New Year

Hi guys! This is the 2nd blog I have created since last year and this will be the platform where I will continue with my blog posts. So, it is the new year now, 2010. Congratulations to everyone in my class and the Secondary 2 cohort since you made it pass Secondary 1. However, we have to work harder since it's still a long journey to College!

As some of you readers might know, Secondary 2 is an important year to Hwa Chong students since there will be a streaming. This means that my class will not be together in the same class anymore since some of us will make it to the special programme classes while some of us will remain in the mainstream classes. Hence, this year is an important year to us because we have to do well in order to make it to the better classes, while if we do badly on the other hand, we might end up in the 'O' level class. With the pressure mounting, I am in fact a little afraid I will not be able to cope with my studies. However, I believe that I will be able to pull through... I hope...

Also, with this important year comes a new way of teaching, called JITT (just-in-time-teaching pedagogy). This teaching is where you have to do independent readings on your own before the actual lessons where you just ask questions and do assignments tasked. Also we are called the future class where we will be using laptops to aid us in studying. I look forward to it as I think it is actually quite fascinating and interesting.

The Lunar New Year is approaching and I am really looking forward to it since it not only gives us a break from school, but also a time to visit your relatives! Hence, I would like to take this opportunity to wish everyone who is reading this post an early Lunar New Year and may all your new year resolutions come true!