Monday, October 23, 2006
Smarts of AJC
I remember not too long ago when I was in The Chinese High School, how the teachers prepared us for the sec 4 prelims and finally the O Level.
During the 10 weeks leading to prelim, my maths teacher would throw us a worksheet with 10~16 questions from all topics specially selected from past years prelim papers to do weekly. Other subjects also placed great emphasis on preparing us for the prelims by providing us with question of prelim standard.
Without doubt, even a slacker like me could do moderately well for the prelims, for we were well prepared. Then when O Level was approaching, we were drilled extensively in O Level type questions and also doing tonnes of TYS.
In AJC, strange things happened.
In days leading to the prelim, we were given little or no additional practices. Most of them were from the TYS, so we worked on A Level type questions. No doubt, not everyone can do well for the prelims. In fact, results of many students who used to be strong academically were screwed up. The school did not play an active role in providing students proper guidance and resources to prepare for the prelims.
Now after prelims, we were given tonnes of prelim papers from other JCs. There are only so few past years A Level paper to practice on, and not all subjects provide students with the 2005 paper.
No doubt, if I follow AJC's way of doing things, my results are going to get screwed badly.
Hence the need for Self Directed Learning. Something that students of AJC fall on whenever the school could not fulfill its own role.
Needless to say, AJC takes pride in asking students to do their own SDL.
I can never love AJC enough.
During the 10 weeks leading to prelim, my maths teacher would throw us a worksheet with 10~16 questions from all topics specially selected from past years prelim papers to do weekly. Other subjects also placed great emphasis on preparing us for the prelims by providing us with question of prelim standard.
Without doubt, even a slacker like me could do moderately well for the prelims, for we were well prepared. Then when O Level was approaching, we were drilled extensively in O Level type questions and also doing tonnes of TYS.
In AJC, strange things happened.
In days leading to the prelim, we were given little or no additional practices. Most of them were from the TYS, so we worked on A Level type questions. No doubt, not everyone can do well for the prelims. In fact, results of many students who used to be strong academically were screwed up. The school did not play an active role in providing students proper guidance and resources to prepare for the prelims.
Now after prelims, we were given tonnes of prelim papers from other JCs. There are only so few past years A Level paper to practice on, and not all subjects provide students with the 2005 paper.
No doubt, if I follow AJC's way of doing things, my results are going to get screwed badly.
Hence the need for Self Directed Learning. Something that students of AJC fall on whenever the school could not fulfill its own role.
Needless to say, AJC takes pride in asking students to do their own SDL.
I can never love AJC enough.
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