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The HSC commences across NSW with record 80,000 students sitting exams
ABC NEWS (Australia)
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10/15/2024
There were plenty of nerves and a maybe a few all-nighters as HSC students across the state headed into their first exam. This year, a record 80,000 students are sitting the exams, which are now in their 50th year.
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The HSC takes years of hard work, plenty of last minute cramming and at least a little
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good luck.
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My main ritual is I have this same pink pen I use for every exam.
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Before every exam I knock on wood with my right hand on the floor because it's timber
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so it gives me a bit of good luck. I do it twice. I know it's a bit weird but it works.
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This year plenty of students have been living and breathing their studies.
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Mostly just sleeping, studying and then going back to sleep again.
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Although it does come with some perks.
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I've actually gotten off all the chores so a lot of leniency there.
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Before the first English exam this morning nerves were running high.
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I was terrified, I'm not going to lie. It was terrifying walking into that because trials
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isn't the same.
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No matter how many exams they do previously this is the big one so it's always stressful.
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There were some curly questions.
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I was expecting all the questions to be tricky. I didn't expect anything to be easy. I knew
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it was going to be hard.
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But for many the preparation paid off.
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The question for the essay was exactly what I studied.
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After 50 years the HSC is now a well oiled machine.
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Seven and a half thousand supervisors, five thousand markers, 750 exam centres.
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For students the first exam is a rite of passage marking the beginning of the end of 13 years
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of schooling.
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I want you to also take some time to thank at least one teacher. A teacher that has helped
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you throughout your journey that ends with this exam period.
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With the first test done there's time for a quick breather.
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I'll go home, I'll go back to my parents, say Dad, Mum, I did amazing.
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But then it's back to the books for the three weeks of exams ahead.
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