Reply #8: In the HSC results announced this week, [View All]

a young Iraqi girl, Sara Dawood, topped NSW in two subjects (Arabic studies). She arrived here
three years ago after living stateless in Yemen for three years, and could hardly speak a word
of English.

Under Howard's proposed Citizenship Test, she wouldn't have been allowed in, although she's
obviously bright and motivated.

Interesting, isn't it?

Come to think of it, I recall that years ago, when I was in the final year of primary school, we
had a newcomer join our class from the Netherlands. She spoke no English at all at the beginning
of the year, but by the end of that year, she was Dux of the school. We went to the same high
school, where she was also ultimately Dux, and she's now a child psychiatrist. She would also not
have passed Howard's test.