Girl gets 99.95, appeals for discrimination afterwards

[EvangelionZeta]

http://www.smh.com.au/nsw/student-challenges-ruling-on-her-hsc-20120427-1xq32.html

...wut.

[Mao]

http://www.smh.com.au/nsw/student-challenges-ruling-on-her-hsc-20120427-1xq32.html

...wut.

It's okay. We can rest in peace that even intelligent people with that attitude won't get far in life.

[AllAboutTheLGs]

SMH...

[Truck]

If she wins, she shouldn't be able to do certain things as a doctor. After all, "malfunctioning of the wrist" during a vaccination could result in serious injures in the patient, even moreso in surgery.

If she wants to claim on bullshit (let's be honest, this is bullshit), then she should get called up on it everywhere.

EDIT: Oh, and I don't think driving is safe if your wrist is at risk of malfunctioning - she could cause the car to swerve and crash into somebody else. Goodbye drivers license.

[sam.utute]

I hope that's SMH's April fools joke.

[86]

A FORMER Abbotsleigh student who is now studying medicine at the University of Sydney ... The 21-year-old woman, who does not wish to be named ... was placed fifth in the state in her HSC chemistry exam with a mark in the high 90s in 2007, when she was in year 11. A year later she scored a university entry rank of 99.95, with marks of about 94 per cent in her English and modern history exams ... the former Abbotsleigh student wanted ''the entire Board of Studies policy on special provisions rewritten'' to provide her with a personal advantage.

''The point isn't that I was doing badly. I did do well, what a normal person would consider well''.

[Hellrocks]

I agree with many people, what is she trying to achieve out of this?
Did she miss out on a scholarship?
Why is she appealing 4 years after she graduated?

[ninwa]

Why is she appealing 4 years after she graduated?

I have a sneaking suspicion this is a case of overbearing (Asian?) mother, rather than she herself really giving a damn anymore...

"The girl's mother, who was repeatedly warned against interrupting tribunal proceedings, has claimed for four years that Abbotsleigh did not give her daughter a sufficiently high school assessment."

Also, if I may indulge myself for a minute...

The matter was escalated to the Administrative Decisions Tribunal where it was the subject of a three-day hearing this week.

YOU STUPID BITCH DO YOU KNOW HOW BACKED UP THE COURTS ARE AS IT IS WITHOUT YOUR STUPID CASE ADDING TO THE WORKLOAD
/lawstudent

[pi]

I hate people like this, just gtfo.

[thushan]

99.95%

WHY NO 100%?

[pi]

IT'S NOT A PERCENTAGE!

[Russ]

If she wins, she shouldn't be able to do certain things as a doctor. After all, "malfunctioning of the wrist" during a vaccination could result in serious injures in the patient, even moreso in surgery.

If she wants to claim on bullshit (let's be honest, this is bullshit), then she should get called up on it everywhere.

EDIT: Oh, and I don't think driving is safe if your wrist is at risk of malfunctioning - she could cause the car to swerve and crash into somebody else. Goodbye drivers license.

...
Serious post or just a petty knee jerk reaction? I mean...yes...let's overreact and punish her in ways that aren't relevant because she wants a disability considered.

That said, crazy to make a big deal out of it now, given the time and given her scores.

[ninwa]

I dunno, I wouldn't want someone who so obviously has no life skills to be my doctor

She'd prolly try to poison me if I complained about her or something

[Truck]

If she wins, she shouldn't be able to do certain things as a doctor. After all, "malfunctioning of the wrist" during a vaccination could result in serious injures in the patient, even moreso in surgery.

If she wants to claim on bullshit (let's be honest, this is bullshit), then she should get called up on it everywhere.

EDIT: Oh, and I don't think driving is safe if your wrist is at risk of malfunctioning - she could cause the car to swerve and crash into somebody else. Goodbye drivers license.

...
Serious post or just a petty knee jerk reaction? I mean...yes...let's overreact and punish her in ways that aren't relevant because she wants a disability considered.

That said, crazy to make a big deal out of it now, given the time and given her scores.

It was more of a joke. But in the article at least, nothings been said to prove that it's a serious disability. "Hands cramped up at the end of exams" - doesn't that happen to everyone? Definitely happens to me.  Maybe the SMH portrayed it that way on purpose, but it's seriously unfair for that to be considered a disability when it happens to everyone - and if it was that serious, would she have been able to get near perfect marks on all her exams involving writing?

[ProtonStar]

I have writing problems; I have a ganglion on my wrist that flares up when I write, so I cannot write fast at all. As a result, I did not finish A SINGLE EXAM (it was worse in English and Literature where I didn't finish a single essay for both exams - I had to leave them all half-finished to try and attain maximum marks. It was even worse for my Revolutions exam where I had a blood nose part-way through (I was sick in that week) which lasted at least twenty minutes (Not part of my argument; I'm just complaining about it ).

So I had my fair share of problems that resulted in an ATAR score that was likely to be lower than what I could have potentially achieved. However, I didn't complain because I got well beyond the score I needed, which was all that mattered. This girl (and her mother) obviously fails to realise there is absolutely nothing to gain from these actions. The ATAR score is not a score of intelligence; that's why it becomes invalid after a year. It is simply a score to get into the university course you desire, nothing more. She seems to be the kind of person who will hold on to her ATAR score for the rest of her life, believing she is smarter than anyone purely because of it (even twenty years later).

A friend of mine went through Year 12 with chronic fatigue, and ended up completing four subjects which resulted in an ATAR score around 88. He was extremely happy with it because it got him into the course he wanted. He could have done much better, but didn't even complain or even use SEAS. This person by the way, is probably one of the smartest people I've ever met.