The Coveted Results

STPM 2008

100% Passes

Well done...the best thus so far!

STPM 2008 brought many pleasant surprises as 9 students had 4As and a student had 5As. However among the achievers, only 3 were 4 pointers. But it also meant that the school has accomplished its best in quality and quantity in her short history of this pre university programme. I thought it was only yesterday that we had our Prom evening and now they are ready for the real world...one last lap and you reach your destination. But really there's no full stop cos life is a long learning process. We make mistakes here and there; sometimes scalded, at others escaped and saved.

Now, it's another turning point for most of the students who will be clamouring for courses and universities of their choice and love. To all of them out there, may the best be with you.

Students receiving their results anxiously and we even had many not daring to appear in case of bad news. Teachers and the school counsellor all ready to deliver the results and give appropriate advice and help. We do love them dearly.

The modern telecommunication system always so handy, fast and efficient. Eagerly waiting parents receiving heart attack news...that's what children do, don't they? When are they ever ready to only pass on good news?

Most encouraging though were some students who did not do particularly well but yet ready to face reality and look forward. I heard this short exchange:

Chap : Well, nothing really can be done. It's over.
Girlie : Oh, I've just lost 2 years. My results won't bring me anywhere.
Chap : Hei, it's ok. We have got to find a solution. We have a problem but more importantly, we have to find a solution. 2 years is not a lifetime and it's better late than never.

I like the positive punch. Yes, they may not have achieved the desired results but they are wise and matured enough to look for a way out. That is commendable and perhaps this time they will learn to be more focus...experience is the best medicine in life.

Otherwise, there were those who were 'hurt' by that A-, denying them of the perfect score. Well, it's almost always best to be grateful and head on. You will finally get your rainbow.

Our top scorers - the 4 pointers. Joan Ang and Lee Shao Li of 6 cekap (Arts) and Neo Rong Gen of 6A or is it 6B ? To get a perfect score in the Arts is Kudos!!!

STPM...only the brave will dare attempt, don't you agree? In a couple of days this very school hall will again hear the sounds of joy and celebration when the SPM results are released. And it is also in this very hall that the form 5 leavers will look for paths to tread...will they take the road less taken?
STPM is the road less taken if not; even not taken ; by today's youth. They look for easier tracks and some even fast tracks while others go out into the job market.

If you are academically inclined, did relatively well in SPM and are bold, you will find STPM a pleasant challenge. Some real good sides of STPM MAY include the following:

• It is a programme internationally recognised and highly respected by universal tertiary institutions
• You get to choose to go into public or private universities locally
• If you are not able to get the choice of study in a public university you can always opt for a private one
• You save your parents a big chunk of dough ( you can demand for it later to buy a house)
• When you succeed in this programme your varsity days will be a sailing endeavour cos you will have gone through the best proven tutelage
• You will be properly disciplined cos you cannot get up at odd hours and you cannot sleep at unearthly hours doing I don't know what
• Your parents will be grateful cos there is a group of teachers ready to pour out their lives teaching you to add, minus, forecast, predict, think skilfully and score
• You still have another 2 years to mature concretely and scout around for right choices

BUT...be cooperative, ready to plough the field hard and follow instructions dutifully and you will be there.

If you honestly ask me and if I could turn the clock back , yes; I will put my 2 younger daughters through STPM for their field of studies; not for the first though becos medicine is gruesome and the fight for a place is an uphill task.

Finally, my opinion is only 2 cents' worth.

Make your own choice.