Brisbane school plans to change exam times so year 12 students can attend Swift concert (inqld.com.au)

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[-] [email protected] 8 points 7 months ago

That headline is something...

They can't change the exam time of an exam they haven't scheduled yet.

[-] [email protected] 13 points 7 months ago

Eh, I think this is splitting hairs. "change exam times because of" and "plan exam times with consideration to" are near enough to equivalent that I can't see any problem saying the former.

[-] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

They are different though. Trying to avoid scheduling issues is a smart move. Booking in exams when you know students are going to miss them (whether they're "allowed" to or not) isn't going to help anyone.

But after the schedule has been set, when a best effort has been made to make it work for as many people as possible, "I'm going to a concert" won't cut it.

[-] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago

Did we read different articles?

[-] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago

Education Queensland (EQ) said the exam schedule within the block has not been set and the Deputy Principal’ s email was gauging the possible impact of a Taylor Swift concert on student attendance and scheduling of exams so this “could potentially be factored in”.

[-] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago

Yeah, we read the same one.

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