Hi guys, i really need help for this one, im currently a student
in tjc, jc1, and is feeling very very stressed(already). Well the
reason is that my average day ends at 9pm, and im like in hougang,
which is like 1hr away from tjc. After that, i still have to go hme
and do my homework, and wake up at 5am the next day. All this are
starting to put the pressure on me, and its only the first few
weeks of school! Not to mention that pw has yet to start. What i
was thinking is maybe transer to sajc, or does anybody have tips on
how to deal with this.
p.s. i really need a reply..
Hi,
Although everyone is different, let me share my story in JC.
Perhaps my J1 wasn't as filled up as you, but by the time I was J2,
I'm pretty sure the immense stress I had was incomparable.
In J1, I had 4 CCAs that time. In J2, I had to drop 1, and still
have 3 CCAs. In addition to SYF, Maths Competition and Chess
compeititon, I was in the national training team for Physics
Olympiad. Not only that, during those days of S papers, I had extra
lessons for both Physics S and Maths S. It wasn't uncommon for me
to reach home past 9~10 pm everyday. Those were the days where my
JC was a Buona Vista and I too stayed at Hougang. You can imagine
the time I took back and forth school. I even had to tell my econs
teacher I simply don't have the time to do her essay homework, and
requested for an extension of a few months. Fortunately, she was
understanding and allowed that.
Coupled on to that, going from a "monk" school to a mixed
school, I had girl problems as well. 
Looking back, I have to say that it was the best training of my
life, that is, to handle the extreme stress with limited time.
Stress management, time management skills were taxed to the max.
And on hindsight, I have to say it serves me very well now.
Sure, it is a big transition from secondary school to fast paced
stressful JC life, but you have to learn to adapt, learn to manage
it, learn to take it as it comes. That's what separates the wildly
successful from the rest. I do know how stressful it is in JCs
nowadays, but trust me, it wasn't any better in the past as well.
So many people have been there, done it. You will be able to do it
as well.
It's only a short two years. Look and focus on the final goal:
at the end of two years, you get a cert from TJC on top of your A
level cert. And when you finally get your certs and As after all
your hard work, isn't the success all the sweeter?
Ganbatte!
