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[Mid Life Crisis Marathon Man]

Ah, thank you gents, that makes it much clearer. It's not too dissimilar to the system here - lots of mnemonics that parents, sorry, caregivers, have not a chance in Hades of understanding (well, not this buckaroo at least)... but the idea is to get a "TER" or tertiary entrance rank at the end of year 12 which qualifies you for different university courses depending on your score relative to everyone elses, and the number of people applying for entry to those courses, and how sadistic the faculty deans are. The end result is that the country is over-run with BAs and MBAs who are very clever at writing essays and completing open-book exams, but can't write their own names without asking their mums. Sigh, I've descended to cynicism again.

So, the systems seem fairly similar. Not sure we have the same academic emphasis on sport however. That would be like making lunch a college subject I think. We do have Sports Institutes, but these operate separately from the regular education system. I think. Like the Cricket Academy. Sort of.

My head hurts.