A whole new year

One year had gone so fast, and now it is 2010. Second year in secondary school. New subjects, new topics, new teachers, and last but not least, new grading system! I hate the new grading system, but still hating it won't do any good to me, so at least the best for me is to get used to it. Two reasons for hating it: Firstly, there are now two new subjects, Oral Communication and Independent Studies. Oral Communication requires me to speak more and to take part in current affairs, if not the total score at the end of the year will be pulled down. For Independent Studies, I relied on Project Day's Competition to max my Science ACE, but now, ACE and Project Day's Competition are two different things, each is a part of the subject, so well you get what I mean and why I hate it. Secondly, ACE and OP would not be able to help to pull up the marks of each subject, so if I were to get B3 for Science, it would not jump to A1 as 10 ACE and OP can get help me to jump two grades.

However there are few good advantages to it. Now that ACE and OP would not affect the academic results, I would be able to see what I could achieved. And the current affairs prompt me to speak up more, which is something I hate though, caused I am really scared of saying something wrong, but luckily there is this critical thinking subject which would help me to think seriously so that I would not say the wrong thing. Hopefully.

So I think I would end my post here, wishing all a happy and enriching year ahead!