the SPARKS finals were today, and it went quite horribly. we finished third with -200 points (i think that's about it, cos i kind of lost count). great job to the winning team from aerius, because they were the only group to not only finish with points in the positive, but with an actually decent score. they definitely deserved their win.
ms chua talked to me again today, cos she caught wind that i was unprepared for tutorials. though she didnt say which teacher told her, i can make a reasonable guess that it was either gp or econs. i think that number of gp and econs assignments i did and handed in last year combined can be counted with the fingers on my two hands. i know that a "model student" would do all his assignments on time and even do extra revision and other mugger-type activities, but i hate it that im now expected to become said model student. i want to be one of the masses, one of the "normal", non-model students, who generally keeps up with schoolwork but is granted the occasional minor misdemeanour. I am not perfect, and you have no right or reason to expect me to be.
i just realised that the world has little use for academic all-rounders. what's the point in getting straight A's for the A levels when at the end of the day we can only take one course in uni? do we really need a strong background in economics to study aeronautics, or good chemistry knowledge to study law? at the end of the day, it is the prodigies who should and will reclaim their rightful throne at the top of the academic fraternity. it will be math geniuses like wencong, chem geniuses like marcus and william, physics geniuses like xiaolan, and other such people who are gifted in one particular aspect, who will eventually succeed in life. of what use is the person who can "almost" do everything, except to play second fiddle everywhere? some people might say that we get good overall grades to gain uni admission, but i'd like to put forth that if our education system prohibits natural talents from fulfilling their vast potential because they are not as gifted in completely unrelated fields, is that not a flaw in the system itself?
my family wants to spend the long weekend at some kampung place in Kukub (is that how you spell it? anyway it's just somewhere in malaysia) -.- which means that i'll be d/ced the entire weekend. not to mention i probably wont get any homework done, which is exactly what i dont need given my current situation. not to mention ms chua is apparently keeping tabs on me now >.>
