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Coaching culture needs to end, say top HSC students
Andrew Stevenson
December 14, 2011 - 3:00AM
THE NSW Board of Studies should do all it can to produce sufficiently challenging HSC exam papers to build a bulwark against the impact of coaching colleges, drilling and memorisation, say two of the smartest young minds in the state.
Topping an HSC exam is one thing; topping two, especially in different subject areas, puts a student in an entirely different realm, says Tom Alegounarias, the president of the Board of Studies.
Even more remarkable is when the two standouts at the presentation yesterday of students who came first in a course are friends, debating partners and schoolmates for eight years who undertook identical course programs.
Timothy Large, 17, and Harry Stratton, 18, from Sydney Grammar, were equal first in Classical Greek continuers. Harry also topped Classical Greek extension and Latin continuers while Timothy was first in the extension two course for mathematics.
Hard is good, said Timothy.
''One of the things the Board needs the power to do is to throw up examination papers which students do find incredibly difficult because that's the sort of thing which stops cultures of coaching, drilling and general practice which are the absolute opposite of what you want to see in education,'' he said.
He fears coaching is robbing maths of its essence, the opportunity to learn analytical and creative thought processes.
''When you start talking about students going to cram schools on the weekends and doing completely ludicrous amounts of drill exercises then really you are taking something away [from the subject],'' Timothy said.
But unfortunately, he said, it works.
''Maths is one of the subjects where coaching really, really helps you get higher results,'' said Timothy, who will pursue the subject at university.
''People in NSW in many cases have stopped thinking of education as education and have started thinking of education - in particular the HSC and in particular in subjects like maths - as education for getting marks.''
Timothy, who was never coached, believes 60-70 per cent of classmates at Grammar were. At other schools such as Sydney Boys High and James Ruse almost every student went.
''It is definitely gaming the system,'' he said.
Harry, who plans to study law, said the problem was more prevalent in English.
''It's become a game of memorising your essay, or memorising an essay that may not be yours for some students - which is a problem,'' Harry said.
''With 4 unit maths in particular there is no knowing what they're going to throw at you and the course remains pure in that respect. I think to some extent the gaming of the system is inevitable, particularly when you place high stakes on one exam like HSC English.
''But there's not that much the Board can do to stop gaming when people are really that dedicated to gaming the system.''
Mr Alegounarias said every major exam in the world has to keep a close eye on gaming strategies. ''But often pre-preparation and memorising facts and formulas is seen as being gaming, but it isn't. It's fair preparation,'' he said.
''The really outstanding students will mix memorising with originality and today is confirmation of that.''
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来自于悉尼北区著名私立女校Abbotsleigh的Jessica Li，Chemistry科目的第一名。
她说：“我想在化学领域上辅导和帮助其他人，因为我的老师对我的帮助很大，我觉得如果我不去帮助别人的话，所有我学的这些知识就浪费了。”
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马克
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来自于Albury High School的 Khayl Picard, Music 1科目的第一
他说：“想要出色没有秘诀，只要你热爱音乐就成。”
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上班了
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timothy large （右边这个）
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左2
Posted Monday 12 July 2010.
The Australian team has gained major ground at the 51st International Mathematical Olympiad (IMO) in Astana, Kazakhstan, held from 02 to 14 July. With 96 countries participating Australia's position has improved this year from 23rd position in 2009 to 15th position this year.
The team has won a Gold Medal, 3 Silver Medals and a Bronze Medal. The Gold Medal has been won by Aaron Chong, of Doncaster Secondary College in Melbourne. The Silver Medals have been won by Sampson Wong and Stacey Law, both of James Ruse Agricultural High School in Sydney, and Kiho Park, of Mount Waverley Secondary College in Melbourne. The Bronze Medal has been won by Timothy Large, of Sydney Grammar School.
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SG的牛人，二个第一
[ 本帖最后由 patrickzhu 于 2011-12-14 09:39 编辑 ]
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这张很说明问题
[ 本帖最后由 limit-2010 于 2011-12-14 09:40 编辑 ]
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左边那个也牛，SG的，三个第一
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两个？
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可能是因为气场的原因吧，我以前在国内见过化学状元也差不多。
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This is 2010 result. In 2011 result, Timothy Large won Silver Medal, the best result from Australian Olympiad Math team in 2011
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今年风水到张三家，明年风水就会到李四家，后年就到王麻子家了。相信自己的实力和运气
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怎么啦？ABC不都长得那样吗？
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化学强人气质是类似的。这个不分国界。
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化学强人的气质有哪些？
我关注
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化学强人的照片中的左腋窝有点问题
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T Large is 混血儿？
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SG的另一牛人，三个第一，并且已被哈佛大学录取！
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是的，MM 华裔！
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来自于私校Reddam House的Victoria Cave，Dance科目的第一
她说：“很奇怪的是，我在读Year 9的时候的老师曾经告诉我有潜力成为Dance科目上的全州第一。”
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有意思，这些同一背景的照片，是报纸的记者拍的？
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来自于Cabramatta的私立学校Pal College的Craig Coorey，在Biology科目上第一。
他说：：我今年整个一年一直很努力，我花了大的精力投入学习，我对这个科目有热忱。”
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都快谢顶了
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来自于公立中学Chatswood High School - Saturday School of Comm. Lang. 的Roubina Biberian，在Armenian Continuers科目上第一。
她说：“我的父母一直教育我努力学习的价值，家人告诉我努力和勤奋才会让我成功。”
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Chatswood High Schoolv5
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来自于著名悉尼男子私立Sydney Grammar的Faisal Syed，Chemistry科目第一。
他说：“今年整个假期里，我的学校老师一直在给我们布置作业，我是这批人里少数几个把这些作业都完成的人。”
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来自于私立女校Abbotsleigh的Emma Bones，在 Geography科目上名列第一。
她说：“我在一个会计事务所HLB Mann里当实习生，所以我会边实行边学习。”
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