About yesterday's dialogue session with the MOE scholars and a teacher's deep disappointment

Well done, 4E5.

I hope you have reaped a great harvest of ideas and wisdom from Mr Kelvin Goh, Ms Lu and Mr Jared Tan, our esteemed guests for the day.

Assuredly, the three scholars gave you their best. They withheld nothing but poured forth their personal thoughts and opinions how what it takes to succeed.

It worked for them. That is why they are awarded prestigious scholarships. Their future is well taken care of.

The committee of six students - Hamid, Janelle, Rachel, Swee Hong, Yongwei and Han Qiang - have done quite a splendid job in planning and running this event.

I felt so comfortable that I did not have to do a thing. This bears testament to the fact that I was certain that you have covered all possible angles and catered for the nitty-gritty details that are so essential for any event to work out successfully.

One regret (if I may be honest enough) was, in my haste to hurry to the classroom from my canteen walkabouts, I somehow failed to notice the class motto!

I simply could not recall seeing it. But I think it is there. I will endeavour to behold it when I step into that hallowed classroom of mine - 4e5.

Thank you to the Art students who worked hard to put together the motto. Though I haven't really seen it, I am sure that it looks marvellous and is worthy of our pride.





On a more disappointing note, 4e5 was on the receiving end of a blast from one of my colleagues - your Maths teacher.

Let me tell you - in no uncertain terms - you are very blessed to have Mrs Li as your Maths teacher.

Yet you take her for granted and disappoint her heart.

She has impressed me tremendously. She has spoken to me about how much she is willing to sacrifice her spare time, just to coach you and teach you, like those ex-POA students who now benefit from her extra coaching in the library.

And yet you skip her lessons without even a word, without any hesitation?



I have not spoken a word about this to you yet but even as your class counsellors, Ms Kum and I are sorely displeased and very angry.

We all know how much work you need to put into your Maths (and indeed all your subjects) and at the every brink of the most important exams in your life, you decide to commit the sin of skipping afternoon lessons just for one afternoon of freedom?


Utter senselessness and complete short-sightedness.


You have no idea how risky and perilous your future lies (just look at your own result slips).


You need to work very hard, every day. Period.


Don't talk to me about needing a break.

You don't take breaks by skipping lessons.


In this blog I speak my mind and 4e5, you have led dedicated teachers into a roller-coaster of premature heights of rapture (when we thought you were beginning to awaken and study hard) and utter depths of despair (when you continuously refuse to learn and ask the teacher, despite our evocations).





Do not ever let the teachers down like this, ever again.