Sunday, May 18, 2008

Reply Post for Amy

I read Amy's blog yesterday about her post which disagrees with people leaving form 6 and referring them as "cowards" and "spoilt brats". I'm one of those whom she meant, so of courselah I terasa. I disagree with her posts strongly and here are the reasons why I seriously disagree. Mind you, the things which I am about to write later are based on logical thoughts and not emotionally(though I admit, part of me wants to leave form 6 due to personal reasons:p).

As you can see, many decided to leave form 6 because they find themselves not able to cope with it. That is why many ex-form 5s are so desperate to enter colleges and obtain scholarships so that they do not have to study form 6. I even remembered some of my ex-classmates saying, "I mati pun tak mau study form 6!!!" Gosh, form 6 must be really tough. I myself did not know until I studied form 6. Yes, it is tough. I have yet known Chemistry standard, but since I have to read 3 freakingly thick branches of Chem books, which are Physical Chem, Inorganic Chem and Organic Chem within 17 months(or shorter), whereas A Levels only read 2 books, A and As Levels in 18 months. Do not forget, Mathematics T, Physics, PA and MUET. For physics, it is already tough as we are only learning the SI units, dimensions and deriving equations for the first topic, and yet the whole class is complaining how tough it is already. For bio students, haha...worse. Have to devour 25 long chapers in 17 months(or shorter).

Stop ranting Jessie and get to the main point! The thing is, you can see how tough form 6 is. If one truly cannot cope with it, why force yourself? No use forcing yourself studying something which you yourself cannot even handle. You are not happy; your brain is not happy; you score terrible marks in exams and your teachers are not happy; your parents see your terrible marks and they're not happy. Who is happy in this case??? Why bother being so egoistic to struggle when you already know you cannot struggle anymore?

One more thing which I have to remind all science students. In mathematics, we learn problem solving. Imagine yourself doing a tough maths question and you're either stuck halfway or obtain the wrong answer. Will you still use the same method which you have used earlier to solve the question, knowing that the method is already wrong? Okay, fine, you might be careless. What if you're not careless and the method is truly wrong? Will you still persevere with the same method until you find the correct answer? In mathematics, problem solving is the main thing. If one method doesn't work, use the other method until you find the right answer, rather than getting stuck using the same method over and over again. This method won't work for mathematics. The same goes in real life. If you aleady know it's useless to go on, might as well uit and find a new way right? Otherwise, if you still go on flunking, you'll not only waste your youth, time, money and of course, family members' hopes towards you. It's the process of achieving which will bring us to success, so make sure you be smart and find out the right process.

Form 6 is good for preparing for pre-u. I slightly disagree. Although form 6 is considered a pre-u, we still live our life as a high school student. We are still spoonfed, when compared to proper college students who self-study and are emphasized based on researches rather than memorizing strategies. I have a friend who is doing ICPU, and he said that he was totally exposed to researches and self study. result? Disciplined and independent. Just remember, once you step into the university, you're all on your own. No guidelines even.

About the three days thingy, for me, it's better to quit sooner because you'll miss great oppurtunities as you hesitate. Three days might be too early, but still, imagine studying for half year and then suddenly realize that science and form 6 is just not your type. It is too tough and you have absolutely no interest in it. Boom! You've just wasted half year, whereas you can actually be spending half year pursuing the course you're interested. Remember, wasting three days is better than wasting half a year.

One more thing. You're wrong about local uni thingy. People opt for form 6 to get a place in a local uni. It's an alternative pre-u to enter local uni other than matriculation. Otherwise, for what they study form 6? Those who want to get a place in a local uni will definitely NOT quit form 6, unless for those who preferred private colleges. About rich and spoilt people, if they are truly rich and spoilt, they will NOT even study at all in the first place. If they're rich, they do not have to worry. However, those who are truly mature will realize that those money they're having now do not belong to them. therefore, they'll work hard and try their best to be successful. It's not whether you're rich or poor which determines your attitude towards studies, but rather, the way you think.

Haha...lazy to say more. Good news for Amy though. I might stay in form 6 as I still hesitate about my business career. So, for now, I'll stay in form 6 while trying to apply a place in Swinburne. If I get a place, then I'll consider transferring, depending on my performance in school. If I think I can cope, then I'll go on. If I truly cannot cope, then welcome to the corporate world, and New York City is the center of the corporate world. I'll give myself one more month, which is within June.

Bluekk!!!