All About A Levels

[cassia]

All the best to your posting results! :rahrah:

[beezlebubz]

st andrew has nicer uniforms

[Peony]

beezlebubz:

Interestinggg:

Honestly speaking, coming from a student (myself) who has just recently graduated from a junior college, such commutes during peak hours are common. Of course, initially, it was hard to get used to such long school hours, waking up at 5.30am to take public transport to school (2 buses + 1 mrt + walking for one way) which could last between 50min to 85min depending on how fast the buses arrive or the jam along bukit timah roads and central area (near to where I stay. Just like you). By the time my school lessons ended, it was already 4.30pm. Following that, there were CCAs which could easily last till maybe 7pm or even 10pm depending on the type of CCA you choose (sports, performing arts and council are more rigorous compared to clubs and societies). But over the weeks you'll get used to such a life. It's only for 2 years anyway. This might sound harsh but seriously and honestly, just suck it up. Every student faces the same problems and stress and whatever strains. I usually take advantage of the break times in between lessons to catch up on my studies or homework. Weekends are especially precious. JC is pretty different from secondary school which is pretty lax if you ask me. But you'll get used to it. Feeling sleepy around 3.30pm is common, trust me! All of us fight back the urge to nod off. (Bring some sweets to keep you awake!)


All the best to you! And my additional advice is: don't grumble and whine about it, it'll only make you more miserable. Make full use of this experience: it's a once in a lifetime experience that will be very fulfilling at the end of the day

okay noted, i will join clubs and societies hahas. im seriously nervous about it because i feel sleepy in sec school at 10am lol. i usually sleep at 12am and wake at 5am because my sec school is also 1hour away and there's no tuition center near tjc or my hse so im kind of at a loss about that too, since it has to be near to either one or it would be super rush for me. fulfilling or not will depend on my results lol

You mentioned commuting from Orchard Plaza to TJC in an earlier post... You will pass Parkway &/or Katong - areas littered with tuition centres.

[beezlebubz]

ohhh omg thanks lol xD i shall go on google map now to calculate no. of busstops

[MdmKS]

Anyone can advise which exam model of graphing calculator best for use for A level (2014). Currently there it seems like only following 3 exam model for use till 2015 and 2016 base on SEAB.


TEXAS INSTRUMENTS

TI-84 PLUS use till 2015

TI-84 PLUS Silver Edition use till 2015

TI-84 PLUS Pocket SE use till 2016

Anyone can advise which one to buy ?

[Quintessential Mum]

MdmKS:

Anyone can advise which exam model of graphing calculator best for use for A level (2014). Currently there it seems like only following 3 exam model for use till 2015 and 2016 base on SEAB.


TEXAS INSTRUMENTS

TI-84 PLUS use till 2015

TI-84 PLUS Silver Edition use till 2015

TI-84 PLUS Pocket SE use till 2016

Anyone can advise which one to buy ?

The JC will inform the students. Best to check with them.

[GradeConfidence]

whitecorp:

MdmKS:

Anyone can advise which exam model of graphing calculator best for use for A level (2014). Currently there it seems like only following 3 exam model for use till 2015 and 2016 base on SEAB.


TEXAS INSTRUMENTS

TI-84 PLUS use till 2015

TI-84 PLUS Silver Edition use till 2015

TI-84 PLUS Pocket SE use till 2016

Anyone can advise which one to buy ?

Don't get too hyped up over any particular calculator model; what matters so much more is the student's ability to become significantly independent of it especially for the pure maths section (too many kids these days rely on punching in stuff to retrieve every single answer without questioning why/how) and in turn emerge a far superior, efficient learner.

Brains over machine for maths (save for the statistics section), period.

Peace.

Indeed I agree that the model doesn't matter. I own a TI-PLUS (blue one, \"slower speed\") and it just lags slightly as compared to, say, a TI-PLUS silver edition mode. But, for statistics where you need to graph out the spread of information, it does lag significantly. I think most school bookshops only stock the silver edition model now, which is the fastest and latest. If being any second faster is critical to you, grab the fastest one.

[ericknathaniel]

Study hard and get into NJC! It's not as bad and boring a school people make it out to be!

[kelvinsoh]

One of the major downside of the TI-84 plus and TI-84 plus Silver edition is that they are bulky and inconvenient to bring around.


Thus I recommend the Pocket for the form factor.

That said, all 3 calculators essentially perform similarly. The silver edition and the pocket are supposedly slightly faster but if we key everything in correctly the speed difference is negligible in the context of a level type calculations.

[mathtuition88]

MdmKS:

Anyone can advise which exam model of graphing calculator best for use for A level (2014). Currently there it seems like only following 3 exam model for use till 2015 and 2016 base on SEAB.


TEXAS INSTRUMENTS

TI-84 PLUS use till 2015

TI-84 PLUS Silver Edition use till 2015

TI-84 PLUS Pocket SE use till 2016

Anyone can advise which one to buy ?

My students mainly use TI-84 PLUS.
I think they are all very similar, no real difference.