![The HSC is stressful but not the be-all and end-all of life's markers.](/web/20161013144555im_/http://www.smh.com.au/content/dam/images/g/s/0/b/o/l/image.related.wideLandscape.460x259.gs14wa.png/1476364648313.jpg)
The HSC is just one small test in a life of living and learning
A piece of paper with a number on it is not you or your child; it is a socially constructed measure of one aspect of knowledge at one point in time on certain – and not even the most important – criteria.