14 October, 2003
Desperado
23:31:49 | School Life | 
Woe is me… I completely screwed up all the promotional exam papers despite 4 whole months of endless studying. Even though I had gone through almost every tutorial question for Physics at least 5 times, I left almost 40% of the Physics paper blank, accounting for almost 25-30 marks. The Chemistry paper today was also a disaster with tough questions popping out at my face each time I flipped through the pages. The time limit was also too short and despite thinking and writing as fast as I could, the Chemistry paper still had many unsightly blank spots when I handed it in. Mathematics was the only paper which went reasonably well as compared to the other two, overlooking the fact that I wrote utter rubbish for many questions in the Maths paper.
Currently, the chances of me getting retained in JC1 stands at 100.00%. No doubt about this. But I don’t want to get retained!
This is the outcome after spending a long period of time studying far before the promotional exams? Yesterday was the day where revision was most vigourous as I was glued to my notes from 10:30am all the way to 10:45pm. A twelve hour marathon! I entered the exam hall with all the info fresh in my mind. But one glance at the paper and every last bit of info was wiped out immediately, but I was not even nervous at all. It seems like a strange phenomenon which plagues every student who sits for an important exam. If this keeps on happening, there goes my hope of achieving straight As….
Two days ago, I tried searching for a method in which I can enable my brain to absorb as much information as possible. I had read from somewhere that the brain could think better if it is properly supplied with nutrients Thus, I studied on my bed with my head hanging over the edge for almost 45 minutes, thinking that making the blood rush to my head would supply it with more “nutrients”. The outcome? A whole hour of giddy spells…
This is what I call being desperate…
Oh well… at least the promotional exams are almost over. I am now counting on the Physics Paper 1 which I am sitting for this friday. 30 Multiple Choice Questions worth 60 marks in total. My Physics grade can be saved if I do well in this section. But if I mess up on this section again… the outcome should be quite obvious.
In the event that I do get retained, I am transferring out to a Polytechnic, immediately!
C O M M E N T S (7)
Whohohoho… every single JC1 was saying the same thing yesterday after the Chem paper was over. “I am going to be retained…” and so on. Impossible to retain the whole JC1 cohort la… :p But u studied hard ma… so you won’t retain…
where got people pia for 12 hours and fail an exam in the end? all that hard work should pay off… dammit… if those tpjc teachers dare to retain u, i go hamtam them wif a chopper, k?
relax. relax.
Tianxing >> Studying hard does not necessarily gurantee you a place in JC2. You’ll have to see what actually came out, as well as the teacher’s mood when she is marking the paper. Is she/he is in a bad mood, then die liao… -_-
Brenda, I am going to be frank with you… The amount you study and work at it, you should not be retained… I think maybe theres something wrong with your studying method or your mind is blacking out during the exams! Don’t immediately look to transferring to a poly as a quick fix, you have to think it through carefully. For promos theres always a second chance, dont give up k ;) I hope you dont take this as anything else but advice from a senior to a junior so pls dont take any offense ;)
gurge >> Dunno leh… But I really don’t want to get retained. Very “she bu de” to leave my JC1 friends… :(
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have faith!! and good luck :D at least you weren’t nervous.. when i was doing my papers, i got so nervous (plus i didnt have a good sleep the night before) that i felt horribly giddy the moment the papers were handed out ;_; but yea.. good luck!! xD