Studying the wrong ancient Roman ruler gets Australian high school seniors out of a history exam [View all]
Teachers at nine high schools in northeastern Australia discovered days before an ancient history exam that they had mistakenly taught their students about the wrong Roman ruler — Augustus Caesar instead of his predecessor, Julius Caesar.
The students in Queensland ended up being exempt from the statewide exam on Wednesday while Education Minister John-Paul Langbroek said he would investigate the mix-up, describing the experience for the students as “extremely traumatic.”
Since the error in the curriculum was discovered on Monday, schools applied — and were granted — an exemption from the exam for their students, even as panicked high schoolers were cramming about Julius Caesar’s exploits as a Roman general and statesman.
“I’m very unhappy about the situation,” Langbroek told reporters in announcing that the 140 seniors affected by the mix-up would not have to sit the exam.
Langbroek said he would ensure those students were “not disadvantaged in any way.”
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