Personal Recount Assignment 3 - Something that took place at school

School has certainly been interesting these days, with a new syllabus and the arrival of 2008's batch of freshies. One day of which was certainly memorable...

Monday, 14th of January. After hearing an announcement regarding the distribution of a report card with our "potential and expected grades" on it, I was beside myself with excitement, wondering what they thought my potential was. However, when I saw the card itself during our maths lesson, I was rather appalled. My grades had been reversed! I had been expecting A1s for English, Literature, Maths and D&T and A2s for the rest of my subjects (Science, Geography, History, etc) but that wasn't the case - Instead, what they are expecting of me now are A1s for History, Geography, science and maths - And A2s for the rest of my subjects. It's one thing to raise their expectations (of me) for subjects I have been doing badly in - But to LOWER their expectations for subjects I have been doing well in? I asked Ms Kara Tay about this afterward, only to find out that the grades were based on our PSLE mark. Which is rather ridiculous, as it means they are using something from 2 years ago to gauge our performance now. Another thing is that we didn't even even have subjects like D&T and History for PSLE, which means the grades whey want of us are being assigned at random. Forgive me for saying that this dosen't make any sense.

On a happier note, maths was followed by english, in which we received a new assignment - We were to create 3 blog entries about a few incidents that took place over a period of a week.(Which would be graded.) Wow, that was something new for us. Blogging for english is cool enough - But to blog for our exams? That is certainly something that would do us some good. I asked some friends from other schools, and only top-tier schools like Raffles Institution have this kind of fun yet educational syllabus. In other words, Victoria is joining the ranks of IP schools, and we don't have to pay nearly as much of travel as far to enjoy this "status". It's getting the best of both worlds! =D

Even though it may have its faults at times, Victoria is becoming the kind of school I've always dreamt of being in. And to live up to its reputation, we have to repay Victoria by being Gentlemen, Professionals and Sportsmen.