the jellyfish is back! Had a day of clearing my maths homework and finishing up P2 2007 for chem. Productive? Maybe....? An 'interesting' passage! Actually is not a passage, it is just a random piece of er... (Fill in the blank)

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X writes...

...While i flipped through the maths worksheets, one of the papers from the maths department contains the timetable for maths revision and the words of encouragement from the teachers. The encouragement was ok? A sentence that struck me, "Reach for the moon, even if you fail, u will land among the stars!" Something like that. =P

For the page of the maths revision timetable, another sentence: "4 weeks can make a big difference to your results at 'A' levels."

Indeed, some hardworking people can really improve their exam results by a margin, let's say about 10 or 20 marks? E.g, War has improved 12 marks from MY to Prelim! An achievement indeed, but how about for miracles to happen?

There are some random people who would say "I AM SO GOING TO GET AN A FOR A LEVELS!" Woah, a high target, but yet a dream for everyone, regardless of whether it is realistic. Upon inspection of their grades, you would have realised they scored almost all failed grades, even for the subject they wanted to get an A.

My question is: How on EARTH is anyone going to improve from U to A within 4 weeks!? I mean face it, miracles can happen, but how many people do have that miracle? Perhaps the probability which people have miracles follow a poisson distribution. Is anyone going to depend on a miracle to score?

Imagine if a person gets a U for a subject, and he goes about shouting to everyone "I am so going to score a B for A levels!" I think most people would give the "huh wth so random" reply, or simply a look of disbelief, or at the best response, "oh you can if you study really very hard." Yea study really very hard, hmm... How hard? 24 hours a day for 29 days? =P

Of course, choosing the easier way out may be a source of motivation to many. Oh, blame it on the careless mistakes, oh if only I calculated correctly, oh if only this... and that... Result: You realised you failed everything in the past due to these mistakes, and conclusion? You are going to score way better if you don't make these mistakes!!!

But think about it, how can someone get 30+ marks worth of carelessness EVERY TIME during an exam? Unless you always tio the inauspicious spot for every exam, and somehow an aura or a curse is hovering around you to decrease your accuracy, if not the problem shouldn't really lie on 'carelessness'. Once or twice, fine and so be it, but every time? It dosen't really make sense. Agree?

Reach for the moon, even if you fail, you will land among the stars. Some random ppl said: "Eh no wad!??! I thought the moon is closer than the stars?" Agreed! But something is quite true, instead of aiming for unrealistic targets, why not hit the milestones first, and only if time allows (somehow), then hit for higher targets. There is no point in shouting out loud motivation sentences to yourself and in the end flunk a simple mock exam perfectly.

Not biased against anyone, but I just feel that it is rather strange that people can actually dream of high hopes and goals, even when time and content knowledge is against them. 4 weeks can make a difference, yes it can, if time is made used of wisely. Big difference? Rare. I rather have the mindset to build milestones and achieve smaller but yet realistic targets, rather than jumping all the way up and fall with a breakthrough (with the ground also, perhaps).

For now, as RJ said, tie a knot, and hang on there. Or better still, climb slowly, and do your best. It makes sense anyway. =P

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For those who wants to practice GP, do this random AQ.

X expresses his concerns on people having an unrealistic target for exams. How far do you agree with his view? Using your own knowledge, do you think this is happening in your society?

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Ok! End of this random post! =D

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