Presbyterian Ladies' College,Sydney (PLC)

Spending over a decade at PLC was the worst decision of my life. I have a lot of regrets but PLC is my biggest one. It got to the point where I didn’t even want to get out of bed in the morning because I was so exhausted of the way I was treated by teachers (and students but not nearly as many). I completely lost interest in school and stopped caring. I looked disgusting because I wouldn’t even brush my hair or care about my skin. I literally was at the lowest point ever and I wondered why some of my peers put absolutely no effort into anything but would get awards everyday and constantly recognised for every single achievement. I never got awards. The only ones I got were external ones from competitions outside of PLC. I thought I was smart but when I never ever got maths awards or awards for literally anything I do, I became extremely insecure and unmotivated. PLC just completely crushed my self esteem and self confidence to the point where I thought something was wrong with me, until I left and my life completely changed. I could get myself out of bed in the morning and my social life flourished almost immediately after moving. I have so many friends and I am just an overall much more confident and resilient person. I AM smart and I get recognised for it. The amount of achievements I’ve gotten recently is more than I got in more than 10 years at PLC. The amount of friends I have made in ONE YEAR is more than the amount of friends I’ve made in my ENTIRE. LIFE. I cannot stress enough how disgusting this school and the teachers in it treat the students. It is honestly appalling how they think it’s okay to treat children this way, especially when their brains are still developing and they’re made to feel stupid and not good enough all the time, no matter what they do. I will never forgive this school for the way they made me feel. PLC is 100% at fault for my lack of confidence and destroying my self esteem.