Here is another post about the thoughts and opinions my friend has after went through STPM.
She was a very intelligent Form 6 Physics student, and was crowned the "Queen of Science Stream". She was also the president of Form 6 Red Crescent Unit.
She always thinks precisely and carefully before doing anything and often suggested many useful ideas in class and also in co-curricular activities.
A cheerful person, being helpful and responsible plus not to forget, the Maths Genius.
To summarize, my journey in form 6 was
enjoyable as well as challenging. In my first term, I had gone through a lot of
ups and downs due to the brand new environment. New buildings, new friends, new
system (having exams based on terms), new co-curricular activities plus new
positions I was holding… Everything was new except that I was still in the
same old school I had used to be when I had my secondary education.
At first, it seems impossible to cope with
this form 6 life as time was short compared with form 5 life and there were
many things need to catch up. (Both academic and co-curricular activities as I held
two important positions that require thorough planning. Luckily, the supports from my friends have
helped me to get through all these messy stuff. ) Step by step, I had gone
through this form 6 and learned that one cannot worry too much about future when
time has not come because miracle might happen sometimes. Well, you might think
this is ridiculous but, yes, it does come true sometimes when you have done
the best. (I score unbelievable well in my first term exam.) Think
only the present and do what you must do or what you should do. Except the new
environment that I need to cope with, my form 6 life became pleasant as time
passed. (I am not saying that I am an optimist. Thanks to my sifu and friends, I learned to be one by
trying to change my thought and behaviour. Of course, I am not a pessimist
either. Just in between.)
I did faced hardships
and difficulties in this one and a half year journey together with my family’s, teachers’ and friends’ supports. The
hardship that I had faced at first was the time management. After passing few days
and weeks in Form 6, I found myself running against time as I was too
active in co-curricular activities until I had no time to relax and eventually got
tensed up easily. I had gone through training and had been attending
competitions. (Even co-curricular
activities require both mental and physical involvement.) So, I suffered a lot
in my first term actually. Of course, I had learnt my lesson in term 1 and I
chose to ease myself a bit in 2nd and 3rd term by doing what was right and it required me to sacrifice the things I loved to do . Leadership problem is the
other complication that I had met. (Some of the jobs I had not done
well enough as I had lost my devotion and enthusiasm.)
However, I felt I had grown up mentally and I learned ‘life lessons’ from my
mistakes.
I would like to take this opportunity to express
my heartfelt gratitude to my sifu that has encouraged us to be more confidence
in ourselves, to believe and trust him in his teachings. I have trusted and put
all my faith in him as he had shown me what a teacher truly is. Not only does
he teach physics, but also gradually yet firmly establish life lessons to all
of the students he has taught.
He did many of these life lessons teaching in
term 1 by integrating it together with physics and it fits in well too! For instance, your internal resistant must be
equal to external resistant in order to get maximum power. AND this is how he
relates it: Your relationship with family (internal relationship) should be
equal to your relationship with friends (external relationship) so that you can
live your life to the fullest. He is good isn’t it?
Sadly, he gradually decreases
all these teachings as we gone to term 2 and 3. Not only that, he always want
us to think about some life aspects too. Sometimes, he throws me some life
questions that have obvious answer yet it strikes me when I think about it. Besides, he
likes to share with us some quotes too like when
the going gets tough, the tough get going. This is the first time I had been impacted by a
teacher so intensely. He does not talk the talk, but walk the talk. Many times, he uses one stone to
kill three birds (it means he did one action but done three things altogether). He always
notified us that results come from own persistence and resilience. Sometimes,
he asks our opinions, thinks widely and judge in different perspective upon a
single thing. He is observant as well as high IQ and EQ. He had been my role
model in this form 6 life. To me, he is like a teacher, a father and a friend
as well. He is someone that I cling and hold on to.
2.0 The things I have learned throughout my whole Form 6 journey
I do not regret
that I had chose Form 6 because I learned and experienced a lot from here.
In
Form 6, I learned that we need to do things effectively, productively and
efficiently as time is short. Then, I experienced more in planning things from
those co-curricular activities. Not only planning time, but also planning activities.
Planning requires thorough thinking and trains you a lot in specialising a skill.
(to think from others perspective or view.)
Decision making is another aspects
that I need to go through. I believe life
is about deciding the path you want. There is no right or wrong when choosing a
path. I have done mistakes in my Form 6 life too and I kept on reminding myself to avoid doing the same mistakes again. Definitely, Form 6 life is
not about scoring; it is where you learn your soft skill too. If you want to learn anything, Be Truly Brave ! The last thing I
would like to share is most people might say For 6 is hard and only a few
people might say it is fun. To me, it is not
hard nor easy. It depends on how you think about it.
When you have two
path to choose,
choose the
difficult one,
so that you never
regret.
快乐地狱
I chose form 6
not because it is my last choice.
Actually, it was my first choice.
快乐地狱
So that is it. I hope the stories that she shared will give you some guidance in your future undertakings. She is really a deep-thinker until today and I am lucky enough to be her comrade.
