It’s
that time of year again when HSC Santa dusts off his sack of academic disappointment
to deliver a sleighload of angst to all the boys and girls of the graduating
year.
"Please, our school system is so underfunded we don't get chairs."
"Please, our school system is so underfunded we don't get chairs."
With this otherwise equal
playing ground in mind, however, not only is there a notable trend towards selective
government Sydney schools dominating
all results out of 800 schools in NSW (the same top 7 schools from my last analyses were the same top 7 schools this year) but certain demographics
tend to dominate particular subjects each year, despite comprising a comparatively
tiny percentage of the school population. (For example- i.e. eg: Chinese students at <4% of the population).
Below
is a brief overview of First In Course winners displaying notable gender
imbalance as well as a list of subjects that James Ruse Agricultural High School
manages to dominate over all other schools in the state on a regular basis.
GENDER IMBALANCE FOR FIRST IN COURSE
WINNERS:
Textiles
♀: 18 ♂:
0
With a gender disparity to the
tune of 98.5%, it is no surprise that every First In Course award since 2001 has
gone to girls.
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Engineering
♀: 0 ♂: 15
Year after year,
over 96.5% of Engineering students are boys. North Sydney Boys’ shines
particularly brightly in this subject.
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Society & Culture
♀: 19 ♂:
1
Girls with
Croatian/Serbian/Czech/Russian sounding surnames. Hornsby Girls and St Mary’s
represent all up in this business.
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Dance
♀: 17 ♂:
1
95% of Dance students
are female. 17 White girls have won at this subject for 14 years in a row.
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Software Design & Development
♀: 1 ♂:
15
With a 93-94% prevalence
of boys in the subject, Moriah took the honours over Emanuel, Normanhurst Boys’
and Caringbah.
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Food Technology
♀: 14 ♂:
1
Despite 25-33% of
Food Studies students being boys, girls have won this subject every single year
since 2002. Say what you will about Feminism, but I think over a decade of data
covering tens of thousands of students displays a little scientific cred in
gender stereotyping here.
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Construction Examination
♀: 1 ♂:
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As one of only 2
females enrolled in this course for 2011, the 97% male-dominated subject was
certainly shown up that year
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Physical
Development, Health & Personal Education
♀: 15 ♂:
2
With 12/13 wins since 2001, this
is dominated by White girls, despite the fact that almost twice as many boys
take this subject every year as girls.
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Drama
♀: 13 ♂:
2
The last 12 winners
in a row for Drama have been White girls. 3 of them have been named Amelia.
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History Extension
♀: 13 ♂:
2
With a slight
dominance in 65% female enrolment rate, only 2 boys have topped this course in
15 years.
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Arabic Continuers & Extension
♀: 17 ♂:
3
From 2001-2013,
there have been 10 occasions where the same student topped both Arabic
Continuers and Extension.
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Geography
♀: 13 ♂:
3
Abbotsleigh and
Shore have put a finger in the pie chart more than once.
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Visual Arts
♀: 13 ♂:
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Visual Arts has
seen 12 First In Place wins for girls within 11 years, following 5 wins for
boys within 4 years.
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JAMES RUSE
DOMINANT SUBJECTS:
Agriculture
Pymble Ladies College: 4, James Ruse: 8
10 Chinese students
have won Agriculture in 15 years. James Ruse Agricultural High School lives up
to their title.
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Biology
Abbotsleigh: 4, James Ruse: 5
Abbotsleigh and
James Ruse go back and forth in dominance here.
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Chemistry
Baulkham Hills: 3, James Ruse: 4
8 Chinese girls have
notched up a Chemistry win over 15 years.
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Mathematics
James
Ruse: 3
14 Chinese students have
attained First In Course for Mathematics, despite being <4% of the
Australian population. You do the math.
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Mathematics Extension I
James Ruse: 5
17 Chinese students
have won First In Course for Mathematics Extension I over 15 years.
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Mathematics
Extension II
Sydney Grammar: 5, James Ruse: 6
8 wins for Chinese students in
Mathematics Extension II over 15 years.
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And finally...
Modern Greek Beginners, Greek Continuers & Greek Extension
"I predict every year that each surname will contain either Z, V, K or OU and end in S."
2015: Antoniou, Kolevris, Samartzis
2014: Doulakis, Kefalas, Vallis
2013: Douroukis, Kapsabelis, Kolevris
2012: Markakis, Fassoulidis, Ahtypis
2011: Haralabopoulos, Boyages, Sansonios
2010: Zinonos, Kambouraki, Tsiknas-Kazantzis
2009: Moundoulas, Asimakopoulos
2008: Thomakos, Christodoulou, Voukelatos,
2008: Thomakos, Christodoulou, Voukelatos,
2007: Tzannes, Giannakos, Vgenopoulos, Gaitanos
2006: Katelaris, Pavlidis
2005: Tsepetzis, Kalogirou, Lianos
2004: Paschalidis, Vosper, Petropoulous
2003: Kalis, Xenos, Karageorgos
2002: Prassas, Sarris, Mouzouros
2001: Rennie, Menegakis, Koutoulas,
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