A Victim of Consequence
Hello there. I actually started a bit of work if you’re wondering. If you know me well enough then you should know how much my a bit is. Anyway, I have been predominantly occupied with Xbox gaming at my brother-in-law’s house. He bought a pair of driving wheels so you can actually drive and what not. I can tell you, it’s like having an arcade.
Well you know what? I think I am starting to get a positive outlook on next year. I think that the o levels were a cinch if you come to think of it. However the daunting task ahead of me and the rest of my peers is not. But I realise now that consistent work will truly reap rewards. For example, I flunked A math in secondary school, but with not-so consistent hard work, I managed to score quite well by the end of the year. The ridiculously easy paper helped, of course, but it did make me realise that consistency is key. A few projects not related to academics recently went very well because I started on them early. However, the last minute mantra ingrained into me by VS still works in certain circumstances. I think that it will continue to work most of the time, if I have good people working with me on a project, however, it will be hard to pick the occasions where consistency is key. So I think that for all academic based projects, that have a direct stake in determining my fate in march 2007, need consistent hard work, no matter how easy it may look at first.
I think that my laziness at the start of this year has already caused me a significant part of my future. You see, at the start of this year, I chose to do 3 subs instead of four, for various reasons, the main one being laziness. I should have listened to my mum who told me to take four subs. She said that even if I cannot handle the load, at least I can drop it. In fact, this is the biggest regret that I have in my life. Seriously, all the decisions that I have made, right or wrong, I do not regret as much as this.
Why you may ask? The answer is simple. I have learnt that the company around you is key to your success. Being in the current Civics Group that I am in now, their academic performance were not as stellar as the 4 subject classes. Hence, the better students were grouped together. I have compared the conversations between my classmates and classmates form the 4 subject classes. My classmates tend to talk more about outings, or if they are talking about studies, they’ll be asking around to copy work. Now, I myself do my fair share of copying, but the 4 subbers on the other hand, they tend to talk about work more. They enjoy life as much as the 3 subject classes, yet, they are more successful academically.
Now, I am not saying my class is horrible, I have made firm friends in my class, who in fact I think will be successful in life later on, people like isy, fir, faiz Q, and ge3k. However, the rest lack the motivation to do work. You want evidence you say? You think I am just full of myself? Well, if they truly were motivated, then half of my class who were kicked out should not have been in the first place right? The other half who stayed, like me, passed by a whisker. Tell me, how can we be successful if we are not focussed?
My class is not to be blamed. After all, it was my fault that I did not study, it was my fault that I spent weekends lazing around and playing games.
Maybe I should put this wheel down and go do something useful.
Well you know what? I think I am starting to get a positive outlook on next year. I think that the o levels were a cinch if you come to think of it. However the daunting task ahead of me and the rest of my peers is not. But I realise now that consistent work will truly reap rewards. For example, I flunked A math in secondary school, but with not-so consistent hard work, I managed to score quite well by the end of the year. The ridiculously easy paper helped, of course, but it did make me realise that consistency is key. A few projects not related to academics recently went very well because I started on them early. However, the last minute mantra ingrained into me by VS still works in certain circumstances. I think that it will continue to work most of the time, if I have good people working with me on a project, however, it will be hard to pick the occasions where consistency is key. So I think that for all academic based projects, that have a direct stake in determining my fate in march 2007, need consistent hard work, no matter how easy it may look at first.
I think that my laziness at the start of this year has already caused me a significant part of my future. You see, at the start of this year, I chose to do 3 subs instead of four, for various reasons, the main one being laziness. I should have listened to my mum who told me to take four subs. She said that even if I cannot handle the load, at least I can drop it. In fact, this is the biggest regret that I have in my life. Seriously, all the decisions that I have made, right or wrong, I do not regret as much as this.
Why you may ask? The answer is simple. I have learnt that the company around you is key to your success. Being in the current Civics Group that I am in now, their academic performance were not as stellar as the 4 subject classes. Hence, the better students were grouped together. I have compared the conversations between my classmates and classmates form the 4 subject classes. My classmates tend to talk more about outings, or if they are talking about studies, they’ll be asking around to copy work. Now, I myself do my fair share of copying, but the 4 subbers on the other hand, they tend to talk about work more. They enjoy life as much as the 3 subject classes, yet, they are more successful academically.
Now, I am not saying my class is horrible, I have made firm friends in my class, who in fact I think will be successful in life later on, people like isy, fir, faiz Q, and ge3k. However, the rest lack the motivation to do work. You want evidence you say? You think I am just full of myself? Well, if they truly were motivated, then half of my class who were kicked out should not have been in the first place right? The other half who stayed, like me, passed by a whisker. Tell me, how can we be successful if we are not focussed?
My class is not to be blamed. After all, it was my fault that I did not study, it was my fault that I spent weekends lazing around and playing games.
Maybe I should put this wheel down and go do something useful.
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