Test results :D

Within this week, I receive back my test results from my respective teacher. BUT have not heard anything or receive anything from my english teacher! :P So far my results are still okay. Sorry, cannot tell you my results or it will make you cry or jealous of me for those who score lower than me( just kidding). I think that the term 1 test was rather easy as the teachers test what was learn in term 1 only and not the whole year. Those who have not done well in term 1, jiayou to you, work hard and you will enjoy the fruit of your labour.

ANGLES grand finals

On Wednesday was ANGLES grand finals and guess who won? ISPARK! Sigh, my consortium did not win but I can see that they had put in alot of efforts and futhermore, I am happy that the ispark won as we are one big hwachong family. BUT some people jeered at the ispark and we got reprimanded for that.
Hai, do not know why some people want to treat people who are smarter and those who are not as clever as them differently. I think everyone should be treated with respects, no matter who they are. Imagine you are the one being treated like that, you would not feel comfortable with this and may get upset. Most people did not think what their actions might do to the people around them. I hope that everyone is being treated equally so as to lead to a coheseive country.

Tests

These two weeks have exams!!! But luckily, I pay attention in class and revise or else I WILL SURELY FAIL THE EXAMS! Maths is the easiest of them all, and guess what? History is the hardest because we have to write essay and infer which I am not good at it, therefore I hate it. But still have to learn, maybe some day, I will probably not hate it(hope so). Chinese paper is the hardest so far, alot of people in the class did not finish it, pity them. Last test on this friday, and is history. Why does it have to be the last one? I hope to get over it as quickly as possible. :P

Australian bushfires

I feel sorry for those who die in the bushfires. Some of the bushfires may be attributed to natural causes such as lightning strikes and accidental causes such as sparks from machinery, camp fires and more. BUT, A LARGE NUMBER OF BUSHFIRES ARE DELIBERATELY SET BY PEOPLE KNOWN AS ARSONISTS!!!!!! Even though I don't know why they deliberately want to set fire, I think that they should spare a thought for the innocent ones. If they set the fire because of some grudges against the government or some people, they should not set the whole forest on fire, killing people but approach the person they bear a grudge to and try nicely to solve the poblem without killing people.

My opinions about flowers for Algernon

3.What makes an ideal human or the ideal life?
An ideal human is one whom is responsible for all his actions and cares for his family and friends. He is also look up by others and respected by them. He is very easy to associate and easy to comminucate with. He has a very wide social cirlce. He needs not be smart but he has to live life to the fullest by helping the people in need and society. He does not need to be in the "in" group too, but as long as he has a good personality, he is an ideal person.

The taximan's story (answers)

1. The irony in this story is that the taximan protest against the young girls flirting with the American and European tourists yet he still drove them around in his taxi saying that he earn alot of money.
2. The themes raised is the moral values as the young people now tell lies and do nonsensical things while in the past the young people were very obedient.
3. It is realistic as last time the parents were very strict with their child and now the young people like being fashionable to look cool to be in the "in" group. Nowadays, children also tell lies to do something they want.
4.I do not sympathy with him as it is his fault that he never brought up the child properly by teaching her moral values. If in the past the parents can be strict with their child and teach them to be be obedient, why can't he do the same. Furthermore, he also care only about himself and not others as he drive the girls and tourists around and not reject them. He only wants to earn more money.
5.I agree. Today teenagers are really getting out of hand, making their parent unable to handle them as they are capable of doing anything. This is also part of parents' fault as they never taught their child well.
6. I do not sympathise with any of them. The daughter told lies and did not care about her parents' feelings. Also, the father is prone to violence. The Madam is a teacher and should teach the students in her class or school important moral values.

About gifted education

Yap Chong Sin
Block 126 Ang Mo Kio Road
#13-213
Sinagpore 509238

31 January 2009

Editor of The Straits Times
Singapore Press Holdings
Novena Street 82
Singapore 680256

Dear Editor,
Re: My Views About Gifted Education
There are diverse views about gifted education, some good and some bad. These lead to some misunderstandings about gifted education on Singapore. Gifted education was first implemented in Singapore in 1984 as the Ministry of Education has to policy to allow each pupil to learn at a pace which is suitable for them, reducing attrition in schools. Therefore, there is a need to nurture the intellectually gifted to their full potential for the fulfillment of self and betterment of society. This is also because Singapore's future depends on how well it develops its human resources. It is also to provide leadership to them to service to the country and society next time. It began with two primary centres and two secondary centres but grew to a larger number. The things taught to the gifted education pupils are at a higher level. Singapore also wanted to make sure its gifted pupils were not isolated fromother pupils in the mainstream. As such, they did not establish a school for the gifted.

But the pupils in the gifted education have been known by other pupils as arrogant and nerds, creating an argument in the country. Both gifted education pupils and mainstream pupils have criticised each other in blogs and newspapers. The Ministry of Education could not solve all the problems caused by this dispute.

There are advantages and disadvantages in gifted education. I think that the advantages of gifted education are that the gifted pupils can learn at a faster pace, taking in more things and can help the world and society in the nearby future with their knowledge. This could enhance the technology and medical research. The disadvantages are that the gifted pupils will tend to boast in front of their friends to show how smart they are, making their friends to be jealous of them and despise them. I think that the gifted pupils should help the mainstream pupils in their work so that they could learn too. The mainstream pupils should also take the boasting not seriously and use it as an encouragement to study hard as people have different learning speed. But I think that they should not criticise each other over this small matter. Gifted education is essential as it allows intellectually gifted pupils to have leadership and lead the nation towards a cohesive society.
Therefore, the advantages of gifted education are more than the disadvantages of it, making the gifted education good for the pupils.

Yours faithfully,
Yap Chong Sin