Once Mary overheard 2 young girls in Mac Donald discussing what path to choose for their future. They were from her secondary school cause both of them were wearing the digusting luminous orange T-shirt. Well, Mary really wanted to share with them her experience...
JUNIOR COLLEGE or POLYTECHNIC? Both can bring you to university. It all depends on your perference. BUT, polytechnic life was a freedom. No mugging. No tuitions. No stress. Well, the first very major choice starts when you are in secondary two. Which option should you choose? Pure Science, Triple Science or Sub Science? Whether your choice is polytechnic or junior college, if you never have intention to pursue your future in the science field, CHOOSE Sub Science. WHY? Because all high schools students takes pure science. Why fight with them? You will only be trapped in the centre of the bell curve if you fight with them.
Mary have to admit she made a very wrong choice. A choice that ruin her all path she planned. A choice she regretted for life. She was one of the fool that had choosen the pure science stream just because pure science students seemed smarter. Don't be fooled by such a skeptical thinking. Mary wanted to take optometry in polytechnic but because of her wrong choice, she did not score for O'Levels. Having made the first wrong choice led her into MORE wrong choices. Junior College was out of the choice. Mary put Chemical Process Technology as her first choice because she had pure science background. Mary realized her real interest is Business when she was year 2 in the polytechnic. Damn. She lost interest in studies. Truancy, late for class, sleeping in class was what she did for the whole of year 2. Well, Mary still did well for her exams. 2 Cs, many Bs, a handful of As and few Distinctions (So proud of herself). Being sick of Chemistry, something she never likes but do have a little talent in it, Mary swear she is never going to further her studies in Chemistry and was quite determined polytechnic will mark the end for her as a student career. BUT...
Mary made it to both university. She decided to choose the world top 20 university, NUS. Mary made the last minute choice of registering for a university reason was Mary was freaked out by the thoughts of joining work force. Mary tried to register for a placement in University and both NTU and NUS accepted her applications. Mary made it to the university because she is smart. Not academically smart, but Mary study smart. After first year in polytechnic, there was streaming again. 3 choices given: Industrial Chemistry, Food Science or Polymer. Industrial chemistry is popular, follow by Food, then polymer. This time round, Mary play the game smartly. She chose polymer. But still, Mary wasn't lucky. 10 classmates of hers had the same thinking. 2 top scorer were in the same class as her. Nevertheless, she made it to the Roll of Honor for 2 semesters. Anyway, the top student for 2005 was from Polymer. All the lecturers were amazed.
Mary have many friends who went to Junior Colleges but not many make it to the local universities. Sad to say, she is the only one in her secondary school level that made it to science faculty in NUS taking chemistry. She was also one of the girls in her secondary school to be condemn by her chemistry teacher and till now, Mary still don't understand WHY. WHY TEACHERS JUDGE STUDENTS BY LOOKS AND PERSONAL FEELINGS. THESE PEOPLE DON'T QUALIFIED TO BE A TEACHER. THIS IS A SCHOOL, NOT COURT OF LAW, SO WHO ARE YOU TO JUDGE?
IN THE NUTSHELL
Life is a game, and it depends on how you play the game and in a game, the final result is either you WIN or you LOSE.
I'm a big big girl, in the big big world its not a big big thing in NUS. But i do do know, that i do do feel, pathetic...
