She got perfect score, but can't get into elite JCs

• charlize

  1 Jan 06, 19:30

  Originally posted by sbst275:

  Aiyah, the term 'fussy' comes in

  Not fussy lah.
  
  Just tao.
  
  
• BrUtUs

  1 Jan 06, 19:31

  Originally posted by fudgester:

  Well, the sad truth is that some students here choose to go to certain schools for the bragging rights of being in them. I once knew this guy who refused to sing his JC's school anthem in the first three months he was there just because he believed that he 'belongs' to one of the top 5 JCs.

  probably inherited from his parents...
• Hengolobin

  1 Jan 06, 20:26

  elite jc does make a difference. they have better teachers there, who give more attention and they tend to set better exam questions and better lecture notes. I'm from a not so good jc and i do feel the difference.
• stellazio

  1 Jan 06, 20:27

  this sucks..school has become a sporting arena too..
• S2K4

  2 Jan 06, 00:36

  government wants balanced developed students, not only bookworms.
  
  nowadays MOE has pool of students who can do well acadmically from ASEAN, SIA and MOE scholars.
  
  for the long term benefit of the country, MOE rather chooses a 8-point holder with a healthier body.
  
  anyway I got 8 points but was also kicked out by AJC though my teachers pleaed for me.
• LazerLordz

  2 Jan 06, 00:38

  Originally posted by Hengolobin:

  elite jc does make a difference. they have better teachers there, who give more attention and they tend to set better exam questions and better lecture notes. I'm from a not so good jc and i do feel the difference.

  I have to disagree.I came from a 3 year CI, and when I saw substandard notes, I just went to do my own research at the Reference Libraries, online academic databases and journals to form up my own notes.
  
  It's also the innate sense of motivation that factors in greatly.
• thousandisland

  2 Jan 06, 11:22

  Originally posted by LazerLordz:

  I have to disagree.I came from a 3 year CI, and when I saw substandard notes, I just went to do my own research at the Reference Libraries, online academic databases and journals to form up my own notes.
  
  It's also the innate sense of motivation that factors in greatly.

  you gotta admit that not all students are self-motivated but rather depend on teachers to spoon feed them. in such cases, i guess the elite jcs are really more concerned in producing the straight As. so the environment does count. if not rj/hc wouldnt haf almost 3/4 of their popn getting straight As and the others having only a mere handful.
• alexkusu

  2 Jan 06, 11:36

  JC is for elite nia meh? then my fren elite phantom student