this is just a (sort of) rant thread about my regrets over my results. I got my GCE o-level results on monday. I did pretty well if I do say so myself. my first ever A in english. so now that I have to choose my next course in education, I feel extremely stressed out. I have a certain group of schools that I would like to study at, my results are so far okay enough to go to those schools but I cant choose between which to go. all of them are on the other side of the god damn island. its so stressful to have to choose what you want to do in 5 days especially when you don't have a fixed path in mind. I also don't know much about this group of schools(JCs) the subject combinations are confusing to me and I have a lot of pressure trying to research those. then now I see this certain subject called Japanese in one of the subjects. the thing about japanese is that I had to study this for the past 4 years and take GCE O-levels to be able to take this subject in JC. regrettably, 4 years ago i did not study hard enough for my primary school exams to take japanese as a third language. I've probably been regretting not apealing to take Japanese when i was 12. researching online has led me to the conclusion that i have no way of learning Japanese unless i take private classes or maybe in university. and now theres the topic of Chinese. What on earth is China studies, translation and Chinese language and literature?! what's the difference between those and normal chinese?! why are there so many different subjects on the same language?! but in the first place, I'm aiming to be a science student so why am I dwelling so much on languages?! I'm kind of terrified of starting school now I'm gonna do my research more tomorrow too my problems are probably not as much as those other people face but I still feel terribly stressed about it. I wasnt even that stressed entering the examination hall... i kind of need to start spring cleaning too... lunar new year... my heart is kind of exhausted. if I'm 16 and this tired, what will happen when i grow older and enter adulthood? unless the world ends before I turn 20?
I just googled the shit, HOW YOUNG ARE YOU GUYS?!?! @Amaruna Myu, don't worry, this tiredness will follow throughout your life regardless your age, just like mine right now.
Aww big hug I love you too Just focus on a career that earns you money without killing you from dress stress You can always study languages when you can afford it
*hugs* Don't worry, Just pick whatever you want !! For now, My advice is just to focus on your career !!! @Amaruna Myu I never thought you were a year older than me !!!
One more year and you'll be forever a 9 year old. Anyways I picked mine just by what I felt I was most interested in. In the end I can say I didn't even absorb 50% of the stuff taught but the small things I do know, I make use of the opportunities to grow that little skills I obtained and just roll with it. Friends will help you a lot so go get some good buddies and pals.
maybe they are prepping you for overseas university and you need mastery of different language for the major uni like china or japan and western uni
Not the best way to pick a career but this is how I went about it kinda. Went through all the classes amd noted down which ones looked like something I would take out of interest and what major they were. After that I went through and see which major got the most hits interest wise and went from there. Aka, pick from the high-interest rate majors to see what you feel like make good money or something. While enjoyment is important, jobs are important too unfortunately. Pretty happy with my choices so far. I still take random classes outside my majors when I see one I really like though hahaaa As for the different chinese things, its like chinese culture and stuff for china studies I'm assuming, so more like humanities. Translations and languages you focus in doing translations. And literature basically English classes but toward chinese stories lol. This is my assumption
@Amaruna Myu ...about the marks, how many marks should we get for each grade of any subjects you know...for example add. Mathes 72 marks to gain A (i think)
If you're realistic, choose what could be use for a stable career. If you're a 'the heart wants what the hearts want' kinda dude, then pick what appeal to you for whatever reason. You're 16, still young to try anything and everything. Enjoy it. When you reach the age where life take you to the room and slow talk you about entering working society and earn for yourself and spot, thats when you can panic.
currently jobless. I would but I don't wanna regret I'm not sure when your results should be released will do! not really sure about that... I think I'll do that when I get to uni I don't really know because they didnt say. just sad I only got A2 stress probably I will try my best!
I had hoped for a better answer than the correct one. But i got what i got. Keep up your great work at school (i should probably stop reading so much novels and focus more on school).