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There's no direct correlation. I was pretty good at science, but I suck at maths immeasurably. Conversely, I'm good at English, but I can't draw/play an instrument to save my life.

True. Whats difficult for one person is easy for another.

So, wait, what subjects ARE you interested in?

Agreed that English needs to be more practical: http://community.boredofstudies.org/showpost.php?p=3403620&postcount=74 But disagree that maths should be compulsary :p

I agree that public schools are seeming to outshine their private-school counterparts in recent years. And yeah, the thing about private school students having bad communication skills is probably a false generalisation :p Yeah, I agree. ps to Fantabulous and Trajan: I've decided to...

Yes, but Nayyarv + others argue that you can't really compare from that because private schools perform better at the low and middle end rather than the high end. Also, if you look at what the OP actually asks in the original post, they actually seem to be posing a general Q about the quality of...

So would the school that your brother goes to be the only alternative for you? (btw, this is not a sarcastic Q)

Lol. I agree that the current syllabus is completely impractical. I always though they should have two English subjects: a) A generic 'English' which focuses on skills you actually need (reading, writing etc) and b) English literature or English analysis (which includes analysing texts...

Hmm, I agree with Razzah. The HSC is such that everyone can choose subjects that will maximise their performance, whetehr that be the sciences or the humanities.

Sorry, was a bit unclear. For the purposes of scaling, there needs to be a common subject right? So, since it is inevitable that a subject needs to be made compulsary, what other subject do you propose could replace English?

Well, the reason English is compulsary is because there needs to be a common subject for scaling. Considering this, would it really be fair to make any other subject compulsary other than English?

And so do a lot of public schools, for 1/100000000000th of the price. Well, that sounds every bit like a generalisation to me. What do you mean when you say "we have a lot more opportunities"?

And I respect that. Btw, it seems I've come across as anti-private, which I'm not. I just think that in many cases, in terms of academic success, it comes down to the individual rather than the school. Well thanks for the grandstanding on my behalf :p Ok. My question then is why would...

Well, since the OP's question was relating to performance in the HSC, what other criteria would you propose we judge a school by? Please elucidate how this supports your pro-private school argument. Please spell properly. But the OP's question wasn't 'what schools perform above...

Ah I see. Forgot the data is negatively skewed.

Why?

\ exactly.

You should establish your thesis in the intro. So, if your stance is that King Lear is essentially nihilst, you could begin with something like: Although liberal humanist theory interprets King Lear's tragic demise as cathartic and redemptive, the pervading pessimism and futility of the...

There is far less emphasis on productions and critical readings these days. it is more important to have an informed personal reposnse.

But wait, why would you discuss all them when the Q is not asking you to?