Year 12 students at Moss Vale High after receiving their HSC results last week.Rhett Wyman
Should results be ranked?
Mularovski It doesn’t happen by accident. So much hard work goes into creating such massive improvements which,in turn,generates these amazing results. Congratulations to all involved.
Col Hewer The fact that these basics have to be taught at high school means we are failing kids in primary school.
Lex I love the increased emphasis these schools are placing on classroom behaviour. It is so critical to achieving the best out of a cohort at a school. So many Australian high schools are blighted by bad behaviour,ongoing interruptions and consequent time-wasting.
John D. WilsonI feel joy that someone outside the big success schools is allowed to care and make things happen in schools where money and status aren’t the answer to everything. Success comes when parents and teachers are allowed to care.
Kyoushi Education is not a competition. Celebrate good learning outcomes but not as a rank. Schools should not be compared this way. The focus on HSC results fails to identify other benefits of public school education. Results vary by cohort,year by year but the underlying culture remains. We want educated young people not social “Darwinists”.
The HSC result represents much more than just a number.Steven Siewert
What are the stories behind the numbers?
DanZam The school plays the vital role of uplifting each individual,the state can only look at the blunt numbers. Many parents want the “best” education but fail to consider the many factors of a school that aren’t academic or competitive.
Arak Much of the hoopla surrounding the release of HSC results is all about schools marketing themselves for the next intake. For some students,the fact that they completed Year 12 is an incredible testimony to their perseverance and to the dedication and love of teachers,social workers,counsellors,parents and/or caregivers.
Gymealad The real roll should be knowing what students,irrespective of how well they did or didn’t do in the HSC have done 10 years later in their lives or careers. I suspect that some of the high HSC achievers may just be rather average and often more average students may have achieved very well. The moral of the story:It’s what you do after the HSC that really counts.
Christine We strive to get those numbers,thinking we can escape our inevitable fate of just being a number.
Year 12 students left their high school behind for the last time,after HSC exams finished early in December.Renee Nowytarger
There is life after the HSC
Glenn Newton In my opinion the fetish with HSC results that has developed over the past couple of decades is not a good thing.
Carmine Studies repeatedly demonstrate the two main factors to achieve academically:educated and wealthy parents.
John CotterillThe HSC is not the only measurement of a student. There is life after the HSC and opportunities will come for those who persevere. The greatest gift for any parent is for a well-adjusted child who is content with who they have become.
Marjie WilliamsonCongratulations to all the students who completed 13 years of schooling. Just having reached the end of this marathon is an achievement in itself,never mind scores on a piece of paper. It must be kept in mind that this is their childhood gone forever,with too many pressures and stresses.
Knox Grammar year 12 students Harry Cumming,Beau Morrison and Ethan Huang with their HSC maths teacher Ian Bradford.Ben Symons
Is there a latte line in education?
Wobbegong These charts show the latte line. That is,there is a clear correlation between socio-economic status and academic achievement.
Vanessa TennentThe idea that schools and students must vie for league table positions rather than encourage an intrinsic love of learning,is not conducive to best education practice. The notion that band six results are the only indicators of a school’s performance and that all students can equally make significant improvements every year regardless of school resourcing,socio-economic and other factors,is fallacious.
Freddy First heard in 1981:“The best predictor of success in the HSC is your postcode”. Nothing changes.
Jay10000 A crazy measure to score school on. The charts show the sad reality of schools playing the system to rise up the ranks with last-minute scholarships and focus on pushing band fives to band sixes while completely ignoring lower performing students. Not to mention the many students encouraged to leave or not take exams at several private schools.
Rita Zammit,ConcordOf course the high achievers in the HSC list should be recognised and congratulated. However,all students who sat the exams should be acknowledged and deserve our praise for having strived,persevered and worked hard to do their best,many under difficult circumstances. We honour all those young men and women who lost family members,their homes to fires and floods,who suffered physical,emotional and mental issues but still went on and did not give up. We admire each and every one of you.