My heartiest congrats to my sister for her successful posting into Yishun Junior College.
Initially, she intended to study in a polytechnic. But looking at her good results in Maths, Science and Chinese Language, it is likely that she can achieve in the 'A' levels examinations. Therefore, I did not have a hard time convincing her to take up the challenge. Her 'not-so-good' performance in English Language is another reason why studying in a junior college is advantageous.
Her first choice of junior college is my alma mater, Nanyang Junior College. As one of the junior colleges with a good brand, Nanyang is "over-subscribed" by the exceptionally larger cohort of students who are mostly born in the year of the Dragon. The competition is made more intense with the better performance by the cohort. In fact, last year's sitting is our best performance in the 'O' levels examinations ever. That is why even some straight-As students are not posted to the college of their choice.
She was then posted to Innova Junior College, the latest addition to the 17 "legitimate" 'A' levels course providers in Singapore. If I were in her situation, such posting would be celebrated with some ice-kacangs. Nothing beats the honour of being in the pioneer batch. As the new kid on the block, everyone, including tutors, are enthusiastic and wants to make things happen. Another key success factor lies in the principal. Innova also boosted good location and feng shui. It is strategically located near Woodlands Library (for research), Causeway Point (for fun and laughter), Woodlands MRT station (for accessibility) and next to Singapore Sports School (for what?).
She did not feel the same way at Innova and decided to "make her way" to Yishun Junior College (YJC). I say make her way because YJC would more than welcome students of her calibre. That is not a bad choice considering that it is located within walking distance which can add up to a lot of time savings in transportation. YJC is also the fittest junior college in Singapore with the highest percentage pass for the NATFA test. Hopefully, she can trim some weight there too. Most importantly, it has been the top value-added school for a few consecutive years which means her chance of eventually studying in a local university is somehow increased.
Now that she is officially a student of YJC, I hope she settle in as fast as possible and start working. Forget about past achievements and non-achievements and focus on the path ahead. Work hard and play hard. There will be hard times but that is the reason why one wants to study in a junior college. Tough times make tough men. The two years would past swiftly but would eventually become one of the most memorable and important years in life.
I wish her all the best in her quest to being the first local university graduate in my family.
2 comments:
Better to go JC if she is more the academic type. But if she is more on hands on or technical type....poly is the way to go.
The best education is often found overseas.
Correction to the NATFA test thing... Actually the teachers helped the students to pass their fitness tests. Something like I do 4 half f**k pull-up and the teacher will count 5!!! I was a student there so I can prove this. And thanks to this 'system' they had, I suffered in the enhanced BMT.
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