Can our teachers get a study score of 50 in their given subjects?

[odeaa]

Our methods teachers failed year 12 the first time round
That being said she wasnt a very good teacher IMO ahaha

[dankfrank420]

It doesn't matter how well the teacher did, it's how he/she can teach the content. Case in point, I doubt my bio teacher would have got above 35 when he did it, but 25-30% of the kids in our class got above 40 last year.

Edit: Besides, getting a 50 is in large due to luck. Obviously you have to know your stuff, but the difference between 47-50 is so small it can come down to markers discretion, the right questions being asked of you, and possibly even how you were feeling that day.

[heids]

Well, obviously a teacher should be able to get a better mark than they did when they actually did the subject in year 12.  And I believe that, as a rule, a teacher's competence and ability to score well in the subject will strongly impact their ability to teach.  While the 47 vs 50 isn't important, someone with a 45 is likely to be a better teacher than someone with a 25.  Obviously there are many exceptions and ability to teach isn't simply determined by knowledge/ability to sit the exam.

Besides, getting a 50 is in large due to luck. Obviously you have to know your stuff, but the difference between 47-50 is so small it can come down to markers discretion, the right questions being asked of you, and possibly even how you were feeling that day.

Eek, I hate people undermining the happy delusion in my mind that my 50 was nothing to do with a lucky exam

[dankfrank420]

Eek, I hate people undermining the happy delusion in my mind that my 50 was nothing to do with a lucky exam

Ahaha I didn't mean it like that. Obviously anyone who gets a 50 (or a 45+ really) knows their stuff back-to-front (and back-to-front again!), but the differences between a 50 and a 47 are soooo small that it really comes down to a handful of marks, meaning that getting the right exam questions can mean the difference between a 47 and a 50.

Congrats on your scores btw!

[slothpomba]

I think those in VCE overestimate just how hard it is.

Looking back, it seems so much easier. Going to university and just generally giving your brain those extra years to develop is amazingly helpful. In addition to the fact that for most of the state, VCE is the first time they ever seriously studied or put effort into it. It's the first environment where they were expected to seriously learn and be meaningfully tested. All the other years you were more or less just expected to be present. Many here (not I) went to good schools or private schools where this isn't true but for the majority of the state, VCE is the very first time you do all of that. You develop study skills, organisational skills, etc all on the fly. Going back and doing it again would be far easier i feel.

I think most teachers have the potential to get 50 if they try. Keep in mind to teach it, you usually need a qualification in it. To teach math, you need a university level qualification in mathematics which goes *far, far* beyond VCE. Methods is trivial for people who hack it all the way through that. Similar for Chemistry. It holds true for a lot of subjects. Some are more difficult like "Biology" which combines like 5-10 different things you can become an expert in. Just by virtue of this most teachers would do rather well i think.