a problem, no one to blame except myself
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hi guys. im suffering from quite a serious problem, and i need feedback on what i should do.
story goes like this:
since the start of this yr (im sec 3 btw), i have been sleeping in class, slacking, not doin homework, and even skipping tests. im not sure whether i haf the "hackcare" attitude or simply because i think i still can make it even if i study last minute. maybe i was simply complacent. i slept at around 2-3 plus almost everyday ( i think i enjoyed too much the previous holiday...) and goin to school feeling sooo sleepy that i would just collasp in class.
midyear, i done it totally horribly. all f9s, including my english. actually my standard of english isn't that bad. probably a high C student. (due to my messy handwritting i had problems getting high marks in compo, somehow), and i just had to write out of point in that exam. i wasnt depressed or more like i did not even feel anything. i was simply hack-care at that time.
after some long talks, arguments, i finally awaken from all these mess. i decided that i did not want to retain. the condition to promote was a pass in 2 subjects and english. i had to get like 60 percent for my english to pass, and as my english has always been at the 50-60 range, i was feeling quite scared when i recieved the paper at the end of year. finally, after all CA calculations etc...i managed to pass the overall, at 51 percent. WHEW..
just when that happened, i failed chemistry, physics, geog and combined humanities horribly. all around the 30+ range. almost all the papers were quite difficult and all of them had their fair share of failures. i was one of them, and one of the f9 failures. the MSG (average) for some subjects was even a fail. i did put in effort to study, i wonder if it wasn't enough, or is it because im stupid. im quite sure i know all the facts quite well. i have a super smart friend who does nothing but read textbook and scores in exam. i tried doin the same but got stunned during the exam when i couldn't do the twisted questions. i did not try doin TYS partly because i wasn't discipline enough, i was still on my com, playing games, playing badminton but i took effort to prepare like few days before the exam.., thats what all my friends do...
but they passed and i failed.
i heard from teachers and my parents that an average student studies like 3-4 hours per day. i was like OMG, i do not study on a daily basis and only read the book the day before the exam. for this exam, i took the effort to prepare few days earlier and i took special effort to listen in class. but i only got a few marks improvement from last time...
okie right now i passed my Amaths, Chinese and English. my chinese, i did not get high enough to pull my overall grade to a pass. but im quite sure my amaths did (at 59%...haix. lousy compared to my other friends). the only paper which i have not got bac is emaths n im quite sure i will pass the paper. but however. im starting to feel as if i should retain..
im sure retaining at sec 3 sounds stupid, but sometimes i need this extra year to prepare myselfs for the o levels. getting 30+ for so mani subjects has crushed my confidence. unless i put in lots and lots of effort during this EOY holiday, i will probably not make it in my O levels. so why not just retain and take my time. but im holding back because i will not be together with my friends. and i will have to mix around with a new group of people.
so in conclusion, to sum up things, i have a few questions to ask.
1) how do you improve handwritting? i tried writing neatly, but due to the lack of time, especially papers like social studies, geography and english..., i had to scribble my answers and try to write as fast as i can. as there are multiple essays to do and usually answers are required to be like 5-7 full pages in total, (foolscap paper). how do you write neat, but at the same time fast, any methods to train handwritting?
2) how to stop being careless? fortunately, this amaths paper was easy, but i lost like 20+ marks due to careless mistakes. i guess. i get penalized for opening a bracket wrongly in a simple binomial theroem sum and the whole thing (usually 3-5 marks), gets a big fat egg......
3) what should i do now? should i actualli consider to retain? or promote and mug lots and lots during this long holiday..? -
1) Let a blank line in between your rows of sentences...? If you have to be 'fast'.. ONLY SCRIBBLE on common words like 'if, what, how...' etc.. On more IMPORTANT KEY WORDS, try to write them out properly.. Unless you're repeatingly writing on that 'subject', in which case you can afford to scribble a bit more...Originally posted by Scape_Goat_Token:hi guys. im suffering from quite a serious problem, and i need feedback on what i should do.
story goes like this:
since the start of this yr (im sec 3 btw), i have been sleeping in class, slacking, not doin homework, and even skipping tests. im not sure whether i haf the "hackcare" attitude or simply because i think i still can make it even if i study last minute. maybe i was simply complacent. i slept at around 2-3 plus almost everyday ( i think i enjoyed too much the previous holiday...) and goin to school feeling sooo sleepy that i would just collasp in class.
midyear, i done it totally horribly. all f9s, including my english. actually my standard of english isn't that bad. probably a high C student. (due to my messy handwritting i had problems getting high marks in compo, somehow), and i just had to write out of point in that exam. i wasnt depressed or more like i did not even feel anything. i was simply hack-care at that time.
after some long talks, arguments, i finally awaken from all these mess. i decided that i did not want to retain. the condition to promote was a pass in 2 subjects and english. i had to get like 60 percent for my english to pass, and as my english has always been at the 50-60 range, i was feeling quite scared when i recieved the paper at the end of year. finally, after all CA calculations etc...i managed to pass the overall, at 51 percent. WHEW..
just when that happened, i failed chemistry, physics, geog and combined humanities horribly. all around the 30+ range. almost all the papers were quite difficult and all of them had their fair share of failures. i was one of them, and one of the f9 failures. the MSG (average) for some subjects was even a fail. i did put in effort to study, i wonder if it wasn't enough, or is it because im stupid. im quite sure i know all the facts quite well. i have a super smart friend who does nothing but read textbook and scores in exam. i tried doin the same but got stunned during the exam when i couldn't do the twisted questions. i did not try doin TYS partly because i wasn't discipline enough, i was still on my com, playing games, playing badminton but i took effort to prepare like few days before the exam.., thats what all my friends do...
but they passed and i failed.
i heard from teachers and my parents that an average student studies like 3-4 hours per day. i was like OMG, i do not study on a daily basis and only read the book the day before the exam. for this exam, i took the effort to prepare few days earlier and i took special effort to listen in class. but i only got a few marks improvement from last time...
okie right now i passed my Amaths, Chinese and English. my chinese, i did not get high enough to pull my overall grade to a pass. but im quite sure my amaths did (at 59%...haix. lousy compared to my other friends). the only paper which i have not got bac is emaths n im quite sure i will pass the paper. but however. im starting to feel as if i should retain..
im sure retaining at sec 3 sounds stupid, but sometimes i need this extra year to prepare myselfs for the o levels. getting 30+ for so mani subjects has crushed my confidence. unless i put in lots and lots of effort during this EOY holiday, i will probably not make it in my O levels. so why not just retain and take my time. but im holding back because i will not be together with my friends. and i will have to mix around with a new group of people.
so in conclusion, to sum up things, i have a few questions to ask.
1) how do you improve handwritting? i tried writing neatly, but due to the lack of time, especially papers like social studies, geography and english..., i had to scribble my answers and try to write as fast as i can. as there are multiple essays to do and usually answers are required to be like 5-7 full pages in total, (foolscap paper). how do you write neat, but at the same time fast, any methods to train handwritting?
2) how to stop being careless? fortunately, this amaths paper was easy, but i lost like 20+ marks due to careless mistakes. i guess. i get penalized for opening a bracket wrongly in a simple binomial theroem sum and the whole thing (usually 3-5 marks), gets a big fat egg......
3) what should i do now? should i actualli consider to retain? or promote and mug lots and lots during this long holiday..?
2) CHECK your papers after your exams. Or KNOW YOUR FACTS WELL.. Do NOT do your workings BLINDLY... As in just APPLYING and APPLYING... If you're more 'open minded' and aware of what's going on when you're solving your problems... CHANCES ARE.. You might just 'smell a rat' when something is wrong...? SLOW down a bit on questions which you can solve but ain't so confident of...
3) Personally I'll suggest for you to RETAIN if you're not really having a CATCH of 'what the hell is going on' for your Sec 3 studies.. Many might probably find it a waste of time or even suggest you might as well retain if you really have to in Sec 4 if you can pass Sec 3...? But I'll still stand on my suggestion IF you're SERIOUS about TURNING OVER A NEW LEAF...
Because BASICS are VERY IMPORTANT in your 'O' levels prep... And that 'BASIC' only starts from SEC 3... If you just BARELY MAKE IT to Sec 4, you'll probably just END UP STRUGGLING to 'keep afloat' trying to understand your Sec 4 teachings and constantly trying to 'recall' (which you probably can't even do because you've not LEARNT) things of Sec 3.... Even if you retain in your Sec 4.. Without a good foundation, you'll be having HELL picking up ALL OVER from Sec 3 and trying to understand your Sec 4 lessons... That might just be EVEN MORE WORK...
BESIDES... If you STRUGGLE and just manage to make it for your 'O' levels, the results probably won't be able to get you far... Then somewhere in the future, you'll be STUCK and back to SQUARE ONE AGAIN... -
retain doesnt seemed to be a bad idea ... although it separates u from ur frens .. it oso puts ur up at a fine line tat hey .. u r 1 yr behind ur frens .. tats the fact tat u r cruelly dealt with .. but so wat .. i had a fren .. kena kicked out of cheung cheng main .. then go some farked up neighbourhood sch .. until sec 5 .. he managed to go into a jc .. n i believe he will get into U with some good results this coming a lvls ..rite now .. it is nt tat late ..
if lets say u manage to pass this rd .. ur o lvls tat time u can pull through anot ... ?or u return back to the slack mode ...
for ur info i was retained too .. -
START STUDYING.
dO YOUR TYS. ESPECIALLY MCQ. IT'LL HELP YOU PASS. -
3-4 hours a day? it is damn false. it all depends on how much u can absorb. U can study 3-4 hours a day, yet nothing can go into ur head. it all depends on the individual.
Don't ever think of quitting even before u had entered a war. i once entertain that thought of retaining when I was in JC1, and lucky I didn't, because there's no use retaining and waste another year. -
I have ugly handwriting...but I still manged a As and Bs for all my subjects at Sec3.
Why retain? Its a waste of time. I seriously doubt you will study harder with that extra time given. -
dude u r not the only one...i have bad handwriting too n some ppl r not meant to study....no matte how they study they still screw up...take me for e.g ..
jsut try yr best..do 10 yr series -
i hv 4 advise for you and they will mostly cost $$
1/ goto popular bookstore and check out the pens. you may be holding some pens which r not suitable for your hands.
2/ goto an optician and check ur sights. it is impt that you must b able to see properly fr where you sit. myopic can cause you ur grade becos the information does not get into your eyes and therefore does not reach ur brain.
3/ try to move forward to the front. this not only overcome your myopic problem, it also strenghten your learning. you will hv less chance to skive.
4/ learn not for the sake of others but for yourself. -
Let's just say this.... I see you as a borderline case. Not really good enough to proceed to Sec 4 but not bad enough to get retained. Ultimately, you're going to have to ask yourself this question: are you going to work hard from now on? A lot of damage has been done to your academic standing, and you really need to put in a lot of effort here.
I was something like you once.... I really heck cared the first half of Sec 3. When I realised I was near the bottom of my class, I bucked up and put in the ultimate effort. Even during the Dec holidays I would study like siao (believe me, I studied the recommended 3-4 hours during the Dec holidays). My Sec 3 foundation was very bad, and all that effort was needed to correct it.
If you truly believe that your foundation is very bad, and all-out revision over the holidays won't help, then it would be better to retain. Otherwise, trust me, your Sec 4 will be hell. You really, really need all those Sec 3 concepts to do Sec 4. Might as well retain one year, be a super pro in Sec 3 stuff, and your Sec 4 will be much easier. Of course, this still isn't a licence for you to slack in Sec 4.
My tuition student failed his Sec 2 streaming and was given the choice of whether to promote or retain. He chose to get promoted, and he's now suffering like hell. In my view, he made a bad mistake by not retaining because he can't even do very elementary mathematics like simple linear equations ( ax + b = c ) and similar triangles. No joke. I ended up drilling all those basic Sec 1 and Sec 2 stuff into his head instead of teaching him Sec 3 topics. It's really not possible to teach him Sec 3 stuff when his foundation is so weak.
I don't suppose your situation is as bad as my tuition kid, but ultimately it's your decision. -
erm handwritting i cannot help you i think mine is worse than your but take faith that i did fairly well overall so it should be ok to have bad handwritingOriginally posted by Scape_Goat_Token:hi guys. im suffering from quite a serious problem, and i need feedback on what i should do.
story goes like this:
since the start of this yr (im sec 3 btw), i have been sleeping in class, slacking, not doin homework, and even skipping tests. im not sure whether i haf the "hackcare" attitude or simply because i think i still can make it even if i study last minute. maybe i was simply complacent. i slept at around 2-3 plus almost everyday ( i think i enjoyed too much the previous holiday...) and goin to school feeling sooo sleepy that i would just collasp in class.
midyear, i done it totally horribly. all f9s, including my english. actually my standard of english isn't that bad. probably a high C student. (due to my messy handwritting i had problems getting high marks in compo, somehow), and i just had to write out of point in that exam. i wasnt depressed or more like i did not even feel anything. i was simply hack-care at that time.
after some long talks, arguments, i finally awaken from all these mess. i decided that i did not want to retain. the condition to promote was a pass in 2 subjects and english. i had to get like 60 percent for my english to pass, and as my english has always been at the 50-60 range, i was feeling quite scared when i recieved the paper at the end of year. finally, after all CA calculations etc...i managed to pass the overall, at 51 percent. WHEW..
just when that happened, i failed chemistry, physics, geog and combined humanities horribly. all around the 30+ range. almost all the papers were quite difficult and all of them had their fair share of failures. i was one of them, and one of the f9 failures. the MSG (average) for some subjects was even a fail. i did put in effort to study, i wonder if it wasn't enough, or is it because im stupid. im quite sure i know all the facts quite well. i have a super smart friend who does nothing but read textbook and scores in exam. i tried doin the same but got stunned during the exam when i couldn't do the twisted questions. i did not try doin TYS partly because i wasn't discipline enough, i was still on my com, playing games, playing badminton but i took effort to prepare like few days before the exam.., thats what all my friends do...
but they passed and i failed.
i heard from teachers and my parents that an average student studies like 3-4 hours per day. i was like OMG, i do not study on a daily basis and only read the book the day before the exam. for this exam, i took the effort to prepare few days earlier and i took special effort to listen in class. but i only got a few marks improvement from last time...
okie right now i passed my Amaths, Chinese and English. my chinese, i did not get high enough to pull my overall grade to a pass. but im quite sure my amaths did (at 59%...haix. lousy compared to my other friends). the only paper which i have not got bac is emaths n im quite sure i will pass the paper. but however. im starting to feel as if i should retain..
im sure retaining at sec 3 sounds stupid, but sometimes i need this extra year to prepare myselfs for the o levels. getting 30+ for so mani subjects has crushed my confidence. unless i put in lots and lots of effort during this EOY holiday, i will probably not make it in my O levels. so why not just retain and take my time. but im holding back because i will not be together with my friends. and i will have to mix around with a new group of people.
so in conclusion, to sum up things, i have a few questions to ask.
1) how do you improve handwritting? i tried writing neatly, but due to the lack of time, especially papers like social studies, geography and english..., i had to scribble my answers and try to write as fast as i can. as there are multiple essays to do and usually answers are required to be like 5-7 full pages in total, (foolscap paper). how do you write neat, but at the same time fast, any methods to train handwritting?
2) how to stop being careless? fortunately, this amaths paper was easy, but i lost like 20+ marks due to careless mistakes. i guess. i get penalized for opening a bracket wrongly in a simple binomial theroem sum and the whole thing (usually 3-5 marks), gets a big fat egg......
3) what should i do now? should i actualli consider to retain? or promote and mug lots and lots during this long holiday..?
stop being careless is not possible the only thing you can do is to check more times and carefully after you finish the paper. my advice is that if you got time rest like 5 to 10 mins first then check your paper. i've found that rest for a while refreshes your mind and also gets you out of the previous pattern so that you are more liekely to notice mistakes.
i feel you do not need to retain just study harder and pay mroie attention in class now. got 1 mroe year its definitely enuff if you put in effort.
regarding the 3-4 hours of studying a day rule pls tell them that its bovine solid excretion. i almost do not study on normal days and only study a few days b4 tests or like a few weeks b4 the exams and i believe i am doing pretty ok -
Honestly speaking, when it comes to handwriting, I used to have terrible handwriting too. But remember, that you are writing not for yourself to see, but for the Cambridge markers to see. If you keep reminding yourself, sooner or later you will pressurise yourself to write neater, until you reach the biting point whereby you do not have to compromise speed for neatness. It comes with practice, especially if you do Social Studies.Originally posted by Scape_Goat_Token:hi guys. im suffering from quite a serious problem, and i need feedback on what i should do.
story goes like this:
since the start of this yr (im sec 3 btw), i have been sleeping in class, slacking, not doin homework, and even skipping tests. im not sure whether i haf the "hackcare" attitude or simply because i think i still can make it even if i study last minute. maybe i was simply complacent. i slept at around 2-3 plus almost everyday ( i think i enjoyed too much the previous holiday...) and goin to school feeling sooo sleepy that i would just collasp in class.
midyear, i done it totally horribly. all f9s, including my english. actually my standard of english isn't that bad. probably a high C student. (due to my messy handwritting i had problems getting high marks in compo, somehow), and i just had to write out of point in that exam. i wasnt depressed or more like i did not even feel anything. i was simply hack-care at that time.
after some long talks, arguments, i finally awaken from all these mess. i decided that i did not want to retain. the condition to promote was a pass in 2 subjects and english. i had to get like 60 percent for my english to pass, and as my english has always been at the 50-60 range, i was feeling quite scared when i recieved the paper at the end of year. finally, after all CA calculations etc...i managed to pass the overall, at 51 percent. WHEW..
just when that happened, i failed chemistry, physics, geog and combined humanities horribly. all around the 30+ range. almost all the papers were quite difficult and all of them had their fair share of failures. i was one of them, and one of the f9 failures. the MSG (average) for some subjects was even a fail. i did put in effort to study, i wonder if it wasn't enough, or is it because im stupid. im quite sure i know all the facts quite well. i have a super smart friend who does nothing but read textbook and scores in exam. i tried doin the same but got stunned during the exam when i couldn't do the twisted questions. i did not try doin TYS partly because i wasn't discipline enough, i was still on my com, playing games, playing badminton but i took effort to prepare like few days before the exam.., thats what all my friends do...
but they passed and i failed.
i heard from teachers and my parents that an average student studies like 3-4 hours per day. i was like OMG, i do not study on a daily basis and only read the book the day before the exam. for this exam, i took the effort to prepare few days earlier and i took special effort to listen in class. but i only got a few marks improvement from last time...
okie right now i passed my Amaths, Chinese and English. my chinese, i did not get high enough to pull my overall grade to a pass. but im quite sure my amaths did (at 59%...haix. lousy compared to my other friends). the only paper which i have not got bac is emaths n im quite sure i will pass the paper. but however. im starting to feel as if i should retain..
im sure retaining at sec 3 sounds stupid, but sometimes i need this extra year to prepare myselfs for the o levels. getting 30+ for so mani subjects has crushed my confidence. unless i put in lots and lots of effort during this EOY holiday, i will probably not make it in my O levels. so why not just retain and take my time. but im holding back because i will not be together with my friends. and i will have to mix around with a new group of people.
so in conclusion, to sum up things, i have a few questions to ask.
1) how do you improve handwritting? i tried writing neatly, but due to the lack of time, especially papers like social studies, geography and english..., i had to scribble my answers and try to write as fast as i can. as there are multiple essays to do and usually answers are required to be like 5-7 full pages in total, (foolscap paper). how do you write neat, but at the same time fast, any methods to train handwritting?
2) how to stop being careless? fortunately, this amaths paper was easy, but i lost like 20+ marks due to careless mistakes. i guess. i get penalized for opening a bracket wrongly in a simple binomial theroem sum and the whole thing (usually 3-5 marks), gets a big fat egg......
3) what should i do now? should i actualli consider to retain? or promote and mug lots and lots during this long holiday..?
Careless mistakes. Sometimes it will save a lot of time if you read the question and do your working properly. Sometimes, esp for A maths, you wont have the time to re-check. So when you are doing your working, why not recheck at the same time? It wont take too long, simply recalculate on your calculator.
It is always a better option to promote. You did well enough to make it to Sec 3, you can definately make it thru your O levels. You don't have to mug, I.D. your problem topics/chapters, and work on them. No point mugging over a topic that you did well, right?
All the best! -
guess i am the person who is very similar to you..i also kana retain in sec 3.. in mid year i fail all my subject and like u, end of year i only pass my english.. however the only difference from me and you is that this is my past experience..it already happen about 2 years ago..this year i am taking my o's and later in the morning i will be having my practical..my advice to u is that don't gif up..no matter what people say or critisize about you, the most impt is to believe in yourself.. one thing..the principal request me to transfer to normal aca as my conduct in sch is bad and if i didn't pass my n lvl i would leave the sch..however i prove them all wrong as i pass my n lvl easily without studying..
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my friend. ive been through this couple of years back. I got f9 for everything for sec3 mid yrs. end of year i pass eng chi and poa, i got promoted. sec4 almost e same. prelims 41. but i studied after that and o lvls i got 16 l1r4. so my suggestion is to get promoted and work hard from then on. its easy
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Promotion or not. I guess you might want to discuss that with your parents and teachers? As for studying, you sow what you reap. Effort is a must. Like saying your friends study only a few days before exam is a bad thought to have. They might be studying full steam only a short while before exams, but how about homework on a daily basis? Being alert and in a clear state of mind during class? Certain amounts of revision on a daily basis? All those have a part to play. I'm sure they put in a fair share of effort to achieve what they have. Alright. Enough questions for you to think about. Let's look at solutions now.
1) Less games. Come on we all know it. They're addictive. I love them too. But perhaps you have to cut down on the time you spend on games. Maybe an hour of studies and an hour of gaming as a reward for that contructive hour you spent on your studies. Balancing work and play is a key in achieving the most during your studies and still keep your mind fresh and alive.
2) More commitment. Give yourself some reasons to work hard. Future aspirations? Dreams? Think of something that will drive you to work hard in your studies.
3) Get a study partner. Set your goals on someone whom you think is good. Then pursure your goal. Work hard to achieve a target you set.
Anyway effort is the most important. Do spend more effort. Wanting to improve is a good start already. Keep it up and all the best. -
Dear Scape Goat,
Personally, I think what you need to change, 1st & foremost, is your attitude towards studies, & get into the momentum of studying again. The handwriting, carelessness, etc, may be attributed to the fact that you can't even be bothered to write neatly or check your work because your heart isn't in your studies.
Tackle the right & most important issue.
FeowFeowOriginally posted by Scape_Goat_Token:hi guys. im suffering from quite a serious problem, and i need feedback on what i should do.
story goes like this:
since the start of this yr (im sec 3 btw), i have been sleeping in class, slacking, not doin homework, and even skipping tests. im not sure whether i haf the "hackcare" attitude or simply because i think i still can make it even if i study last minute. maybe i was simply complacent. i slept at around 2-3 plus almost everyday ( i think i enjoyed too much the previous holiday...) and goin to school feeling sooo sleepy that i would just collasp in class.
midyear, i done it totally horribly. all f9s, including my english. actually my standard of english isn't that bad. probably a high C student. (due to my messy handwritting i had problems getting high marks in compo, somehow), and i just had to write out of point in that exam. i wasnt depressed or more like i did not even feel anything. i was simply hack-care at that time.
after some long talks, arguments, i finally awaken from all these mess. i decided that i did not want to retain. the condition to promote was a pass in 2 subjects and english. i had to get like 60 percent for my english to pass, and as my english has always been at the 50-60 range, i was feeling quite scared when i recieved the paper at the end of year. finally, after all CA calculations etc...i managed to pass the overall, at 51 percent. WHEW..
just when that happened, i failed chemistry, physics, geog and combined humanities horribly. all around the 30+ range. almost all the papers were quite difficult and all of them had their fair share of failures. i was one of them, and one of the f9 failures. the MSG (average) for some subjects was even a fail. i did put in effort to study, i wonder if it wasn't enough, or is it because im stupid. im quite sure i know all the facts quite well. i have a super smart friend who does nothing but read textbook and scores in exam. i tried doin the same but got stunned during the exam when i couldn't do the twisted questions. i did not try doin TYS partly because i wasn't discipline enough, i was still on my com, playing games, playing badminton but i took effort to prepare like few days before the exam.., thats what all my friends do...
but they passed and i failed.
i heard from teachers and my parents that an average student studies like 3-4 hours per day. i was like OMG, i do not study on a daily basis and only read the book the day before the exam. for this exam, i took the effort to prepare few days earlier and i took special effort to listen in class. but i only got a few marks improvement from last time...
okie right now i passed my Amaths, Chinese and English. my chinese, i did not get high enough to pull my overall grade to a pass. but im quite sure my amaths did (at 59%...haix. lousy compared to my other friends). the only paper which i have not got bac is emaths n im quite sure i will pass the paper. but however. im starting to feel as if i should retain..
im sure retaining at sec 3 sounds stupid, but sometimes i need this extra year to prepare myselfs for the o levels. getting 30+ for so mani subjects has crushed my confidence. unless i put in lots and lots of effort during this EOY holiday, i will probably not make it in my O levels. so why not just retain and take my time. but im holding back because i will not be together with my friends. and i will have to mix around with a new group of people.
so in conclusion, to sum up things, i have a few questions to ask.
1) how do you improve handwritting? i tried writing neatly, but due to the lack of time, especially papers like social studies, geography and english..., i had to scribble my answers and try to write as fast as i can. as there are multiple essays to do and usually answers are required to be like 5-7 full pages in total, (foolscap paper). how do you write neat, but at the same time fast, any methods to train handwritting?
2) how to stop being careless? fortunately, this amaths paper was easy, but i lost like 20+ marks due to careless mistakes. i guess. i get penalized for opening a bracket wrongly in a simple binomial theroem sum and the whole thing (usually 3-5 marks), gets a big fat egg......
3) what should i do now? should i actualli consider to retain? or promote and mug lots and lots during this long holiday..? -
Another thing to add about your separation from current classmates... People come and go... Being 'separated' from them doesn't mean that you cannot remain as friends? And being retained for a year probably might mean a chance to meet NEW people and possibly friends too...? It's all just all ya look at it yup?
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never retain! retain for what? if you retain only you will lag behind your peers in everything. ns, higher studies, work. in a competitive society such as this, 1 year is too much to be wasted!
just buck up only lah. relaz this holiday a bit then when the new term starts just pay attention in class and so your work loh. 1 whole year for you to catch up. its not that bad lah. -
hi guys again,
firstly i wud like to thank every1 for their comments about this issue. i might not be able to promote, though not comfirmed. theres still a level meeting for teachers to decide who promote and who don't...., anyway i realized i failed my amaths marginally overall, at almost 49 percent or around that range. but my school has a policy not to give chance to such students. especially students like me who was a consistant troublemaker..., i feel the remorse right now, but sometimes things are too bad to be salvaged. i'll just be retained, end of story.
what do i plan to do from now onwards? i do not intend to go frenzy in my studies if i get retained. i mean, i got 1 more year to go, ill just make sure i know sufficient of sec 3 and then i'll put in effort in nxt yr itself. i cant be aiming just to pass sec 3 again if i retain, i'll probably be aiming for things like A1s and A2s. hopefully. i will still have the determination and discipline when the time comes.
hopefully after my Olevel results come out, ill be satisified enough to say that this retain was a "blessing in disguise".
about wasting one year, i don't realli see how you waste one year. i enter NS 1 yr later, i enter the working world 1 year later..., shouldn't that be better? i mean, as in, in your whole life you ought to be working, doin something you don't like. theres no such thing as a life without work. so why not spend one more year studying..? it's surely more relaxing than the adult world. -
hi guys again,
firstly i wud like to thank every1 for their comments about this issue. i might not be able to promote, though not comfirmed. theres still a level meeting for teachers to decide who promote and who don't...., anyway i realized i failed my amaths marginally overall, at almost 49 percent or around that range. but my school has a policy not to give chance to such students. especially students like me who was a consistant troublemaker..., i feel the remorse right now, but sometimes things are too bad to be salvaged. i'll just be retained, end of story.
what do i plan to do from now onwards? i do not intend to go frenzy in my studies if i get retained. i mean, i got 1 more year to go, ill just make sure i know sufficient of sec 3 and then i'll put in effort in nxt yr itself. i cant be aiming just to pass sec 3 again if i retain, i'll probably be aiming for things like A1s and A2s. hopefully. i will still have the determination and discipline when the time comes.
hopefully after my Olevel results come out, ill be satisified enough to say that this retain was a "blessing in disguise".
about wasting one year, i don't realli see how you waste one year. i enter NS 1 yr later, i enter the working world 1 year later..., shouldn't that be better? i mean, as in, in your whole life you ought to be working, doin something you don't like. theres no such thing as a life without work. so why not spend one more year studying..? it's surely more relaxing than the adult world. -
forgot to add that if you wanna repeat might as well wait for if you O lvl fail then repeat?Originally posted by Scape_Goat_Token:hi guys again,
firstly i wud like to thank every1 for their comments about this issue. i might not be able to promote, though not comfirmed. theres still a level meeting for teachers to decide who promote and who don't...., anyway i realized i failed my amaths marginally overall, at almost 49 percent or around that range. but my school has a policy not to give chance to such students. especially students like me who was a consistant troublemaker..., i feel the remorse right now, but sometimes things are too bad to be salvaged. i'll just be retained, end of story.
what do i plan to do from now onwards? i do not intend to go frenzy in my studies if i get retained. i mean, i got 1 more year to go, ill just make sure i know sufficient of sec 3 and then i'll put in effort in nxt yr itself. i cant be aiming just to pass sec 3 again if i retain, i'll probably be aiming for things like A1s and A2s. hopefully. i will still have the determination and discipline when the time comes.
hopefully after my Olevel results come out, ill be satisified enough to say that this retain was a "blessing in disguise".
about wasting one year, i don't realli see how you waste one year. i enter NS 1 yr later, i enter the working world 1 year later..., shouldn't that be better? i mean, as in, in your whole life you ought to be working, doin something you don't like. theres no such thing as a life without work. so why not spend one more year studying..? it's surely more relaxing than the adult world. -
Spare a thought for your parents who is working so hard for your school fees.Somethings can't be avoid,its just a matter of time.Originally posted by Scape_Goat_Token:about wasting one year, i don't realli see how you waste one year. i enter NS 1 yr later, i enter the working world 1 year later..., shouldn't that be better? i mean, as in, in your whole life you ought to be working, doin something you don't like. theres no such thing as a life without work. so why not spend one more year studying..? it's surely more relaxing than the adult world. -
i've read thru. all i can say is, even if u repeat a year, its nothing to be ashamed of, because to have the determination and guts to stand back up and continue forward after falling is a good thing. Do not think of repeating a year as something to be ashamed of. Think of it as a 2nd chance. Im also repeating my 1st year in Uni now. I am quite similiar to u in terms of studies, but in the past in Sg i've always managed to scrape thru. Last year tho, i finally had more problems than i could handle, and instead of trying to sort them out i just let my self sink deeper n deeper, and inside me i had this "i know i am dying but i couldn't care less" attitude too. only at the end of the year, i finally woke up, but it was too late to salvage the year. however, i pleaded my case and they gave me a 2nd chance to repeat the year, which is something im very grateful for. so dun give up, and repeat if u have to, and see it as a chance to put right the wrongs u have done.
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hi boi,Originally posted by Scape_Goat_Token:hi guys. im suffering from quite a serious problem, and i need feedback on what i should do.
story goes like this:
since the start of this yr (im sec 3 btw), i have been sleeping in class, slacking, not doin homework, and even skipping tests. im not sure whether i haf the "hackcare" attitude or simply because i think i still can make it even if i study last minute. maybe i was simply complacent. i slept at around 2-3 plus almost everyday ( i think i enjoyed too much the previous holiday...) and goin to school feeling sooo sleepy that i would just collasp in class.
midyear, i done it totally horribly. all f9s, including my english. actually my standard of english isn't that bad. probably a high C student. (due to my messy handwritting i had problems getting high marks in compo, somehow), and i just had to write out of point in that exam. i wasnt depressed or more like i did not even feel anything. i was simply hack-care at that time.
after some long talks, arguments, i finally awaken from all these mess. i decided that i did not want to retain. the condition to promote was a pass in 2 subjects and english. i had to get like 60 percent for my english to pass, and as my english has always been at the 50-60 range, i was feeling quite scared when i recieved the paper at the end of year. finally, after all CA calculations etc...i managed to pass the overall, at 51 percent. WHEW..
just when that happened, i failed chemistry, physics, geog and combined humanities horribly. all around the 30+ range. almost all the papers were quite difficult and all of them had their fair share of failures. i was one of them, and one of the f9 failures. the MSG (average) for some subjects was even a fail. i did put in effort to study, i wonder if it wasn't enough, or is it because im stupid. im quite sure i know all the facts quite well. i have a super smart friend who does nothing but read textbook and scores in exam. i tried doin the same but got stunned during the exam when i couldn't do the twisted questions. i did not try doin TYS partly because i wasn't discipline enough, i was still on my com, playing games, playing badminton but i took effort to prepare like few days before the exam.., thats what all my friends do...
but they passed and i failed.
i heard from teachers and my parents that an average student studies like 3-4 hours per day. i was like OMG, i do not study on a daily basis and only read the book the day before the exam. for this exam, i took the effort to prepare few days earlier and i took special effort to listen in class. but i only got a few marks improvement from last time...
okie right now i passed my Amaths, Chinese and English. my chinese, i did not get high enough to pull my overall grade to a pass. but im quite sure my amaths did (at 59%...haix. lousy compared to my other friends). the only paper which i have not got bac is emaths n im quite sure i will pass the paper. but however. im starting to feel as if i should retain..
im sure retaining at sec 3 sounds stupid, but sometimes i need this extra year to prepare myselfs for the o levels. getting 30+ for so mani subjects has crushed my confidence. unless i put in lots and lots of effort during this EOY holiday, i will probably not make it in my O levels. so why not just retain and take my time. but im holding back because i will not be together with my friends. and i will have to mix around with a new group of people.
so in conclusion, to sum up things, i have a few questions to ask.
1) how do you improve handwritting? i tried writing neatly, but due to the lack of time, especially papers like social studies, geography and english..., i had to scribble my answers and try to write as fast as i can. as there are multiple essays to do and usually answers are required to be like 5-7 full pages in total, (foolscap paper). how do you write neat, but at the same time fast, any methods to train handwritting?
2) how to stop being careless? fortunately, this amaths paper was easy, but i lost like 20+ marks due to careless mistakes. i guess. i get penalized for opening a bracket wrongly in a simple binomial theroem sum and the whole thing (usually 3-5 marks), gets a big fat egg......
3) what should i do now? should i actualli consider to retain? or promote and mug lots and lots during this long holiday..?
Ive been thru all e above wat u r currently facing.. n I was worse off than u cos I flunked all 10-12 subjects of my 2nd yr(1st Sememster) in polytechnic n it was a pretty tough course (law + management) . N i was e only student who had such horrible grades, n i blamed myself for being too lazy n childish n playful at dat time, n caused all F in e subjects dat yr.
Subsequently, i was called to see e principal n thanks to e help of my woderful careperson - a very understanding lecturer who was an ex CID inspector dealin wif delinquents..(haha) n he counselled me, helped me wif my probs n pleaded on my behalf to e principal to allow me to stay on e course n even allowed me to choose whether
A) To proceed on to 2nd Semester n take all e failed subjects in Sem 1 PLUS all e 12 new subjects for Sem 2 of that year. Total subjects were about 25 as fas as I could recall. (Mission Impossible, rite? i thought to myself...)
So eventually, I told my Poly principal ( a very nice principal as well, Im glad my ex-poly had) that I wanted a break to solve my probs and also to consider seriously whether I wanted to carry on this course ( I had little interest for this course as I was involuntary placed into it..e details i shall not go on)
So, I went for a year break .. and i would say this is not considered a retain of 1 year as my kind poly actually endorsed on my graduation cert and transcript as "Diploma In XXXX - 3-year full time course". Oh...btw, I rested for nearly a yr, joined my juniors in year 2... and bingo! I passed effortlessly and proceeded to year 3 n e rest is history...
Total Period In Poly was from July 1997 - Aug 2001 (my convocation/graduation i shd say)
N even though I delayed 1 yr in graduating, I found a job in reputable law firm paying me $1.6K even before I graduated in Aug officially! N i had honestly revealed to my then employers that I had repeated year 2 of my course, and they, I suppose, appreciated my honesty and chose to emply me over my other peers who also went for the interview..keke
So e morale of this true-life story that happened to me to you is:
Just Follow Ur Heart N listen to what ur inner voice wants u do with this sticky situation. My feeling is that u r very distracted by some probs or issues in ur life N u cannot concentrate on ur studies. NO point taking even more subjects n stress out urself to e extreme.
Ur Mind, Body & Soul is e best assets u hav...dun overwork them or else they will make u suffer too !
BE KIND TO URSELF ... U HAV ONLY URSELF N JUST LET LIFE EVENT UNFOLD NATURALLY BY ITSELF..DUN GET PRESSURED BY EXTERNAL FACTORS OR PEERS..U R UR BEST FREN N U GET TO DECIDE E PACE U WAN TO GO AHEAD WITH LIFE...
"Your Life Will Only Work If U Take Full Responsibilty 4 Ur Choices" - Andrew Matthews -
Very encouraging.Originally posted by CP25:hi boi,
Ive been thru all e above wat u r currently facing.. n I was worse off than u cos I flunked all 10-12 subjects of my 2nd yr(1st Sememster) in polytechnic n it was a pretty tough course (law + management) . N i was e only student who had such horrible grades, n i blamed myself for being too lazy n childish n playful at dat time, n caused all F in e subjects dat yr.
Subsequently, i was called to see e principal n thanks to e help of my woderful careperson - a very understanding lecturer who was an ex CID inspector dealin wif delinquents..(haha) n he counselled me, helped me wif my probs n pleaded on my behalf to e principal to allow me to stay on e course n even allowed me to choose whether
A) To proceed on to 2nd Semester n take all e failed subjects in Sem 1 PLUS all e 12 new subjects for Sem 2 of that year. Total subjects were about 25 as fas as I could recall. (Mission Impossible, rite? i thought to myself...)
So eventually, I told my Poly principal ( a very nice principal as well, Im glad my ex-poly had) that I wanted a break to solve my probs and also to consider seriously whether I wanted to carry on this course ( I had little interest for this course as I was involuntary placed into it..e details i shall not go on)
So, I went for a year break .. and i would say this is not considered a retain of 1 year as my kind poly actually endorsed on my graduation cert and transcript as "Diploma In XXXX - 3-year full time course". Oh...btw, I rested for nearly a yr, joined my juniors in year 2... and bingo! I passed effortlessly and proceeded to year 3 n e rest is history...
Total Period In Poly was from July 1997 - Aug 2001 (my convocation/graduation i shd say)
N even though I delayed 1 yr in graduating, I found a job in reputable law firm paying me $1.6K even before I graduated in Aug officially! N i had honestly revealed to my then employers that I had repeated year 2 of my course, and they, I suppose, appreciated my honesty and chose to emply me over my other peers who also went for the interview..keke
So e morale of this true-life story that happened to me to you is:
Just Follow Ur Heart N listen to what ur inner voice wants u do with this sticky situation. My feeling is that u r very distracted by some probs or issues in ur life N u cannot concentrate on ur studies. NO point taking even more subjects n stress out urself to e extreme.
Ur Mind, Body & Soul is e best assets u hav...dun overwork them or else they will make u suffer too !
BE KIND TO URSELF ... U HAV ONLY URSELF N JUST LET LIFE EVENT UNFOLD NATURALLY BY ITSELF..DUN GET PRESSURED BY EXTERNAL FACTORS OR PEERS..U R UR BEST FREN N U GET TO DECIDE E PACE U WAN TO GO AHEAD WITH LIFE...
"Your Life Will Only Work If U Take Full Responsibilty 4 Ur Choices" - Andrew Matthews -
tell u hor, i was four years behind my peers in terms of academic achievement, but now that i've overcome my academic 'disabilities' , i am free to soar!
as for you, what's important for now is that you have identified your weaknesses & you are working towards overcoming your obstacles.
think u've done a good job so far. keep it up!
ps: i refer to my post in the following thread... http://www.sgforums.com/?action=thread_display&thread_id=145908&page=2
"(qualifications).... it doesn't bloody matter after few years of working coz in the long run... the best man/woman (in terms of aptitude & attitude) wins!"