tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31641099.post3307376575743931265..comments2023-08-27T19:33:49.657+08:00Comments on Architectural Learning: ALL MUST AIM FOR AN 'A' ... OR ELSE!ian nghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02547837716485499855noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31641099.post-30613218544331531282008-06-08T01:47:00.000+08:002008-06-08T01:47:00.000+08:00A thousand apologies for being one month late, but...A thousand apologies for being one month late, but this does deserve a comment. Tx, All, for the rather frank revelations. They're eye openers to me as I was never in the same league as some of you. We could never dream of anything more than 8 As in our days. 8 was the max no. of subjects we were allowed to take. (I would have been happier if it were 6..haha.)And needless to say, my score came nowhere near that..haha. 5 As, not bad, but not good enough to boast about, just bearable enough not to be ashamed of. But the main thing was...i dun remember being too affected by it all at all. I just happily brushed it aside and dropped into Form 6. I guess taking part in all those sports and photo competitions and fellowships distracted me somewhat. (Later, they would distract me much too much..haha.) Those were the days when we lived charmed lives, without tuition and without peer comparisons. Education was a little more holistic, i guess.<BR/><BR/>And having gone thru it all the thing i guess i could have done with most is Guidance. There wasn't enough of it. Had i known what architecture (or architectural education) was all about I wouldn't have been so silly as to plum for double maths in Form Six. Hated it. I would have been happier doing Eng. Literature, Economics, Physics and Art, or Logic or Speech and Drama (if they were available--Drat the Educ system!). Of course i loved the General Paper. And I might have made a better choice in a school of architecture. Not that Leeds Metro was bad, i hasten to add--it was a good school. But I might have chosen a warmer and more scenic city to spend 6 years, since i had access to almost any of the 50 schools in the UK. Like, 'all i want is a room somewhere, far away from the cold night air.' Haha! It was freezing in my basement flat in Leeds..hahaha. We had 2 of the coldest winters in the last 50 years, or something crazy like that. (Icicles hung over my front door, and we went toboganning in the white park.) Somewhere around London would have been perfect. (You get huge discount for theatre tickets with your student card.. Haha)<BR/><BR/>As you can see, i've drifted far far away from the subject of how many As did u get...haha. That's precisely it. It's not how many As that matters in the end. If i had to put it down to something, i'd say it comes down to making sure that you steer yourself always to the place of the pulse of life, to a place where it's as happening as you can take, where the frequency of the action is at a level you can manage comfortably, where there's enough challenge for you to change into what you want to become. Friends you can make, wherever you go, new ones, though the presence of old ones helps. I guess we've all got to be open to the new as far as this goes--it comes with the exploration of new ideas, it's a given.<BR/><BR/>But, hey, we mustn't be so dismissive of what you DID achieve in your numerous As, even if the echoes of the hooha have long faded from memory. If you worked hard for it, then be forever pleased with it. No room for false modesty here. Just see it for what, as Weiyang said, it was--an outcome of discipline. As long you see that as a mere subset of the greater education (re: my posting COUNTER CULTURE, today) i reckon you'd all do just fine.ian nghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02547837716485499855noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31641099.post-35319890751249166092008-05-08T19:44:00.000+08:002008-05-08T19:44:00.000+08:00I did considerably well in my SPM. Not because i w...I did considerably well in my SPM. Not because i was smart, it was because all the hard work ive put in. <BR/>We view things in our own perception only. But try to put ourselves in other people's shoes. Taylorians are usually financially alright(musn't be rich) and therefore they can do and choose what they are keen in studying. <BR/>For some of my friends who are financially not-so-ok, they need to strive very very hard in order to get a placement for local U and also scholarships.<BR/>Some of my friends who are STPM leavers. They can't get the course they want even they got straight As or 3As.. <BR/>So i always consider myself very lucky being able to do something i really want to do. Wondering, what would i be if i couldnt afford taylors n currently doing something i dont enjoy. You'll only have the passion doing things you love.<BR/>Of course, hard work and determination can make miracles. So good luck to all and be greatful to our parents.. Unless you pay the tuition fees with your own earnings. =] All the best to all.<BR/>-weiyang-e t c h E Dhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15970331864879473956noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31641099.post-6524610441355769572008-05-07T10:51:00.000+08:002008-05-07T10:51:00.000+08:00A for attitude, yea agreed, everyone must have the...A for attitude, yea agreed, everyone must have the correct attitude but not towards getting As and scoring but rather learning and self improving, well thats my believe, and im so glad i stuck to it, cuz after every sem, i'd get to take with me something so much more valuable than an A, and its not just in education, its so satisfying if i might say so myself...hehe, i will never stop learning, so i'll be crossing fingers and hope the scholarship management boards takes this into account when they select the candidates....*big laugh*..Jon da Penanghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07820744146642130084noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31641099.post-17222367023799144192008-05-07T02:19:00.000+08:002008-05-07T02:19:00.000+08:00i get 9as..8A1s...50% scholarship.bcs have a quite...i get 9as..8A1s...50% scholarship.bcs have a quite nice co-curricular..eventually i get myself into basketball state team before...but is ntg!!!bcs other ppl still better than us...we r so "small"...i m quite agree wif ian style(take life easier and have fun,still must have some awareness la)!!we hv ntg to lose..so try harder n fight fight fight....as typical chinese!!!!!!!!!!bblshhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09093544444980563251noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31641099.post-24314333791728468272008-05-06T23:08:00.000+08:002008-05-06T23:08:00.000+08:00joshua: haha ya its pinkpau. did u know that the t...joshua: haha ya its pinkpau. did u know that the total days she was absent from class in f5 = 100 days = 3 months. then she got a freaking A for attendance in the testimonial while i got a freaking B for just skipping class 10 days. then hor, she always sleeps in class n never submit her homework wan. hehehe. dont tell her this ar or else she keel me.ST.chenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01868578328282693087noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31641099.post-16240039370753618742008-05-06T22:22:00.000+08:002008-05-06T22:22:00.000+08:00Sieu Theng, are you refering to pinkpau/Su Ann? Wo...Sieu Theng, are you refering to pinkpau/Su Ann? Wow, I didn't know she was one of those people the teachers doubt. She always sounds really bright.<BR/><BR/>Anyway, I completely agree. I only got a measly 6 or 7As (can't remember exactly, that's how much it matters now). My only regret for not doing better is that my family could really have used the scholarship. <BR/><BR/>Aside from it being as a stepping stone to something like a scholarship, I honestly don't believe a piece of paper with some alphabets defines who you are. I will admit though, that I am as grade-conscious as any of my friends when I know I'm getting what I deserve, I know when it's because I'm lazy etc. I suppose I would really care most when I feel that I'm being unfairly graded. The one that stands out most to me was my one and only C in SPM, for English Literature. Doing pretty well in my tutorials with a class of 6 or so, I was the only one amongst them who got anything below A2. To say it was disappointing and a shock was an understatement. <BR/><BR/><BR/>Back to the topic, I was pretty active in school too, with the school magazine particularly. I'm not exactly sure what my teachers thought of me, but I'm happy to say the ones I remember of are definitely not as heartless as the teachers mentioned in the blog post...I hope...Joshuahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10076144625549506641noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31641099.post-82644807672477250012008-05-06T20:53:00.000+08:002008-05-06T20:53:00.000+08:00with regards to the teacher's remarks abt ruining ...with regards to the teacher's remarks abt ruining the perfect record of the school..issit just me, or ALL the teachers/headmasters/headmistresses in msia are like that? I was from a school which sadly, house a bunch of these kinda ppl. <BR/>back then, these so called teachers looked down on my best fren, chastised her, gossiped abt her in the staff room, and said that she will be the only one that will ruin our class's straight A's hope. <BR/>look and behold, wat happened on the day when the results were released? my best fren became the top scorer of the school, getting 12 or was it 13As. suddenly all the teachers became buddy-buddy with her. <BR/>later, like all of us, she enrolled in ADP in taylors but dropped out knowing that was not wat she wanted to do. she took some time off, did a lot of other works, became a semi-famous blogger in the blogosphere, appearing in lots of media event.<BR/>recently she got accepted into some of the top unis in US, including a few ivy leagues.<BR/>she'll be attending Columbia University soon. <BR/><BR/>ALL this, i have to say, has minimal or NOTHING to do with SPM.ST.chenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01868578328282693087noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31641099.post-56907903468112959712008-05-06T18:24:00.000+08:002008-05-06T18:24:00.000+08:00i scored 10As, and was really active during highsc...i scored 10As, and was really active during highschool. but i have to admit it did not help at all in what i'm doing right now (besides self-satisfaction and the measly 30% scholarship that taylors so 'generously' offered..) <BR/>SPM is really nothing, even if u scored straight A's, people just go hoohaa for that 1 or 2 days after the release of result, and then wat? nothing. no one ever talks abt it anymore.<BR/>unless of cos..u want to apply for scholarship offered by the government. and lagi best if ur erm..bumiputra..sensitive issue here..<BR/>so i agree that doing badly in spm is not the end of world. i've known ppl who did fair but right now they're doing way better than those 'top-scorers' in highschool. this article further proved it.<BR/><BR/>sometimes i wonder why i'm doing architecture - issit wat i really want to do? enrolling in colleges/unis is just a 'safe path' for me to secure a better living in the future. (and its not even tat safe...)<BR/><BR/>I'm not ambitious. i've thot abt it, and i realized what i really want to do with my life is to travel the world and volunteer in charity works. really. i'm not joking. but i just dunno whr to start :\ST.chenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01868578328282693087noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31641099.post-62044496518911744862008-05-06T18:20:00.000+08:002008-05-06T18:20:00.000+08:00I got 2As only XDLOL~Juz wanna wish everyone GOOD ...I got 2As only XD<BR/>LOL~<BR/>Juz wanna wish everyone GOOD LUCK for the remaining days<BR/>+ U!Issachttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05116214247535209658noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31641099.post-66656719491160765022008-05-06T16:31:00.000+08:002008-05-06T16:31:00.000+08:00I really would like to hear some comments from tho...I really would like to hear some comments from those who got more than 3 As for their SPM.ian nghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02547837716485499855noreply@blogger.com