I can't believe I can still come across an article about the stupid High Bus Fares for Poly dated 2nd November.
I came across two weeks ago on this post on SgForums.
"Do you want to be treated like a secondary school kid in the polytechnic when you are not even wearing a uniform? Or do you want to be treated like a young adult?
Before I raise the points on why the polytechnics are considered tertiary institutions and hence charge tertiary fare, let me rebutt your points first.
The fact is the JCs are under the MOE. The polytechnics are under the Stat Board of the government. Naturally JC education is cheaper than a polytechnic. If you feel that poor/low income families cannot make it to the polytechnic, you are totally wrong.
There are tuition grants and subsidies that are provided by Merdaki, CDAC and CPF just to name a few. Since they are gov stat board that's why CPF can be used.
The payroll of the JC teachers and principal are under the MOE. The polytechnic lecturers are under the payroll of the polytechnic itself. As a stat board the government would not give full financial assistance to the polytechnic.
Transportation wise - NP is the least accessible of the 5 polytechnics. And given its popularity and student population, it has students from around the island. The NP Student Union is proactive to get ComDel to have shuttle services to their campus. In contrast, TP also have shuttle services from Bedok and Tampines MRT to its campus.
NYP SP and RP.. no need to say.. They have a nearby MRT station.
Now for my argument: Do you want to be treated like some kids in a secondary school, or young adults getting ready for the working world?
Look are the JCs and ITEs - yes they pay secondary school fares and concessions. Look at how education is taught through them? Look at the cert they receive after they complete their education there?
JCs have lectures, and tutorials. ITEs have lectures, tutorials and workshops. JC gives you the A level cert which in the working world its almost as good as an O level cert. ITEs give you the NITEC or the Higher NITEC certification. This cert is good enough for them to go into the working world, or if their results are good enough, to the polytechnic. I'll stop about the ITEs here as I do not have a full picture on their education system.
The JC has a discipline system. You are not allowed to skip class (though you may AWOL yourself), cannot leave school before lunch, or even do certain things that you think you may be able to do in the JC. It is practically compulsary to join a CCA as well. You cant even plan your own timetable! You still need to run if you are overweight! Things there are rigid and regulation to certain extents. Tell me where is the difference between the JC and secondary school in this aspect?
Look at the Polys and Unis - they pay tertiary fares and concessions, adult fares if not on concession. They graduate with a Diploma/Degree and above.
It is not compulsary to join a CCA. It is not compulsary to attend any events though they dangle CCA points as a carrot sometimes. You may skip class as and when you want (except polys and some uni modules which have attendance requirements). Your timetable is planned by yourself (except some polys). Your classes doesnt start at 8am or 9am (except RP at 8.30am) - you may start as early as 8am, finish as early as 11am, start as late as 2pm, or you dont even have to go to school for that day!
Polys and Unis do not follow the MOE Academic Calender. They can set their own exam papers. They do not take other schools' exam papers for the students to practice which pri, sec and JCs are fond of doing. They use their own past year papers.
Diplomas and Degrees are recognised in the working world. That's partly because you had hands-on experience in the course of your field. In addition, a Diploma grad commands a higher starting pay than an A level graduate. So what do you think?
Both the polys and unis are structured in that manner. Henceforth they are called TERTIARY INSTITUTIONS.
10 years later I will still see this petition. The people who created this petition do not get the rationale behind the bus fares between JC and Poly students. Its not about the similarities in age. Its about the EDUCATION you are receiving."
It just shows the narrow-minded + childish behaviour of the petition starter. Grow up. Not everything goes according to plan. Its not like the bus fare will KILL you.
Look, most of us are at least 17, do you still want to go around whining every single thing that you're unhappy with? If I can live with it. Why can't the rest? Seriously, this issue even led me to a short quarrel with my dear girlfriend. At least she understands my point now. I have my own issues that I'm not particularly satisfied with the results (WCG CnC3 Top 3 results. Those who went will know what I meant) either but I learn to leave it aside and move on.
You guys are not 3-year olds anymore, be and act like an adult please, not everyone out there live to please you.
Tuesday, November 04, 2008
Monday, October 20, 2008
Friday, July 25, 2008
Geu Gut Man Eun (Just This)
I still cant believe myself if Im in a world without you
Everything about me is in sadness because nothing matters anymore
If only I can turn back time
Then I wouldn't have let you go
After that, I couldnt promise anything
But if you keep going away farther from me, what can I do?
Maybe I wanted to believe that you knew how I felt
When time passes, you will smile and tell me that you were sorry
Now I will erase all of my sadness through my happy memories
As I watch over you who will always live in me,
I will wait for you who will return someday
If only I can turn back time
Then I wouldn't have let you go
After that, I couldnt promise anything
But if you keep going away farther from me, what can I do?
Maybe I wanted to believe that you knew how I felt
When time passes, you will smile and tell me that you were sorry
Now I will erase all of my sadness through my happy memories
As I watch over you who will always live in me,
I will wait for you who will return someday
translation by: eebyul (also credit: aheeyah.com)
This song totally represents my feelings now.
Damn emo. Lost my love.
A foresight of losing WCG CnC3, been on a losing streak online.
No wonder some people say its a lot better to be dead. -_- Wow. Quite true, for now.
I still cant believe myself if Im in a world without you
Everything about me is in sadness because nothing matters anymore
If only I can turn back time
Then I wouldn't have let you go
After that, I couldnt promise anything
But if you keep going away farther from me, what can I do?
Maybe I wanted to believe that you knew how I felt
When time passes, you will smile and tell me that you were sorry
Now I will erase all of my sadness through my happy memories
As I watch over you who will always live in me,
I will wait for you who will return someday
If only I can turn back time
Then I wouldn't have let you go
After that, I couldnt promise anything
But if you keep going away farther from me, what can I do?
Maybe I wanted to believe that you knew how I felt
When time passes, you will smile and tell me that you were sorry
Now I will erase all of my sadness through my happy memories
As I watch over you who will always live in me,
I will wait for you who will return someday
translation by: eebyul (also credit: aheeyah.com)
This song totally represents my feelings now.
Damn emo. Lost my love.
A foresight of losing WCG CnC3, been on a losing streak online.
No wonder some people say its a lot better to be dead. -_- Wow. Quite true, for now.
Thursday, July 24, 2008
A deep scar in the heart waiting to be healed...
Damn, I miss her already... why did everything happened this way? Whyyy..~~~
Argh. Just hope I can get over everything quickly and see her again.
Seriously, I just think if I didn't appear in her life, probably everything could be better... but.. argh.. -_- DAMNIT /bangwall
Couldn't sleep somehow. Was training Cnc3, found a new strat, but I don't think it is enough to win me the WCG...
Damn, I miss her already... why did everything happened this way? Whyyy..~~~
Argh. Just hope I can get over everything quickly and see her again.
Seriously, I just think if I didn't appear in her life, probably everything could be better... but.. argh.. -_- DAMNIT /bangwall
Couldn't sleep somehow. Was training Cnc3, found a new strat, but I don't think it is enough to win me the WCG...
Tuesday, July 22, 2008
Thursday, July 10, 2008
Alright, some updates
Woke up like 3pm today? Receive news if I do not turn up for meetings and such, GG to me in Major Project! D= Alright, I'll make an effort.
Next, I passed my FTT! Woo, one time pass. But how? Simple: half of my questions were from the BTT -.- So..good luck to me in getting a driving license! Planning to get before end of this year.
Uh..now I'm training for CnC3, thanks to Yan Hao who has officially replaced Eugene. -.- I still can't win him. Gee. Gdluck to me then.
Alright, time to sleep. Gdnight
Woke up like 3pm today? Receive news if I do not turn up for meetings and such, GG to me in Major Project! D= Alright, I'll make an effort.
Next, I passed my FTT! Woo, one time pass. But how? Simple: half of my questions were from the BTT -.- So..good luck to me in getting a driving license! Planning to get before end of this year.
Uh..now I'm training for CnC3, thanks to Yan Hao who has officially replaced Eugene. -.- I still can't win him. Gee. Gdluck to me then.
Alright, time to sleep. Gdnight
Friday, July 04, 2008
For some reason, I can't sleep. /enjoysacupofhotMilo
Probably, its due to too much thinking of...stuff. Yeah, haven't been posting stuff for a while. Laziness you see.
First off my brain, studies and school. Major Project seems difficult yet do-able. Team Leader position gets thrown to me, once again for 2 years running. GADS, ONGD, MGPG, BSCG. Give me a break. As most of you should know by now, I'm working with Mario, Gin Yan and Ge Min for this July - September I think, on this peripheral named Novint Falcon, google it if you must.
School, on the other hand, screws us up like I-don't-know-how-to-describe-it. NAPFA tomorrow though announced like 2 months ago yet giving us workload and _ NIGHT _ lessons for FOUR consecutive nights per week. Wow? Keeping ourselves fit is already difficult enough, let alone training for NAPFA. Looks like a re-take for me, I want a damn Gold award and I CAN GET IT IF NOT FOR MY PULL-UPS.
IITSC, was another issue. That once greatly respected club has gone. Jonathan Lou did great at 06/07 Week Zero. This '08 Week Zero, you say? Under Chai Yuan Long. Wuh? Initially during the elections, I thought, "Huh? Who's this being able to overpower Darren in popularity?" Wow? Apparently, the situation of the club speaks for itself.
Falling apart it may not seem on the surface, but honestly, beat Business school for Regatta in 09 Week Zero? "Dream on" is what I can say. As I have told Coburn, I could jolly well tell EVERY SINGLE PERSON in IITSC, what are you joining the club for as a Main Comm, or even as a Sub Comm. To have fun? Seriously, first thing in my mind: Service. I may not have gone for the events by Sub Comm, but if I do, I don't go for the sake of fun.
Week Zero '08 failed, YES, I MEANT IT IN MY OWN BIASED VIEWS, it failed miserably, and if IITSC decides to continue with their so-called "traditions" they can forget about even beating Design or Engineering. It is only the sense of regret I had in Week Zero '08. Unless the situation improve, I would avoid TBC and OLTC '08/09.
Alright, /calmsdown.
Just to add on: Recently, an email asking if Boss/Joshua Liew could send a team of CS 1.6/DotA players from the "gaming club" for a NUS competition. Wow, we might be a gaming club (once, I would say) but do we look like we play competitively? Oh, maybe we would if the club had the motivation in the first place, unfortunately not, otherwise TP-Hybrids would have made a name in WCG at least already, like Team RP. Seriously, if TP didn't had GET (or if I foresaw the IIT School screwing us up), I would have just gone to RP for the gaming CCA, taking Electronics in the Engineering field.
Alright, enough of the stupid school ranting.. Next, my goals. Though I'm sure everyone wants to excel in something, I never seem to excel in anything, probably being a jack-of-all-trade which some friends call me that, but that isn't what I really want.
My goals/dreams might seemed big, its recognition I want actually, even my cousin Randy could make out in the gaming world with Team TitaNs, I don't see why can't I? It is just that playing CnC3 and winning people like Ravana and echo_elite isn't really possible at my level of gameplay, since I can't even beat Ayane06 in TNP, or so it seems to me.
A wake-up call by Shawn, breaking my winning streak to like 5 losses? Wow. Nicely done. Drummania/Guitar Freaks/DDR/Beatmania IIDX? I'm like waaaaaay far away from the "Red Zone" which is like normal to those guys in CCK/DG Zone X, Bugis Virtualand, etc.(which means the Japanese pros aka the Tatsujins are EVEN further).
I don't know if I should invest on Guitar Heroes since its the only rhythm game on WCG. Maybe I should get the Orange Box and join Yanhao in TF2, if he's still gonna play.
Musical-wise, my drumming is going well, but drumming as a free-lance career seems fruitless. Adding on that I can't play the guitar for nuts. Vocals? My Sound Design module just tells me that I sounded like some sissy over the microphone.
FINALLY, just take a look at my wish-list, you know I have like at least two thousand dollars worth of items that I plan to get, and money is always my first problem. I have yet to account for money that I want/need/wish/plan to spend on my girlfriend, she comes first after all these. How I wish I had tons of money right now, not typing this post on my frigging M9V notebook but on a badass high-end PC or my dream gaming-spec notebook or the Macbook.
Now that these has come off my mind, I guess I'll go play some CnC3 to train up a lil'. I think I would have broken down if Florence isn't my girlfriend to be here to provide emotional support to me. My family? I wouldn't want to give them more headaches.
Hopefully something earth-shaking will happen soon. Life's been bland. /walksoff
Probably, its due to too much thinking of...stuff. Yeah, haven't been posting stuff for a while. Laziness you see.
First off my brain, studies and school. Major Project seems difficult yet do-able. Team Leader position gets thrown to me, once again for 2 years running. GADS, ONGD, MGPG, BSCG. Give me a break. As most of you should know by now, I'm working with Mario, Gin Yan and Ge Min for this July - September I think, on this peripheral named Novint Falcon, google it if you must.
School, on the other hand, screws us up like I-don't-know-how-to-describe-it. NAPFA tomorrow though announced like 2 months ago yet giving us workload and _ NIGHT _ lessons for FOUR consecutive nights per week. Wow? Keeping ourselves fit is already difficult enough, let alone training for NAPFA. Looks like a re-take for me, I want a damn Gold award and I CAN GET IT IF NOT FOR MY PULL-UPS.
IITSC, was another issue. That once greatly respected club has gone. Jonathan Lou did great at 06/07 Week Zero. This '08 Week Zero, you say? Under Chai Yuan Long. Wuh? Initially during the elections, I thought, "Huh? Who's this being able to overpower Darren in popularity?" Wow? Apparently, the situation of the club speaks for itself.
Falling apart it may not seem on the surface, but honestly, beat Business school for Regatta in 09 Week Zero? "Dream on" is what I can say. As I have told Coburn, I could jolly well tell EVERY SINGLE PERSON in IITSC, what are you joining the club for as a Main Comm, or even as a Sub Comm. To have fun? Seriously, first thing in my mind: Service. I may not have gone for the events by Sub Comm, but if I do, I don't go for the sake of fun.
Week Zero '08 failed, YES, I MEANT IT IN MY OWN BIASED VIEWS, it failed miserably, and if IITSC decides to continue with their so-called "traditions" they can forget about even beating Design or Engineering. It is only the sense of regret I had in Week Zero '08. Unless the situation improve, I would avoid TBC and OLTC '08/09.
Alright, /calmsdown.
Just to add on: Recently, an email asking if Boss/Joshua Liew could send a team of CS 1.6/DotA players from the "gaming club" for a NUS competition. Wow, we might be a gaming club (once, I would say) but do we look like we play competitively? Oh, maybe we would if the club had the motivation in the first place, unfortunately not, otherwise TP-Hybrids would have made a name in WCG at least already, like Team RP. Seriously, if TP didn't had GET (or if I foresaw the IIT School screwing us up), I would have just gone to RP for the gaming CCA, taking Electronics in the Engineering field.
Alright, enough of the stupid school ranting.. Next, my goals. Though I'm sure everyone wants to excel in something, I never seem to excel in anything, probably being a jack-of-all-trade which some friends call me that, but that isn't what I really want.
My goals/dreams might seemed big, its recognition I want actually, even my cousin Randy could make out in the gaming world with Team TitaNs, I don't see why can't I? It is just that playing CnC3 and winning people like Ravana and echo_elite isn't really possible at my level of gameplay, since I can't even beat Ayane06 in TNP, or so it seems to me.
A wake-up call by Shawn, breaking my winning streak to like 5 losses? Wow. Nicely done. Drummania/Guitar Freaks/DDR/Beatmania IIDX? I'm like waaaaaay far away from the "Red Zone" which is like normal to those guys in CCK/DG Zone X, Bugis Virtualand, etc.(which means the Japanese pros aka the Tatsujins are EVEN further).
I don't know if I should invest on Guitar Heroes since its the only rhythm game on WCG. Maybe I should get the Orange Box and join Yanhao in TF2, if he's still gonna play.
Musical-wise, my drumming is going well, but drumming as a free-lance career seems fruitless. Adding on that I can't play the guitar for nuts. Vocals? My Sound Design module just tells me that I sounded like some sissy over the microphone.
FINALLY, just take a look at my wish-list, you know I have like at least two thousand dollars worth of items that I plan to get, and money is always my first problem. I have yet to account for money that I want/need/wish/plan to spend on my girlfriend, she comes first after all these. How I wish I had tons of money right now, not typing this post on my frigging M9V notebook but on a badass high-end PC or my dream gaming-spec notebook or the Macbook.
Now that these has come off my mind, I guess I'll go play some CnC3 to train up a lil'. I think I would have broken down if Florence isn't my girlfriend to be here to provide emotional support to me. My family? I wouldn't want to give them more headaches.
Hopefully something earth-shaking will happen soon. Life's been bland. /walksoff