Since secondary 1 of Normal Technical level, I have been scoring
the top scores and never really had to study hard because I'm a
fast learner and I can remember things well. Other than words that
has more than 3 syllabus, the word is most probably already in my
mind. I have always dreamt big and I want to strive. The reason I
couldn't get promoted to Normal Academic is because I did very
badly for Chinese. Chinese was one subject I could never
understand.
At secondary 4, I took N levels and I was allowed by MOE to
transfer to Normal Academic only if my principal allowed. I
scored a "B" for Math because my teacher couldn't teach algebra to
us as most students which he deems as more important than me needed
the basic lessons all over again. However, despite the request, he
refused. So I had to enter ITE.
Here in ITE, the enviorment is really bad. You do learn some
important skills but it is taught very slowly. So slow, I usually
become impatient and start being in a foul mood. That hasn't
affected my attention in class though. I was doing well, certainly
but the thought of having to spend 2 years learning something which
I could learn in a few months and graduate from university lateron
at the age of 28 is demoralising me. I get worried a lot and I have
instances when I teared for realising a few stuff like the lacking
education I'm forced into by the government. I admited I was wrong
to have scored too low for PSLE but I have changed since then, it
have already been 4 years and I have not even met a single person
who shares my thoughts or interest at my level. All those students
cared about is what their other friend does, it's usually
uninteresting and much predictable.
Now, I thought of requesting from ITE to allow me entry into the
Polytechnic after a year and 3 months(since poly starts around at
the 3rd month) NITEC education, would that be possible? Me being
able to do well in Poly is out of the question, since I enjoy
studing computers and I am a fast learner. I could understand
anything easily but not memorise the whole history textbook(I have
tried).
Will you give me your proper advise or information? I'm really
sick of my life even though I am getting fed bursaries or upgrade
scholarships. It's worthless to what I want to achieve. Even though
the scholarship from ite has made me a little feel better then.
do you know algebra requires alot of foundation that builds up
since secondary 1?