“Don’t forget son, your ATAR will determine our entire family’s social standing for the next decade,” say Eastern Suburbs parents ahead of today’s first HSC exam

NO PRESSURE: There were tense scenes across Sydney’s east this morning as anxious parents farewelled their children for the first HSC exam.

At one Bellevue Hill home, a mother was overheard reminding her son that “his ATAR will determine how we’re spoken about at dinner parties until 2035.”

Another local family employed a convoy of vehicles to ensure a safe and timely arrival at school for their year 12 daughter.

“We just want her to do her very best,” her father told DBT.

“But if she doesn’t get into law at Sydney Uni, we might need to relocate to Melbourne and start again.”