I have realised some after one week plus into the new term.

Studying super duper hard as in mug like siao doesnt get you far.

Ya.. u study hard u get good grades. U study like crazy like those crazy ppl studying till the super extreme one.. u get top in the level.

But thats not the point of education. We are not nuturing some type of "read the lecture notes, memorise and apply in exam" type of robots. What the education system plans to nuture at the end of the day is people who can think critically/analytically.. to find out wads the problem and solve it creatively.

Not that studying now is not good and all of us shd just fail our A levels.. studying is important! But at the same time we shd train ourselves to think analytically.. ask qns.. why is this like that blah blah.. and not just to accept what is given to us. Question everything(not dumb qns la).

We should also train ourselves to look at different perspective of things. Not just be fixed at looking at one particular angle. Take for example.. the other day Raeger told me.. that his watch is adjusted to the timing of the school bell. At every :15 or :45 the bell will go. But sometimes it will be 1 or 2 mins off.

Then he said its probably the school bell got prob.

I agreed with him straight away without questioning.

Then he asked me why din i suspect that it is his watch that have a problem.

This is wad i mean by looking at different perspective. The problem not necessary is with the bell.. but it may also be with the watch. um.. u get me? lol..

anyway.. thats what i learn in this new term.. something that i hope to achieve.

In the future.. your straight A's grades most probably doesnt come handy when u r working.. but ur analytical mind will.

One of my tutors said smt like this:

Singaporeans abroad in some pretigeous colleges have topped the cohort.. yes i will have to agree that it is good. We worked hard and deserved the good grades. But at the end of the day.. it is those ppl who did not top the level become the more sucessful ones.

Why? Cos those who have topped concentrated on studies only and once they step out of textbooks and memorising formulars.. they are at a loss. While the others(the more sucessful ones) got good grades(but not exceptionally good to be top).. they spend more time on developing their creative thinking. Their analytically skills.. they widen their perspectives. That is wad make them successful.

Hm.. up till now.. confusing or not? my eNgLaNd not very pOwDerFuL ah.. so sorry for the lousy usuage of english.

so in summary, the whole point is.. not 100% time/effort into studying. Reserve a portion for training ur mind.. it will get u far.. futher than those who have 100% into studying.

This post is chim issit?? lol..

anyway.. i m going to join the batminton team.. hope i get in tml. I mean the recreational team.. i not that pro u know.. finally found my racket.. it was in my bro's treasure chest..lol..

I haven really get to know all the guys in my class yet leh.. at least i know all the girls. The girls more friendly la.. and more approachable.. not that the guys are unfriendly.. just that i dunno wad to say to them la.. just dunno how to approach la..lolx..

lots of things awaits me to do.. hw hw hw.. ya.. other than doing hw must rmb to train ur mind to think hor..lol.. here i go again..

man.. is this post crap???