SuchSmallHands
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Just wondering if anyone here did 5.3 in year 10 and took general for the HSC? I decided against taking maths in year 11 & 12, preferring to bridge it after the HSC, but I got an 'A' (have no idea what this means really, my school didn't give numerical final marks to junior students. I averaged marks in the 80s, so it must have been a really low A), in 5.3 and I remember doing everything that the general students I know are doing. The last topics I remember doing in year 10 were quadratic equations and logarithmic functions. Does the general course really go that much further than this? It's just annoying seeing debate about making maths compulsory again because people who drop are useless in the work place because they can't count or add. I really don't think general maths would have made me that much more proficient than I was at the end if year 10 anyway. And technically, since you have a calculator in the exam room, you could pass 4U without knowing how to add because things like that aren't even in the course. So to anyone who did 5.3 and general and is now finishing up the course, have you found the past two years more of a revision period to make sure you didn't lose the skills you already gained? Or did you actually learn a lot of new content?
(Just to add, this isn't supposed to sound derogatory to general maths or the people who take it, I'm just curious as to the differences between the courses.)
(Just to add, this isn't supposed to sound derogatory to general maths or the people who take it, I'm just curious as to the differences between the courses.)
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