My First Semester as a Secondary One Student.

MY first semester as a secondary one student has been a real eye-opener to me. The school is great despite having fierce competition (guess that’s secondary school life!) however I had managed to make many good friends

When I came to this school, I was immediately blurred by the amount of facts that I had been forced to remember, not mentioning the map of the entire school! My first thought was that I was definitely was not going to make it through this transition period and wished that my primary school life had been prolonged.

My main goal back then, was to be able to adapt to secondary life and make as many friends as possible but it seemed that the workload had instantly gotten the better of me thus I had to put those aside. That meant that I also had to cope with my CCA (NCC), being a Part IC was no easy job as I was always held responsible over every matter and I always had extra duties to accomplish, like getting the attendance from everybody and reporting to my Staff Sergeant every night at 9pm. Not everyone was cooperative! I learned that every second matters right now, if I wasted a minute then it would be gone forever! No way of retrieving it back. As the saying goes “Time waits for no one”

Trying to impress my teachers you could say was like trying to make the pigs fly as they always put on a stern face the moment they walked into the class, the first thing that one would get was and still is- a TERRIBLE shelling, with the teacher’s face always been taut with anger.

With all that going on I felt extremely lost. Like in the desert without any signs, lying there staring in all four directions. But when it came to the first term’s results that were when I woke up.

I knew I had to pick myself up. If this went on, I was bound for failure. Back then picking myself up was not an easy task; it was as if I had to start all over again.

Start all over from scratch.

But right now, I am starting to get the hang of it, knowing when to or not to do things at a certain point of time- maybe more mature?

Coping is not much of a problem right now as I have managed to make many good friends who had willingly shared with me their own experiences and how they cope with secondary school life. I know I always have room for improvement!

One thing I can start on is getting my MSG right. This is like the most basic and yet most important thing to do first, “NO Good Grades, NO Talk!” Then I would start planning my own life now, every little thing I do will affect my future so it is about time my mind knows where I am heading for! Although there is a Chinese saying “一失足成千古狠”！One wrong step and I am done for…

I have to admit, my first semester as a secondary one student has been a tough and enduring one, including all my setbacks, but nevertheless, “The show must go on!”