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Tryingtodowell

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I heard that the HSC markers just read your intro and first para then skim the rest (for english)
So is there any point in me trying that hard to solidify the latter half of my essay
 

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Moreso don't fumble at the begining and get better over time. That will tank your mark.
 

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I heard that the HSC markers just read your intro and first para then skim the rest (for english)
So is there any point in me trying that hard to solidify the latter half of my essay
as an hsc marker I regularly tell my classes wegenerally decide your mark by your intro. Then we check that the body paragraphs match what you stated . We do read it all but generally I will know an idea of your mark ny reading your intro

if you would like to know more feel free to pm me .
Good luck everyone
 

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whilst you answer the question in your intro which is what you need to do. . You don’t prove it . That’s what the body paragraphs are for .
 

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as an hsc marker I regularly tell my classes wegenerally decide your mark by your intro. Then we check that the body paragraphs match what you stated . We do read it all but generally I will know an idea of your mark ny reading your intro

if you would like to know more feel free to pm me .
Good luck everyone
So is it fine if I place less emphasis (in terms of effort) in my latter paragraphs (2nd, 3rd)?
 

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as an hsc marker I regularly tell my classes wegenerally decide your mark by your intro. Then we check that the body paragraphs match what you stated . We do read it all but generally I will know an idea of your mark ny reading your intro

if you would like to know more feel free to pm me .
Good luck everyone
Since your are/was a HSC marker
Are all the papers jumbled up with other schools when it arrives to you or do you mark school by school??
 

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Since your are/was a HSC marker
Are all the papers jumbled up with other schools when it arrives to you or do you mark school by school??
I believe it works like this: they get a container containing all the papers from one school, and one of the many group of markers mark all the papers from that one school. This is why nobody got a band 6 last year in my school
 

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They are distributed so the source of the writer is unknown
It’s similar to what wa# said abov3 3xcept they don5 want markers marking their own school and they do try to distrubet. That’s why two markers for ever6 paper
 

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