[Year 12 Its] Re: Prim vs Secondary

[Kevin Feely]

Hi All
If you are wondering why this debate "took off" IMHO it has very little 
to do with the intrinsic educational value of coming to a result for the 
good of mankind, and putting the world back on its correct axis, but 
everything to do with a question on the 2004 exam which was ambiguous. 
There is nothing wrong with asking our students for a definition of 
primary and secondary. I think that within the broad range of opinions 
expressed our students  would be in the ballpark for an acceptable 
explanation, but the actual question asked for a classification of an 
item which justifiably could be answered as either primary or secondary.
regards
KevinF