Tall Hat

Usually, I'd be very happy when people praise me, but now when people say my maths is very good, I feel very stressed, caused it's not good at all..

When I was my cousin's age, and I scored zero for my spelling, I have to come up with excuses like "The teacher's pronunciation was really bad."

Now, my cousin just had to say, "the standard has risen." will suffice.

Kids have it easy nowadays..

Do you want to be safe?

Not too long ago, I was approached by this random stranger outside JE Library, and he gave me a one hour lecture on salvation and repentance one day before my last paper. That particular paper, I got my worst grade ever.

Today, I was yet again stopped by another random stranger, this time in school.. Many people were walking towards the Central Forum and of all people, this guy came up to me, and started off with his gimmick. The question here is "WHY ME!?"

The most probable reason is that I have a sinful aura. From afar, my aura can already be felt, and when I walked their way, they have to stop me and share with me their story.

The good thing about this is that he knows I need to have my dinner before my last lesson, so this encounter only lasted for 10 minutes.

adrenaline rush

I simply don't understand why tutorial participation is such a popular component in our grading.

I agree sometimes(most of the times) that I do not participate in the discussion because I don't know how to do the questions. But on the occasions when I'm able to answer the questions, I still don't like to share my answers.

One reason is I find it very difficult to articulate my points when speaking aloud. Sometimes, I find that even I don't know what I'm talking, so I'd rather keep quiet.

Another reason is the post-effect of the contribution. Take for example today, in my smallest tutorial group ever, with a class size of 6, I was easily arrowed to answer questions. I feel quite out of place when I have to go to the board to write my answer. Even when I voluntarily shout out my answer, I feel my heart thumping really fast afterward, and it's too stimulating for my liking, even though I know I've earned an extra 0.5 mark or so for my contribution.