Yeah, the higest was 14. He said he didn't want to encourage us too much. so he marked us down.
but guess, in a way it might be good, we hav to do better in the hsc. on the flip side, some ppl in our class got so discouraged - they've given up.
Got 80%. 2nd in class. but our teacher says that he wants to mark us hard so that we don't get a "false sense of security" for the HSC. the highest in the essays was 14.