Post O-Level decision...

My post O-Level decision...

  • JC

    Votes: 15 30.0%
  • Polytechnic

    Votes: 21 42.0%
  • ITE

    Votes: 8 16.0%
  • Others

    Votes: 6 12.0%

  • Total voters
    50

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got results, so JC/ Poly/ ITE...??

to those who are in this decision dilemma, share what you have picked/ state your reasons so others suffering the same headache as you are would hopefully be offered some relief...
 
Keep in mind what you would like to do in the future. If you want to be a doctor or nuclear scientist, don't expect to succeed via the Poly course. If you want to go to Poly please don't pick out very highly specialised courses or you'll end up learning little things in three years.

And doesn't mean you get good grades you have to go to JC. If you want to be a designer in the future, JC is so not going to help build a portfolio for you even if you score straight A++++ and take 10 S-papers. Be wise, people
 
I don't agree that a student taking a specialised course in poly would learn less.

Some of the more specialised course in poly really helps to pave the way to Uni, such as accountancy, computer or marine engineering...

For those who has got good results, congrats!

For those who did not get as good results as expected or would like, don't be discouraged. O Levels is just a milestone in life to pass. If you're to go ITE or Poly, continue to strive to do well. I've met people who strive all the way from ITE to Poly then to Uni and have done very well.

Slow and steady wins the race. ;)

In fact, for those who are at a lost, think about what you do best and how your character or personality would suit a certain line of work. Then choose a course that would provide the knowledge, skills and qualifications to suceed. That is one way to know which course to take.

However, how does one know to go to poly or JC (and subsequently Uni?). There's another issue to consider.

Actually, our education system is really limited. If you don't do well in O Levels, it might not be an intelligence issue. It could be due to the limitations of the teaching and evaluation on learning, i.e. your learning style is different from the education system and hence you cannot perform your best in the evaluation (O levels in this case). Hence, get to know the learning styles and determine your learning style.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Learning_styles
http://www.learning-styles-online.com/overview/
http://www.engr.ncsu.edu/learningstyles/ilsweb.html

Once you get to know your learning style, then you might wanna think about how the ITE, Poly or JC is suitable for your learning style.

I remembered that I felt suffocated in secondary school and JC because the mode of teaching and subjects were so dry and memorisation is not my strong point which is required to do well in those days. I went to Poly and was totally liberated! I love doing projects, going for lectures and doing tutorials because of the practicality of the assignments. I had a blast in poly.

When I did a learning style inventory later on, I realised that my learning style a cross between abstract conceptualisation and being hands on. Then, I understood why I thrived in Poly.

Hope this helps! :D
 
the education system in s'pore (if you read between the lines) is very much about self-marketability. it ensures that at the end of your education track, you get a job. however you get there depends on who you are & what you are capable of.
 
I don't agree that a student taking a specialised course in poly would learn less.

Some of the more specialised course in poly really helps to pave the way to Uni, such as accountancy, computer or marine engineering...

Not referring to those. I'm talking about courses that are solely for customer service, or outdoor adventure, etc... I'm in a specialised design course myself
 
this is then not learning less but a tailored curricullum to specifically address the particular industry's needs. we note that polytechnic courses are such.
 
^^

That's true, UNLESS you can fit in two or three of the different courses into one diploma, that would be a different case.

For example. My course is Visual Communications, we learn everything from graphic design, photography, illustration and such. Now if this course is actually divided into different diplomas, such as Diploma in Illustration, or Diploma in Typography, after you're done with three years, you'll have a very hard time looking for jobs because you pretty much know nothing else other than what you specialise in.

In the end it's all about whether you choose to specialise one skill way way way deep into it, or know several things at a reasonable level
 
if anyone looks forward to embrace an all-in-one diploma, you shouldn't even try looking because there are no such qualifications. the purpose of a diploma certification is to ensure the person has depth in the discipline hence it's singular focus. at the end of one's course, one's marketability depends on market demand as well; is that particular course still hot or has the industry shifted focus?
 
Diploma in Business - TP
Diploma in Marketing - TP
Diploma in Hospitality & Tourism Management - TP & SP
Diploma in New Media - RP
Diploma in Creative Media Design - SP
Diploma in IT - almost all polys

Those diplomas cover wide range, versus highly specialised like Diploma in Outdoor and Adventure Learning, or Diploma in Customer Service and Management
 
Yeah, for designs, it's really useless to specialized in certain aspects like typography. Many things you will learn crosses over here and there, so don't think having diversed modules for a course is a bad thing. Put it altogether and with your own hard work, it'll make something out of you. Can't depend on a school to feed you everything, right? It applies to many courses.

In the end must see what you want to become or what you WANT to do. No point wasting 2-3 years doing something you don't like regardless of whether it's a good school or not. Also no point doing what people suggest you to do. It's all up to you.

I would've settled with an ITE with my shit grades in 2007, but because I don't see anything interesting to do in ITE, I never apply for any schools in the end and loitered for 1 year moving from priv school to priv school finding a course I can stay with and feel comfortable with (Provided got money to burn la... lol, lucky got refund policy). In the end I settled for a private school taking Diploma+Degree in applied psychology. Not as fun as poly, not as many classmates, but I like it.
 
true, there is no such thing as a jack-of-all-trades course in polytechnic.

The reason why I chose to do a diploma is because it somehow guarentees your future in the industry that your course is related to. With the course syllabus closely linked to the industries' standard, one can be certain that the knowledge learnt throughout the three years can and will be applied when one enters the workforce.
 
Just don't go anywhere, be a bum. Either way we all die in the end. Go search for yourself, don't get caught in the vicious capitalist cycle we're thrown in since the day we were born. Singapore needs bums.

You know you want to be a bum.
Go grab that packet of peanuts and munch your way to spiritual enlightenment.
All you need after that is the octogonal prism button to push.
You'll be studying nuclear and newater at the same time and space.
 
the diploma strength has always been its viability in employment; employers would not hesitate to employ a dip holder because they are trained & had a stint with the indutry prior to their graduation- thanks to the job attachment module, of course.
 
^in my case however, my job attachment has got NO RELEVANCE with the course that i'm in (aerospace electronics). just a sad case of low demand and high supply.
 
Join BIT in TP.
You'll be (nearly) the jack-of-all-trades in the aspect of business in this time and age.
Be ready for anal probes and dilated pupils and papercut fingers.

Oh yeah, and alot of white hair if your parents didn't give you vitamins.
That's why choose "other" and become the next Van Halen.

Hitler studied BIT.
Churchill studied BIT too.
They played a game of Industry Player and Hitler lost.
It led to suicide. That's how BIT is.

So want a good future? Choose a course that has a very general term to it's diploma.

And don't say that BIT isn't a broad course. I'm in it,and I know..it's so broad that you don't know what you'll be after that because everything gets thrown to you.
 
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haha i think to mi the most important thing is to follow your heart what do u like.. it's sad to see people going after cert and forgetting what they can do best.. it's a waste...
 
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