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elfinblaze) wrote2012-12-21 08:23 pm
elfinblaze) wrote2012-12-21 08:23 pm
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I'm in one of those writing funks where my writing sucks, my story is awful, why can't I construct sentences, everything sounds clunky, I hate my story, no one is going to read it anyway, I'm wasting my time, and I hate everything. Logically I know that's not true. I love the idea behind the story. It's just the execution that's pissing me off at the moment, to the point where I don't even want to look at my own writing.
At least our patients keep me amused.
Patient 1: Did you enjoy the carols?
Patient 2: No, I didn't.
Patient 1: No, neither did I.
Boss: Why? What was wrong with the carols?
Patient 1: Well, the rector has this habit of making up his own words to the songs.
I suppose my habit of singing carols backwards would be even more annoying. "Light of star, wonder of star~"
The top NSW schools of 2012, according to yesterday's Herald:
1. James Ruse Agricultural High School (who else?)
2. North Sydney Boys High School
3. North Sydney Girls High School
4. Sydney Girls High School
5. Baulkam Hills High School
6. Hornsby Girls High School
7. Norther Beaches Secondary College - Manly Campus
8. Sydney Boys High School
9. SCEGGS Darlinghurst
10. Sydney Grammer School
11. Conservatorium High School
12. Kambala
13. Frensham School
14. Moriah College
15. Fort Street High School
16. Reddam House
17. Pymble Ladies College
18. Abbotsleigh
19. SHORE - Sydney Church of England Grammar School
20. Hurlstone Agricultural High School
Others in the top 100 of interest to my FList:
27. Normanhurst Boys High School
43. Knox Grammar
45. Barker College
50. Merewether High School
72. Cheltenham Girls High School
73. International Grammar School
93. Epping Boys High School
These ranks are based on the number of scores over 90/100 from the number of exams sat. Some schools have more students than other schools, so this averages that out. So a school with 20 students where one student got a score over 90, is still better than a school with 100 students, where two students got a score over 90.
Just for some perspective, the average cumulative score every year is just over 50/100. Well, technically the highest score you can get is 99, but I'm rounding up.
This all means that a student who gets 89 in every exam isn't included in these calculations, even though their cumulative score is going to be much higher than a student who gets 91 in one subject and 61 in another, so it's a bit of a dodgy way of scoring. More accurate would be to average out all student scores divided by the number of students, which would give you a true average of student achievement per school. But this is a rough idea of which schools do better academically, with the qualifier that academics does not make for a better school or for a better person.
Schools with fewer than about 12 students aren't counted, I think, so the tiny schools (like some in rural areas) won't be included. Students doing the International Baccalaureate instead of the Higher School Certificate also aren't included.
Schools offering the International Baccalaureate are:
Australian International Academy - Sydney
German International School Sydney (formerly Johannes Gutenberg)
Kambala
Lycée Condorcet - The French School of Sydney
MLC School
Monte Sant' Angelo Mercy College
Newington College
Penrith Anglican College
Queenwood School for Girls
Ravenswood
Redlands
St Andrew's Chathedral School
St Paul's Grammar School
Trinity Grammar School Sydney
At least our patients keep me amused.
Patient 1: Did you enjoy the carols?
Patient 2: No, I didn't.
Patient 1: No, neither did I.
Boss: Why? What was wrong with the carols?
Patient 1: Well, the rector has this habit of making up his own words to the songs.
I suppose my habit of singing carols backwards would be even more annoying. "Light of star, wonder of star~"
The top NSW schools of 2012, according to yesterday's Herald:
1. James Ruse Agricultural High School (who else?)
2. North Sydney Boys High School
3. North Sydney Girls High School
4. Sydney Girls High School
5. Baulkam Hills High School
6. Hornsby Girls High School
7. Norther Beaches Secondary College - Manly Campus
8. Sydney Boys High School
9. SCEGGS Darlinghurst
10. Sydney Grammer School
11. Conservatorium High School
12. Kambala
13. Frensham School
14. Moriah College
15. Fort Street High School
16. Reddam House
17. Pymble Ladies College
18. Abbotsleigh
19. SHORE - Sydney Church of England Grammar School
20. Hurlstone Agricultural High School
Others in the top 100 of interest to my FList:
27. Normanhurst Boys High School
43. Knox Grammar
45. Barker College
50. Merewether High School
72. Cheltenham Girls High School
73. International Grammar School
93. Epping Boys High School
These ranks are based on the number of scores over 90/100 from the number of exams sat. Some schools have more students than other schools, so this averages that out. So a school with 20 students where one student got a score over 90, is still better than a school with 100 students, where two students got a score over 90.
Just for some perspective, the average cumulative score every year is just over 50/100. Well, technically the highest score you can get is 99, but I'm rounding up.
This all means that a student who gets 89 in every exam isn't included in these calculations, even though their cumulative score is going to be much higher than a student who gets 91 in one subject and 61 in another, so it's a bit of a dodgy way of scoring. More accurate would be to average out all student scores divided by the number of students, which would give you a true average of student achievement per school. But this is a rough idea of which schools do better academically, with the qualifier that academics does not make for a better school or for a better person.
Schools with fewer than about 12 students aren't counted, I think, so the tiny schools (like some in rural areas) won't be included. Students doing the International Baccalaureate instead of the Higher School Certificate also aren't included.
Schools offering the International Baccalaureate are:
Australian International Academy - Sydney
German International School Sydney (formerly Johannes Gutenberg)
Kambala
Lycée Condorcet - The French School of Sydney
MLC School
Monte Sant' Angelo Mercy College
Newington College
Penrith Anglican College
Queenwood School for Girls
Ravenswood
Redlands
St Andrew's Chathedral School
St Paul's Grammar School
Trinity Grammar School Sydney