Hi Guys,
This would be my first post in
sgforums. I'm sorry for the long post.
I am a 14-year-old, Secondary 2
student currently enjoying my school life, but is facing a
difficult proposition. Please offer your opinions and constructive
criticism if possible.
2 years ago, at the start of my
secondary school life, CCA selection landed me into an unfavourable
situation, undeniably, due to my lack of talents. Frankly, there
were only 3 categories for selection as core CCAs: Sports,
Uniformed Groups and Musical Groups. Unfortunately, the lack of
interest was apparent even to myself in all of these categories.
The other academic CCAs were considered merit CCAs (you must have a
core CCA)
Hence, as you might expect, I was
forced to join a uniform group - NPCC. Feeling it was not suitable
for me, I transferred into Chinese Orchestra this year, somewhere
around April. Not only does this mean that all previous records and
CCA point accumulation would be completely eradicated, my start in
CO would also be a painful one due to joining late. However, though
there is no presence of real interest in CO, I committed myself
nevertheless to this unexpected responsibility, and hope to perform
in the EOY concert.
Unfortunately, no matter how hard I
try during this start of the school holidays, (5 hrs of practice a
day) my improvements (if any) were always belittled by my
instructor’s heavy scepticism and the conductor still refuses to
allow me to perform. This dealt a severe blow to me and led me to
contemplating whether the time was worth it.
However, besides this, my real
interest is in the field of biology. It has become an integral part
of my life since I have discovered the joy of studying biology
during secondary 2. Therefore, free time was often used, willingly
and enjoyably, reading about it. I wish to join Science club in
Secondary 3, and would exchange anything for it honestly. To me, it
was already a lifetime’s devotion.
The problem is, no matter how
appealing biology is to me, the responsibility of CO still lingers,
and the time consumption is a huge strain on any further extensions
in my real interest. However, I’ve also heard that the lack of CCA
points would significantly bring down your chance for a scholarship
or anything of that sort. Despite this, I know that my JC side
offers Science Club as a core CCA, and hence hope to receive more
CCA points there.
To be clear, my options are as
such:
1)
Completely devote my time to studying and developing my own
interests. This includes bringing a Bio book to CO camps and treat
CO like a joke, only receiving the participation CCA points and
shitting all the concerts. My main fear is that CCA points might
greatly deter me from future development.
2) Stick
to CO and still try my best to perform well. This might mean
neglecting my real interest for superficial CCA points that “aims
to develop young people better”, and risking my academics.
Really sorry for the long post :P Would really like some advice
on which path I should take and are CCA points really so important?
If I perform well in Science Club at JC side but neglect Chinese
Orchestra now, will there be any serious repercussions? How
important are CCA points anyway?
CO got many pretty girls, is that the real reason why you cannot
let it go?
Both options are good decisions and paths you could take. And
there is no best or better paths that we could do to help you to
decide.
It's best to follow your heart and go with what your heart tells
you to do so. Your brain will never stop arguing and conflicting
itself anyway.
So be wise and rule with your heart, and you will not have deep
regrets later in your life.
