contreception to stop those Queanbeyanites procreating! But that would stop the special student teacher relationships, I thought they only had them at catholic schools?!

Baiting the responses is so much fun!

I could tell you about the brilliant student teacher relationships

OH PLEASE DO! No real names though, we don’t want anyone to get fired.

grunge_hippy9:38 pm 26 Aug 08

we should rename the site riotQBN.

just doesnt have the same ring…

johnboy: Indeed; methinks the Queanbeyanites doth protest too much.

It’s nice that she managed to write such an articulate response, what with all babies and poverty and such.

The thread that gives and gives!
Oh, the joy!

The funny thing is we only had one post running down Queanbeyan.

It’s the queanbo kids who’ve picked up the ball and run with it for us.

Clown Killer8:00 pm 26 Aug 08

Ouch!

realityskin said :

…. shouldn’t you be putting your kids to bed ?

+1

They’re just asking for it!

Note: ‘Spell Check’ on MS Word only looks at basic sentence structure.

Well you sure burnt us

…. shouldn’t you be putting your kids to bed ?

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