A New Lease Of Life
In the blink of an eye, another fruitful and memorable year has passed.
As a secondary one student, fresh from the oven, I experienced many changes in my life. The deadlines of projects and assignments were one after another and I did not really have much time to complete them especially when projects were included in the final term results. I had to try my best to make the particular assignment or project as perfect as possible. I did not have that kind of mindset in my primary school years, though.
I knew at a glance during the secondary one orientation last year that I was the ONLY one from my own primary school. That sounds impossible but it just happened this year (Secondary one 2006). This is a challenge. I am all alone in the school. Talking and strolling beside me were strangers, complete strangers. I was intimidated and bewildered by this fact. Being myself, I knew that I would not talk to anyone, unfamiliar, for at least 1 month after being in the same class. As expected, few days of orientation and talks from the different HODs, I still did not manage in making any friends. I really pity myself for that fact. I had been sitting all by myself before the "actual" class was decided not long after January. I told myself that this could not go on. The first person whom I actually first talked to in secondary school, was Dannel (ex-band member). We became really good friends since then.
After much hardship, humiliation and unceasing revision for repeated tests, I finally managed to overcome the first year of secondary school - the fundamentals. I remembered Miss Chow, my maths teacher, saying that the Maths Topics were just basic ones that will help us have a better understanding in the upper secondary topics, which I suppose will be a headache for me.
I really do hope that I can do myself proud next year. Wish me good luck. Hahz…
D`Daren - First post from lower secondary
As a secondary one student, fresh from the oven, I experienced many changes in my life. The deadlines of projects and assignments were one after another and I did not really have much time to complete them especially when projects were included in the final term results. I had to try my best to make the particular assignment or project as perfect as possible. I did not have that kind of mindset in my primary school years, though.
I knew at a glance during the secondary one orientation last year that I was the ONLY one from my own primary school. That sounds impossible but it just happened this year (Secondary one 2006). This is a challenge. I am all alone in the school. Talking and strolling beside me were strangers, complete strangers. I was intimidated and bewildered by this fact. Being myself, I knew that I would not talk to anyone, unfamiliar, for at least 1 month after being in the same class. As expected, few days of orientation and talks from the different HODs, I still did not manage in making any friends. I really pity myself for that fact. I had been sitting all by myself before the "actual" class was decided not long after January. I told myself that this could not go on. The first person whom I actually first talked to in secondary school, was Dannel (ex-band member). We became really good friends since then.
After much hardship, humiliation and unceasing revision for repeated tests, I finally managed to overcome the first year of secondary school - the fundamentals. I remembered Miss Chow, my maths teacher, saying that the Maths Topics were just basic ones that will help us have a better understanding in the upper secondary topics, which I suppose will be a headache for me.
I really do hope that I can do myself proud next year. Wish me good luck. Hahz…
D`Daren - First post from lower secondary
posted by Daren at Thursday, December 29, 2005
