revival.
Sunday, May 20, 2007
finally its working. blogger had some problems with singnet recently, so i cant post.but here i am again. revival of the blog? I suppose so.
there're quite a couple of things that i want to say here actually,but kind of forgot them. fuming about man utd's 1-0 loss to chelsea.
well j3s are leaving, and so is jessie koh. i don realli feel sad, but i'm starting to get a little worried on the tutors that i'm going to get next term.
spoke to barnabas tan regarding the system in jcs as a whole. couldn't agree that lecture-tutorial system works better than sec sch system. the fact remains that it doesn't. so much work has to be done on ur own. Yes, this IS supposed to help promote independent learning, but come on, we are taking NATIONAL exams. schools want face, and moe wants holistic education. so, we need to handle ccas, PROJECTS, and do well in acadmics at the same time. sometimes i wonder, are youths in spore superheros or wat.
speaking about projects. i can't agree more with my sch's va. they seriously rock. there is no co-ordination between the various departments whatsoever, vas from the various subjects are given simultaneously, and deadlines are close to each other.
let us first question the purpose of having a varied assessment, or va. isnt is supposed to gauge how much a student has learnt as the year progresses? so why do projects for va? its onli for that short 1month or so, it does not have anyth to do with our syllabus, and more importantly, it doesn't gauge our progress. probably it helps to generate interest to that subject, but be realistic ppl, we need to do well for our exams.
another point to add. when ppl noe that lecture tests are not included in va, they will not study for them. so,the whole idea about progressive studying is gone just like that. what's the point of having tests when ur students don study for them? when results are mediocre, or even to the extent of unacceptable, teachers get angry, and students get scolded. whatever for?
same goes for the common test. june holidays meant for students to study for it, yet we have to do va. time is taken up, and together with make up lessons that we have to attend due to SISC next week, our studying may not be that focused. what more our foundation of the topics may not be very strong due to 1) the lack of practice and 2) teachers rushing through lectures and tutorials. so results will be bad, teachers wil get angry and scold. students lose morale, and continue to do badly. and so it continues. its a viscious cycle.
yet teachers don seem to get it. they want too many things from us students. we need our time off as well. we need to relax. we noe they are busy, so are we. we have to resource for our own materials. we need to study. they are doing things for the school, or to be frank, for the face of the school. shouldn the main role of teachers be teaching? the school's reputation...is it that important in comparision to student's welfare?
enough of this.
lately many things happened. certain things i cant post here...but i'm just grateful that someone is treating me real well now, and i hope things will remain as it is and that it will last. as for hz...i really don wan to have anyth to do with him anymore. don ask why. i guess...that's it. since we cant even communicate, and he doesn even give me a chance to clarify myself, there's no point staying as frens.
i'm tired. seriously.
he is just a fren. tt i am aware. and i noe tt i came in too late. i won be as close to him as his pri sch frens. but i don mind. i noe this cant be helped. i just hope that he would be comfortable and be himself when he's with me. i appreciate his help and him treating me well. i don dare to ask for more. i am content.
ok tt's it. cya.