HUNTER students have described their Geography Higher School Certificate exam as fair, saying it didn't have any curve balls and tested content from across the subject syllabus evenly.
St Francis Xavier's College Hamilton students Julian Craven, Aiden Grgas, Grace Murray and Jessica Gabb, all 18, were among 4453 students who sat the three-part paper on Thursday.
"I thought it was pretty good," Julian said. "There were no real surprises and it was pretty consistent with practice papers and ones in the past. It was the only exam I sat that didn't have curve balls."
More reporting from the 2020 HSC
-
Hunter students find 'Easter egg' in Business Studies Higher School Certificate exam
- Hunter students describe Personal Development, Health and Physical Education Higher School Certificate exam as 'a gift'
- Biology students tested in Higher School Certificate on infectious diseases say 'we were living what we were studying'
- Hunter students say Higher School Certificate Mathematics Advanced exam was 'easier than trial'
- Hunter students say Economics Higher School Certificate paper adds up
- Hunter students relegate Ancient History exam to the past
- Hunter students pleased after first written Higher School Certificate exam
- Hunter students prepare to sit first Higher School Certificate exam of 2020: English Paper 1
- Hunter students prepare for a HSC unlike any other, with screening before exams
- Hunter sporting star students count down to Higher School Certificate
Aiden said he "loved it". "It was pretty easy, it was easier than the other exams from the past couple of weeks. I even liked the extended response questions at the end," he said.
Grace said the paper "tested everything in fair proportion". "In other subjects you study everything but you're only asked about some things," she said. "Everything I studied was in there, so I feel like I didn't waste my time."
Jessica said the multiple choice section was "quite good", apart from a question about bilbies, which she guessed.
Aiden said the section "got the brain going", Julian said he liked that it tested "from across the board" and Grace was glad "it did not use terminology we had not heard of".
Julian said the short answer questions included several key words, which became the basis for his answers.
Aiden said he expected more on ecosystems, "but they made up for that in the last section" and Grace agreed.
Jessica said the only hurdle was a question about the economic, political and organisational factors that affect the nature of an economic activity they studied.
The third section required extended responses on two of three questions.
The quartet all avoided the question asking for an explanation on the "linkages and flows" of an economic enterprise they studied.
"It was the smallest, tiniest section, while the other two questions were the bread and butter [from the syllabus]," Aiden said.
Instead they assessed the vulnerability and resilience of ecosystems at risk - which Jessica practiced on Wednesday - and the responses to challenges in megacities, which Grace said they practiced in term three.
The students said 2020 had been challenging, but also taught them important lessons.
"It showed me you need perseverance in the real world, not everything can go the way you planned," Grace said.
Jessica lost her job, marked her 18thduring lockdown, saw her schoolies trip to Fiji cancelled and won't be able to go on her gap year to England.
"You will have to deal with things you can't control," she said.
Aiden said it was important to "just relax - all will be right in the end".
Julian said he became more self motivated, which will be helpful at university.
IN THE NEWS:
- Transport for NSW tweaks design of long-awaited M1 Motorway extension to Raymond Terrace
- Senior Newcastle police officer, Sergeant Troy Robbs, demoted for making sleazy comments to junior female staffers
- Newcastle's "forgotten diva" Florence Austral in the spotlight once more at U3A anniversary celebrations
- No new community COVID-19 cases found in NSW or Victoria
.png?w=600)
