Ok, done writing part of the resizing code. Yes. And tested and proven to work.
Yeah. After around half an hour of debugging stupid errors here and there. As always.
Ok, quite happy that I have done what I wanted to do. I have slacked enough for today. Now, it's back to what I am supposed to do: revise.
Sometimes, I wonder, why are we studying so much for? See, influenced by Zhenyao. Education is all about money (not again). We will talk about SEP. People mapping modules over there, and they are graded on S/U basis. We, non-SEP people, faithfully in Singapore (due to lack of funds, and lack of grades also), and trying very hard to pull down our CAP. No, I did not type wrongly. Trying very hard to pull down our CAP.
So, are SEP people indirectly paying more money to secure a higher CAP score, but using the terms “all-rounded education” and “to go global” and “to learn from a diversity of cultures” to cover it all up?
And they have a lower bound for the cap score! People with a 'D' grade, and/or CAP less than 3, are barred from going for SEP. Which means that, they shall stay in Singapore, and praying day and night, that their CAP will not drop even further. Of course, I hope, they have a reason for doing so.
If people can qualify for SEP, why still S/U the modules? If they can qualify for SEP, it shows that they have the ability to study. If they cannot do well in SEP, it means that they cannot adapt to another country's culture in a short time, like one semester. Perhaps they are more afraid of the latter, that's why the S/U options.
Some people go for SEP, and forget that they once lived in Singapore. They will come back a different person, and somehow, forget that, they did have friends back here. Come back a different person, into a country that looks foreign.
Of course, there are some who came back, and vowed never to work overseas.
2 sides of the coin? Make it 3.
People are all trying to get out of a place once they are in somewhere. Young children trying to get out of primary school because they are sick of their 6 years' life in there. Teenagers hoping that time will pass quickly so that they can stop wearing that disgusting secondary school uniform. Army boys trying to act sick, so that they can do less duties and less work. People going into relationships and hoping that they had never started on one. People getting out of relationships and hoping that they have not initiated a break-up.
So I guess, people are all trying to get out of Singapore. Some might hope that they should not be a Singaporean after that. Some, perhaps, will be proud to be a Singaporean.
So what's the link back to the original topic regarding SEP? Everyone wants to go for SEP if they are able to. Who will like to stay in SG and seeing their grades going down the drain? Then it will link to the next serious question: why study?
Study, so that you will be able to get the grades? Maybe.
Study, so that you will be knowledgable? Maybe.
Study, so that you can survive better? Maybe.
Eventually, what one gets on the final certificate will be his/her ticket to heaven or hell. Just one certificate, and that's it. One piece of paper, to decide if you get the job or not. To decide if you deserve something better or not. To think twice also.
To survive really well, one has to have good grades, and good records too. Even if you have a cert, if you have a criminal record, you are a goner. Now, they have a yellow-ribbon thing, but, really, are they hiring them for high-ranking jobs in a MNC? Maybe there are, but, how many? Good records also refer to CCA and stuff. Some are just crap, but it's still being recognised. It's just too bad. That's the way the society is.
The society is not a playground. So don't play around.
I have nothing more to say about this topic. At least for now.
If I can, I will like to disappear from SG for a short period of time in December. Away from SG, and into another world. Some things are stopping me though… Let me think about it.
Some things, I think, will have to be settled during the break too. What things are they, I shall decide at a later date. And some things are just not under my control. I understand that, and I try to live with that, even though it still troubles me now and then.
And some things need to be changed. I admit that I am a person that gets jealous quite easily. No, it's not grades that I am jealous of.
Perhaps, jealous over some things that I don't have, jealous over experiences that I lacked, and jealous over some sights and sayings and whatevers.
Change it. And I will be able to see even clearer.
Yes. Some things are just not only my fault, so, I shall stop blaming myself for things that happen here and there.
Look. Smile. Forget.
Possible? Hmm… Dunno la… lol