The Hsc is Good, but could be improved
Dear Everyone,
HSC related Suisides are a very real problem, and I asure you a fair ammount are caused nearly soley by the hsc, largely because it can act as a mental and actual barrier to tertiary education which people may have been aspiring to their entire lives, also family presures and presure placed on ones self about their own self worth are also factors which are triggered by the HSC.
I think its a terrible thing to suggest that all the people who have commited suiside are mentaly ill, I think nearly every single person here has atleast thought about it at one stressful point during the hsc, even if it was a breif thought that you immediately dissmissed.
Basicly this segregation of society can have serious effects on the individual, and I for one think the hsc is ineffective in some ways, while incredibly enriching in others. It is ineffective in the fact that often a final UAI mark from a range of subjects assess the ability of some one to study a subject which perhaps didnt even have a hsc study option. Solution? Im working on it but I think a steps program would be brilliant. This would instead of relying on one exam and a range of assessments, would be levels which you would have to achieve (short courses) to advance to the next, finaly ariving at the qualification to study at university in that subject. This would enable any one to try their hand at an occupation, however only those who where able to show the skills of that trade/occupation through studying the included subjects would be able to progress through the levels as if they where incapable of a level they would remain there till they became efficient, but atleast it wouldent be a dead end like getting a crap UAI. (E.g: Medicine could require: PD/H pe, Biology, Medical research and its history, skills for general practice .ect ). This could be achieved through a mail in system if the local schools could not handle the preisure. Im sure private schools would latch on to it with their overly ridiculous government funding.
However, the HSC is an incredibly enriching experience and can/has lead to great growth within not only myself but almost every one I know who has put and effort in. And so this stage of learning should not be removed, but instead remedied to ensure that a persons actual ability to perform a job is gauged fairly and justly without a range of irrelivent subjects which have nothing to do with their intended profesion that hinder the progress of a potentialy wonderful member of the feild they wish to join.
My Model ofcource is still without alot of insightful thought, and I will continue to improve it and if all else fails, abandon it and start a new. Basicly I will do all I can to benifit the individuals within a society and attempt to provide to justice in education, which values natural skill and hard work, rather than the ability to memorise and to write faster than the others. However I do aplaud the BoS as they have done an admiral effort in assisting us and providing us with a variety of resources, both offline and especialy online.
I intend to go into poltics, so if you want change then in around 10-20 years... vote Benjamin Graham
Dear Everyone,
HSC related Suisides are a very real problem, and I asure you a fair ammount are caused nearly soley by the hsc, largely because it can act as a mental and actual barrier to tertiary education which people may have been aspiring to their entire lives, also family presures and presure placed on ones self about their own self worth are also factors which are triggered by the HSC.
I think its a terrible thing to suggest that all the people who have commited suiside are mentaly ill, I think nearly every single person here has atleast thought about it at one stressful point during the hsc, even if it was a breif thought that you immediately dissmissed.
Basicly this segregation of society can have serious effects on the individual, and I for one think the hsc is ineffective in some ways, while incredibly enriching in others. It is ineffective in the fact that often a final UAI mark from a range of subjects assess the ability of some one to study a subject which perhaps didnt even have a hsc study option. Solution? Im working on it but I think a steps program would be brilliant. This would instead of relying on one exam and a range of assessments, would be levels which you would have to achieve (short courses) to advance to the next, finaly ariving at the qualification to study at university in that subject. This would enable any one to try their hand at an occupation, however only those who where able to show the skills of that trade/occupation through studying the included subjects would be able to progress through the levels as if they where incapable of a level they would remain there till they became efficient, but atleast it wouldent be a dead end like getting a crap UAI. (E.g: Medicine could require: PD/H pe, Biology, Medical research and its history, skills for general practice .ect ). This could be achieved through a mail in system if the local schools could not handle the preisure. Im sure private schools would latch on to it with their overly ridiculous government funding.
However, the HSC is an incredibly enriching experience and can/has lead to great growth within not only myself but almost every one I know who has put and effort in. And so this stage of learning should not be removed, but instead remedied to ensure that a persons actual ability to perform a job is gauged fairly and justly without a range of irrelivent subjects which have nothing to do with their intended profesion that hinder the progress of a potentialy wonderful member of the feild they wish to join.
My Model ofcource is still without alot of insightful thought, and I will continue to improve it and if all else fails, abandon it and start a new. Basicly I will do all I can to benifit the individuals within a society and attempt to provide to justice in education, which values natural skill and hard work, rather than the ability to memorise and to write faster than the others. However I do aplaud the BoS as they have done an admiral effort in assisting us and providing us with a variety of resources, both offline and especialy online.
I intend to go into poltics, so if you want change then in around 10-20 years... vote Benjamin Graham
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