There were plenty of nerves and a maybe a few all-nighters as HSC students across the state headed into their first exam. This year, a record 80,000 students are sitting the exams, which are now in their 50th year.
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00:00The HSC takes years of hard work, plenty of last minute cramming and at least a little
00:07good luck.
00:08My main ritual is I have this same pink pen I use for every exam.
00:12Before every exam I knock on wood with my right hand on the floor because it's timber
00:17so it gives me a bit of good luck. I do it twice. I know it's a bit weird but it works.
00:22This year plenty of students have been living and breathing their studies.
00:26Mostly just sleeping, studying and then going back to sleep again.
00:29Although it does come with some perks.
00:32I've actually gotten off all the chores so a lot of leniency there.
00:36Before the first English exam this morning nerves were running high.
00:39I was terrified, I'm not going to lie. It was terrifying walking into that because trials
00:44isn't the same.
00:45No matter how many exams they do previously this is the big one so it's always stressful.
00:53There were some curly questions.
00:55I was expecting all the questions to be tricky. I didn't expect anything to be easy. I knew
01:00it was going to be hard.
01:01But for many the preparation paid off.
01:03The question for the essay was exactly what I studied.
01:07After 50 years the HSC is now a well oiled machine.
01:10Seven and a half thousand supervisors, five thousand markers, 750 exam centres.
01:16For students the first exam is a rite of passage marking the beginning of the end of 13 years
01:21of schooling.
01:22I want you to also take some time to thank at least one teacher. A teacher that has helped
01:29you throughout your journey that ends with this exam period.
01:34With the first test done there's time for a quick breather.
01:37I'll go home, I'll go back to my parents, say Dad, Mum, I did amazing.
01:42But then it's back to the books for the three weeks of exams ahead.