Firstly, I have difficulties in explaining the system in NUS to my family. Honours vs without honours, bell-shaped curve grading system, A+ vs A, first class vs second class vs third class. Secondly,when I was still naive,I wrote on my dream book,that I wanted to be in the first class.
Now that I am going to my third year (I still don't want to say that I'm 3rd year student,well...the new academic year has not started :P),I just took a deep breath after I opened my exam result.Some modules were very tough till when I got B,I already felt very thankful.I also couldn't understand people who complained because they failed to get into first class.
It's not that I don't want to be a first-class student,hahaha,but I have some questions before I decided to sacrifice many things for the sake of being categorized as a first class student.
Do I need to be first class?
Do I want to be first class?
Is it worthy to sacrifice many things to be first class?
Now I reach the point when I always think that "I just do my best". hmm..but I'm just wondering,if I want to get scholarship to pursue Master degree outside Singapore,do I need to be first class?Or does it depend on my thesis and research proposal?Does it depend on my experiences?just wondering..hahahaha..
It's good if someone can be a first class student,but I don't think it's wise to sacrifice MUCH MORE IMPORTANT THINGS in life,for the sake of grade.Learning is not only for exams or grades.If I waste my time and I know that actually I can achieve a better result,I should be sad. But if I or you feel that you have done your best (but wondering why I can't get a better result?),it's time to move on and to think about the strategy how to study smarter next semester.It's also important to equip ourselves with other skills and above all,the most important question is how to make life becomes meaningful. Obviously,the answer is not only "by being a first class student". :)
Why is this blog a bottled sunshine? It started from Student Leaders Retreat in Eusoff Hall in September 2009. A prof mentioned that I'm like a bottled sunshine. Well,bottled sunshine also needs supply from the sun:) There will be moments when the sun is covered by the cloud. Nevertheless, I hope this blog can still radiate a little bit of the sunshine for other people.
i want to be the first in my class and in my major (since mine is small major) (: i think my goal is realistic after i went through 2 semester.
ReplyDeleteto be honest, you are already in a higher level than me, both academically and in experience (since you study abroad and in good university while i study in a university which has a lot of lazy rich kids), so if i were you maybe i will lower my standards too, but that is after i went through one year there of course (:
ps. i don't sacrifice so many things to be the first, it's God's grace (: