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What are your thoughts on this?
Current VCEers: are you annoyed? Would have you preferred to receive your results via text?
Class of 2016: were you affected by this?
Pretty hectic.
Can certainly see why they've done it, it was a bit of a farce.
When I saw the thing unfolding on Facebook last year, I sat there with my phone in my hands, numbers typed in, ready to send the text. I sat there for at least 5-10 minutes, staring at my phone. But I chickened out - what if it wasn't the actual result? What if I saw a score I didn't want to see? Plus, I wanted to see my results on my laptop - it was how I had planned to receive my results all year.
In hindsight, very glad I didn't send that text. The only benefit would have been saving me from a restless night the night before ATARs were released (I had been super chill about results the whole year, then as soon as it got to the night before, I started doubting myself and managed to convince myself I wouldn't even crack into the 80s). But, I seriously needed to see my ATAR on the official website to believe it. I logged out and back in about 5 times and cried a bit before I seriously believed it, so if I had have sent that text, I'd have been worrying myself sick for 5 days.
I think, if something similar happened in uni - no-one would really care (I actually signed up for SMS results for the first time ever to get this semester's results). But year 12 results? Although they shouldn't have as much weight put on them as we currently do, the reality is that it's a big deal for a majority of people. And if nothing else, they're very symbolic - you've finished high school, and if you go onto further education, it's going to be quite different to what you've been used to for the past 13 years.
I think the SMS result system, if done correctly, can be awesome. But, the key is that it wasn't, and what happened last year caused a fair bit of anxiety and stress for a lot of students.
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