Over 130 high-achieving students from NSW received recognition for their exceptional performance in the Higher School Certificate (HSC) exams. One standout student, Abigail Barfield, overcame health challenges to become the 2024 HSC highest achiever in Aboriginal Studies.
More than 130 high achievers have been celebrated for achieving first or equal results in HSC subjects in NSW . The NSW government says more than 79,400 HSC students will receive their results by SMS, email and online from 6am on Wednesday. Abigail Barfield, who suffered a traumatic brain injury playing football in 2021, developed migraines and headaches that impacted her school studies.
'That is something that I really had to struggle through … also the emotional side of that where the vulnerability is really difficult to deal with,' Ms Barfield said. But the Pymble Ladies College student tried her best to study hard amid her health challenges. She has now been announced as 2024's HSC highest achiever for Aboriginal Studies. Ms Barfield said the result was not only an acknowledgement of her academic efforts, but the work she put in to break through her health barriers. 'I really came into it with the attitude of I want to be able to push through things and come out with no regrets and I took that attitude towards dealing with pain,' she said.Ms Barfield, who was born in the UK and migrated to Australia with her parents when she was six years old, said Aboriginal Studies was a subject she and her family learned a lot from. 'I think that it was something that we all really massively valued from a new perspective on the Australian society we moved into,' she said. Ms Barfield she planned to study medicine with a focus on neuroscience to help others in her situation overcome injuries and pain.Ms Barfield joined 130 other students who received first or equal results for HSC subjects including English and Maths, Science, Creative Arts, Technologies and Vocational Studies. Students from 82 schools across NSW — part of the largest ever HSC cohort — were presented with 135 awards at a ceremony in Sydney on Tuesday.Four students topped more than one course while 33 students achieved equal first place
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