Semester 1 had just finished before i realize it. Ya, although the period of study is long for Form 6(one and a half year), but the new modular system force you to get prepared all the time, so you will feel that the semester passes with the speed of light.
After a long year-end holiday, my status was "upgraded" from Lower Six to Upper Six student. Nothing special with the name itself, except being the oldest batch in a secondary school. Semester 2 was more packed than i thought, even fast-paced than Semester 1. In this sem, all Upper Six were going to prepare for their General Paper assignment, which was the most vital one among all the assignment for me. I regretted that i didn't do any research about he assignment during the holiday as what my teacher reminded us in Whatsapps. It not just only me, but most of us in my class too, and this made my General Paper teacher mad.
" You all are going to regret with the time wasted in holiday, you will suffer the whole sem just for one assignment and say Goodbye to your grades!"
The words spoken was harsh to be listened and i didn't take it so seriously. "Well, assignment? Copy and paste will do, why should i spend time for it? Go study better!" I thought. However, the truth splashed me with cool water as my teacher went for 100 percent serious mode. She checked every single words written on the paper in detail and it was no escape for me, and the class too. Thing that was not satisfied or found out to be plagiarized will be rejected immediately. Merciless...
My attempt to complete the assignment was full of hurdles. The title i chose was accidentally same with another one of my classmate, and only one will be accepted. Luckily, the person gave up and went for another title, and I won it (I still didn't know the reason but thanks to her).The content I handed in was rejected many times, which made me in panic. I spent my study to revise and edit it over and over again, until i felt I would vomit whenever I saw the content. But thinking positively, the assignment taught me to be serious as i never complete an assignment single-handedly. I felt embarrassed to mention how i done my assignment in the past, you know, CTRL C+V is a great invention. Thanks to my teacher for being harsh to us, from the paperwork, interview and survey, i did it with my own sweat and tear.
Putting the assignment asides, our class bond was getting stronger as we knew each other well after the first semester. In everyday of Semester 2, i never feel bored of staying in my class, 6AS2. There was 16 boys and 6 girls in my class, and you know a class with more boys will never stop producing jokes ! Despite being 19 years old and a future undergraduate, they seemed to act like primary school students. The back-benchers in the class were performing "dramas" all the time. During the period interval, they started to prank others, like putting trash in other's pencil case, "shooting" waste paper into rubbish bin like a basketball hoop , scribbling on other's note or book, running and chasing in the corridor.... At first, I was annoyed by the actions and curious why I am in the same class with them. But after that, I seemed to pleased with the "dramas" and even enjoy it. Being shocked? Well, their actions were childish but it brought the laughter to the class all the time. Whenever i stucked at a question and found no solution, the thing happened in the class would always made me laugh and happy. Form 6 syllabus was hectic, so sometimes i found myself stressed with the academics. What they did was somehow reducing my stress, you know, laughter is always the best medicine. One of the most ridiculous thing i witnessed in Form 6 was when one of my classmate had a crush with Biology class girl. His buddies were steady enough and created a special way to help him confess. They wrote the confess thing on a spoilt table with the table top separated from the stands with marker.(Not recommend for juniors as this is vandalism) Then, all of them carry the beautifully designed table top to the girl's class without my friend's permission. It was very awkward for the girl to face the situation and guess what, the plan failed totally. Anyway, this iconic moment will be remembered by all of us, 6AS2.
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Talking back to academics, it was really not much time for revision and practice, at least for me. The assignments were taking away my valuable time and I had limited left. I came out with a risky strategy, which i concentrated more time on General Papers compared to three other subjects. I practiced more graph drawing and essays, in order to score A this time. Preparing for the Semester Two was more relaxing as I could grasp the tricks under sleeves of STPM questions. Past Year papers were my favourite and indeed it was very useful. I solved it repeatedly before I entered the examination hall, and I was full of confidence that I will score 4 flats this time.
Result was out, and it proved my plan achieved only half of the objective. The good new is my General Paper's grade climbed slightly, to an A-. However, a B+ in Physics ruined the beauty of the score sheet again. In short, I concluded that the plan of concentrating in weakness by neglecting the strength was backfired. Again, with the two semester results were out, my chance to achieve 4.0 seemed to be tiny. The fate of sitting 6 papers in November was unavoidable that time. It was Do or Die...
To be continued...
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