Raffles Girls' School (Secondary) [*IP]

[Choco05]

Haha all the excited buzzing on classes. Class timetable is up on iNet too, PM me if you found out your class and want it. Please give me your email too so i can email it to you:)

[Silver Wind]

Hi chatterbox321, can you pm me the name list for all classes?

Thanks.

[Silver Wind]

Hi Choco05, I just pmed you.

[Silver Wind]

Hi Choco05, I just pmed you.

[strangequark]

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[TheHamsterLover]

Hi chatterbox321! I’ve pmed u my email… Please email me all the class lists, thanks!

[bananamonster]

Hello! If you are in 112 next year, please PM me with your name hehehe. Very curious.

[TheHamsterLover]

Hi Young or Old I have pmed u

[Young or Old]

thehamsterlover, hv replied.

[kcym]

hey all and especially to jtoh who asked that question about sec 3, my friend read this forum and wants to give a reply! so i'm posting on her behalf.

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Hi everyone I just wanted to get this off my chest cos reading all the posts it just makes me feel quite…. Sad? I don’t know like as in no offence to the sec1s in this forum or anything, but a lot of things change as you go up the years. Life gets a lot more complicated and really, a lot of times in RGS we are just so wrapped up in our own bubble, blissfully unaware of what is going on in the world around us and that’s just… not ideal? Yes, I am sec3 and to be very honest, 2011 has been a really terrible year for me, everything that could possibly go wrong, did. And I guess its been tough, but one thing that really kept me going was my friends who stuck by me, through it all. This year, in school, I’ve experience extreme elation to the point of tears, yet at the same time, there are sometimes you just completely break down in the face of everything that’s going on. yes, I’ve cried millions of times this year, not just in school but at home, on the bus, in the car, at outside school areas where CCA is conducted. The stress at sec3 to perform is just… unbelievably high, and is perhaps brought about by my own class, where everyone studies really really hard and um the average gpa is around 3.7? the thing about sec3 is that everyone tells you about how you are taking over, how you have to step up, how you cannot just merely stand in the shadows, you really have to step out, lead your juniors, lead the school to greater heights.

But then again sec3 is also a time for experiences- I did take part in the nationwide NDP this year (yes I’m in a UG haha) and its really things like this that are unforgettable, yes NDP did take up a lot of my time BUT the pride and joy of being able to be part of YOUR NATION’S National Day is just amazing

For me, my grades went up by…. Quite a lot this year mainly because you do get to drop subjects you don’t like, and because of the new “core5 best2” GPA computation that allows you to not count every subject- it allows you to pursue your interest without worrying about your GPA being affected, which I think is a good scheme on the part of the school. But despite my increased gpa, I honestly only started studying like… on the day of my geography exam for EYAs as there is simply not enough time, and the school did put bio and geog on the same day so I chose one over another in a sense.
Sec3 is really a time for a turmoil of emotions.

I guess one thing I would like to warn the parents of incoming sec1s is that although yes RGS is a so called “better school” it doesn’t mean that the students are any different. We are all after all teenagers and sometimes we do commit foolish acts due to our… youth and lack of experience? And not to mention sometimes life is just unfair. There are people who go home everyday and sleep and watch TV and end up with a 3.94 GPA, but there are also people who study really really really very hard and end up with subpar GPAs? And the people who study so so hard are just really disappointed? It’s the feeling of putting in your best effort yet with no results, but there are no wounds that time can’t heal and yes, people do move on and this is yet another valuable life lesson learnt.

I guess to sum it all, sec3 is just a major waking up call for a lot of us. As such everyone grows up, everyone matures and I guess its really been my best year in rgs ever, because despite the toughness and all the things going on, its good to know that 1) I’ve survived 2) I’ve come out of this year as a much better person 3) you know who will stand by you through it all.