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New Zealand has sunk to a new low in modern education. A number of high school students have started a petition to not be failed on a national history exam as they did not understand the meaning of the word 'trivial'. For those not in the know, trivial means "of little value or importance" which aptly describes this petition given that it is being made by grade 13 high school students who by all rights should know the meaning of this word. More than 2400 people have signed the petition 'expressing their frustration with the exam question'. Student Logan Stadnyk claimed that he was "lucky" to have known what the word meant, as half his class didn't. "New Zealand History Teachers' Association chairman Graeme Ball has sided with the students calling the exam a 'little bit of a snafu'" but not providing an adequate answer as to why students in grade 13 would not understand a common English word.
Have the three Rs lost all meaning in schools? Are we failing our students? Or is this just another case of today's teens being snowflakes?
(Score: 3, Insightful) by PartTimeZombie on Sunday November 18 2018, @09:57PM (3 children)
I am a citizen of New Zealand, and can't figure out how a native english speaker gets to the age of 18 and not know what trivial means.
(Score: 2) by archfeld on Sunday November 18 2018, @10:36PM (1 child)
That's good to hear. Obviously a big part of this article is click bait and trolling then. I've been to Aussie Land but it was for work and despite my intentions I was never able to get the time to Visit NZ. I am a big Rugby and Footie fan though, and the All Blacks rock. I played for the Hayward Griffins while in College though I never made first team the game is kick ass.
https://www.facebook.com/HaywardRugby [facebook.com]
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(Score: 2) by PartTimeZombie on Sunday November 18 2018, @11:04PM
Good on ya mate.
I too played rugby (mostly because I had no choice) but due to going to a tiny country school during the 1970's I have never actually played a game of rugby wearing boots.
Bare feet only in those days.
(Score: 2) by driverless on Monday November 19 2018, @03:35AM
As additional info, this whole story is so ridiculous sounding (a student called Daniel Snakez, and most news media seems to be re-reporting a story from Australian media, who aren't going to present the most positive view of NZ) that I took the highly unusual step for a web board of trying to track down a definitive source. There is one, the NZQA [nzqa.govt.nz]. Their comment on this is: