So i was doing some research on random stuff and i came across something on Avatar. So you know me, Avatar freak, decided to check it out. The site is about how the major box office movies are doing. And you know how Avatar is doing?
$1,018,811,000 WORLDWIDE!
What comes after billion? Trillion eh? Mind you, i have never seen that many numbers before. Ok, i’m lying. The ones i see in Maths papers are usually in standard form. They never spelled it out in words. For example,
In 2008, the population in Singapore was 4,000,000. In 2009, the population increased by 15%. Find the number of people living in Singapore in 2009. Leaving your answer in standard form.
I never really cared if it was a thousand or a million. I only look at how many zeros or decimal places it has so that i can answer and move on to the next question. I never quite understand why they would give that kind of question. I know it’s a give away mark. But the most annoying part is, if you leave out a zero or forgot to write down a stupid sign, that 1 mark is gone. Eh, do you know how much value that 1 mark can carry? From D7 you can get C6 sia! BIG difference.
And these markers will always look for that kind of mistakes. I agree to a certain extent, that missing a zero do make a big difference in our answers. But i think these markers have microscopic eyes when it comes to question with negative sign. I hate it whenever there’s question with negative value. I get damn confused with the whole negative-and-negative-becomes-positive, positive-and-positive-becomes-positive or positive-and-negative-becomes-negative. Confusing like fuck until i forgot to write my sign. This is the part where these markers will take the opportunity to minus our marks. And if we got the answer correct, confirm, plus chop, they go through our workings. Just so they could at least minus half a mark. EH! Half mark can make a huge difference ok! Imagine you got 74.5 marks. From A2, you can get A1 sial!
I know i kiasu. BUT HELLO! It’s me vs the whole of Singapore ok! Tons of people are fighting for the same course as you. I just think that the education system here is so unfair. But hey, who am i to judge?
Come to think of it. I miss doing Maths. I miss cracking my head just to solve that one pathetic question.I miss banging my calculator against the table just to vent out my anger. I miss not giving up on that one fucked up question. I miss teaching Carmen. I miss having Farah and Nadiah sitting behind us get fucked up over that one question. I miss Mr Sim’s lame jokes. I miss drawing graphs. I miss how fun Maths is.
To tell you the truth, i thought the O’lvl maths paper was fun to do. But hais… I don’t want to be over confident. Skali fail. Sial ah i emo and slash my arms and legs sia.
One thing i learned through Maths is to never give up. It doesn’t matter if you got the question wrong. At least you tried. Besides, you’ll never know if you’re right or wrong if you didn’t try.
And i’ve never regretted getting into sec 5. Even though without the support from my relatives. I got a lot of people saying that it’s impossible to pass o'lvl. Now i have something to them bitches, IF YOU NEVER TRY YOU’LL NEVER KNOW. But hais… I don’t want to talk big. Skali fail. I emo x100 times and cut off my arms and limbs sia.
K, confirm i WILL cry on results day. Tears of joy or tears of sorrow? We’ll see.
