Australia – the Best Patel Aamish K. Hopkinsville Community College In the eyes of the world, Australia remains a land down under where Kangaroos roam freely, and where the laid-back Aussies talk in an alien accent. The perception they get is obvious much because they see images of crazy ways Australians drink alcohol (via footwear), realise less restrictions on the liberty, and find vending machines that throw out thongs. Australia, as Dupré-Harbord (2014) acclaims, is well-known for its easy lifestyle filled with bright sunshine and gorgeous coastline. Contrary to the lifestyle though, Australians are strongly built, and play extreme sports like no others, and much of its credit goes to their unusual wildlife. Australians tend to be …show more content…
That, however, fails to give credit to the hard work Australians have put in, in order to take their country to the position where it stands now. Even though, the fancy thoughts about Australia are good enough to see it as a happy country, it is the quality of life that what weighs in to show why Australia is one of the best, if not the best, nations on the …show more content…
A well-educated nation will examine how to take on the challenges such as global warming, increase its citizens’ life skills, and successfully transmit the heritage from generation to generation. From one of the legitimate source, 76% of Australian adults have at least an upper secondary education, and an average Australian student scores 512 on Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA), compared to an OECD average of 497. Australians also go through education for 19.4 years, much higher than the OECD average of 17.7 years (OECD.org). The Australian government is keen to take education in Australia to the next level. This is reflected by its investment in universities and policies such as KidsMatter (OECD.org). One article based on education in Australia states that five universities from Australia were able to break into the world’s top 100. Besides that, Australia was one of the only two countries to have increased their number of universities in top 100 (Australia, 2012). The results are much credited to the government’s commitment to take the world class education to the highest