1.competitive friends>I made
friends with those who are rather focused and conscientious in
their studies,instead of wasting my time in school chatting after
eating lunch.Generally,I know a handful of the
students receiving 3H2/4H2 A's. Some of them,whom I met during
orientation,guided me well in my studies throughout the year.
2.A levels decides your fate on
your career,not as much as O levels(except if you do
mediocre and enter poly)It is one final leg I am pushing,although I
am saving that last bit of energy for the finals.So now the
curriculum for me,is study and rest,study and rest.
3.Ambition.Well,I don't
aspire to be engineer,teacher,business or even IT.I can't imagine
how it's like to teach a whole crowd of students,focus on making
more and more money,sit at a comp all day doing research work and
applying physics in my daily life.(engineer)I seek compassion and
knowledge,both of which complement nicely to fit that of a
doctor.So it is this passion,that pushes me up the hurdle and
accomplishing greater feats.
4.Former expectations of
friends/teachers.As much as you find it difficult to
accept,these memories guide you towards reaching your goals.In my
case,they are rooting it for me and motivating me to jump to
greater heights.
5.short term goals and schedules
motivate me too.I have a plan on what I want to
accomplish.Get it done and over with,don't stone at the same page
for so long.
6.The belief that sheer hard and
smart work will pay off.You seen it work in
movies,shows.It also works in real life,no matter how you compare
yourself to someone from a different school.Being smart is one
thing but hardwork is a more difficult trait to pick up than being
clever in your studies.
7.Peer teaching helps me a
lot.I have a friend whom I closely relate and ask questions
for chem in class,after school.This provides me with an open avenue
to ask relevant questions.
I am also a normal human being.Sometimes,I study for 1hr,I get
this temptation to play,watch anime.However,I refocus my mind,think
of what to accomplish for the day before relaxing.This accomplishment is over-powering and I feel
like a loser if I play when I consider my friends
learning(studying).Not only my friends,students from other
schools are also putting in the effort to compete in the
A levels.
School days:I come to school early to study~your brain works the
best in the morning,it applies for me though.
A 1hr break in school for me is dedicated for me to revise,in
which 30min is spent on doing short practices(mcq or recap before
lecture)
To decrease the number of mugging hours:1.do consider tuition for some subjects you have
difficult grasping.2.Come prepared for tuition/classes(if you read
ahead,a greater likelihood that you are able to learn faster
than your peers.)3.Understand concepts,don't memorise topics and
vomit out in exams.
It's like only 10months
before it is over,may as well,focus for this
10months.No studying again,no
taking private candidate exam for A levels.Reminds me of the
PC i see coming in to school to take their exams.(for Ns:2years
getaway,girls:prepare for uni life)
