The title is rather cool isn't it? Just thought of it while I was eating dinner. Lets get back to the topic here, if we even have one. These twenty nine days of non-blogging shaped me into a non-blogger but my life still goes on, learning new stuff and of course, falling down. Lets start with the new stuff first before I become a pessimistic guy when I blog about the latter.
Hurdles, hurdles and more hurdles. It was during June, when this word entered my life and well, affected my life. I was given a new aim, to cross hurdles at the fastest speed possible. Of course, that would come with a risk, a BIG one indeed. Every time you jump across a hurdle, what happens, you either hook your back leg or jump with the wrong technique. I got the former more often, resulting in a BIG cut every Wednesday. Wednesday seemed to be a really bad "omen" day for me, I trip over a hurdle every Wednesday, Wednesday is usually packed with homework and finally, the next day holds my third language classes.
There are two types of hurdle races for me now, the 100m hurdle race and 400m hurdle race. I am more focused in the 400m hurdle race as 100m hurdle races focuses on the person's technique but 400m hurdle focuses on the acceleration of the person before the hurdle to use momentum to carry you over the hurdle. Well, I will keep you updated about this soon enough, after I master the art of HURDLING.
Maths test comes and goes again, leaving me in a complete whirl. What have I done wrongly? Was my efforts not enough? But, there is one last final chance to prove to myself that I can do it. There is another Maths test coming up on week 7 and this is the final test of the whole year. After this, it will be the end of year exams. But of course, I know that I will not be exempted for maths anymore as I need an average grade of A1. I am sure that you all can see from my post that I will not be able to make it.Nevertheless, I want to work hard and do my best to score well for the test.
I clearly understand how you feel in both parts of the posts as i have also posts the same subject on my blog.
ReplyDeleteFirstly, the word cross country came to my life this beginning of the year and from that day onwards, i had to go for training everyday until 6++pm, reaching home with insufficient time to do work, burning midnight oils. However would teachers and coaches understand if you miss training or homework is not done? i would real hope they will as they should know the situation we pupils are in.
Secondly, i also feel the same way as you do, thinking what did i do wron for tests. We studied hard and hard while others are busy playin computers bu in the end, we still get worse result. My hopes and dreams of getting exempted for test is crushed and destroyed after 3 terms of hard work.
I really know how you feel.....
I am very sure how u feel about the hurdles incidents.): After all we are from the same cca!!!(: i also feel the same about the workload. sometimes, when we have a lot of homework, the training is always very hard.): maybe is God's Will??? I don't know. But after all, training helps us learn perseverance and endurance. But a good solution is that u can explain to our coach and tell him that u need to go home and mug. (: Hopes that help
ReplyDeleteI would like to ask you, what does anything you have said have do do with your title? Anyway, i would like to comment that one's efforts are not measured by how much one thinks is enough, but measured by how you succeed after your efforts. In this (cruel) world, people do not see your efforts, they only see what you achieve, which is also the only thing they could see. Another thing, people always say that we already tried our best, and its okay if we failed after trying your best. If that is your best, and you still fail, it means that you must be a failure, or it might just be giving yourself an excuse to hide from the truth.If you say you can do better next time (which is probably the next sentence one would say after failing) it means that you did not do your best, or that you are just lying.
ReplyDeleteHey, Jack, you seem so pessimistic about life. Actually, in the first term when I first term when I first entered Hwa Chong, I had the same outlook towards school life as you. I begin to feel the immense stress of homework pinning down me. For my first few tests, I received deplorable results and was rather diffident of my survival in this highly competitive, elite school. When I first stepped into Hwa Chong, it was looming and I sensed its magnificence. I soon began to feel the impact. As I pondered over my future, I decided to employ my primary-school-style of surviving skill, that is not to mug. I had long ago realised my ability since primary school and have observed that I cannot perform under pressure. Whenever I try to mug for an exam, I just cannot do it and would give up. I will just study a little bit and that's it and that goes for my PSLE, before which I spent my days kicking soccer with my friend. I never forced myself to attain any high marks whatsoever and thus I do not sense any signs of tension come examinations. That's why I can fare well. For me, nervousness is the root of all trouble. I was glad that my "method" worked in Term 2 and 3 of my Hwa Chong Sec 1 life. However,I knew that I would still have to re-adapt to life when I go to higher levels.
ReplyDeleteFor you, I will recommend you to relax yourselves. Try not to bear in mind any tests while they are approaching. Once you have revised your subjects and are confident, just go and slack. It will do good. Also, persevere! Given your abillity, there is absolutely no doubt that you cannot achieve your target in life. All the best and always remember that there are friends around you like me to assist you!
Jack, you should not be so stressed up. Do not think about A1,A2,B3, or whatever the grades.Just try your best and work hard. And like what Fuman said, take breaks when necessary and try to do some meaningful activities during your break like exercising. My mother always tell me that do not think about your grades while studying for your test, just concentrate and focus.I believe that with hard work,you would be able to achieve your goals!
ReplyDelete1o3(28) Wang Ri Xin
Sometimes you have to remember hard work is not the only thing that works towards you scoring good marks. Someone said life is 99% perspiration and 1% inspiration, I do not agree with that and in fact do believe that life is about 90% hard work and 10% luck. In the long run your persistence will pay off, if not now then in your career!!! So Chin Up and plod on!!!
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