Sunday, November 30, 2008
JC LIFE.
trollteacher: This is in H2 syllabus. You dont need to know.
h1 student: But teacher, i want to gain more knowledge.
trollteacher: You cant even do well in simple h1 syllabus. Wake up your idea and stop asking so many irrelevant questions.
h1 student drops out. <<<
That's a very accurate picture of what happens in every JC. Which is why a supportive tutor who is willing to encourage the student to truly understand and appreciate the science for what it really is (regardless of silly syllabus limitations) can be tremendously helpful to the student's enjoyment.
Of course, not everyone has the time or money or opportunity for tuition. But how it goes on in schools, both secondary schools and JCs, doesn't look like it's going to ever be changing for several reasons :
1) MOE teachers are severely overworked (but again, 'tong ren bu tong ming', just like in the SAF, for instance, some pple slack, some pple kena crap-work all the way. So *many*, not all, MOE teachers are severely overworked. Others just backstab to take credit, for instance). So they won't have the time or energy to give every student full support, like a private tutor can.
2) The syllabus, curriculum and system, is superficially results oriented, rather than true results oriented. True results, includes the student truly understanding and enjoying the process, so that he/she may have the motivation to contribute to humanity with his/her own unique insights, research and exploration. But being superficially results oriented, the JC teachers feel their priority is just to get students to blindly memorize to get marks. A good tutor, has the time and opportunity to help students to understand and enjoy at the same time as also memorizing to get full marks.
3) There are many teachers out there (both Sec sch and JCs), who do not themselves have a healthy mindset or attitude towards teaching and the students' learning. Every teacher, like every human being on this planet, is unique. I've met many colleague teachers whom I disagree on their teaching (content, method, style, etc). And students from other classes have said they wished I was their teacher instead. (this isn't so much about ego or advertising, it's to make a point - there are all kinds of teachers (just as they're all kinds of doctors, psychologists, philosophers, religious pple, etc), it's errorneous to overgeneralize to say most MOE teachers are horrible, or most MOE teachers are wonderful. They are individuals, with all individual kinds possible.)
>>> i think it is quite weird to focus so much on molecular biology, instead of the general biology (as in the former A level biology syllabus)
how many people are going to end up in bio-med science, bio-engineering?
for the medicine people, NUS would be asking them to relearn the stuff they learnt in secondary, whereas the stuff learnt in jc(molecular biology) is comparatively useless. <<<
By that reasoning, the syllabus doesn't really matter, whether old 'A' level or new 'H2', because arguably, University (and internship, or industrial attachment, or on-the-job training) is where the true learning (eg. for medicine, engineering, etc) begins.
Secondary school is only to prepare you for JC. Nobody uses secondary school learning to do their job.
JC is only to prepare you for University. Nobody uses JC learning to do their job.
But the new H2 Biology syllabus is at least more interesting than the old 'A' level Biology syllabus. What's unfair about the new H2 syllabus, is that it tries (and fails miserably) to syncretise 'A' level syllabus with University syllabus, and the result of it is JCs just photocopy University textbooks and dump them on students as notes to memorize. An insanely ridiculous, and unproductive to understand, unwieldly amount of crap to memorize.
Last year, Cambridge folks came down to the JCs to check out their JC Notes used for the new H2 syllabus. As far as H2 Biology was concerned, their findings was that all the JCs were simply kiasuingly dumping on their students waaay too much details which would never be actually required in the H2 exam. But the JCs will continue their kiasu ways. Because they're kiasu.
Anyway, as far as you (students) are concerned, focus on your own future. Plan for yourself, your career path, and work towards that now. Be in medicine, engineering, psychology, business, proactively seek out more learning, employment and career opportunities now. If you don't start to plan for your own future and take care of yourself, the Universe can't do much to help*.
*It's like this story of the religious man who was drowning in a flood. He had to climb onto his roof, but the rains continued and the water levels were rising rapidly. A rescue boat came by and said, "Climb aboard, we'll save you!". But the religious man said, "No need. I'm praying to God. He will save me." So the boat left. The waters continued to rise. Then a rescue helicopter came by, "Climb aboard, we'll save you!". But the religious man said, "No need. I'm praying to God. He will save me." So the helicopter left. The waters continued to rise and was now up to the man's neck. A UFO came by and the aliens said, "Climb aboard, we'll save you!". But the religious man said, "No need. I'm praying to God. He will save me." So the UFO left. The man drowned shortly thereafter. In the afterlife, he met God, and cried, "God! I prayed devoutly to you! Why didn't you save me? How could you forsake me?!?". To which, God replied, "Well let's see. I first sent you a boat, then a helicopter and then a UFO. Duuuuuuuude."
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Saturday, November 29, 2008
FUNNY AH.
She sarks.
Anyway, theres a new class outing hosted by ********* next week.
Its steamboat time!
TAKE NOTE OF THE DETAILS
ITS ON TUESDAY, 02/12/2008.
THIS IS A VERY important class outing.
FAR MORE IMPORTANT THAN OTHERS.
COMPULSARY TO GO IF YOURE FREE.
NO DATE CHANGING, NO LOCATION CHANGING.
ITS AT KALLANG.
TIME WILL BE FURTHER ANNOUNCED SHORTLY.
ALL TO GO OR CHOP YOUR **** [HEAD]
IF YOURE ASKING WHOS GOING?
MOST PROBABLY [99%]
CLARISSA
HUIQI
JINGWEN
OSCAR
ZIFENG
YAWONN
JENNIFER
AMANDA
BRENDON
MANY MORE.
sorry if i wrote your name as going cos i REALLY thought so.
HELL DAMN, THIS OUTING, MANY PEOPLE WILL BE GOING, SO AS A PART OF A CLASS, (SHOO IF YOURE NOT), PLEASE ATTEND IT.
IT TAKES TIME AND EFFORT FOR SOMEONE TO ORGANISE IT SO IF YOU DONT GET IT, SLAM YOUR HEAD AGAINST THE SCREEN. NOW. I SAID NOW.
COME ON PEOPLE, FOUR FORGIVENESS.
REMEMBER THE TIMES WE HAD IN CLASS.
DONT WANT ATTEND THIS OUTING?
FINE.
SCRAM OFF.
WE WANT TO BE A CLASS.
YET YOU DENIED US OF THAT.
BECAUSE YOU WERE NOT THERE.
IF YOU THINK WE COULD DO WITHOUT YOU,
YOURE WRONG.
COS ITS A CLASS.
OUR FG CLASS.
AND IF YOU WANNA KNOW MORE INFORMATION, YOU CAN ALWAYS CALL.
CALL JER ONLY[he doesnt reply smses], SMS/CALL DER, CLAR, HQ.
OR REPLY MSGES.
UNLESS YOU BOOM ALR.
DO SHOW UP.
KTHXBAI.
WE LOVE YOU.
EDIT: IF YOUR FRENS, YOUR CLOSE FRENS, YOUR CLOSE FG FRENS DONT COME TO THIS BLOG, INFORM THEM TOO. DONT MAKE THEM MISS THIS ONCE IN A LIFETIME [?] CLASS OUTING WHEREBY WE GET TO BOND TGTH. I LOVE MY EDITS[:
OKAY BYE x3
EDIT: THANKS FOR READING TO THE END.
EDIT: I HOPE IT GETS INTO YOUR MIND HOW MUCH WE WANT EVERYONE TO GET TOGETHER.
EDIT:DONT YOU CARE ABOUT 4FG NOW!?
ARE WE PARTING?!
EDIT: IF WANNA KNOW WHOS COMING, FORGET IT. JUST GET YOUR ASS THERE THAT DAY.
Friday, November 28, 2008
NEW GMs LOL!!
Thursday, November 27, 2008
LETS SEPARATE AT THIS CROSSROAD.
CLAR QUIT CREATING CLASS OUTINGS.
THEN YOU WONT MAKE ANY.
SO CLASS OUTINGS OVER.
NO MORE CLASS OUTINGS.
WE'RE GONNA PART.
Wednesday, November 26, 2008
4FG LUCKYDRAW.
Second prize - Jennifer's headbutt.
Third prize - Suyi's headbutt.
#Too bad Weile not here.
Notice!
a man there shall do it!!! heheeheh she's class SOCIAL REP REP REP!! :D
JERALD.
Hai. I wanna organise a steamboat
outing.[craving for it!]
Anyone
interested?If you are, tag on this blog now so that ill
know.
Date, time and place not confirmed
yet.
We must have MANpower first!
Thanks D:anyway, the REC movie outing is still ON! REC's a very funny show cos iKKBIRD was laughing madly throughout the show like a siaodapor and he recommended it! it was bullshit to say that it was scary! thrilling and funny show awaiting you guys! what for wait?! sign up now with iCLAR and you get a free goodie bag with screenshots of iJER and many more!terms and conditions apply.post brought to you by iJER![:
Saturday, November 22, 2008
SAKAE! :D
HAPPY
BIRTHDAY,
CLARISSA!
tsk. derrick 一直露出马脚。。but nevermind!
clarissa kept using her japanese to talk to oscar and brendon which made us laugh quite a bit. haha. random "rice". ><
here are some of the photos!
the photo taken in the toilet. clar scared both camy and i (again). x.x
camy and adrian!
camy and adrian! wee.
Shuyi trying to 抢镜头 from jen. ahaha. look at jen's sad face wors. :P
Clarissa and I!
the mango cake. it's nice ok! iCLAR's cake. yay ^^
BOLIAO
class outing to icon village (sakae sushi) was a success.
happy birthday iCLAR! [clar****]
lets go play CAREstory!
Monday, November 17, 2008
DONE!
Buffet : Sakura owned. :D
Place : Lunch (12noon - 2.30pm)
Price : $22+
Place : Orchard Shopping Centre 321 Orchard Road 2nd Storey, Singapore 238866 Tel: 6735 8197
People going :
Clarissa
Derrick
Grace
Successful (bah)!
E.N.D.E.D
MOFO ;D
amanda sucks.
wanting sucks.
huiqi sucks.
clarissa sucks.
yingjie sucks.
jennifer sucks.
brendon sucks.
kendall sucks.
thats all.
&they lived happily ever after.
Buffet Outing 22Nov
For More Info : http://www.sakaesushi.com.sg/promosushi.html
We'll be going for TeaTime.
Time : 3-6pm.
Place : Icon Village. (TanjongPagar)/CPF building (TanjongPagar)
[I think icon nicer,http://www.iconvillage.com.sg/home/index.aspx?key=home]
People going :
Amanda
Clarissa
Huiqi
Adrian
Brendon
Camy
Derrick
Emily
Jennifer
Jerald
Jessica
Oscar
Shuyi
E.N.D.E.D S.U.C.C.E.S.S.F.U.L.L.Y!
BIG NOTICE
Note : There's a new poll whether you still want another buffet outing other than 22 on 2oth.
POLL CLOSING FOR BUFFET PLACE AT 15 VOTES! 15 VOTES!
SECOND POLL CLOSING AT 10 VOTES 10 VOTES!
Sunday, November 16, 2008
Info
http://www.sakaesushi.com.sg/promosushi.html
Sakura
http://www.sukigroup.com.sg/website/sakura.htm
Suki Sushi
http://www.sukigroup.com.sg/website/suki-ramen-sushi.htm
Suki Sushi New
http://www.sukigroup.com.sg/website/suki-ramen-sushi1.htm
Yuki Yaki
http://www.sukigroup.com.sg/website/yuki-yaki.htm
Nihon Mura
http://www.sukigroup.com.sg/website/nihon-mura.htm
Hotel/Steamboat if you choose pls recommend.
Seoul Garden
http://www.zingrill.com.sg/zingrill/images/pdf/menu/SG-outlet.pdf
Family International Buffet
sorry no info.
Dragon Gate Dim Sum Buffet
http://www.orientocean.com.sg/buffet.htm
Yum Cha Dim Sum Buffet
http://www.yumcha.com.sg/High_Tea1.html
class outing 100007
hey, we will be having a class outing.
Theme : Going to a buffet for 2-5pm.
Sms me if you are : not going/ have objections. so i wont keep msging air -.-
Choices : Sakura, Sakae, Hotel, etc.
Any more suggestions tag on tagboard by 17/11 so i can make a poll.
Date : NOT CONFIRMED
( if going holiday hor,tag/sms/msn so will make a timing that you can go! )
Place : Choice confirmed le, thn place confirm.
THANKS :D
/edit.
sms me if you're not going or going, those who dont reply by tmr will be removed from my hp class list and i will not inform you all future outings anymore. DO NOT ASK ME WHO IS GOING. tyvm.