Cedar Girls Secondary School
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Are u in secondary 3 now or belong to the IP program?
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NY1969:
Are u in secondary 3 now or belong to the IP program?
I am in the IP programme. ^^
thank you all for the encouraging messages, I really appreciate it! :thankyou: -
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Try talking to ur form teacher. It is good to be open and allows the other party to understand ur side of story.
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:imanisland: So cute ... the Year 1 Cedar IP classmates are in KSP forum for 'class gathering'.
Suggest you young ladies visit other IP threads in this forum and you will realize that you are not alone.
Also, because you study alongside Cedar Express so you think that their life is easier. Two sides to a coin...these Express ladies work so hard and in order to go to VJC, they practically have to get almost all distinctions for L1R5 - very very tough. So appreciate your chance in IP, continue feedback to your Principal and unite in your voices.
All the best to you sweet ladies and when stressed, do come here and pour sorrows to the aunties (or uncles), and do also share your joy. There are so many positive traits which you have acquired from IP too. -
Snow Crystal:
:goodpost: is your dd in cedar?:imanisland: So cute ... the Year 1 Cedar IP classmates are in KSP forum for 'class gathering'.
Suggest you young ladies visit other IP threads in this forum and you will realize that you are not alone.
Also, because you study alongside Cedar Express so you think that their life is easier. Two sides to a coin...these Express ladies work so hard and in order to go to VJC, they practically have to get almost all distinctions for L1R5 - very very tough. So appreciate your chance in IP, continue feedback to your Principal and unite in your voices.
All the best to you sweet ladies and when stressed, do come here and pour sorrows to the aunties (or uncles), and do also share your joy. There are so many positive traits which you have acquired from IP too. -
My DD wish to apply for cedar next year.
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As a pupil in a Secondary Two class, I can tell you that even though I’m not in IP, the amount of stress here is no joke.
Honestly, after reading the junior’s post about the things they do, I’m shocked. But after I think about it, I’m not.
This opinion is going to be for the express stream.
Even though we learn things meant for secondary school education, it is not going to be easy. The maths and science we learn, sometimes it overwhelms me. We have integrated syllabus. At sec one, we buy sec one and sec two books. At sec two, we buy sec three and sec four books, and use sec two books.
For science, our performance task was on digestion. We were given a problem situation, and told to diagnose the patient’s illness. However, not all information was given, so the diagnosis can be anything. There is more than one diagnosis.
It may sound okay. But honestly, we weren’t taught the topic beforehand. We were left like this, and we had to finish this performance task that was for maths and science. The math part had to do with quadratic equations, which at that time we were taught the term before. It was all very messy and stressful for us. Even my tuition teacher says time to time that my school is crazy.
Throughout this year, my class have had many complains. Complains that we brought up to the teacher, to the principal even. Like how our timetable was ridiculously long. Tuesdays and Fridays we end at 3.15 pm. On Fridays, most have CCAs until 6. Yes we have the weekend, but I would really love to let myself rest during the weekends. But I can’t, the amount of homework, catching up on revision etc . It’s crazy.
My maths teacher is a really good teacher, but he’s really fast. Too fast. Things like graphs, i never understood clearly until i cleared it up with my tuition thing. My science teacher is so unbelievably soft, sit further than the second row, you have to strain your ears to listen. We told him that he was too soft, but nothing really changed. I guessed it didn’t really matter after a while, we all developed sensitive hearing to hear him.
In Cedar, textbooks are sometimes just there for show. We have no textbooks for English, and our textbooks for maths is used only for the questions in them. We have our own notes. For history, the workbook isn’t even touched. For Science, we do touch our textbook, but we are very much more dependent on the notes they give, because the textbook is insufficient. Work like EMS (Electromagnetic Spectrum) and Light and Lenses, we depend on notes, worksheets and our own research and understanding.
I guess, for Cedar, the only thing that I really, really love is my CCA. The friends I make in my CCA are real and true, they don’t pretend and I really love them alot. They pulled me up when I fell, helped me through everything and supported me when I’m at my lowest. In Cedar, my friends and I all joked that with the amount of pressure we face now, and the way that we are so used to it we no longer care that much even if we stay up pass midnight to finish everything, we will have no problem managing life later on. Cedar taught us to be self-sufficient, not be dependent on others to spoonfeed us with answers.Cedar taught us how to cope with negative stress, positive stress, and shaped us into determined,strong,open-minded characters that are successful at study and play at the same time.
I guess, it’s a love-hate relationship for me with Cedar. I don’t like the system, but at the same time, I acknowledge that this system is what makes me have an opinion, stand up for myself, know what I want, how to cope with different people, different things, how to face stress, and more importantly, how to study hard, play hard and appreciate the things we’ve been given.
This system at Cedar gives one an enormous amount of stress, yet I feel that it is this stress that we learn to cope, accept and get used to that allowed Cedarians to be so successful in everything we put our hearts to doing. When I look at my seniors, my classmates, I feel that the amount of resilience we have is commendable, to be able to live with the pressure of excellence coming from our school, teachers and parents, and from ourselves.
To all potential sec ones, yes this school may seem very scary, very stressful. I once doubted my choice of school, wanted to transfer out, even doubting if I’ll be able to survive, to love this school as my school. When I came into this school, i was looking for an all-rounded education. And after a turbulent year and a half, i can’t exactly love this school, but this school has definitely gave me an all-rounded education.
Whether or not you are in IP or express, you WILL face stress. You WILL feel like you’re gonna die, gonna give up on everything. But if you give up, then you WILL fail. But if you don’t give up, persevere on, then you WILL reap the benefits. Do everything with an open mind, with appreciation, gratitude, and you will be able to see for yourself, beneath that entire strive for excellence facade, is a huge valuable store for you to open, explore and benefit.
Goodluck.
*No offence meant to the school, to anyone. This is my honest opinion.
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