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On January 31 2012 21:26 Ryukku wrote:
Yea. The other day i checked out the current PSLE assessment books and i was so shocked to see so much of my secondary school biology being taught in primary school!! Im so glad i survived the education system and did well in them. Keep trucking along! You will make it just based on your post! =)
My only tip to you is dont get caught up in competition. It can be scary being surrounded by kiasu singaporeans and everyone around is mugging their butts off while you arent. But find your own way to LEARNING and just stick to it till the end! Dont be pressured to do what everyone else is doing! Trust me, the singaporean method of studying just for exams can give you a nice cert, but it wont help you succeed in the future!
My method of studying was to just pay full attention during class so i study less at home! This allowed me to actually play during exam time!! Do your homework lol it helps =p. Anyway, jia you! you can do it! =D
Yeah, I realised that I don't really pay 100% attention during class. I also skimp of the homework part a little =P
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On January 31 2012 21:27 HaruRH wrote:Show nested quote +On January 31 2012 21:24 DoX.) wrote:On January 31 2012 21:21 theBALLS wrote:On January 31 2012 21:20 DoX.) wrote:lol u guys i stuck to narrative compos for sec school and it was so much fun for my O levels topic "Power" i wrote an abridged altered version of Enders Game where the dude becomes intoxicated with power as he kills the aliens and in the end doesnt realise he's wiped out an entire race  Heard of the rumoured story of the O level topic "Bravery"? Someone wrote "This is Bravery." And ended there. lol when my teacher told the story the topic was "Courage"  Also if there really isnt anymore narrative essays then fuck MOE  No, hes in a different course than normal Secondary school students. I read wrongly Haha, the memories of secondary school. I was so used to writing General Papers that when we were tasked to write a narrative essay, we had no idea how to approach it O.o
Different course? I'm in the express stream in a neighbourhood school taking pure chem and bio. A-maths is compulsory.
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that's how developing country catching up to the western world. We simply don't have the resource to copy the education of other country. Without that kind of attitude, i doubt we'll have the Japan and Korean of today, and you can see that the common thing among those two is a very strict education system and hardworking citizen.
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Come to India, where even if you get 98% in school, there's a chance you wont get into medical school because there are so many on 99.5....
I agree that a big school/perfect academics can get you a large boost starting off, but ultimately at work practicality and social skills are very important. From my experience, the people who do get those perfect academic results tend to be bookish, didnt have great communication skills or just werent that street smart. So dont bust yourself up studying all the time, by all means do study, but not to the point where nothing else exists in your life,just to out do other people.
Wave physics/thermal energy are present in the curriculum here too, I think it's quite common to have those at that level in school, it was the most interesting part of physics as far as I was concerned....for the first time I felt I was actually learning about stuff that was cool.. :D
I dont think your teacher expects a top level thesis on nuclear energy, maybe a few reactions, on how it works, the horrors, and localize it so singapore.
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On January 31 2012 21:28 Azera wrote:Show nested quote +On January 31 2012 21:26 Ryukku wrote:
Yea. The other day i checked out the current PSLE assessment books and i was so shocked to see so much of my secondary school biology being taught in primary school!! Im so glad i survived the education system and did well in them. Keep trucking along! You will make it just based on your post! =)
My only tip to you is dont get caught up in competition. It can be scary being surrounded by kiasu singaporeans and everyone around is mugging their butts off while you arent. But find your own way to LEARNING and just stick to it till the end! Dont be pressured to do what everyone else is doing! Trust me, the singaporean method of studying just for exams can give you a nice cert, but it wont help you succeed in the future!
My method of studying was to just pay full attention during class so i study less at home! This allowed me to actually play during exam time!! Do your homework lol it helps =p. Anyway, jia you! you can do it! =D Yeah, I realised that I don't really pay 100% attention during class. I also skimp of the homework part a little =P
I regretted spacing out in classes during school. Struggled to keep up with my classmates.
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This is all I've got for the presentation so far =(
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On January 31 2012 21:30 dartoo wrote:
Come to India, where even if you get 98% in school, there's a chance you wont get into medical school because there are so many on 99.5....
I agree that a big school/perfect academics can get you a large boost starting off, but ultimately at work practicality and social skills are very important. From my experience, the people who do get those perfect academic results tend to be bookish, didnt have great communication skills or just werent that street smart. So dont bust yourself up studying all the time, by all means do study, but not to the point where nothing else exists in your life,just to out do other people.
Wave physics/thermal energy are present in the curriculum here too, I think it's quite common to have those at that level in school, it was the most interesting part of physics as far as I was concerned....for the first time I felt I was actually learning about stuff that was cool.. :D
I dont think your teacher expects a top level thesis on nuclear energy, maybe a few reactions, on how it works, the horrors, and localize it so singapore.
India is SO BAD.... i went to Christian medical college last year for my medical electives and my god. The doctors there told me about the selection process. HOW THE HELL do you even become a doctor in India -_-! Its crazy! Whats more apparently the fees are so steep that even if you do qualify with your results, you wont be able to pay your school fees and not make it in? Haha, i also saw many signboards with the TOP students scattered around the town.
Be glad you are in Singapore! =DDD
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On January 31 2012 21:26 Ryukku wrote:
Yea. The other day i checked out the current PSLE assessment books and i was so shocked to see so much of my secondary school biology being taught in primary school!! Im so glad i survived the education system and did well in them. Keep trucking along! You will make it just based on your post! =)
My only tip to you is dont get caught up in competition. It can be scary being surrounded by kiasu singaporeans and everyone around is mugging their butts off while you arent. But find your own way to LEARNING and just stick to it till the end! Dont be pressured to do what everyone else is doing! Trust me, the singaporean method of studying just for exams can give you a nice cert, but it wont help you succeed in the future!
My method of studying was to just pay full attention during class so i study less at home! This allowed me to actually play during exam time!! Do your homework lol it helps =p. Anyway, jia you! you can do it! =D
Yeah, I used to volunteer at an RC to give tuition to PSLE students.
I got the shock of my life when they were learning about photosynthesis, extraction of chlorophyll, etc.
Seriously, I really pity our future generations.
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On January 31 2012 21:33 Ryukku wrote:Show nested quote +On January 31 2012 21:30 dartoo wrote:
Come to India, where even if you get 98% in school, there's a chance you wont get into medical school because there are so many on 99.5....
I agree that a big school/perfect academics can get you a large boost starting off, but ultimately at work practicality and social skills are very important. From my experience, the people who do get those perfect academic results tend to be bookish, didnt have great communication skills or just werent that street smart. So dont bust yourself up studying all the time, by all means do study, but not to the point where nothing else exists in your life,just to out do other people.
Wave physics/thermal energy are present in the curriculum here too, I think it's quite common to have those at that level in school, it was the most interesting part of physics as far as I was concerned....for the first time I felt I was actually learning about stuff that was cool.. :D
I dont think your teacher expects a top level thesis on nuclear energy, maybe a few reactions, on how it works, the horrors, and localize it so singapore. India is SO BAD.... i went to Christian medical college last year for my medical electives and my god. The doctors there told me about the selection process. HOW THE HELL do you even become a doctor in India -_-! Its crazy! Whats more apparently the fees are so steep that even if you do qualify with your results, you wont be able to pay your school fees and not make it in? Haha, i also saw many signboards with the TOP students scattered around the town. Be glad you are in Singapore! =DDD
Yeah I think I know about the horrors of India... learnt about it from the movie "Three Idiots" or something like that haha. Was a great film.
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On January 31 2012 21:29 brachester wrote:
that's how developing country catching up to the western world. We simply don't have the resource to copy the education of other country. Without that kind of attitude, i doubt we'll have the Japan and Korean of today, and you can see that the common thing among those two is a very strict education system and hardworking citizen.
On a side note, its really funny how we're still classified as "developing".
You should visit us someday.
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On January 31 2012 21:34 theBALLS wrote:Show nested quote +On January 31 2012 21:26 Ryukku wrote:
Yea. The other day i checked out the current PSLE assessment books and i was so shocked to see so much of my secondary school biology being taught in primary school!! Im so glad i survived the education system and did well in them. Keep trucking along! You will make it just based on your post! =)
My only tip to you is dont get caught up in competition. It can be scary being surrounded by kiasu singaporeans and everyone around is mugging their butts off while you arent. But find your own way to LEARNING and just stick to it till the end! Dont be pressured to do what everyone else is doing! Trust me, the singaporean method of studying just for exams can give you a nice cert, but it wont help you succeed in the future!
My method of studying was to just pay full attention during class so i study less at home! This allowed me to actually play during exam time!! Do your homework lol it helps =p. Anyway, jia you! you can do it! =D Yeah, I used to volunteer at an RC to give tuition to PSLE students. I got the shock of my life when they were learning about photosynthesis, extraction of chlorophyll, etc. Seriously, I really pity our future generations.
Extraction of chlorophyll in PSLE already?! That means my generation is behind already =(
No. =(
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As a canadian, nearly every school system is fucked up... Ours less than most, but i'd still say ours is garbage too, for different reasons.
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On January 31 2012 21:36 Bobbias wrote:
As a canadian, nearly every school system is fucked up... Ours less than most, but i'd still say ours is garbage too, for different reasons.
Garbage in a 'too tough' kind of way or 'too easy' kind of way?
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It's not that different in most other asian countries, in fact Korea is even more hardcore, and China too just by sheer numbers alone.
On the bright side, you guys have the best slang. "Mugging" is such an awesome word.
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On January 31 2012 21:37 FuRong wrote:
It's not that different in most other asian countries, in fact Korea is even more hardcore, and China too just by sheer numbers alone.
On the bright side, you guys have the best slang. "Mugging" is such an awesome word.
Really?
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On January 31 2012 21:37 FuRong wrote:
It's not that different in most other asian countries, in fact Korea is even more hardcore, and China too just by sheer numbers alone.
On the bright side, you guys have the best slang. "Mugging" is such an awesome word.
Haha!!! I'm not proud of our singlish slang T_T!!! People overseas have such a hard time understanding us
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On January 31 2012 21:40 Ryukku wrote:Show nested quote +On January 31 2012 21:37 FuRong wrote:
It's not that different in most other asian countries, in fact Korea is even more hardcore, and China too just by sheer numbers alone.
On the bright side, you guys have the best slang. "Mugging" is such an awesome word. Haha!!! I'm not proud of our singlish slang T_T!!! People overseas have such a hard time understanding us
I think that Singlish is a disgusting abomination and should be treated as such. I have no idea why I have such an irrational hate of Singlish.
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I have come to accept it =S. It was my defensive mechanism to fit in during school. If you speak properly / with an accent, you are the main target of bullying =(.
Better not turn on your TV right now, the noose is on. Horribad show i tell ya
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On January 31 2012 21:46 Ryukku wrote:
I have come to accept it =S. It was my defensive mechanism to fit in during school. If you speak properly / with an accent, you are the main target of bullying =(.
Better not turn on your TV right now, the noose is on. Horribad show i tell ya
Oh god, the Noose? Yeesh, how can anybody find such drivel entertaining? I speak fairly well in school w/o a Singaporean accent and I don't think I get much flak for it. But that's because I have not many friends =(
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On January 31 2012 21:46 Ryukku wrote:
I have come to accept it =S. It was my defensive mechanism to fit in during school. If you speak properly / with an accent, you are the main target of bullying =(.
Better not turn on your TV right now, the noose is on. Horribad show i tell ya
well, the noose is the only entertaining show that singaporeans can produce...
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