I started having tuition at the tuition center under my block at the age of 5, or when I was in K2. I spent a total of 7 years having tuition in that tuition center, Aim A. Had tuition for every subject. Made a great deal of friends there, and had loads of fun. I even became good friends with the tuition owner's daughter. Even though I had tuition almost every weekday then, I think i enjoyed it. It seemed more of a fun thing than a chore. I can say that the tuition helped me tremendously in my studies, and as its name suggests, I managed to get 3 A and 1 A* in my PSLE. I vaguely remember the last day of tuition. But I clearly remember how I felt then. I was extremely sad to leave my friends there. Being from different schools, it would be hard to keep in contact with them. Just last year, or after 3 years of leaving that tuition center, it closed down. To any random stranger, it means nothing. But to me it meant a whole lot. It felt like a part of me died. To this day, i still dearly miss Aim A, and all the friends I've made through those 7 years.
Primary school was somehow a bad experience for me. It started out pretty good in P1. Had lots of 'adventures' and was somewhat like in K2. Everyone was friends with one another. P2 was horrible. I started to become really lazy. Having a fierce teacher, I was frequently chided for not handing in my homework on time. I was so lazy at that time, that I was included in her list of 'The Notorious Five', with four other classmates of course. It's pretty amazing though, how she remembered my name after so many years when I went back to visit a year ago, just because of that. P3 & 4 was my best years in primary school. I did really badly in P2, so I was sent to P3-10, one of the tail end classes. However, I made alot of friends, and had great fun. We played games, like Pokemon, and had a lot to talk about. The teacher was also a really nice person. I enjoyed primary three. I was sent to P4-03 the year after, where things went really well too. There was when I met a great bunch of friends - Illinia, Shennind and Ryan. Well, if I remembered their names correctly. Four of us were in a group, sitting together in class. We had lots of fun together, and was up to lots of mischief. We even had an eraser dust or paper bullet fight in class that year I think.
I'll skip P5 & 6, and go straight to secondary school. Don't want to remember them, hahaha.
Secondary 1 was great. It was the best year in secondary school. So carefree, so slack. Made friends pretty quickly as well. I remember going to the bubble tea shop frequently after school, and then slacking at either the playground or void deck afterwards. We even played catching at the school's basement after school sometimes. Academically wise, I was doing okay. Not very good, just okay. Entering the school with a PSLE score of 245, I was the 'top' at that point of time. But somehow I just slacked a lot, and that brought me to my downfall. Secondary 2 was filled with problems and stuff, I'm gonna skip that though. That year was the worst year in my secondary school life. Academically wise, I hit rock bottom. It was streaming year, so that was bad news. I was the bottom 3 in class that year, but somehow I didn't really care. When it came to the time to choose our subject combinations, I immediately wrote down the 'worst' sub combi. I didn't even think twice, and well I got what i wanted (lol like duh). And tada, in Secondary 3, I fell from the first class, E1, to the last class, E5. Sec 3 was filled with ups and downs. I think I shall not elaborate the first part of it. Hahaha. The second part of sec 3, like after June, was pretty good. I 'reconciled' with my friends from lower sec, or well my potatoes. They were the greatest thing that happened in sec school. It's pretty funny how I used to be enemies with one of them too. During my 4 years in secondary school, I have made and lost friends. But at the end of the day, I'm leaving secondary school with those that I've started it with. Also, at the second part of sec 3, I was motivated to do well. Joined Green Bean tuition center, helped my maths TREMENDOUSLY. Yes I'm emphasizing on tremendously. I was failing math in lower sec, never gotten over C5 i think. But within a month of joining GB, I started getting full marks in class tests, and proceeded to obtain my very first A for math in sec school (yay). After which, I've never gotten below a B for math. It also motivated me to do well for my other subjects.
Looking back at my sec 3 results, I realized that I've consistently gotten a C5 or C6 for my English, and well, a C6 for my Maths at the start of the year. But at the end of Sec 3, my English was at B4, Maths at A1. My combined humanities in Sec 4 was horrible. Trust me, really horrible. I was getting C6 and D7 throughout. But when it came to the prelims, I got an A1 for English and Maths. LOOK, IT'S POSSIBLE. Well, though my humans was still D7 then. .-.
Got my O level results a week ago. And hey, I got A2 for English and Maths, and......... an A1 for humans! YES HUMANS. The only one subject that I failed. Look look look, it's possible. Failing a subject in prelims doesn't mean it's over. NONONO. I ended sec 3 with an L1R5 of 24, prelims with 19, and O's with 11. To many people, that isn't really good, but to me, I'm really contented. I've proved myself and many other people wrong. I always thought it was impossible, but now, I KNOW that it's possible.
I didn't read through again after typing, so if there's a mistake, please forgive me. Hahahah okay goodbye!