Wednesday, April 9, 2008
Life isn't that great after all.
I don't know if it's the weather or the stress from our daily lives, people around me are facing so much problems. So much that the usual smiles on their faces have overturned into a frown. Why do I say it's the weather? Well, because these few days, the weather is so hot, everyone was getting more easily irritated and flustered. And on Tuesday, it rained, quite heavily too. And somehow, the atmosphere changed. Not the weather but the feeling from the students. That's what I felt different. Maybe it is also due to the fact that some students need not run anymore. I still remembered how the girls in my class mainly Candy and Kang Li were smiling away.
Some stuff in school have made me think hard. Say Chemistry. I would agree that our class is weak in chem yet I do not support the idea of forcing loads of worksheets on us. I would gladly appreciate it if he could just stream out the weaker students or just let us do the worksheets on our own and maybe a test here and there on the questions to see whether we understand or not. Just by making us do ALL of the clinic worksheets will not improve our standard by large. Mainly, there are those copiers(like me) and those that do on the spot during the tutorial. Seriously, just by writing a few craps in the answers, you could say 'I've tried, but I cannot finish.' Then what's the point? That's why, given so little time, I am not going to do the tutorial, but just make sure I understand what's going on and whether I am able to do it. Through copying I learn. Haha. I admit, I dislike his method, thus it makes me dislike chemistry. Teachers do affect the likability of the subject. I was about to cry out today if he said we are to finish some other work for chem tmr. But lucky he didn't, still I wouldn't do it anyway. Haha.
I was contemplating as to whether the stuff we are currently studying in school will come to be handy in the future. I sort of reached an answer with the help of Aaron. Aiming to be an all-rounded society, our education system is made so that we will be able to excel in all areas. Thus the new system of JC curriculum of the contrasting H1 subjects. However, the increase in content has also made the studies in Singapore much more heavy. Despite that, people who have the 'kiasu-ism' will want to excel so to be able to reach success in society. And only through paper qualifications will one's ability be recognised especially in Singapore. I know this has been said many many many times, but it's reality after all. So we study for the sake of grades and not content. Content is there for us to realise it actually relates to our everyday lives yet it isn't reflected so in the media. Reason : Not many would understand/remember the things and theories they learnt. In truth, I agree that we can apply our knowledge to explain the current ongoings in our world today, like the crazy snatch for rice can relate to our economics. But it doesn't help much accept for our understanding, not that it will deter such typical actions of Singaporeans.
You might think I was rude or that I do not care about your feelings. Please, stand in my shoes or anyone's else but yours, and look at yourself. Do you deserve so much from me or anyone else? Do not take things for granted. Life won't go your way, even if it is yours to handle.
I have some contradictions in mind, as to how people handle relationships, not only love, but also friendships. It's ironic to a certain extent in some way, yet truthful as to how the nature of humans are.
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