haha yeah enjoying it profusely. my friends keep teasing me about it though! because i used to say i'd never use a mac. now even though i have leopard and windows os, i don't even touch windows. you can't wait to use garage band? i can't wait to start school! hahaha. gosh i must sound like a nerd.
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MadWerewolfBoy
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Use Linux la... That 1, not apple, is the real darkside!
MadWerewolfBoy
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Well, ruixist is!
ZOMG! softie! hahahaha see you soon man. wa siala your appeal get through that means someone actually pulled out. mmm but i'd still be one of the older people.
MadWerewolfBoy
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Yes, you lao jiao already... Senior to everyone there! People gotta call you ruixist jie jie... =P
MadWerewolfBoy
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At least not "Auntie ruixist"!!! =D
rottenramone
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This is quite an interesting article:
'Weak' poly student snubbed at NUS open house
Thu, Mar 20, 2008
The Straits Times
I AM writing about my experience at the NUS open house last Saturday. I was initially excited but the pleasant experience was dashed by the attitude of a lecturer/professor from the Life Science Department. I waited a while for a lecturer to be free as all were engaged in conversation with fellow prospective students, and when this lecturer was free, I proceeded to ask her a few questions.
When I identified myself as a poly student, her attitude changed. I enquired about the school's requirements for the admission of a poly student, and her reply was that the school only accepts 'the best of the best' and that poly students were 'the weaker ones'. What upset me was that she said all this in a deprecating tone. I continued my enquiries with a smile. She then told me: 'We take in about 50 students, with more than 200-300 students applying. We only take in the best students, including international students and you would have to compete with all these students applying. It does not matter whether you are a Singaporean or not."
I am not a poly student with an unrealistic dream. I do not expect that being a Singaporean can get me into NUS more easily then overseas students. So what did she mean by her statement? I understand I have to compete not only with my fellow countrymen, but also international students. It is sad that people in the teaching profession still has the mindset that poly students are 'the weaker ones'.
Ong Ruo Yan (Ms)
'Weak' poly student snubbed at NUS open house
Thu, Mar 20, 2008
The Straits Times
I AM writing about my experience at the NUS open house last Saturday. I was initially excited but the pleasant experience was dashed by the attitude of a lecturer/professor from the Life Science Department. I waited a while for a lecturer to be free as all were engaged in conversation with fellow prospective students, and when this lecturer was free, I proceeded to ask her a few questions.
When I identified myself as a poly student, her attitude changed. I enquired about the school's requirements for the admission of a poly student, and her reply was that the school only accepts 'the best of the best' and that poly students were 'the weaker ones'. What upset me was that she said all this in a deprecating tone. I continued my enquiries with a smile. She then told me: 'We take in about 50 students, with more than 200-300 students applying. We only take in the best students, including international students and you would have to compete with all these students applying. It does not matter whether you are a Singaporean or not."
I am not a poly student with an unrealistic dream. I do not expect that being a Singaporean can get me into NUS more easily then overseas students. So what did she mean by her statement? I understand I have to compete not only with my fellow countrymen, but also international students. It is sad that people in the teaching profession still has the mindset that poly students are 'the weaker ones'.
Ong Ruo Yan (Ms)
the course intake is about 40, if i'm not mistaken. shiok ah. hahaha.
to the post above, what i feel is that the higher up you are, the more clueless you are about the education system. these lecturers know nuts. they know what they lecture about, they may have some clue about the admissions criteria, but they wouldn't know about the syllabus in jc or poly. what i found out was that my teachers in jc didn't know much about the secondary school syllabus, and that shocked me quite abit. so this uni snub shouldn't be considered surprising..rather i'm just filled with despondent wonder at how naive and close minded some people who have all kinds of paper qualifications can be.
jeepers
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a regular-sized poly class would prolly be about 20 or thereabouts.
rottenramone
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Can see the arguments over at the Straits Times website here:
Lecturer belittles 'weak' poly student at NUS open house - ST Discussion Board
Lecturer belittles 'weak' poly student at NUS open house - ST Discussion Board
jeepers
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it's a shame that at this day and age, such acts of asininity are still very much present.
i've got my fair share of friends who would easily qualify for the best jcs locally opting to enter a poly instead. why? poly offers them a certain freedom and also the course they would want to do.
if i were a 6-pointer deciding on the next path to take, i'd prolly go to a poly. one word: competition. at least in a poly, i'd know that i'd have a higher chance of topping the cohort as compared to being the top few in a jc. it'd be easier to score a scholarship too, maybe. also, if i'm sure of what i wanna do in the future, poly education would further assist me in my uni education.
NUS FASS as a dumping ground is a crude way of seeing things. it is true that the larger part of the below-average 'A' level grads are posted to FASS, but it sure as hell aint a dumping ground. my friend's sis got like A B B or sth, yet she applied to FASS when she would've been able to apply to a better faculty.
it's a common misconception, dont you think singaporeans are very quick to judge. we might be a developed country but the mentality of the general public still stinks quite a fair bit. i'd say we progressed too quickly for our own good.
even the more common issues like smoking and having a tattoo are frowned upon. if you smoke and have a tattoo, you're immediately termed "ah beng/ah lian".
i've got my fair share of friends who would easily qualify for the best jcs locally opting to enter a poly instead. why? poly offers them a certain freedom and also the course they would want to do.
if i were a 6-pointer deciding on the next path to take, i'd prolly go to a poly. one word: competition. at least in a poly, i'd know that i'd have a higher chance of topping the cohort as compared to being the top few in a jc. it'd be easier to score a scholarship too, maybe. also, if i'm sure of what i wanna do in the future, poly education would further assist me in my uni education.
NUS FASS as a dumping ground is a crude way of seeing things. it is true that the larger part of the below-average 'A' level grads are posted to FASS, but it sure as hell aint a dumping ground. my friend's sis got like A B B or sth, yet she applied to FASS when she would've been able to apply to a better faculty.
it's a common misconception, dont you think singaporeans are very quick to judge. we might be a developed country but the mentality of the general public still stinks quite a fair bit. i'd say we progressed too quickly for our own good.
even the more common issues like smoking and having a tattoo are frowned upon. if you smoke and have a tattoo, you're immediately termed "ah beng/ah lian".
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yeah, most folks are still closed to the idea that poly education could actually be more useful than a level education. i mean, in JC, i took econs, math, geog and KI. i have no idea what i'm going to do in life with those subjects. that's why i'm headed to poly now, and am planning to head overseas after that.
the problem with singapore is that it is severely lacking in undergraduate courses that the poly students probably need. which is why so many are forced to look overseas for options.
the problem with singapore is that it is severely lacking in undergraduate courses that the poly students probably need. which is why so many are forced to look overseas for options.
jeepers
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i'm planning to head overseas too after poly, most prolly US if the dollar remains as it is.
One thing though, if you want to survive in Singapore, you'll have to do what you need to do, not what you want to do. that's how tough competition is in singapore.
"augustus_cesar
Default March 19, 2008 Wednesday, 08:44 AM
The true face of meritocracy - Divisive Elitism."
fairly amusing, but very true altogether. it's tragic how there are singaporeans who still despise poly students, and ITE students too.
maybe we should start our own university, like that in the movie "Accepted". lol.
One thing though, if you want to survive in Singapore, you'll have to do what you need to do, not what you want to do. that's how tough competition is in singapore.
"augustus_cesar
Default March 19, 2008 Wednesday, 08:44 AM
The true face of meritocracy - Divisive Elitism."
fairly amusing, but very true altogether. it's tragic how there are singaporeans who still despise poly students, and ITE students too.
maybe we should start our own university, like that in the movie "Accepted". lol.
MadWerewolfBoy
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Very sad that our generation is being plagued by adults with a Degree>>>>Diploma mindset... Not only our parents actually, but by prospective employers...
That's why I'm not going to get employed after my degree... I'm just getting it to satisfy my parents and to shut the piehole of every nosey low-balling kaypo relatives.. Then I'll do what I want without any relation to my Engineering degree and I hope they will be dumbfounded by such an extraterrestrial phenomenon...
That's why I'm not going to get employed after my degree... I'm just getting it to satisfy my parents and to shut the piehole of every nosey low-balling kaypo relatives.. Then I'll do what I want without any relation to my Engineering degree and I hope they will be dumbfounded by such an extraterrestrial phenomenon...
zullio
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Gracia
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Yeah you can, if you're serious lah
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