It was a compliment. When reading posts it is normally fairly clear who is and is not a native English speaker and you seemed to be, which given your post above would make more sense now. :)
It was always a strong possibility given that The Bolt Report (starring Andrew Bolt) on Channel Ten was on at 10am this morning (and a repeat at 4pm I think).
Why would you ring your parents and ask their permission? You are no longer in high school anymore. It sounds like you need to grow up. If you don't want to go to a lecture as it is pointless, then simply don't go.
http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/national/angry-white-females-are-clashing-with-migrant-taxi-drivers/story-fndo317g-1226443117040
If an overseas born taxi driver driving in Australia has to be trained how to be culturally sensitive to and deal with assertive women in Australia then he shouldn't...
Never even heard of 'Australia junior' (I assume teenage comp etc) although it is no surprise. Anyone could beat Australia at the moment, even Kazakhstan has 5 gold medals!
When you are working you will have to cope when the boss changes the scope of the project after you start working on it. This is no different. Redoing the exams would be fanciful and won't happen.