Student challenges ruling on her HSC
A FORMER Abbotsleigh student who is now studying medicine at the University of Sydney is claiming the NSW Board of Studies wrongly refused to grant her special examination provisions in the form of a computer and extra exam time for the 2008 Higher School Certificate.
The 21-year-old woman, who does not wish to be named, obtained a mark in the high 90s in her HSC chemistry exam 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.
She was granted rest breaks during the exams in response to her application to the Board of Studies for special examination provisions. She has a disability described as a malfunctioning of the wrist. But she believes she should have been granted a computer or extra time to compensate for cramping in her hand after prolonged periods of writing.
Had she been granted a computer or extra time, the student believes she would have achieved much higher marks.
''The point isn't that I was doing badly. I did do well, what a normal person would consider well,'' she said.
''But you want your disability to be sufficiently addressed with special examination provisions so that everyone has a capability to communicate what they know in the HSC examinations, otherwise it is not a fair test of your knowledge.
''Marks were lost often towards the end of the paper where my hand fatigued and I wasn't able to complete the paper. My writing became illegible and my hand was cramping.''
The young woman's mother has consistently complained to Abbotsleigh School for Girls in Wahroonga and the NSW Board of Studies since 2008 claiming discrimination against her daughter, saying this had prevented her from achieving her true potential.
The mother believes her daughter was denied the opportunity to achieve higher marks and placement statewide.
The matter was escalated to the Administrative Decisions Tribunal where it was the subject of a three-day hearing this week.
The NSW Board of Studies hired a senior counsel and another lawyer to defend its case against the young woman who is claiming indirect discrimination on the basis of her disability.
The mother and her daughter believe she could have achieved higher marks had she been given special provisions.
''It would have enabled me to communicate my response in full. I would have been able to continue writing,'' she said.
The student has also claimed the Board of Studies wrongly denied her misadventure claim which was made on the basis that she was not given adequate special provisions for her disability in the exams.
However, Chris Ronalds, SC, representing the Board of Studies, said a successful application under the policy only meant a student was given the higher of their school assessment or exam marks. The young woman had achieved a higher exam mark.
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.
During the tribunal hearing, Ms Ronalds said the former Abbotsleigh student wanted ''the entire Board of Studies policy on special provisions rewritten'' to provide her with a personal advantage.
Read more: http://www.smh.com.au/national/e ... .html#ixzz1tR8d2jDc
[ 本帖最后由 limit-2010 于 2012-4-29 23:48 编辑 ]
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LZ 的感想是?
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先转发FB图片
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UAI 最高是100是吧, 我还以为是ATAR, 心想已经满分了还不满意啊
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"She was granted rest breaks during the exams in response to her application to the Board of Studies for special examination provisions. She has a disability described as a malfunctioning of the wrist. But she believes she should have been granted a computer or extra time to compensate for cramping in her hand after prolonged periods of writing."
''Marks were lost often towards the end of the paper where my hand fatigued and I wasn't able to complete the paper. My writing became illegible and my hand was cramping.''
我好像也有这种disability， 尤其写很多字之后
However, Chris Ronalds, SC, representing the Board of Studies, said a successful application under the policy only meant a student was given the higher of their school assessment or exam marks. The young woman had achieved a higher exam mark.
也就是说由于考试发挥不好， 考试分 通常 会低于 平时分； 所以让 考试分=平时分
（最后的HSC分数 = 一半平时分+一半考试分）
即使BOS接受她的申请的话，应该怎样估计她的分数呢？
[ 本帖最后由 limit-2010 于 2012-4-29 23:57 编辑 ]
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感觉是会哭的有奶吃啊, 我们如果这种"disability"估计都不会想到要申请特殊对待:o
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BOS的相关人员带着开原口音说了一句：“你跺你也麻。”
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USYD医科
每年$10,000奖学金（共7年）
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我记得去年SMH还是Daily Telegraph报道过，私校申请类似的特别待遇比公校的比例高很多。
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鬼佬在HSC申请特别待遇方面用的tricks比我们唐人多得多啦。。。。
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是的，私校学生提出各种申述的比例比公校学生高。
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所以她母亲还投诉学校没有给她女儿足够高的学校评分。
我怎么突然想起了宇宙中心小学了，嘿嘿。
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why could not write? Her disability is not excuse for her to get extra points, the points have to be earned, not by granted... Could you open up a patient heart, then tell the nurses, I need a rest, then you can blame your wrist that you could save the patient if your wrists have not been used too much... What the....
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私校通常申请的比较多
但是这个例子是华人
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她已经在USYD读医科了， 而且还已经得到了每年1万刀的奖学金（combined medicine共七年）
看来她是为了更多的手抽筋的学弟学妹的公平待遇而奋斗 ！
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让我想起了前几天朱版翻译的一篇文章
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啥文章？
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是不是有点儿过于斤斤计较了
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会哭的孩子
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励志故事 - 两残疾华裔学生在HSC中大放异彩
http://www..com.au/bbs/v ... p;page=1#pid9170213
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我刚才找了下，我翻译过，在这里
http://www..com.au/bbs/viewthread.php?tid=296069
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哇, Board of Studies 请的名大律师 Chris Ronalds SC, 胜诉了.
现在这学生家庭还得帮Board of Studies付一部分律师费.
http://www.smh.com.au/nsw/not-hi ... 20120703-21etp.html
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看来奶没吃到
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不是说名字不可以公布吗？
记得之前的那篇SMH没有公布名字
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Squeaky wheel didn't get the oil this time.
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