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It is now official that I have passed all my subjects in the Promotional Exam. This was really unexpected, considering all the worries which I had about failing this exam and getting retained in JC1. At least now I can be at ease knowing that I had done well.

I am in a horrible dilemma now regarding a close classmate of mine, referred to “E” in this entry. Apparently, E didn’t do well in her promotional exams and thus, she is going to be retained in Year 1. E didn’t want to repeat another year, neither did I want her to, especially since I would miss her a lot. She appealed with my civics tutor but her request was turned down straight away. There was supposed to be a sub-test which all potential retainees have to sit for, and so I talked E into sitting for it. She agreed, but her request was again turned down by the CT as her grades didn’t meet the minimum requirement for sub-test entry.

E was miserable, so was I. At this moment, I am thinking up of ways and means to help her get promoted. Currently, I have appealed with our subject tutors, CCA heads and classmates, hoping that they would put a good word in and help E out. I have yet to know the outcome, but I am willing to do anything to make them agree, even if it means threatening them at knife point. This is a young girl’s education we are talking about, and this is something which was very important to her. I am not going to sit one side and watch helplessly as my good friend is forced to remain in Year one.

E has worked very hard, and I can bear witness to that. She heads for the library after school everyday to revise and she had spent countless hours practicing questions for the relevant subjects and whatnot. But in the end, she still wound up with 4 Fs, which is a complete waste. Please… if E is given an additional chance and is promoted, I will do all I can to help her improve her grades. She had also promised that she would work even harder if she were to be promoted.

Hopefully, my appeals for her would be successful. I really want to lift her up from her misery so that she can start enjoying her JC life once again. Otherwise, she would decide to pack up and go to a polytechnic, which means an additional 2 years wasted. She wants to get promoted and I am going to make sure that she gets her wish.

It’s ironic about how I was agonising about my results last week and now I am worrying for someone else.

On a lighter note, my parents had decided to buy me a new handphone tonight for my upcoming birthday, even though I hadn’t requested for one. For some strange reason, they just want me to upgrade. I am going to miss my Nokia 3310…