Prelims results' a joke. Seriously.
I'm becoming skeptical of my GP and Econs grades. I've a bad feeling that it follows a Poisson Distribution. rare occurrence. Hope not. *crosses finger* And I hope that I wouldn't be like China (progressing too fast... like my marks for GP increased by 54%, and 40% for Econs). I hope this is a steady progress. :) [I still love stats... ok, irrelevant. Haha.]
During GP lesson today, I asked the teacher about an unmarked point for summary and she went ''yea, the marker should have given you one mark for this point. I think she missed it out. But sorry, I can't change your marks now, it's being keyed into the system and it's already closed yesterday. So just have to live with it.''
My response was, 'Wa lao'. (It's a grade difference, hello.)
I mean, seriously, if you were me, would you have said the same?
Really puts the reliability of these grades into question. People who really got the marks are not awarded accordingly, while those who didn't even make it to the grade could miraculously have another one mark the next time they checked their score. And then we have the hero Bio teacher who could just change marks that were 44 to 45, 54 to 55, 59 to 60, 69 to 70 without any basis whatsoever.
And Econs grades were moderated 5 marks. Yes, I agree that everyone is happy and such, but if it were the A levels, there's no room for moderation and their criteria for the grades are already set 3 years ago, even before they marked our scripts. It's not marked by a T-score concept like the PSLE, where they could have moderation and such if the entire cohort didn't do as well as expected.
And I'm starting to wonder whether this exams were reflective, if at all, of my standards and my potential at the A levels.
And all that crap with predicted grades and such, it's a joke, really, when our school's system could just change marks anytime. just to boost some people's marks and make them look better, especially so for the seemingly better students.
Anyway, during break today, I felt hurt and a bit pissed by some particular people who talked to me and spoke like he/she knew a great deal and spoke to me in a tone as if I'm 2nd grade to him/her but actually I think he/she is just too smart for his/her own good. To the person: Hello, the world doesn't revolve around you. Throw a stone at anyone from the elite group and chances are, they are much better than you.
But thanks a lot to Cheryl (Tan). :) I feel really enlightened after her purposeful speech on 'God has a plan for you.' Haha. :D
Nevertheless, I still want to thank God for all my achievements this prelims, as He had given me the motivation and hope that perhaps Econs and GP aren't as intimidating as they seem. And I also want to thank God for the slips I'd made accidentally during this round of exams so that I may learn from them in time for the A levels, not to rest on my laurels and neglect the Sciences, though I may be slightly more inclined to them.