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The name is Gary. I'm a person who likes to be who I am. A 16 year old who just graduated from Montfort Secondary School. I'm now in Ngee Ann Poly studying Mass Communication.
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Friday, May 30, 2008
Why can't you die from choking on a polo sweet?
Today was POSed day.
It's post-education day in case you don't know. A day where some representatives from the various tertiary institutions will come over to set up booths and give talks on our options after the O-levels.
Reached school at 7.30am and submitted my bio file to Mr Azman's locker, then assembled in the foyer for attendance taking. After that, we proceeded to the hall. The event started off with a short prayer and a short speech by Mr Simen.
The guest speaker Mr Christian Chua spoke about "breaking through the glass ceiling". It was a very meaningful and humorous talk.
He focused on the word "MOTIVATION". If we were to break the word up,the word "motivation"comes from the word motive. And to be motivated,one must have a motive(a reason to). For example, a PSP may be used as a stimulus to do well for the exams. The reward is the "motive" or rather the stimulus to trigger he or she to do well.
What is the glass ceiling? It is basically our negative mindset which makes our mind think that it is there above our heads to prevent us from breaking away from our comfort zone.
This "glass ceiling" is placed upon us by others, because we believe in them. Let's say someone tells you will never be successful in life because you are from a poor family/a family of underachievers. Because you believe in them, you will not succeed.
Therefore, we must first break through this "glass ceiling". After all, no one can make you feel inferior without your permission.
Went down to the canteen to have our refreshments before going back to the hall for Mr Trevor's speech on the route to further education.
The next program for the day was presentations by the different schools and visiting of exhibition booths. Though I'm only interested in the poly route, I still went for talks by IJC, NYJC, and TJC.
Some facts about Direct Polytechnic Admission.
- The DPA is a newly introduced route.
- Only 100 places are available
- And candidates are selected through their"talents", which would be written in a summary of about 250 words on why he or she is a suitable candidate for the course of choice.
- Last year results would be taken into consideration though it would not have such heavy weightage
- Candidates will have 3 choices for courses they would like to apply
- Successful applicants will be called back for interviews
- Their "talents" must have some relation to their course they are applying for or they have some experience in that field.(e.g for computer courses,a candidate who has won a national competition in computer engineering would stand a better chance then another who did not participate)
- If candidate is given a place,actual O-level aggregate must be less then 26.
post edited from Daren Ng
Posted at 11:19 PM
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