Finally it's nearing the end of an arduous week.
It's the second week that i will have remedials
but i'm still not getting used to it.
Every week's like a storm in the sea and i'm a sailor with a rattan boat trying to brave the violent seas and choppy waters.
Sooner or later my rattan boat would just fall into pieces and
I'll be floating, stranded in the ocean.
I need help!


Anyway recently, i got back several of my tests.
Emaths-Mediocre
Amaths-Dreadful
Chinese-An improvement
Chem-Average
Bio-Appalling
To sum it all up,
taking my series of sec 4 common tests results
was quite a horrifying experience.


It's a really bad feeling to take back your result slip cheerfully,
just to see that you got a lowly B or C or even F!
Students nowadays are to preoccupied with the exams and grade system,
so much that we forget our main purpose for coming to school.

Different people have different purposes,
and to cite an example,
Me.
My main purpose of coming to school is
to learn as much knowledge as i can,
and to also have some fun.
So I ask myself,
during my stint in Temasek sec school,
did i accomplish my purpose in coming to school?
I would say no,
because i have not learn all i can learn from the teachers,
and i did not really had much fun.
That,
is because of me being too preoccupied with my studies and grades that i forgot about the other important things in life,
Family, Friends, Studies, Money, Fun etc...
We should learn to sit back and chill a bit, even if there is a major test or exam tmr!
By studying too hard and too close to the exam date,
we will cram our brain with a lot of stuff,
to the point that our brain may overwork and
in the end,
instead of doing well in the exam,
our brain may break down and the consequences would be worse.
So instead of studying late minute (which will not help much)
one should just watch the television or read a book
and most importantly,
sleep early!

Anyway, to boost students' morale, Bryan Joshua and I have came out with the new grade system!
Let's see,
Grades:
A-Asswipe (asswipe means that it's so awful that one can use the result to wipe one's ass)
B-Bullshit
C-Crap
D-Distinction
E-Excellent
F-Fantastic
See! Now F is the most coveted grade
and one should not be too downcasted if one fails.

As the saying goes,
"失败是成功之母"
which stand for
"failure is the stepping stone to success."

One should not be too caught up with one's failure,
and instead,
welcome the failure and learn from it.
This is very similar to the complain/feedback thing i talked about a few days ago.
Instead of getting frustrated and demoralized by one's failure/critism by others,
one should learn from it and improve!
Learn is the key word.
Do not always think that you have reached the target or that you are perfect.
In fact,
you have much to learn.

So in times of failure,
spread open your arms and embrace failure as you should,
so that you can,
most importantly,
LEARN!