Ah, I think today has made me feel very disappointed about the school. SCHOOL.
Yes, I always thought the school was progressing quite well, you know, the renovations and all. I must say the outlook of the school is fantastic, probably better than any school in Penang [they are really quite run down]. OK, but i do feel that this school is very corrupted and lax when it comes to exams. Seriously.

During sec3, even term 1 this year, our school has had this fantastic idea of common tests. Oh yeah, next best thing to true-train right, so we have more curriculum time. Or more time blown dry by some creative-minded teachers. *some. And because of the relatively small scale "common test" outlook, there is no common time for the tests. How ironic. So one class can take it on Monday, the next class takes it on next Friday. And we being split up from our sec2 classes, have real good links between friends of other classes. Yes. Thumbs-up to the school, it has truly succeeded in strengthening trust towards friends from OTHER CLASSES. I am dead sure the teachers all know this full well. During a chem prac. this yr, ms goh even mentioned it. oh great! we still took the same test. guess what>? Who didn't do well for the test man. And if it wasn't enough help, the chem teachers decided to further lower the weightage of the test to allow more people to get A1s. Its jus like cutting off part of a bell curve. I mean come on. In that matter, even though my english has been extremly poor for 2 terms, i am glad that they aint making things easy for us. Like in term 1, even when it concerned colors award, they didnt do "moderation". That's the way things should be. Really.

And come on, last yr's EOY exam was such a success. After every paper we could keep the qn paper. What has happened to that? Now this preps., every paper has to be collected back, people are just not sticking to the schedule. And they are still allowed to take the tests as much as a week after. You gotta be kidding man. The next best thing to LIVE telecasts on TV is same-day telecasts. Who wants to watch a delayed telecast of something man. It totally takes the kick away from it. The school is just so lax at this. Teachers are giving in to students' requests for hints, tips. Come on, u ask them before O lvls and suddenly they wont be so willing, cause they dont want to screw us up. Precisely what's happening now. Some students are just so good at this, getting tips from friends, teachers, etcetera. Goodness, come O lvls, good luck. Thank the school for trying out a true-train like program without the protection of confirmed passage to a good JC. Hats off to ya man.

Honestly, how many people have had an exam "fixed". I certainly have, and i admit it. During sec3, the chengyu tests were all selective studying. Man, and almost everyone did the same thing. Yes, i am guilty. But please, students can't be blamed, its natural, its normal. Blame the cause. Get at the root. No provocation, no headbutt [that's so random]. Similarly, if the school is strict on the tests. and organises it to take place at the same time, deduct marks /day if students don't turn up like Mr Tan did do, then all this surely wouldnt have taken place. When Mr Tan deducted 5marks frm some 4/6 student for a common test, i think it made all of us afraid of getting sick during tests. Just like refereeing a football match. You be strict early on, players will be less aggressive. Then, you wont end up losing control of matches and break a record by producing 16yellows and 4reds in a match. Impose your firmness early on, and it will pay. Same thing for NPCC i think. We as seniors really were too lax by Aug and Sep last yr. The CIs were practically giving up on taking digs at us anymore. Just fed up. And everything from then on really didnt go the way we wanted it too. Well. That's enough for one day.

I have my views on things. expect more to come. lol. you know it makes sense.

k la, anyway i had a great 17th July. the EM was bad, but bio was ok. AHH i cant even spot V(ictory) in black and white. lol. Then had a great day la. Thanks for all the sms-es. Thanks James for the album which i had so wanted, thanks Ariana and Naomi for the pencil box which i had so needed, thanks yanchao "and gang" for that 512mb MMC, thanks Nick and co. as well for the red currant no.10 shirt of Dennis Bergkamp, even though you got it pretty cheap, he IS one player i respect a whole lot .Thanks Sherhan and Weiting for making me feel so embarrassed and everyone else who EITHER said happy birthday to me on monday or with the belated after monday, and those who sms-ed me. haha. ok. That's a load off my chest.

Im still mentally blown off by the NSW test.