HoëRskool Waterkloof (Pretoria)

Hoërskool Waterkloof in Monumentpark, Pretoria. Okay so first of all, Monumentpark. You are literally named after a monument and the school still managed to make itself the biggest monument in the area. 2155 learners and 125 teachers, which means your teacher is basically running a small township classroom every single period. 17 kids to one teacher, and that teacher is somewhere between marking papers and having an existential crisis by Wednesday. But listen, we have to talk about that 99.7% matric pass rate, because Waterkloof walks around Pretoria like they personally built the Voortrekker Monument. Ninety nine point seven percent. That is not a school, that is a matric factory. Someone failed and the whole staff meeting that Monday must have felt like a funeral. One poor kid sitting in the results hall like, "jy weet hoe is dit," while the principal stares directly into their soul. And co-ed in Monumentpark means the boys are wearing their rugby jerseys to every occasion including apparently the career expo, and the girls have already decided they are going to UP or they are going to UP, those are the only two options. Waterkloof does not produce dreamers, it produces people who already know their major before they finish Grade 9. Overall verdict: Waterkloof is basically a matric conveyor belt disguised as a school, and honestly, respect, the conveyor belt works.