All About A Levels
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somewhere la aiyo does it matter where i live,
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I thought most students will have to take feeder bus + MRT + bus or feeder bus + bus to their schools. The adults are doing the same to go to work too.
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My history teacher is always lamenting about her sad life in JC with h2 history so i probably will shun from art stream if i were you, plus i hate any content heavy memorizing subject, and in JC the books so thick de T.T
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beezlebubz:
My history teacher is always lamenting about her sad life in JC with h2 history so i probably will shun from art stream if i were you, plus i hate any content heavy memorizing subject, and in JC the books so thick de T.T
There's plenty to memorise in Science stream as well, especially for Biology. It's not just for Arts. -
i didnt know damit lol. excuse my ignorance my social circle is miserably tiny; all my friends either live near the school, have car or have direct bus. oh damm i estimate need 1hour to and fro school again sigh and with the long hours idk how i’ll cope
so stressed. reach home should be 7 or 8 le then still need do homework and stuff.
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beezlebubz:
i didnt know damit lol. excuse my ignorance my social circle is miserably tiny; all my friends either live near the school, have car or have direct bus. oh damm i estimate need 1hour to and fro school again *sigh* and with the long hours idk how i'll cope
so stressed. reach home should be 7 or 8 le then still need do homework and stuff.
When I was in JC, I didn't have a direct bus either - it was either bus+bus or bus+very long walk. Depending on traffic, I think it took me 30-40mins to get home normally, sometimes over an hour.
I sympathize with you because it IS tiring but you need to be practical. You can
a) Live in the school hostel (if there is one)
b) Get a car (I'm assuming you have a driving licence or someone is willing to drive you? Either way, it's a really expensive option)
c) Take taxi everyday
d) Just accept that it is what it is and commute by public transport.
To put this in perspective, I knew a girl who went to NTU and stayed in Marine Parade (ie East to West commute). She didn't have a choice because she went to NIE, but the long commute didn't stop her from becoming valedictorian. It's not impossible, and people get by all the time.
Reaching home by 7 or 8 is still okay - at any rate, I very rarely, if ever, went home that late from school (could have been my choice of CCAs though).You will not be busy throughout the day until you get home, so you should try to make use of your free time during school/ after school to study and do your homework then (I used to do my work during lunch break). Or you can take a nap if you're tired and then work when you get home. Or you can work on the bus/ MRT (I do my readings while travelling).
Long story short: It is doable. It takes getting used to be it's certainly doable. -
Get yourself a mp3 player. Listening to music makes the journeyseems faster. I used to walk 10min, took bus,transfer bus to poly. Journey about an hour. I usually go to the libraw for revision and homework to avoid peak hour during dismissal. .can save ten min travelling and had place to sit.
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Move is one option.
Nonetheless, there are JCs in the north/east/west/central. So there must be one that works for you. Of course, if you only want to go to a certain JC, then it is a choice and you have to live with it. -
I think taking taxi is more expensive than buying a car with 2 years left…lol. well yeah its kind of doable especially for the first few months, but more than that and i’ll be exhausted and more or less not motivated to finish my homework. I get super sleepy after 3.30pm which is usually sec 4’s normal release time and by the time i reach home i would have to take a nap -_- The school’s hostel only accept foreign scholars i thought?? I guess i can stay back after school to do my homework though :O…and my parents wont let me move since JC’s only 2 years hahas. Oh yeah i suppose i might need tuition in JC too… Lastly, yes i kind of just live really far away from all the schools; somewhere in the center with no direct bus routes to any of them. kind of weird huh?? == plus i live 15min away from the mrt. if i can go njc i will be happiest ofcourse since its the nearest. but i guess if my results only allows me to go to one school i’ll have to cope with it anyhow
ehh i have no idea of the homework load o.o its possible to finish it at lunch? how long is lunch?
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beezlebubz:
I think taking taxi is more expensive than buying a car
Not with the current COE prices I think..