School affairs
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Sometimes some stuffs may seems easy but there will always be stuffs that you won't know and besides computer course aint cheap be glad that the school sponser it for you. You never know it will come in handy in the near future when you go out to work.Originally posted by Xephone_xenon:Err i read self improvment books like everytime? lol.
I go NLB and borrow some from time to time.
And i just bought this book named "rules of life"
I gonna use the time to do some N level revision work too.
The course is like some nooby computer,design course which only covers on the basic which i prolly know already. Which i am totally not interested.
Considering what i say is true. Option 1 is a far more better option
If you dont trust me then nvm. What more can i say.
Sometimes in life you can't do stuffs going according to yourself. And you can't do things going according to your interests because life's not gonna let you have your way, that's the truth of it. You will understand what i mean when you experience it yourself -
oh. i had same experience, i got threatened that if i dont go i have to pay the amount in full...
In the end i really did not turn up..
If i dont wanna pay, what can they do also??
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What can do they to a student? Threaten legal actions?Originally posted by gLc:oh. i had same experience, i got threatened that if i dont go i have to pay the amount in full...
In the end i really did not turn up..
If i dont wanna pay, what can they do also??
But if you are an adult... different case. You will see a letter in your mailbox soon if you do so. -
Originally posted by ndmmxiaomayi:What can do they to a student? Threaten legal actions?
But if you are an adult... different case. You will see a letter in your mailbox soon if you do so.
at most call parents nia ma, let ur parents do the explaning can liao.
Once parents speak, school will diam diam one..
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It's quite amusing to see such know-it-all attitudes from youngsters today.Originally posted by Xephone_xenon:Applying it?
Can you enlighten me on how does going to this course thing makes me apply the things i have learned from books?
Its like blindly following something which i dont like right?
Most of my fellow photographers who are professsionals and have been shooting for a decade or more, dare not call themselves masters of the digital darkroom.
You learn different things in different settings. The school has been quite kind to pay for you to attend such courses. What gives you the right to deem this course "nooby" when you have not even applied such skills in a profession or a paid job/assignment.
Be humble and realise that you, in Singapore, are more privileged than the rest of South East Asia, where other people your age are probably going door to door selling pickled sea bass etc. -
And therein lies the cause of eroding school authority. There has to be a line drawn between whimscal complaints by parents, and whistle-blowing in the case of teachers abusing their students.Originally posted by gLc:
at most call parents nia ma, let ur parents do the explaning can liao.
Once parents speak, school will diam diam one..
By enrolling in a national school, there are limits to student choice and autonomy. If you want more choices/autonomy, go apply to enroll in an independant school or autonomous school. -
Yes yes. But they shouldnt pay for the course fee and then make u go, when you didnt even sign up for it. Sorry but i dont believe in that, why should you attend something you have totally no interest in? Simply, if I dont turn up for the course, I dont see why should my parents pay for it as well.Originally posted by LazerLordz:And therein lies the cause of eroding school authority. There has to be a line drawn between whimscal complaints by parents, and whistle-blowing in the case of teachers abusing their students.
By enrolling in a national school, there are limits to student choice and autonomy. If you want more choices/autonomy, go apply to enroll in an independant school or autonomous school. -
Yep , just go.Originally posted by gingerbreadman:Why don't you be a nice student and just go? -
Wah Liew...if got ppl play for me to go course... I chop chop go liao..
Knowledge is power.....knowing when to use that knowledge makes you
even more power. -
If I were you, I'll go.
Firstly, it saves the trouble of parents explaining something that you've done.
Secondly, you can learn something with guidance, which is free somemore.
Thirdly, you can gather with your friends to talkcock sing song, which is much better than playing rpg and surfing porn.
BUT, if you really don't want to go, just call your parents to call the school, if the teacher threaten you to cough out the money.
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The main reason of why i dun wan to go is not because the course is nooby. Its just that the course simply dont interest me. I am not interested in design. If there is a course on making barbie dolls clothes will you go?
I am just angry at the school policy. Seriously the school paying for us means nth.
Yeah my post was arrogant. But not to the extend of saying i know everything.
kopiosatu you assuming too much la. -
the school pay for you means nothing? if i have this type of student, i rather donate to the children of africa.Originally posted by Xephone_xenon:The main reason of why i dun wan to go is not because the course is nooby. Its just that the course simply dont interest me. I am not interested in design. If there is a course on making barbie dolls clothes will you go?
I am just angry at the school policy. Seriously the school paying for us means nth.
Yeah my post was arrogant. But not to the extend of saying i know everything.
kopiosatu you assuming too much la.
and you said its 2 months before N'levels, maybe by then you keep revising until very stress, and this course can help you de-stress? you never know... -
They should have do it actually. Obviously no one borthers. Or rather 90% of the people.Originally posted by Dead_Man_Inc:the school pay for you means nothing? if i have this type of student, i rather donate to the children of africa.
and you said its 2 months before N'levels, maybe by then you keep revising until very stress, and this course can help you de-stress? you never know...
Yeah i know kids nowdays just suck big time eh? -
Schooling is about perserverance. Apart from getting education, it also trains you to perservere.Originally posted by Xephone_xenon:The main reason of why i dun wan to go is not because the course is nooby. Its just that the course simply dont interest me. I am not interested in design. If there is a course on making barbie dolls clothes will you go?
I am just angry at the school policy. Seriously the school paying for us means nth.
Yeah my post was arrogant. But not to the extend of saying i know everything.
kopiosatu you assuming too much la.
As you grow up and eventually join the work force, there are always things you are interested in and things you are not but it doesn't mean that you can quit the job when you are given works that don't interest you. If that's the mentality you have i.e. expecting to only do things that interest you, I think you will have a hard time finding a "right" job and be happy in the future.
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I get what you mean but now i do have the choice right?Originally posted by honeymouse:Schooling is about perserverance. Apart from getting education, it also trains you to perservere.
As you grow up and eventually join the work force, there are always things you are interested in and things you are not but it doesn't mean that you can quit the job when you are given works that don't interest you. If that's the mentality you have i.e. expecting to only do things that interest you, I think you will have a hard time finding a "right" job and be happy in the future.
Good luck! -
if you have no interest doesn't mean you can't gain something new out of the course.. well who knows? Maybe in the future you're gonna need it... never assume something before you try it...Originally posted by Xephone_xenon:The main reason of why i dun wan to go is not because the course is nooby. Its just that the course simply dont interest me. I am not interested in design. If there is a course on making barbie dolls clothes will you go?
I am just angry at the school policy. Seriously the school paying for us means nth.
Yeah my post was arrogant. But not to the extend of saying i know everything.
kopiosatu you assuming too much la.
The school is paying for the students because they feel that maybe the students need it.
Last time my seconday school paid for us a website design course which i have no interest at that time, but now i'm glad that i went for that course cause i'm now doing web design which uses some basics which i had learnt from the course. -
i think you and I have quite different opinions about the actions and thoroughness of pre-action planning/investigations by the schoolsOriginally posted by dranoel maxwell:well you just gonna suck it up and go i believe the school have had thought about the usefulness of the course before organising it for the student to go...
anyway i don't actually think planning courses for the kids is wrong but to threaten to charge for non-attendance is problematic. note that the child/parent didn't sign up for the course with full consent. if they "fine" the child/parents for misbehaviour, it sounds wrong if they do not subsidize then there is a question of whether the school was purchasing things and charging it to the child/parents. -
I think whenever you are given the opportunity to attend a course, just go. You have nothing to lose for learning something new. Who knows? The course might turn out to be better than you thought.Originally posted by Xephone_xenon:I get what you mean but now i do have the choice right?
Don't worry, you have plenty of other opportunities to play your games
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My pointOriginally posted by hisoka:anyway i don't actually think planning courses for the kids is wrong but to threaten to charge for non-attendance is problematic. note that the child/parent didn't sign up for the course with full consent. if they "fine" the child/parents for misbehaviour, it sounds wrong if they do not subsidize then there is a question of whether the school was purchasing things and charging it to the child/parents. -
just go for the course it might be useful. unless you tell me the course location is very far requiring long travelling time and you will spend the time studying for your N lvls.Originally posted by Xephone_xenon:My point
its a free course and even if you don't learn stuff you will at least revise or have fun with your classmates -
The course is in my school.Originally posted by hisoka:just go for the course it might be useful. unless you tell me the course location is very far requiring long travelling time and you will spend the time studying for your N lvls.
its a free course and even if you don't learn stuff you will at least revise or have fun with your classmates
And from my house to school takes 45mins~1hour. -
just go la... FOC leh...
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to me is, no interest dont go, why go half hearted?
If u really dont like the course and you go, nothing will get in your ears one..... -
hey TS, i understand how u think becos i am a student myself. u decide whether or not u want to go for the course, the choice is urs.
although the course is FOC, it isnt really FOC if u count in the transport costs to go to school and the time consumed, so if really think u wont benefit from the course, u are better off staying at home playing since playing relieves stress
, if the school asks u to pay the $200, just perservere and dont pay it no matter what
on the other hand, since the course is FOC, it is a good chance for u to learn something for free, good deal sia... do go for it if u think u can learn something useful out of it
ur actually much more luckier than me, i was forced to go for courses AND FORCED TO PAY FOR THEM... i feel like i am being robbed of all my parent's hard earned money by them, i guess they might be using this to earn more money for themselves... sigh... evil principals
now i have learned to keep my stand no matter wat they say
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