And So It Begins

The flurry of madness symptomatic of the final academic preparations for the General Certificate of Education Ordinary Level Examinations (GCSE O' Levels) will soon descend upon our Liliputian island's Secondary 4 and Secondary 5 students.

Fellow students! We are all less than a month away to those crucial and nerve wracking examinations which will take their toll on our mental health.

10 years of education have amounted to the impending checkpoint which lays not too far ahead.

So it has got me reflecting and I hope those who read this start to get those brain juices flowing. What next, then? After the O Levels, there are the much talked-about first 3 months, crucial to those who aspire to enter a Junior College. What about those who do not want those first 3 months to taste what JC life is like? Work and earn your keep? There are pros and cons of course. 3 months is indeed a long time. If you choose neither of the options above, those 3 months are for you to pursue your interests and have a good rest.

It is, in fact, time to consider the paths we will take in the future. The future is ours for the carving and crafting. We have to thus think very carefully about what university courses to take and whether it will have any relevance to our jobs in the future.

Back to the O Levels. This is the last leg of the race in Secondary School, and I say we make the best of it with this amount of time that is given to us.