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Bacon, eggs and Bowie: how year 12 English students tackled ‘human strength and vulnerability’ in HSC paper

The Guardian World Tuesday 13 October 2026, 06:56 UTC By Nick Visser 1 min read
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Tens of thousands of high school students across New South Wales sit the first test of their final examsGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast“How does the composer of your prescribed text offer you opportunities to examine assumptions about human strength and vulnerability?”This was the bamboozling English question tens of thousands of year 12 students sat down to answer on the first day of their final school exams.

Tens of thousands of high school students across New South Wales sit the first test of their final exams

“How does the composer of your prescribed text offer you opportunities to examine assumptions about human strength and vulnerability?”

This was the bamboozling English question tens of thousands of year 12 students sat down to answer on the first day of their final school exams.

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