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James Lu should be happy he got 99.95 and stop dishing out on the VCE
« on: December 15, 2009, 04:01:52 pm »
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If James Lu doesn't like the scaling system of the VCE, tell him to do IB!
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Re: Henry Lu should be happy he got 99.95 and stop bitchin' about the VCE
« Reply #1 on: December 15, 2009, 04:03:52 pm »
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It's James Lu.

And he went and did the SAT (and got a perfect score there too), so yeah.  

In regards to VCE though, he really did clean up.  Five 50s (English, Chemistry, Methods, Spesh and Enviromental Science), a 48 (Literature) and a 5.5 in Uni Maths.  Tied with Derrick Ha.  :p

Although, thinking about it carefully, James has a point.  There was another kid at MGS this year who missed getting 99.95 by 0.1 in his aggregate, in spite of getting three 50s and a 49 (Philosophy+Literature+Legal Studies and National Politics, for those interested).  Reason?  He didn't do a subject that scales to over 50 other than Chinese, which is nigh-impossible to get over 40 in unless you have some kind of background in the language (and he still got 38).  
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Re: Henry Lu should be happy he got 99.95 and stop bitchin' about the VCE
« Reply #2 on: December 15, 2009, 04:06:05 pm »
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Who is this guy??? *hyperventilates* how do you get five 50s????
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Re: Henry Lu should be happy he got 99.95 and stop bitchin' about the VCE
« Reply #3 on: December 15, 2009, 04:06:36 pm »
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STFU CUNT
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Re: Henry Lu should be happy he got 99.95 and stop bitchin' about the VCE
« Reply #4 on: December 15, 2009, 04:08:26 pm »
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Check out his letter to The Age:

"IT MIGHT seem a strange sentiment coming from a recent high school graduate, but I regret my lack of academic failure. Our education system churns out students who are afraid to fail, afraid to go beyond syllabus requirements, and perhaps even afraid to genuinely learn.

It is a disgusting enterprise. And the result? Entry via meaningless scores into a vocational vortex with only one destination: mediocrity.

This system does not teach students the difference between what is right, and what is easy - students simply take the path that secures more marks, unquestionably exemplified by the stereotypes that exist in subject selection.

The sense of wonder and discovery that should accompany the academic experience is lost amid all the interest in scaling and the ENTER. It is simply part of a pernicious culture that considers high scholarship for its own sake quaint.

James Lu, South Melbourne"
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Re: Henry Lu should be happy he got 99.95 and stop bitchin' about the VCE
« Reply #5 on: December 15, 2009, 04:09:06 pm »
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Quote from: d0minicz on December 15, 2009, 04:06:36 pm
STFU CUNT

Excuse-me, referring to whom exactly?
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Re: Henry Lu should be happy he got 99.95 and stop bitchin' about the VCE
« Reply #6 on: December 15, 2009, 04:09:54 pm »
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WTF was with his letter?
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Re: Henry Lu should be happy he got 99.95 and stop bitchin' about the VCE
« Reply #7 on: December 15, 2009, 04:10:49 pm »
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He has a point I guess, I just thought it was a bit pretentious to go on about it like that. lol. Jeremy William is on par with Derrick, and I think got a a similar aggregate. He's a good friend of mine and he offers tuition.

50 Literature
50 Specialist Maths
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Re: Henry Lu should be happy he got 99.95 and stop bitchin' about the VCE
« Reply #8 on: December 15, 2009, 04:13:02 pm »
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His name is James Lu. Don't know where I got Henry from.  ;D
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Re: Henry Lu should be happy he got 99.95 and stop bitchin' about the VCE
« Reply #9 on: December 15, 2009, 04:14:08 pm »
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Quote from: EvangelionZeta on December 15, 2009, 04:08:26 pm
the difference between what is right, and what is easy

I read that in Dumbledore's voice. ~Now is the time that we must choose between what is right, and what is easy~
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Re: Henry Lu should be happy he got 99.95 and stop bitchin' about the VCE
« Reply #10 on: December 15, 2009, 04:17:17 pm »
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I don't really think so; he's just trying to make a point whilst he has the media attention to make it widespread.  Sure, his point is fairly cynical, but I don't think it was "pretentious" per se.

Quote from: wildareal on December 15, 2009, 04:10:49 pm
He has a point I guess, I just thought it was a bit pretentious to go on about it like that. lol. Jeremy William is on par with Derrick, and I think got a a similar aggregate. He's a good friend of mine and he offers tuition.

50 Literature
50 Specialist Maths
50 Chemistry
43 French
5.5 Uni Maths
4.94 Methods


Haha, to be fair a LOT of students are on par with Derrick, or even above him in terms of aggregate.  There were the two Xavier guys who got aggregates of 221, after all, as well as a student back in 2004 who got six 50s...
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Re: Henry Lu should be happy he got 99.95 and stop bitchin' about the VCE
« Reply #11 on: December 15, 2009, 04:20:13 pm »
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I agree with him, I hate vce. I hate how at the start of the year teachers will always tell us the format of the exam and what mistakes people made last year. Like, fuck that. I don't go to school to prepare for exams, I go to school to learn.
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Re: Henry Lu should be happy he got 99.95 and stop bitchin' about the VCE
« Reply #12 on: December 15, 2009, 04:22:15 pm »
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It is a bit sad that VCE basically confines what you learn to a set "syllabus".  There's no real room for academic discovery on your own in that respect; you'd be considered "wasting your time" if you went out and read/learned more than what the course necessitated, whereas in systems like IB where the depth is almost limitless (I think?) you'd be getting a lot more out of it.  
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Re: Henry Lu should be happy he got 99.95 and stop bitchin' about the VCE
« Reply #13 on: December 15, 2009, 04:23:15 pm »
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Re: Henry Lu should be happy he got 99.95 and stop bitchin' about the VCE
« Reply #14 on: December 15, 2009, 04:24:13 pm »
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Rather than just outright flaming him, I think we'd get more done if you actually addressed what you feel is "wrong" with what he's saying.
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