results aren't everything
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After two long years of tourture and sufferings, I officially and finally graduated from Hwa Chong! This feeling is undescribable.
I collected my results today. I didn't expect myself to perform as well cos I fell sick during the exam period. Those were the darkest days but I braved through them, with utmost support from my parents, teachers and Hanxi, Jieying and Jiaxin. (:
When it comes to disclosing results, I'm more secretive about it. I don't like to tell many people the full details of my results (unless I feel like it), cos I don't see the need to. In fact, I don't really care who fared very well or who underperformed this time.
The point is, after these two years, I realised that academic results aren't everything. One tries hard to achieve, but they aren'te everything. Maybe except to those people who have this condemning habit of measuring one's worth and intelligence using merely results. And I hate that frivolous thinking.
I repeat, I HATE THAT. Results are mostly superficial, and I personally feel that they're not a fair gauge, cos they don't fully reflect one's ability. Hard work is no doubt important, but luck plays a considerable part in deciding one's academic results too. I've seen many examples of industrious people failing to achieve what they aimed for.
Last weekend, I met up with some friends who are studying in poly. We talked about our common
interests. And when I told them I wondered why I could never find people who share the same interests as me in my jc, I was shocked by their answer: "Because jc people are more high class, poly people are low class."
Tell me, who are the culprits who instilled such TWISTED MINDSETS in them? Why is it that, in this modern day society, there are still primitives who attach stigma to poly students, who think that poly students are inferior to jc students?
I really don't understand.
I have never looked down on poly students, in fact, I'm envious of them for being able to learn through many hands-on project. I could have chosen poly, but I was once as foolish as those people who think that one who has good results should enter jc, cos poly is for those who can't make it to jc. This is SO WRONG AND UNFAIR!
Take my sis as an example. Although she can make it to jc, she chosed to enter poly instead. And there were some relatives who wondered why didn't she want chose jc. A relative disclosed their doubts to my mum inadvertently.
See? Such shallow people still come in existence. And they happen to be people whom I know of. This is so embarrassing.
No poly student is deserved to endure such stigma, serious. Have confidence in yourselves ok!
Anyway, I'm proud my sis for being very clear of what she wants in life.
I thank many around me who expressed concern towards my results. I'm able to make it to Uni.
I'm blessed with friends (some whom I haven't been in contact with for a long time) who sms-ed me wishing me good luck yesterday, and those (some whom I seldom talk to on msn) who made an effort to sms or msn me to ask me for my results.
Major exams work wonders. The whole world seem to remember me all of a sudden, especially during the days when results are about to be released.
P.S. To those who "think lowly" of poly students, I despise you. I advise you to widen your horizon
and stop disseminating these untrue ludicrous ways of thinking. Cos the way you think now will influence our next generation to think likewise, and it will affect victims whose decisions are easily swayed by society views.
Sorry for such crude remarks but I'm just speaking my mind.
After two long years of tourture and sufferings, I officially and finally graduated from Hwa Chong! This feeling is undescribable.
I collected my results today. I didn't expect myself to perform as well cos I fell sick during the exam period. Those were the darkest days but I braved through them, with utmost support from my parents, teachers and Hanxi, Jieying and Jiaxin. (:
When it comes to disclosing results, I'm more secretive about it. I don't like to tell many people the full details of my results (unless I feel like it), cos I don't see the need to. In fact, I don't really care who fared very well or who underperformed this time.
The point is, after these two years, I realised that academic results aren't everything. One tries hard to achieve, but they aren'te everything. Maybe except to those people who have this condemning habit of measuring one's worth and intelligence using merely results. And I hate that frivolous thinking.
I repeat, I HATE THAT. Results are mostly superficial, and I personally feel that they're not a fair gauge, cos they don't fully reflect one's ability. Hard work is no doubt important, but luck plays a considerable part in deciding one's academic results too. I've seen many examples of industrious people failing to achieve what they aimed for.
Last weekend, I met up with some friends who are studying in poly. We talked about our common
interests. And when I told them I wondered why I could never find people who share the same interests as me in my jc, I was shocked by their answer: "Because jc people are more high class, poly people are low class."
Tell me, who are the culprits who instilled such TWISTED MINDSETS in them? Why is it that, in this modern day society, there are still primitives who attach stigma to poly students, who think that poly students are inferior to jc students?
I really don't understand.
I have never looked down on poly students, in fact, I'm envious of them for being able to learn through many hands-on project. I could have chosen poly, but I was once as foolish as those people who think that one who has good results should enter jc, cos poly is for those who can't make it to jc. This is SO WRONG AND UNFAIR!
Take my sis as an example. Although she can make it to jc, she chosed to enter poly instead. And there were some relatives who wondered why didn't she want chose jc. A relative disclosed their doubts to my mum inadvertently.
See? Such shallow people still come in existence. And they happen to be people whom I know of. This is so embarrassing.
No poly student is deserved to endure such stigma, serious. Have confidence in yourselves ok!
Anyway, I'm proud my sis for being very clear of what she wants in life.
I thank many around me who expressed concern towards my results. I'm able to make it to Uni.
I'm blessed with friends (some whom I haven't been in contact with for a long time) who sms-ed me wishing me good luck yesterday, and those (some whom I seldom talk to on msn) who made an effort to sms or msn me to ask me for my results.
Major exams work wonders. The whole world seem to remember me all of a sudden, especially during the days when results are about to be released.
P.S. To those who "think lowly" of poly students, I despise you. I advise you to widen your horizon
and stop disseminating these untrue ludicrous ways of thinking. Cos the way you think now will influence our next generation to think likewise, and it will affect victims whose decisions are easily swayed by society views.
Sorry for such crude remarks but I'm just speaking my mind.
posted by Joy @ 9:52 PM
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