YOU have turned my life UPSIDE DOWN and INSIDE OUT. :)

Voila~!

And from the days of John the Baptist until now the kingdom of heaven suffers violence, and the violent take it by force.
- Matthew 11:12

I will take it by force.

oh my goodness i don't believe this.
i just came back from camp and here i am working already.
this is madness.
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MJC2004 Reflections
according to SPCS, these reflections are in light of MJC's performance this year. these include a critical analysis on specific academic areas of MJC e.g. lecture notes, timetables, lectures, tutorials, exams etc. in here, i will provide an explanation to issues which cannot be changed, proposals to those that can and an assurance to push (aggressiveness to be adjusted to a comfortable level here) for these changes (as long as they're reasonable i.e. no pushing for an abolishment of examinations). however, take note that all these are my personal opinions; i do not represent the council. oh and another thing. thanks to SPCS for bothering to post this up; the fact that you guys bothered to walk the talk is highly appreciated. =)

timetables
okay, be happy. be very happy. the timetables have been changed yet again to suit our body clocks. if my memory does not fail me, A202 would enjoy pleasant trips home at (latest) 1515 hours everyday and S205 gets to fly at 1445. these are timetables for the 3 A level subject holders though, the 4 A level holders would just have to suffer long timetables (sorry guys..this is the price to pay for being too smart ;p). the timetables are still subject to changes (ms lai showed us the timetables after the ogl camp).

lectures, tutorials and lecture notes
i'm sorry, i would have to slam your points here. nothing personal, no offense taken i hope.

i think most of us students would have resigned themselves to the fact that lousy lecturers (academic, intellectual or attitude wise) somehow always manage to smoke their way past their practicums (just like how we smoke past our exams). i personally met one who could not even clarify her own doubts on the subject at hand, nor could she control those great streams flowing from her paunchy eyes (i'm sorry, its hard to resist). in addition, we have lecturers who spend more than half the lesson making a walrus (pun absolutely intended) out of themselves telling us that she wants to go get married (okay she didn't mean that but that's how it sounded coming between her great walrus fangs) or she that she thinks we should just go married instead of studying that particular subject. i could go on forever, but i think you get my point.

the thing is, we can't exactly do anything about it other than make their lives difficult. this applies not only to MJC, but to all other schools (don't you agree?). i personally would take pleasure in fulfilling their worst nightmares knowing that they can't really do anything since we're already in J2. the trick here is to make sure that students mug their guts out to tape their mouths shut.

JC culture is as such (not the fault of MJC, rather, the fault lies with our education system).
1. 5 hours of sleep is considered luxury.
2. lecture notes never seem adequete nor up to standard (just take a look at TJC's notes).
3. the academic pace is usually at (japanese) train speed.

ask around. JC students hardly ever get more than 5 hours of sleep, between tutorials, cca etc. the JC system is the most rigorous, tedious and unjust system in singapore, as we have already been warned by our seniors, sec sch teachers and ms lai herself. students may work from dusk till dawn and still not see results, while others hardly take the effort to study and are still able to get decent grades. yes, MJC does not give students a chance to sit for a re-exam, but are re-exams that beneficial after all? the A levels are far more demanding than the O levels; wouldn't it be better for one to retain and score well for A levels, instead of scrapping through the promos and failing the A levels in the end? this is a cruel but practical way of sifting out those who are prepared and those who are not prepared for the A levels. students can claim that our promotional examination standards are prepostrous and too challenging for our current standards, but isn't it better to be thrown something challenging so as to prepare us for the As? i highly doubt that the school is trying to retain or kick students out through the promos, rather, i suspect that they want only the best to take the A levels, which would offer more advantages to both the students and school alike.

it is a cruel, heartless thing to say, but now, its not about how hard we work, but how we work hard. i know of people who have mugged their guts out for the exams and yet they are unable to promote. i did not bother studying for the exams and by God's grace i managed to promote (i'm so gonna get killed for this). perhaps they are just not cut out for the JC system, or perhaps for some reason or other, they are unable to grasp the techniques taught in the whole year. whatever the reason, they need to be taught the syllabus one more time, for their own good too. i'm not trying to put down students who have retained, i'm just trying to present this in the most practical, detached way i can. i believe that when there's a will there's a way, when there's no way you will force a way out somehow. if we study hard enough, in the best way we can possibly do so, we will see results.

admittedly, i can't say that our results are completely dependent on us. lecturers and lecture notes and tutorials play a huge role too. honestly, our lecture notes are pretty concise compared to other JCs already. if we have lousy lecturers or tutors, we can't exactly get them sacked either, can we? the best we could do is to work extremely hard to get those grades.

as for re-exams, don't we already have re-exams in the form of our block tests for the advanced cases? i too disagree with the notion of having block tests, as it would only prove to advance students not ready for the A levels.

if you can't take the fact that JC students sleep late and get lousy notes, i'd tell you that the JC system is not right for you.

as for the standard of the lecture notes and examinations, i guess this is something we can present to the relevant authorities. i can only promise to persuade them into agreeing to do something about it (such as improving the standard of our lecture notes). i can't really say much as i'm hardly in the position to do so. hope u enjoyed this too.
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wanted to blog about church..but too tired. willl brb.

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