Thursday, June 11, 2009

ATAR-D©

Yesterday, it seems like all year 11's and year 12's receieved a rather odd letter of notification from UAC.

Apparently, UAI has been changed to ATAR(Australian Tertiary Admission Rank). To be honest here, UAI sounded, and worked much better.
As many of the year 11 and 12 students know, it is now impossible to receive an ATAR of 100. Getting 99.95 ATAR is apparently the same as getting 100 UAI.
More info can be found at the UAC site.
Personally, I think they should've changed it after 2009 HSC exams. After all, according to the letter, and their website, there arn't much things being altered except the name, and the conversion of scores. Great, now we have to use a table to convert our scores. And we're a lazy generation, most of us can't even be bothered to pull out a table and convert the scores. But we do it anyway, with complaint. P:

So, upon celebrating this exciting occasion, let me present a new meme for you;
ATAR + Nerd(or rather, retard, as the word is violated beyond its limits these days) = ATARD.

I couldn't help but think of the term instantly upon receiving the letter.

Yep, we're all ATARDs now.
I hereby throw this term into our teenage society for violation and abuse. It may be used as a noun, verb, adjective, or anything you like.

Heck, let it be up on Urban Dictionary.