My results. I have no idea what to think of it.
Maths
Ouch. That hurts. Just the mention of the word Maths can draw spasms and agony from me. You can virtually see me foaming at the mouth, shaking my body and trying very hard to take control over it once again. I detest JC maths, and specifically the way Maths lectures were conducted in AJC. Lecturers would take their own sweet time on the easiest concept in each topic and later rattle like a bullet train on more complex and important once because they were out of time. Needless to say, I spend most of the Maths lectures outside where I should be, chatting away in the Homeroom or sleeping somewhere comfortable. Maths tutorials? What about it? I only attend tutorial sessions. I don’t do tutorials. I know nothing about maths. All my test and exams are graded F or O.
3 weeks before Alevel, I bought a TYS with worked solution and almost did it from cover to cover, without any reference to any materials provided by AJC, wanting to prove that I can sit for Alevel without any help from AJC, and I can study the entire JC Maths syllabus in 3 weeks.
And I did.
For A Level Maths, I scored an A.
WOW.
Physics
Wooo… I just love that subject. I bath in it, live in it, eat with it, see the world and experience the world with it. Without trying too hard I got my constant As and Bs for Physics this year.
For A Level Physics, I scored C.
NABEI! FUCK! CHEEBYE! WHY LIDAT! I have absolutely no idea. Maybe I was too complacent when studying for my Physics. I think I screwed up my practical exams, which is such a waste, and was overly nervous when doing Paper 1. I can go on and on talking about how I get C. But I don’t think I will ever understand how I get C for physics. This is something not within the laws of Physics.
Computing
Ah. My strength and pride. The subject that granted me free entry into AJC’s Alpha List, which is sort of like a membership for top 20% students. And I got in without studying! Nothing interesting here. Just slack as usual…
… and I got a B. Fuck it. Why no A. I always thought that my A for computing is taken for granted one. Now get B. Its like a tight slap in my face. Weikiat, renown for The Wicked, and currently a technopreneur, get B for Computing! NABEI!
General Paper
I’ve always regarded this as a random subject, something that I will either flop or excel depending on whether luck is by my side. This is also a subject that I use to filter dumb muggers from the smart muggers. Muggers who memorise text and get their 3As often do badly for GP. Likewise, muggers who work smart get A or B for their GP.
I have proven firmly that I am not a mugger, and that luck is with me this time now.
I got an A2 for A Level.
That is like top 9% in AJC, which shows how mug the rest of the school is.
Conclusion
I have really nothing to say about this result that is good enough given that I have only studied a grand total of 3 weeks for A Levels, and which is enough to get me into the course in the University I want, but lousy enough to virtually shatter my hope of getting any good scholarship.
I know myself for giving my targets a narrow miss. I aimed for 270 in PSLE and got 269. I aimed for 8pts (raw) for O Levels and got 9pts. I aimed for 60 in A Level and got 59.5. Give it a break, god, whoever you are, whether you exist or not.
What do you think of my results? Comment please? I have really no idea what to feel about it. Numbed.
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You are the first one from AJC whom did quite badly. I saw the rest, ie my friends, scoring perfect As. And the fact is that you seem quite proud of your results.
I think it is time for you to reflect, and well, the fact is you did screw up. You can’t blame anyone for that right? A Levels is all about you.
To Anon, are you sure you have asked around enough? I asked around among my friends from 2 classes in AJC.
I’ve got 5+ people who can’t go into any local Uni, 4 who failed General Paper, and those with your so called perfect As, get C for GP which isn’t good enough for any form of scholarship actually.
How about sharing your grades?
Your thinking is weird, because I am certainly not proud of my grades. I said I don’t know what to think about it.
I wonder if you did well for your General Paper…
I mean, how do you define doing well? I am not aiming for those popular overcrowded courses that requires very high scores, am I? I am aiming for my interest, Information System Management, which is a combination of Business and IT at SMU. My score would comfortably get me in there, if I’m not wrong.
The main vibe I had with my grades is the fact that although I should get to shave off half a year from my course at SMU due to the fact that I had already met the criteria for doing so, the school fee is still super expensive and a serious financial burden, and getting ABC won’t allow me to help cushion it much, as it is hard to get financial help with that grade.
I want to throw back the question at you. Do think many of your friends with so-called perfect As know what they want in life when they memorise they textbooks for the As? Do you think that asking around your friends and discovering that they have alot of As means that AJC in general did well? I had a larger sample population, and what I discovered that any people’s result are littered with Cs and Ds, something not very supportive of the fact that AJC is a fantastic school, isn’t it? I mean, just look at the GP scores of AJCians. There are many classes with zero distinction! Where did your straight As come from? Only 9% of AJCians get straight As for GP. So did you define straight As wrongly, or did all your friends belong in that miserably small 9%?
I repeat an earlier point, if you think that AJC is fantastic for producing students with As for the 3 subjects, and then a C or fail in General Paper (which is a very common grade), you are wrong. That C in General Paper won’t qualify these people for any scholarship. assuming that they get C6, their University entry scold is 62, 2.5 points more than mine. How significant is that difference? Ignoring my portfolio, I don’t think that getting 62 and a C for GP is any difference from getting 59.5 and A2 for General Paper. Now, if I throw my portfolio in and also the fact that my GP is an A2, ah, things would start shifting nicely in my favor.
I never aim that high, or work as hard as any other AJCians. How can I, if never attend the majorities of the lectures and don’t do tutorials. I told myself that I can study the entire JC syllabus in 3 weeks and get 60 points. I got 59.5. I mean, you have to compare the effort other AJCians and I put in. I put in 3 weeks of solid studying. They took 2 years. They get 62. I got 59.5. I don’t think “badly” is a word suitable for labeling my results. They should be ashamed. They are muggers right? Those from the top 5 schools also mugged for 2 years. They did better than AJC muggers. I’m total out of the game. I studied for 3 weeks and got an average result compared to others who mugged for 2 solid years. So I cannot be proud? If I am not proud of managing this feat then AJCians should be ashamed of themselves. Because if I am not proud of it, that means anyone other than AJCians can manage the same thing as I did.
To full-stop, yes, I had reflected on my results for one whole day yesterday. My verdict is that I did not balance studying all my subjects in the 3 weeks I had given myself to study everything from sketch. My way of slacking for 2 years and only study everything from sketch without the help of any AJC materials works, as seen from my maths, however, because I was overconfident of my Physics and Computing, I did not pay as much attention as I should to them. If only I had a B for Physics, things would have been much more beautiful.
To anon: U did not even share your results. Did you fail your a levels? ( cos you said your friends got straight As, but what about you?) My guess is that you failed the exam and you do not even dare to ahow your results. And regarding your friends, you mean those who were mentioned by the principal? Your friends got perfect As, but what about their GP grade? I won’t believe it if you say they got distinctions as well. At least Wei Kiat scored A2 for his GP. What about you? And your friends? I see many of the As students getting Bs and Cs for their GP. Even the top student did not get an A. And you say Wei Kiat did badly. Can’t you just admit that some of those getting perfect As (in fact many of AJCians) can never get at least an A2 for GP? Do you seriously think that the teachers are good? The school’s percentage of distinctions for GP is the same as the development of your brain. Do not think that Wei Kiat is bad. There are at least 60% more people in AJC who scored worse.
Hi Wei Kiat, sorry to hear that you did worse than expected. Still, given your strong portfolio, I strongly believe that you have high chances of entering your desired course (i.e. the Information System Management degree at SMU). However, I’m afraid that given your results, your chances of getting the National Infocomm Scholarship would be affected. I think you should still apply nonetheless; there is no harm trying.
Looking on the bright side though, even though your results may not match up to that of your peers, at least you know what you want to do in life. That, I believe, is much more important than having good results. Having a strong conviction and belief in what one does is probably the best source of motivation for one to do it well, and is definitely a prerequisite for being successful. I’m very sure you will turn out much more successful than some of your peers who have done nothing but mugged endlessly but aimlessly.
Results are a means to an end, and not an end in itself.
One thing though: it appears from your post that you seem to dislike Maths and have not been doing well in it until the A-levels. This is a potential problem, since your desired course and career requires a good foundation in Maths. I’m not asking you to do your Ten-Year-Series (ugh!!) though, but you should at least be mentally prepared to meet more advanced Maths in university.
can get into ur desired course can liao. other stuff just heck care.
haha.. well said, king huang.
For good or bad, A levels is over for you. It is time to move on. You have a clear goal for your future, and that is a good thing. Never let go of your dream! Remember, some of the most successful entrepreneurs in the world never got a P.H.D., or even finished university. Good luck for your future endeavors!
ya lor just go and be your online pro lah, its what you excel in!
I am proud to say that I mix around with people who are serious about their life and things, so they end up doing well for their studies. Likewise, I am also serious about what I want to be, and do my best for everything, for CCA, and for my studies. To answer your question, I am one of those who stood up earlier in the Principal’s list.
My class was one of the best, with almost all of them standing up. They did pretty well in their GP too. It is due to their own efforts as well as the effort of the teachers. Some of my classmates wanted to drop some subjects, but with the teachers’ advice, they held on, and end up getting As for those subjects.
I really have to salute the teachers for their efforts. Without them, me and my friends would not have gotten our As. They stayed back late almost everyday to coach us, and we really appreciate that.
When we could not come to school for personal reasons, say illness, or family matters, our teachers will explain to us the lectures, and go through the assignments, even at a personal level.
But even with all their efforts, if we were not willing, and thought that they were not good, or though they were insincere, or if we ourselves were insincere, we would not have done well.
The term ‘muggers’ is for people who label people, because they are jealous and bitter about their achievements. Yes, there are people who just concentrate on their studies, but there are more people who are well-rounded. In the end, such people achieve great things, while the laymen, who label such people, end up with nothing.
There are people who did not achieve academically, but they did become successful. But if you interview such people, they would say that academic success would have made their life easier and better. I have read such interviews before, and have asked some of my friends’ parents, who are not educated, but are successful. They all said that. That is the reason why they invest so much time, money and effort on their children’s education.
And statistically, the percentage of those successful but uneducated make up only a small percentage.
hi anon, welcome back.
Still afraid of revealing your own identity. Still afraid of revealing your results.
I mean, are you sure mugging and not knowing where to go on from this point onwards is being serious in life? Betrayed your lack of insight, brains, and maturity, that statement did.
You may be lucky to have fantastic teachers, however, in ajc such teachers are exception rather than the norm. I’ve got a GP teacher who marked less than 90% of our submitted homework, be it essay or compre in 2 years, just as an example to share.
If you define working hard in your CCA and academic as working hard “for everything”, it shows nothing but now narrow your life is.
You have mentioned that your class is one of the best, which for now I assume it is true. You mentioned that it lies mainly on the teachers’ and students’ effort. If we are to assume that everyone who comes into ajc are all very hardworking, that again proves my point that your class is lucky to have exceptional teachers who are hard to come by in AJC. Assuming that what you said is true, getting good results in AJC is an exception, not a norm.
The term “muggers” did not came about for people to label people because the former is jealous of the latter. Just look at how many AJCians are self-proclaimed muggers, and how AJC’s official blog is called Muggers United. If what you said is true then there is a paradox. How can you be jealous of yourself because you work harder than yourself?
Like I said, academic results cannot be classified as a form of achievement. It is a mean for which you use to reach your goal. Achievements come later, when you make use of your academic excellence to achieve something. However, using academic excellence to achieve something is not everybody’s cup of tea. When muggers talk about academic achievements, it is about how many As they have and what “leadership” roles they have. (I’ve placed the word “leadership” in inverted commas as being a CCA leader in AJC, I’ve yet to see anyone exhibiting the kind of leadership that is comparable to my schoolmates in The Chinese High School.) When I talk about achievements, I talk about how I use my own brain and hand to ensure success. Do I need a teacher to teach me how to create The Wicked, which was featured full page in Digital Life as a “Locally made online puzzle with cult-like status”?
I was once proud of my academical performance, going into EM1, getting ranked 7 in the entire school, getting PSLE score of 272 (include bonus for Higher Chinese). But I’ve gradually lost interest in it. The academic path in Singapore is something that is already pre-planned and something so routine and dull, I felt like I am an unassembled robot going through an assembly line. Primary School, Secondary School, Junior College. Everyone undergo the same planned routine to achieve scores that others have achieved before. Those who could not do as well are filtered out, thrown away into abyss like ITE. It is a heartless, selfish, and unmeaningful process.
Of course, I do not deny that education is important. I want to go through the assembly line too, to see what the world is like. However, I do not believe in working hard memorising easily forgotten knowledge just for the sake of a few grades. That is why I dared to take a gamble and only study for 3 weeks in my entire 2 years. The result I got is sufficient to get by. That warrants me able to continue going down the assembly line, to make my parents happy and to see how the assembly line is like, while afforting me valuable time to innovate and be creative on my own stuff.
May I ask, do you consider mugging a proper way to acquire knowledge? How relevant are all the subjects you have mugged for Alevels now? Do you still remember most of the equation? If you do not, do you still think you have been educated in the 2 years in JC? Do not confuse education with the amount of As you can get in the short span of a few weeks when the examinations were conducted.
I’ve seen enough people mugging for Alevel and then pondering what course to take in University when they get their fantastic result. I failed to understand how this situation arise. If you have a passion and interest to pursuit, and the JC-Uni path is the right way to do it, then you work hard to do well and go into University. What is the rationale behind working so hard to get into University when you don’t even know what you want in the first place? This is like saving up a hell lot of money, and when you finally reach a very large amount you had no idea what to do with it.
People call the above students hardworking, smart, intelligent.
I call them chao muggers, brainless, aimless robots.
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What is the thing about achievements again? If you want to still have the noble idea that an average AJCian have more achievements than me, I’m game.
to anon:
i mix around those who are filthy rich, as they got wealthy the traditional way: they inherited it. i am going to to be rich too becos i am going to marry my famous girlfriend, fiona xie. to tell u the truth, i was the guy who appeared on the news, reported to be seen kissing my sexy lady in public.
i salute the media for their efforts. without the media, i wouldn’t have met my sweet fiona. the media showed her face relentlessly, tickling my loins and finally driving my to pursue my happiness in the form of a rich, sexy beast.
fuck la. anyone can say this kind of crap without giving a name. so pls identify ur “good grades” ass.
Anon, you really are a fucktard. You performed very badly and is very well hated in our class.
fuck to you. come here throw our class face. we aren’t even as good as what you mentioned.
big fat liar. a 100% fucktard, statistically.
You two are such childish people. I think Wei Kiat is a more mature person to discuss things with. I will continue the discussions soon, as currently, I am quite busy with work, and also with scholarship applications. Sorry to keep you on hold!
You don’t even know which class I am in. And I could say you must have done badly in your GP, seeing how limited your vocabulary is, to some kiddish vulgarities.
good luck with your applications.
however i think the chance of you getting any notable ones (ignore crap like MOE teaching scholarship, which is damn easy to get) is as much as the probability of me striking 4D without even betting on it.
What class are you from, anon? I would like to find out which class has teachers as good as yours..
Getting a pass in GP is better than getting AAAA and GP D7. One ABC + A2 = 59.5 better? Or AAAA + D7 = 60 better? Of course the first one is better.
btw. your gp grades cannot be decided by your level of muggingness.
btw, when organisations select scholars, esp govt, they don look at just your GP and A Level results. They also look at other things which you don’t even think scholarship providers will look at. GP =C6 doesn’t mean you got no chance.
President scholars (a holder of it told me, don ask me who, i won’t say) are also not as good as you all think they are.
I beg to differ. My friend, Li Feng, the president scholar last year, is one I look up to, because she has done extremely well, not only in studies, but also in life. She is a good Christian, leading her peers with exemplary behavior. She is also the President of ACJC’s Student Council, Exco Member of the Science Society, an International Debator representing Singapore, a Lee Kuan Yew Scholar for Mathematics and Sciences, multiple International Olympiad Gold medalist,and last but not least, the top scorer in the A Levels.
So is she not good as I think she is?
Have you not noticed my class? It was quite obvious during the release of results! I mean we were like standing up one after another!
you see, its all academic related.
what is there for her when she is no longer a student?
To anon:
lmfao.. how many ppl can claim tt? ( the part where u all stood up one after another) Fine. Even if its true, wad is the pt u r trying to bring across here?
The fact tt u r bragging abt how the class as a whole had done well in their A’s is seriously not smth to b proud of. Other classes and schs had also done considerably well, let alone yr class. Stop deluding yrself and the rest.
Like wad weikiat had mentioned, wad will be left of yr friend when she is rigged of her academic achievements? Care to ans tt?
anon must be a kid who hides behind a computer screen and kpkb. say so much liao, but still dun wanna himself. got balls go out meet la. i got a size 10 and i wanna shove it up ur bony ass.
to anon:
i hope that u didn’t do worse than me in gp and maths. cos if u did, everyone will be laughing at u for being a male version of a bimbo: talk big, but small balls for brains. and i dun want that to happen becos i like u. =D
to anon: till now, i still have no idea where you are from.
the new paper report an RJC student’s arrogant statement
“It’s no big deal to get 4As in this school, because half of us have obtained this score. It’s only when ur severely below average that u will stand out”.
r u from RJC?
lol. another fat-chested RJC elite with an ugly mole?
let me go straight to the point. who is more nerdy. you, weikiat, doing geeky stuff, and staying behind the monitor for a long time, or a person like Li Feng, or me, who achieve things academic and non-academic. who is more geeky and nerdy? I wonder if you have friends in the real world, not just online. I wonder if you have a real life, not a virtual life.
Oh wow, you must be really really desperate for attention and can’t even save your own ass in the above discussion to resort to names calling like that.
You mentioned that this is a discussion with me, yes? If you know how the cultured world works, resorting to name calling only shows how uncultured and desperate you are, at the same time exhibiting very clearly the fact that you have nothing substantial to say.
What Li Feng achieved has to do with the academic world, something already planned out nicely by people, waiting for people to achieve them. What I achieve is something that is part of the real world and society. Is winning competitions and getting academic awards as important as equipping yourself with knowledge and expertise that you can use to provide value to others and hence monetary values to yourself?
Me a geek? A nerd? No friends in real life? Wow. Your ability to make assumptions really surprised me. I am too lazy to “discuss” with you about your pathetic attempt of name calling. But just to satisfy you, can I remind you that I have a real life girlfriend who has absolutely no interest in computers?
What is wrong with spending time in front of the monitor, when the gist of my work lies in using the computer? By your definition office workers and others who use computer to do their job are also nerds and geeks. If you were a toilet cleaner, and you spend lots of time inside the toilets, can I then call you “stinky”, “pervertic” or even “gay”?
I know it is very good of you to admire somebody like Li Feng, at least she is a much worthly idol than singers and groups that little teenage girls skip their school over. However, in my opinion it is better to observe and learn from those around you, instead of one human being.
Admire everyone for what they are, and learn from them what they can teach you.
And I am certainly learning from you. Learning how people should not behave in a discussion or argument.
To anon:
U mentioned smth about yr non-academic achievements.. But u didnt really elaborate on them. Tt’s equivalent to giving a stand, without backing it up wif concrete evidence. Anyone can make up tt sort of statements. I doubt yr role model is as godly as u had described her to be. Definitely, she has her own flaws. Maybe not academically, but in other aspects of her life?
Besides, yr attempt at flaming this blogger is downright unappreciated. It shows yr lvl of immaturity at tackling certain key issues addressed in this area of discussion. Resorting to name calling wont make the mark in convincing us wad u r gg to put forward. On the contrary, it reflects badly on u. Be mature, not insensitive.
I doubt the role model tt u r referring to is behaving in this sort of manner..
anon, I should say that I’m ashamed of u. There u were saying about “your classmates getting perfect ‘A’s ” when there are ard 2000 jc students scoring 4 As in the whole of singapore. Wat I should say? Firstly, u are shallow so as to treat As like pieces of gold, when ppl in society actually look at your attitude and ur aptitude. Secondly, u are screwed rite to the ass. (sorry about my foul language at the last part, learnt that in 9 weeks of bmt.) Thirdly, u think the world revolves ard ppl who get “perfect scores of As” when in actual fact, ppl despises ppl who think they are great, becos they are not as great as they think they are. And anon, I’m proud to say that u are in this category. =)
i didn’t manage to read many of the comments thoroughly. just too much bullshit. haha. i think most would agree. =] don’t worry about your results as long as it gets you where you wanted. that’s the plan anyway. it doesn’t matter if you have straight As or not. if you can’t get in the course you wanted, then it’s just not enough. if you’re wondering who i’m talking abt - it’s me. haha. aaaa merit dist. but DAMN my gp c5. hahaha can’t go law. bullshit! =b and it sounds like you’ve got some enemies who have nothing better to do than spam your blog. hahaha!
Well, what can i say? All these posts and comments are entertaining and interesting. OH well, I am just a sec 4 taking my O levels this year, wanting to come to Ajc.
yx: A C5 and you want to go to law? How absurd. If you can’t get at least a B3 in GP it probably shows you lack the English proficiency required to do well in law; which is essentially one long, tedious reading comprehension course. Trust me, I know.
And as for you elitists - the A levels, O levels, PSLE, SAT or whathave you are not IQ tests. They aren’t even tests of academic ability. They merely test how well you can study for the tests themselves. Are you really that shallow to believe that merely because someone got, for example, an “A” for History means that he/she is necessarily more knowledgeable about history or possesses better critical thinking faculties than someone who got a “B” or even a “C”? Grow up, please.
hey hey… you are contradicting yrself there..
You said that a C5 shows a lack of english proficiency and then carry on to say that “Are you really that shallow to believe that merely because someone got, for example, an “A†for History means that he/she is necessarily more knowledgeable about history or possesses better critical thinking faculties than someone who got a “B†or even a “Câ€? Grow up, please.”
YOU! Grow up, please.
did you take 3H2 or 4H2 in JC?
The H watever crap came after I get my Alevel results.