2026 HSC CHAT (7 Viewers)

[ellurbee]

And I hate it when teachers use these stupid scare tactics to motivate us. Like do u really think it's gonna motivate us. Like it's actually counterintuitive cause then ur students are gonna feel more stressed, defeated and they'll end up doing much worse. I actually can't stand it anymore. And it's just creating more unnecessary pressure that I don't need. Like I already know my writing is shit and I don't need my actual teacher to tell me it's shit too. Like stop projecting ur anger issues on us plz

i don't think they care about anything but marks atp- and when pressure is applied- not everyone turns into diamonds. Some crack under pressure.

 

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IKR! And then they don't even help you to improve after- like your job is to teach, not just give us information about context and then get mad when you haven't even taught us how to properly analyse. We're going off what you're teaching us and you cannot assume we know everything because we don't. That's why we're at school.

ikr. I want my old English teacher back. He actually analysed it with us. This teacher expects us to do everything ourselves, then blames us for not analysing properly and beats us up for it. Like I don't care about the frickin context. I can do that myself just properly analyse it with us. And the part when she doesn't help us improve is so real. Like I need a tutor now to help me do this

 

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i don't think they care about anything but marks atp- and when pressure is applied- not everyone turns into diamonds. Some crack under pressure.

so real. Like they just want better marks so that they look better, the school looks better and they get a pay rise. I crack under pressure which is why I did so bad. last term cause of all that stress. Like do u not care about our mental health. Like I actually hate teachers who don't care about our mental health. And then when she goes on about oh this test will determine whether u should drop to standard or not? Like that scared the shit out of me and even last year about the top 50 shit, triggered my English anxiety so much

 

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That's why my school does so shit in English. Like the math to English band 6 ratio is like 1:20 at this point. They don't teach, then mark so harsh dn then beat us up for it. I actually should have stayed at my old school. I actually used to enjoy English and it was one of my better subjects, now it's my worst and it's my least fav. Edit: Actually it's more like 1:30

 

[ellurbee]

I don't know why they've pushed this so much.
I also find it so funny that they're forcing a bunch of teenagers to analyse and learn something that ADULT GENIUSES discovered and created. If the teachers and adults struggle to do what we do- they why do you expect that we won't?

 

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I don't know why they've pushed this so much.
I also find it so funny that they're forcing a bunch of teenagers to analyse and learn something that ADULT GENIUSES discovered and created. If the teachers and adults struggle to do what we do- they why do you expect that we won't?

and with English it's even worse. Like we don't have a textbook or smth with all the analysis we need like in other subjects where we have textbooks with all the info we need for the exam. SO like how are we supposed to find analysis for ourselves. lIke it's even worse for eng. Imagine if our bio teacher just gave us some very broad info and expected us to use our common sense to figure out the rest of the shit. And at least with math there's a certain process that u just have to follow to solve a problem but English like it's so much harder to know exactly how the markers want us to to answer the question

 

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IKR! And then they don't even help you to improve after- like your job is to teach, not just give us information about context and then get mad when you haven't even taught us how to properly analyse. We're going off what you're teaching us and you cannot assume we know everything because we don't. That's why we're at school.

Like before u criticise us for doing bad why don't u do a reflection and think maybe the reason why we all did bad was because of u. Like can't u find fault in urself first before blaming it on others. Like don't take it out on us when it's ur fault. Like I think the teachers need to do like a reflection day like us students do

 

[ellurbee]

Like before u criticise us for doing bad why don't u do a reflection and think maybe the reason why we all did bad was because of u. Like can't u find fault in urself first before blaming it on others. Like don't take it out on us when it's ur fault. Like I think the teachers need to do like a reflection day like us students do

One of my 'icks' are when people cannot take responsibility for their actions- and when they cannot realise the damage they may be inflicting. Unfortunately, most (not all) teachers cannot recognise where to draw the line.

 

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One of my 'icks' are when people cannot take responsibility for their actions- and when they cannot realise the damage they may be inflicting. Unfortunately, most (not all) teachers cannot recognise where to draw the line.

so real. Like please put urself in our shoes. Like how would u feel if what u said got told to u. Like think about it for a bit.

 

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One of my 'icks' are when people cannot take responsibility for their actions- and when they cannot realise the damage they may be inflicting. Unfortunately, most (not all) teachers cannot recognise where to draw the line.

like especially at a christian school. You should be promoting kindness, mercy and all that shit that they preach. But with all the emphasis they put on this stuff, the teachers still don't like out these values and it pisses me off. Like try to be a mercy teacher please

 

[ellurbee]

For example, i go to a religious school right- and when we said a religious comment (which was on topic btw as we were talking about representation and many types of religion were brought up) to my english teacher she called it a fake made-up story that isn't real. Like ok your beliefs are your beliefs and that's totally fine- but keep them to yourself, especially when you're in a strict religious school. She didn't apologise or realise she probably shouldn't have said that- instead she sat with a smile on her face like she's just won the lottery.
And when they get mad at you and yell because you're trying to improve but instead they just get annoyed by your presence and questions. Like that is not ok and you're doing more damage than anything.

 

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For example, i go to a religious school right- and when we said a religious comment (which was on topic btw as we were talking about representation and many types of religion were brought up) to my english teacher she called it a fake made-up story that isn't real. Like ok your beliefs are your beliefs and that's totally fine- but keep them to yourself, especially when you're in a strict religious school. She didn't apologise or realise she probably shouldn't have said that- instead she sat with a smile on her face like she's just won the lottery.
And when they get mad at you and yell because you're trying to improve but instead they just get annoyed by your presence and questions. Like that is not ok and you're doing more damage than anything.

so real. Like if that;s so disrespectful for people who are Christian. Like keep ur personal religious opinions to urself. Like that's so rude. Like it's ok if u don't believe it but criticising people for their beliefs without an apology is so wrong.. To u it may be a fake story cause u don't know Jesus but to many others like me it is an integral part of my life stop projecting ur personal beliefs into ur job. Like keep that seperate

 

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For example, i go to a religious school right- and when we said a religious comment (which was on topic btw as we were talking about representation and many types of religion were brought up) to my english teacher she called it a fake made-up story that isn't real. Like ok your beliefs are your beliefs and that's totally fine- but keep them to yourself, especially when you're in a strict religious school. She didn't apologise or realise she probably shouldn't have said that- instead she sat with a smile on her face like she's just won the lottery.
And when they get mad at you and yell because you're trying to improve but instead they just get annoyed by your presence and questions. Like that is not ok and you're doing more damage than anything.

like it's ur job to answer or question and if ur not gonna take the time to help us improve then how are we supposed to do better. Like seriously. and then ur going get mad at us, like excuse me it's ur fucking fault

 

[ellurbee]

so real. Like if that;s so disrespectful for people who are Christian. Like keep ur personal religious opinions to urself. Like that's so rude. Like it's ok if u don't believe it but criticising people for their beliefs without an apology is so wrong.

Like I don't really care for what an individual believes in (if they believe in something) and i won't every criticise or judge someone for their beliefs and customs- but when you go shutting people down and being disrespectful about their religion in a religious school- that isn't exactly ideal. And she's been doing it for ages not just one time. None of us have had the courage to speak up about it and we probably won't.

 

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Like I don't really care for what an individual believes in (if they believe in something) and i won't every criticise or judge someone for their beliefs and customs- but when you go shutting people down and being disrespectful about their religion in a religious school- that isn't exactly ideal. And she's been doing it for ages not just one time. None of us have had the courage to speak up about it and we probably won't.

I lowkey want to speak out lol. If my parents found out about this they would be writing a letter to the school

 

[ellurbee]

like it's ur job to answer or question and if ur not gonna take the time to help us improve then how are we supposed to do better. Like seriously. and then ur going get mad at us, like excuse me it's ur fucking fault

I've had a teacher a couple years back get mad and start yelling at me because i had no feedback on my paper and lost marks, she refused to give me feedback due to there being 'general feedback' that didn't apply to my piece. And i'm not saying that because i think my piece was amazing- i'm saying it because i've had a tutor look over it and be confused.

 

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One of my 'icks' are when people cannot take responsibility for their actions- and when they cannot realise the damage they may be inflicting. Unfortunately, most (not all) teachers cannot recognise where to draw the line.

These are the sort of teachers that have contributed to my childhood trauma, even in primary there was this very verbally abusive teacher that has scarred me for life

 

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My fave teachers are my business and bio teachers cause they are good, they give constructive criticism but are still chill and don't yell at u for doing bad but instead they help u move forward from it and improve

 

[ellurbee]

These are the sort of teachers that have contributed to my childhood trauma, even in primary there was this very verbally abusive teacher that has scarred me for life

I agree and i'm very sorry to hear that- i hope you are alright. I can't understand what you've been through but i can kinda relate.
Teachers have no reason to and no excuse to a) bring their personal matters into the classroom and - b) project their own emotions onto others ESPECIALLY CHILDREN.

 

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IKR! And then they don't even help you to improve after- like your job is to teach, not just give us information about context and then get mad when you haven't even taught us how to properly analyse. We're going off what you're teaching us and you cannot assume we know everything because we don't. That's why we're at school.

omg and then they get mad for using the examples we covered in class. like if u don't want us to use these examples then what's the point of u even teaching us. Like obv we're gonna use the examples we covered in class cause those are the ones u taught us