HSC students' maths paper 'cruel and difficult' (SMH) (1 Viewer)

[Rafy]

http://www.smh.com.au/nsw/hsc-students-maths-paper--cruel-and-difficult-20111027-1mlg1.html

Brutal, punishing and disheartening. That's what year 12 maths students were served yesterday as they sat for their maths extension 1 HSC examination...

 

[michaeljennings]

Its a little odd how the article is about how hard the paper is but 48% of the people in the poll said it was easy.

 

[stevey6404]

LOL! Just saw it as well but you were faster at creating the thread.

BOS is trolling this year.

 

[Rafy]

Its a little odd how the article is about how hard the paper is but 48% of the people in the poll said it was easy.

I suspect most who voted in the poll didn't even do the exam.

Our poll here (which would be more reliable) currently has these results:

Hard 71.21%
Average 21.21%
Easy 7.58%

 

[OldMathsGuy]

He makes a fair point that it does not encourage students to do the harder high school maths courses. I'm not too sure I would call the paper cruel either although it was a difficult paper in terms of time (but the 3U paper has always been a speed exam against the clock).

Best Regards
OldMathsGuy

 

[michaeljennings]

I suspect most who voted in the poll didn't even do the exam.

=/ thats what I thought but why bother doing that lol

 

[friend177]

http://www.smh.com.au/nsw/hsc-students-maths-paper--cruel-and-difficult-20111027-1mlg1.html

Brutal, punishing and disheartening. That's what year 12 maths students were served yesterday as they sat for their maths extension 1 HSC examination...

Hope the cut off is lower...

 

[muzeikchun852]

they quoted straight from the forum. they have been watching us LOL !

 

[taeyang]

Look mum I'm in the paper!

 

[apollo1]

Lol people from bos mentioned in smh article

http://www.smh.com.au/nsw/hsc-students-maths-paper--cruel-and-difficult-20111027-1mlg1.html

taeyang got a mention as well as a couple of others.

 

[2011_]

Re: Lol people from bos mentioned in smh article

haha one of my friends

 

[Squishxmishyx]

So funny that they quoted of BOS members.

"*cries in the corner* Anyone wanna join me?," posted MichaelT123.

Taeyang posted: "my mind went blank .. Holy shit there goes my HSC .. "

Better start working on that wedding dressss.

 

[friend177]

they quoted straight from the forum. they have been watching us LOL !

Some guy works for the SMH here haha

 

[rawrence]

Awkward moment when the actual Tae Yang reads the paper and realises he's made an appearance...indirectly

 

[apollo1]

to be fair to the BOS, i think people who were aiming for state ranks for mx1 from the start of the year would love that paper bcuz it tested everything in depth.

 

[cutemouse]

I didn't think it was that hard... But then again I did my HSC a few years ago...

 

[slyhunter]

Look mum I'm in the paper!

Feds are tracking you, watch yourself.

 

[Proteus]

hurray, it made news!!

that's good, because surely now, people from high above should get the message.

I was never top gun at MX1, but I slowly and steadily improved over time, from 20% in my very first year 11 MX1 test to a decent enough 60% in trials.

I was personally satisfied with my personal improvement, and sincerely expected at least 50+ / 84 raw mark in the exam.

However, once I sat it, I skipped so many questions and realised that the improvement in results would not translate into the HSC exam.

I was quite thoroughly disappointed, I really hoped to have achieved 50+/84..

 

[Omnipotence]

The layout of the exams this year was strange. Put the easier questions last. haha

 

[bobthebuilder94]

BOS PEOPLE GOT MENTIONED IN SHM: aphore, timting95, jniranjan and other people

http://www.smh.com.au/nsw/hsc-students-maths-paper--cruel-and-difficult-20111027-1mlg1.html#

go on the thing, and poll the test like 1000 hardness so scaling is like better than ext 2 haha