User:Therealsuijuris

Kings college vs auckland grammar school: necessary?

At age 12-13 boys enter their first of five college years. These are the teen years. The years of pubescence. And also the years that guys experiment with life and push their boundaries.

In auckland of new zealand, there lies two schools named kings college, and auckland grammar school (AGS). These schools hate eachother, and the rivalry between them extend as far as physical acts of violence, sometimes even a serious injury or gang related death.

The title makes the content of this piece of writing obvious, i show the problem of this rivalry, extend on it, and try and determine if it is necessary. However, i am also going to discuss how it has come about.

Its is a shame that such rivalry exists, especially as it is for no reason whatsoever. Ask any student from either school why they hate the other school and their answer will be the exact same as the answer they are bred to give on their first day, this:

Kings college, Day 1, Through the eyes of a 12 year old kings collegian: hate AGS students because they are "gay" and "fags".

Auckland Grammar School, Day 1, Through the eyes of a AGS 12 year old student: hate kings because they are "gay" and "fags".

Sad.

Students who attend kings are bred to hate AGS students, when asked why they hate AGS, a kings student will reply that the other school's students are gay, fags and....and...absolutely nothing else - they don't know why they are supposed to hate the other school. This is the same vice versa.

The only exception to this is if a student has been picked on by a student of the other school for no reason, but the other students will have done the bad deed because "all people who go to kings are gay and deserve to be beaten up."

To extend on the ridiculousness of this rivalry, i know kings students who have hated AGS, yet somehow their morality allows this to change as soon as they go to AGS because they were expelled from kings. All of a sudden, "their eyes have been opened and they realise kings is in fact gay and AGS is way better".

Perhaps i have some prejudice as i am a proud kings student, but i have tried not to for the sake of argument. Both schools are better at different things, and these things change each year as different students pass through the college.

If there was a way to end this rivalry, i would attempt but i fear it is and ingrown hatred that is not removable unless one was to change schools!

References: me, other kings student, AGS student, various adults.

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