Sunday, February 24, 2008
quite an interesting day for me, studied in lib, played lan, omg . been ages since i did that. and owning noobs isnt fun at all. i mean. literally. 14 0? wth. no challenge.went back to lib and study till 9pm. so overall,i did like, 12 tutorial questions. how great. and ah bao didnt go lib today, so did park. so my notes werent with me. omg. sigh.
joke of the day
yun xiang: eh u noe just now i cant study, cause got 2 girls keep staring at me, like, i can sense it,
everytime i look up , i saw them looking at me. omg
bernard: i think they want to rape you.
LOL. wth. and its like, amanda and xin ee? LOL. i msged amanda about it, and she said i sent wrong person.haha. well, it was quite funny doh, hanging out with people with different personalities than the ruggers and soccer guys. a totally different circle of friends.
lastly, sy showed me some sms abt stomp, someone posting a note saying jjc is wasting water, and with pictures showing sy and jg using the hose. i find it a very stupid way of arguing such stuffs. fail gp huh?
1stly, are we the only jc that uses the water hose? look at hwachong for an instance, they use water during their orientation too, and their water games are supposedly posted on youtube, whereas jjc doesnt do such lame stuffs to increase their popularity. so does that mean that, we jjc students who arent as smart as them, cant use water for the fun ? i mean. yeah, the games i have to admit, we do waste water, how about everything we do? washing cars with a hose? washing dishes on a running tap? yes u can say that all this are minimal water wastages. but look at it this way, an orientation comes 1st a year, washing of dishes are of daily necessity. ( unless u are dirty SOAB) so quantitatively, both are of equal wastage in terms of water wastage. so why dont you do something about it instead of us? stop pointing fingers at jjc, we have made ourselves known to our orientation and our leaders ( although its quite lame and tiring) but yeah, does that mean as a neighbourhood college, we cant be well known? why dont i see RJC or HCJC being criticized about water wastage, about money wastage on building vast facilities? while other JCs do not share those luxury? so those who are smart and intelligent get luxurious treatment? the education itself is screwed up, it is too standardized with all the maths, phy,chem etc. look at the combinations, secondary school with grading due to academic levels, and skills or interests such as art are not widely recognized. also, in jc, not all combinations are satisfied by the student. and we are classified smart and intelligent just by the grades of this tests. scoring well for tests doesnt mean that one is smart or intelligent, they may get lucky and got the questions that they have understood. for example. during o levels, my friend chin whee studied only ONE freaking chapter on social studies, while i studied 7 , and it turned out that his question came out, and mine didnt. moral of the story? tests arent really tests. its a gamble.
so why is the government being so strict in our education. i would like to try asking any grown up adults who have completed their universities to retake the O level paper and the A level paper, their knowledge are not permanent, it is temporary. it would be a miracle for them to score As once more. do we look like we need chemistry if we work as a secretary? nor do we need physics when we are a gym instructor. all this jobs require proof of academic excellence, while what we actually need is the street smartness. such as being friendly to get more friends to do business if u are a business man,ways to attract people to purchase your product if u have something at hand. Being able to protray yourself as trustworthy and reliable so your boss would rely on you and your promotions would be there. the ability to tackle work problems such as daily planners on cutting costs for the company. do all these need principles of physics, chemistry,biology? this applies to only people like doctors, researchers and scientists. yes, no doubt there are ARTS courses, such as lit, econs, geog. but they all apply the same concept. and these subjects are only applicable to very limited jobs like lawyers etc. my parents have complained too, about how they were looked up upon as university graduates, but their income were still lower compared to secondary drop outs. so being good at academic doesnt promise you a promising future, its a gamble in the real world. nothing comes easy just by memorizing.i am at lost with the education system
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