Vicious cycles
20th November marks the end of the bio paper 1, and the end of the A'levels for people taking BCME. Students scream with joy, throw their notes away and shout "Exams are over!".
What? Exams are over?
I've realized since O'levels that exams were not over. After PSLE came the Os, after Os came the As, and after As will come the uni exams. Will this be the true end of exams in our lives? It wouldn't be. In a mordern competitive world, where there are job shortages, where there are only so little promotions, meritocracy is the means that is used to distinguish the better from the rest. And how is meritocracy implemented? Test, exams... working behaviour, results, ideas... They're still exams, just in the disguise of proposals, projects, etc. Even one's daily performance at work is comparable to class assignments in secondary school, which adds to the total grade.
School has been modified into a place of not only learning, but adapting. To society. The real working world. Although things like bootlicking doesn't work, and you can't pull much strings... it's a start. Results in school is sort of a reflection of your 'grade' in society, where you'ld stand. Socially, academically, emotionally.
Which is why we always have to improve ourselves. Not only academically... but we must also take care of our social aspects and our physical and mental health. It's not productive wasting your life away during the holidays. So learn something each day, and of course, relax. It's the holidays, after all. =)
OMG I'M SCARED FOR GP AND BIO. =|
What? Exams are over?
I've realized since O'levels that exams were not over. After PSLE came the Os, after Os came the As, and after As will come the uni exams. Will this be the true end of exams in our lives? It wouldn't be. In a mordern competitive world, where there are job shortages, where there are only so little promotions, meritocracy is the means that is used to distinguish the better from the rest. And how is meritocracy implemented? Test, exams... working behaviour, results, ideas... They're still exams, just in the disguise of proposals, projects, etc. Even one's daily performance at work is comparable to class assignments in secondary school, which adds to the total grade.
School has been modified into a place of not only learning, but adapting. To society. The real working world. Although things like bootlicking doesn't work, and you can't pull much strings... it's a start. Results in school is sort of a reflection of your 'grade' in society, where you'ld stand. Socially, academically, emotionally.
Which is why we always have to improve ourselves. Not only academically... but we must also take care of our social aspects and our physical and mental health. It's not productive wasting your life away during the holidays. So learn something each day, and of course, relax. It's the holidays, after all. =)
OMG I'M SCARED FOR GP AND BIO. =|
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