Hsc Line Is Full Of Shit (1 Viewer)

[ANgELZz]

I know what you mean, when I rung to ask about 'King Lear' he asked ...'what do YOU think...' ddderrrr if I was calling the HSC ADVICE LINE I obviously don't know!!

 

[sugaryblue]

Originally posted by MiSSi
shit thats bad. and they say 'expert' teachers have been answering the calls.

I rang up to ask a DOnne person. the call taker said that Donne is not her specialised area

 

[iambored]

Originally posted by ANgELZz
I know what you mean, when I rung to ask about 'King Lear' he asked ...'what do YOU think...' ddderrrr if I was calling the HSC ADVICE LINE I obviously don't know!!

yeah, he probably didn't know what to say and wanted some ideas to guide you from

 

[Hottieflossy]

i rang up to ask a chemistry question and the bloke on the other end is like, "can you hold on a second" and i can hear him looking through a book and shuffling papers...in the end he didnt answer my question (which was about the use of a catalyst in the Heber process)..i told him i knew wat the catalyst was and he just kept telling me what it was over and over. not very helpful

 

[redslert]

sounds like one of my teachers at school.....
could possiblity be

 

[stressed monkie]

ok yeh im sick of advice line too they give u wrong answers and then they tell u to open UR text book to check definitions hello if i wanted to check the definition myself i wouldn't have called yet i choose to call, then they give THEIR personal opinion on how the HSC should be written
QUOTE: "no no i don't think that they will be that specific, it's just not fair if they are, if i was writing the HSC paper i wouldn't make it that specific"



QUOTE]Originally posted by Lazarus
Custom status or a 500 post count boost (your choice) to the first person who gets an appropriately witty article published. :uhhuh: [/QUOTE]

laz: if it is open to everyone then i'm up for the challenge

 

[SmokedSalmon]

I don't understand it. Everytime I call up I seem to have fantastic teachers helping me. What gives? Am I just lucky?

 

[iambored]

i think most are nice, there are a few not and we post them all here, i have got good people more often than bad

 

[Toodulu]

yea omg biggest bullshit ever. i just rang up about donne, i couldn't decode the english she was saying because she mumbled, said all her 'p' words right into the phone, and had a heavy european accent. AND she proceeded to read the poem to me. like, read the actual poem. yea, i KNOW what's in the poem, i've got it right in front of me... and THEN i had to endure her reading like the meaning of the poem from study guides and that kinda stuff. ooooooomg crap if i wanted that i'd look in my own freaking notes!
and then finally i interrupted her and went, "yea i think i understand the poem, but i'm not sure how i'd relate that to johnson's reading" and she's like, "well, YOU tell me how you'd relate that to a reading"

FAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARKING HELL.

and then after all that she goes, "ok, i'll ask this question for you and we'll call you back"

and then the other lady who called back had a clearer voice but had no idea what johnson's reading was about. and she also read me the poem. ahaha.

i think i'm going to explode now.

*explodes*

 

[+:: $i[Q]u3 ::+]

there there.... *concerned expression*...
i just rang up about speeches - and the woman was reaalllly nice and reealllly helpful.. as in.. shE KNEW WHAT SHE WAS TALKING ABOUT.... (??) how come u guys all get clueless ppl? i called up chem b4 and the guy was pretty good too... =P

 

[Newbie]

hah me too
my cloudstreet person was nice

 

[Frigid]

let us assume that most average english teachers are crap.

and can't answer the phone prop'ly.

 

[Constip8edSkunk]

actually english was pretty good for me... cloudstreet was the only good teacher i got out of like 10 calls...

the chem teachers were ....

[typical answer]

"um... yes, which book do you use?"
*proceeds to search for te book for 2minutes*
"which page is it on"
*gets the wrong page and passage*
*finds the right page and passage*
"hmm that is... eh... a very ..interesting... question.."
*re-reads the passage that ive already read*
"well thats what the textbook said anout this. i hope that helped GOodluck!"

:burn: :burn:

and when i ringed up physics for a quick confirmation of planck's and einsteins differing views on science, the guy said "oh like I told my class there WAS NO conflicting views... it was all hyped up"

i feel sorry for that class.

 

[Chand]

i phoned for Q2Q...the guys like "please hold on a minute" and I hear some shuffling around and some voice...then "hmm...I dont know if thats in the syllabus, let me check"..flipping of pages..i told him its in the transmutation section...and then explained why i was confused about it..more talking on the other side...finally he said, no i dont think they will..so im happy

 

[Frigid]

Originally posted by Chand
finally he said, no i dont think they will..so im happy

they want you to think ignorance is bliss...

 

[braindrainedAsh]

When I called up for Modern History they were fairly helpful....

 

[*~Dazed~*]

Originally posted by iambored
remember they are only teachers, they can't have studied all the texts. they will have only done what their school does.

yeah true... however when you tell the operator what your question is/what topic/book its on they should put you through to someone who DOES know the text

 

[MiuMiu]

Hehe I intend to write something to be published in the Heckler after the HSC. Perhaps we should do a joint one....any suggestions for topic?

 

[honky tonk]

Guys, come on.. it's an Advice line, not a solution line. They could very easily just abandon the idea altogether, and then the many thousands of people who do the HSC will have no easy access to *possible* help regarding their subject.

It's only a few mesely cents to ring once, and if you're not satisfied, don't ring again. I don't see how publishing articles regarding their stupidity is going to amount to anything.

 

[connie]

yeh but they shouldn't have "stupid" people answering questions... i rang up and asked a question for english about julius caesar >what the techniques decuis uses to change how caesar thinks of calpurnia's dream? the lady told me she didn't know what the technique was called so i sat on the line quietly for five minutes before she asked me if i wanted her to ask someone else to which i found it very difficult to say yes to after a further half an hour she said that no one knew... i asked her if there was anyone else that might know to which an hour later she comes back and says "appropriation" and then just hung up on me...


arghhh i was so pissed off, if anyone wants to write an article i'd be glad to contribute my many experiences with the advice line