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As thousands of HSC students across NSW sat down to take their English exam at 9.50am on Thursday, October 16, students at Bulli High School took the moment in their stride.

Teachers paced nervously outside the school's hall, waiting as the clock approached 11.30am, and when it did, the doors flung open and students flooded out into the bright sunshine under cloudless skies.

There were cheers, sighs of relief and hugs as they completed their first exam du

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