Specialist Math scaling

[thushan]

For languages? 70 is a massive cohort for a language - there's about 18 ppl doing german at my school

[paulsterio]

Schools should make their students do a language, that will 100% guarantee to boost up their ATAR Median....LOL!

[thushan]

+1. Foreign languages should be compulsory, at least up until year 10. It is vitally important to learn foreign languages, as understanding of different cultures comes in the learning, leading to tolerance and acceptance - and understanding of different thought processes.

[nacho]

a 50 in spesh, i would imagine would be easier than a 50 in languages,

i agree with paul when he says no subjects should go above 50, but i really think that lang. should still be higher than spesh

+1. A 50 in spesh is doable I think - like it's possible...but a 50 in a language? WTF! Unless you're a perfect specimen like scocliffe09 or fuzzylogic...

Rumor has it that you've never lost a mark in anything in your life

[Nokiacharger]

a 50 in spesh, i would imagine would be easier than a 50 in languages,

i agree with paul when he says no subjects should go above 50, but i really think that lang. should still be higher than spesh

+1. A 50 in spesh is doable I think - like it's possible...but a 50 in a language? WTF! Unless you're a perfect specimen like scocliffe09 or fuzzylogic...

Rumor has it that you've never lost a mark in anything in your life

Confirming this as true.

Also, Thushan, what you said makes a lot of sense, but you think far too much of some people. Most people don't have the insight to realise this and see it as 'It's a fuking English country, they should learn our language.'

[Zebra]

For languages? 70 is a massive cohort for a language - there's about 18 ppl doing german at my school

59 in the state

[thushan]

@ Nokia: I know I'm going off topic - but attitudes like that are quite shallow, and education and knowledge about other cultures is the key, I reckon

@Others: Truth has it that I've lost heaps of marks throughout this year...I think I count about 22 SAC marks this year? Plus 4 from physics midyear and 2 from chem midyear.

[Zebra]

@ Nokia: I know I'm going off topic - but attitudes like that are quite shallow, and education and knowledge about other cultures is the key, I reckon

@Others: Truth has it that I've lost heaps of marks throughout this year...I think I count about 22 SAC marks this year? Plus 4 from physics midyear and 2 from chem midyear.

bro i lost 32 marks in chem today

[Nokiacharger]

@ Nokia: I know I'm going off topic - but attitudes like that are quite shallow, and education and knowledge about other cultures is the key, I reckon

@Others: Truth has it that I've lost heaps of marks throughout this year...I think I count about 22 SAC marks this year? Plus 4 from physics midyear and 2 from chem midyear.

It's shallow. But not everybody has had the chances you have had. You go to one of the finest high schools in the world. Try explaining to a white guy who gets jumped after school by a bunch of black guys ( or Asian or European) so they can still his Ipod that he should learn their language to gain insight into their culture. It becomes a bit hard to think logically at some times.

[funkyducky]

I doubt 50 will go to 55...the only subjects that do (classic/dead languages) are impossible to score above 47-48 in, ie. no-one actually gets a scaled 55. Seeing as a fair few people will get 50 in Spesh, and it's IMO way easier than Latin/Ancient Greek, it just plain shouldn't scale past 53, maybe 54 tops. It's unfair.

[Natters]

Mods.

Close thread and ban/

You guys realise this was a joke yeh?

It was just sarcasm at how good this situation is.

<< see how many posts i have
that means i dont get forum sarcasm quite yet

[Jdog]

I doubt 50 will go to 55...the only subjects that do (classic/dead languages) are impossible to score above 47-48 in, ie. no-one actually gets a scaled 55. Seeing as a fair few people will get 50 in Spesh, and it's IMO way easier than Latin/Ancient Greek, it just plain shouldn't scale past 53, maybe 54 tops. It's unfair.

any system that allows spesh to go to 54-55 is questionable.

i think spesh should stay at the scaling it was before these changes. 52 is already a distinct advantage.

it is ridiculous that a 41 should go to 50,

id say getting a 50 in further is harder than getting a 41 in specialst.

[jinny1]

Why you guys hatin on NokiaCharger?? with negative rep?!?!

He gives all his money to charity... be nice

[Natters]

i like him or her or it...
btw people wtf is a cohort?

[Natters]

changed the first post, can talk about everything now!
lets go back to the sociology stuff