Wars, terrorist attacks, fires: HSC students have faced them all | JordsBaker
The Class of 2020 has had a difficult year. Their learning was disrupted when lessons went online, their gap years have been cancelled and end-of-year celebrations curtailed, and they will graduate from school into the worst economic downturn in decades.
“Dad would tell me, ‘that’s okay still, but be mindful that some people might feel anger and nervousness, and they may act stupidly'," she says. "Not frightening us, but saying we need to be strong, and put ourselves in safe places’.” Hafda’s youngest sister is doing the HSC this year. Like the rest of her cohort, she is worried how the pandemic will affect her results and her future.
The possibility of conscription in the so-called Birthday Ballot - a biannual event in which 20 year olds born on a randomly selected day would have to do national service, and potentially be sent to Vietnam - also loomed. But there was no internet or 24-hour news cycle, so it was much easier to avoid distressing dispatches from war zones overseas.
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