In a blink of an eye, an entire year has gone by. I'm currently in my second year of Secondary School. In a way, I'm duly satisfied with myself , managing to survive the tough transition between Primary School and Secondary School. In this context, toughness refers to
constant pressure, overloading homework and never-ending stress. This was because of the introduction of a couple of new subjects and the
TfU framework .Day in day out, I literally spent in front of my computer screen, powering through my worksheets, typing out reflections and decorating powerpoint slides. That is not even exaggeration. This experience made me realise that Primary School was
five complete honeymoon years. Of course , excluding Primary 6. The
sense of nostalgia makes me sad sometimes as well
Sometimes as I
skim through the daily newspapers, I can't help but notice the number of parental complains written in the Forums section. Most of them were about children facing school problems ,typically about stress . Most of them would go about saying that the school had been supposedly flooding children with homework and exercises. The children had not any time to relax or go for some recreational activities. I agree that the Singapore Education System is overly harsh on us sometimes. We know that the government wants to produce scholars of their citizens. But, overloading doesn't help. On the contrary, it might
potentially cause depression .
As this
uncomfortable thoughts flutter in my mind, I try to look on the bright side. After all, if I were to study hard and do well, the
benefits would be limitless. For example, I could go to a prestigious university , get a degree or scholarship , then go on getting a wonderful job equipped with a wonderful salary, and maybe later start a happy living family. I could say that the
world would definitely be my oyster.
So as I weigh my options, I can only sigh and tell myself to never give up and chase my goals in spite of all setbacks. As the Victorian Motto goes " Nil Sine Labore"
Nothing really can be accomplished without hard work
peacexz yaw!
