Really love the thought put forward by FB3! It's funny, the two big things mentioned so far are:
- Make the HSC more conducive to collaboration
- Make it so others in your cohort can't 'drag you down'
Read those two things together, one at a time. One is the solution to the other. The HSC encourages collaboration by making your marks partially dependent on your cohorts performance. Problem is,
some students/teachers/schools/other responsible groups spin this to a really negative, competitive thing.
We need a culture shift. I think there are already things happening getting us there, such as universities being forced to publish actual ATAR cut-offs for their courses (hey, you
can do Law with an ATAR below 90, for example). You guys, as the current cohort, need to lead by example and encourage positive competition and collaboration so that this slowly filters down into lower year groups. Educators/institutions need to start being ranked on academic
improvement and student satisfaction, not just pure academics.
Oh, and go to the students "dragging you down" and lend a hand - Two birds, one stone