Tuesday, October 31, 2006
it was excusable for us to have those type of lessons yesterday, since most people were away for their Os. but today, like that? and this is not the first time. this happened after june holidays too, our lessons only started proper like 2 or 3 weeks after school reopened. now, i don't know how long this crap is gonna last. if lessons still continue at this pace, it's no wonder why our class is doing like this. it's not entirely our fault, it's partly the teachers' fault too. i can still try to accept the fact that they have at least given us something to do during that free period, but shouldn't they tell us to bring geography tys beforehand instead? the system is like so fucked-up. and even so, i think they should just post our assignment on AskNLearn.com since the school is always emphasising on how hard it is trying to introduce e-learning. what's the point of making us go school for 4 hours and make noise for 3 hours and only do serious work for less than an hour? i don't see it as going to be a successful method for pupils to get 9 A1s. in fact, if they worry that we pupils will not do the assignment if it's online, then they should also be aware that we will not only cause a nuisance to the other classes when we go to school, we will also not do our work. the only thing is whether they have the faith in us. sometimes, i think there's a reason why we are performing way below our teachers' expectations. there's always a reason for something, and now, i finally understand. but i don't wanna blame the teachers, afterall we're all humans.
but i seriously can't put up with this anymore. if every lesson is going to be homework without teaching, what's the point of schooling? what's the point of having teachers? we can afford tutors. then, the richer ones will be the ones that go furthest in life. the poorer ones will just fall back and cry because they can't afford tutors and there's no proper school for them. do we have to 'teach less, learn more' to this overwhelming extent? i think our school is more of abusing this system for the benefits of the staff rather than using it wisely for the benefits of the students.
and now, that mdm ros wants morning assembly for us. doesn't she know that every assembly, we're bound to make noise, and that we will indirectly affect the O levels candidates? and as if that's not enough, they'll allow us to make the noise, then start scolding us, and affect those people in the hall even more. well, everyone has brains, it's only how you wanna use it.
as far as i know, i'm already trying very hard to occupy myself with this and that every moment. but in the end, it's really disappointment. i hate this kinda life. it's a school, it's commonwealth secondary school, the autonomous school which produced 4 top pupils with 9 A1s. now, the way we are treated, it's more like a day care centre. commonwealthcommenwealth day care centre, sounds good, doesn't it? we go there because it's holidays, because maybe there's no one at home, because we have paid fees, because a schoolday care centre is supposed to be a safe place for us. i seriously hope that lessons can start proper soon. it's only 3 weeks lessons. what's the point of making us come back for that 3 weeks if teachers can't come back, be it due to going overseas or going for Os invigilation? at least, be responsible enough to get someone to take over. or if not, change the dates of the holiday lessons in such a way there will not be that much clashes. it's like, yes it's holidays, we secondary 3 pupils are going back as normal, it's not holidays, but to the teachers, they are missing. what the heck! and even so, we as students are already trying hard to adapt to the different ways the different teachers teach, so the most they can do is also try to be present for lessons?
and just because of that, we the mighty triple humanities class wasted 3 hours in school today. HURRAY! wasn't that just fabulous? 3 hours = one-eight of a day = 180 minutes = 10800 seconds. what damn crap were the teachers blabbering about time management again? i think i just forgot.
i failed once again @ 6:35:00 pm
