Alright I'm going to do this, cos I'm quite miffed at hearing the comment/assumption/question that RJ has done very poorly compared to the nearest other competitor...
THAT IS TOTALLY NOT TRUE. Just because we chose to be low key in our announcement of results does not mean we fared poorly, and just cos some other college is louder in their pronouncement of their results does not mean that they did better, or much better for that matter. Another college may have done well, but we have also done well, very well indeed.
I also think that our own graduates who believed in that rumour(that we did poorly) or spread it around have too little faith in their learning, effort and ability. The misperception also doesn't do much for our reputation, and the confidence of the juniors.
Right, some numbers:
-------------RJC %A--------- Bkt Timah Competitor%A
GP-----------47------------------ 30 -----------so we beat them by 17%
Physics-------75----------------- 60----------- so we beat them by 15%
Chemistry--- 78.8---------- 78.5 Comparable.---- we beat by a little.
I don't have the numbers for other subjects, but I do know that they are all good (many subs at 80% As, quite a few at 100%), and either better or comparable to the nearest competitor. Overall, RJ did very well against any other college. Our only numbers that weren't too good were the PW (done in 2006 for this 2007 batch) as well as MT, which affects the number of "perfect scorers"
With a larger cohort for RJC, it means its harder for us to beat averages as well (cos you got more weaker candidates to deal with), and also more effort is required
Well, enuff said, stop propagating the rumour that RJ didn't do well.
Friday, March 14, 2008
Friday, March 07, 2008
A level results for the class of 2007
haha OMG I am so happy for my (chem) students. Congrats everyone!
Yea I know I know, this blog has been dead since halfway through 2007. And do you know why?
Cos I was working my ass off teaching. But I am glad to have worked with you all (mostly)
Anyway, I revived it specifically just so that I can congratulate everyone! Yea. Hopefully I can keep it around though. lets see how, this year is really busy for me...
Oh yea I digress. Congrats congrats!
(edit) RJC Chem %A grades: 78.8% ~830 candidates out of 1050 candidates
(edit) bkt timah contemporary %A grades: 78.5% ~ 610 out of 780 candidates
3R Chem % A grades: 100%
3R H3 chem: 10 distinctions, 1 merit, 3 passes
3H Chem %A grades: 82%
3H Chem %A&B grades: 100%
7B Chem %A grades: 82%
7B Chem %A&B grades: 95.6%
7B Chem %pass: 100%
Really good stuff. Our college average %A grades beats our friendly competitors in Bkt Timah even in % terms.
Anyway, to 3R, well done! What else do we expect from the strongest class in RJ right?(havn't heard any other class getting 100% A's yet...) That includes both halves of the class! 3R folks will know what i mean :)
And its been gratifying to teach you pple.
To 3H: Great job! Its also been nice to take you pple for Civics as well, and I'm glad to say most of you have come so far on so many fronts, not just chem, but across other subjects, and achieve so much in so many other areas like CCA and CIPs.
To 7B: I am so amazed by you people. I mean, we started out at 3rd class from the bottom in RJ during JC1 CT1 (Ya now you know. And I was so stressed) Well look where you are now?Almost everyone got an A! So you learn another thing (other than that doing chem is a painful choice), persistence and hardwork pays off, and you can apply yourself to anything, even if a task sucks, if you only see it another way and try, you may actly learn to like it or master it.
To all of you, your hardwork, especially those who've worked consistently, has really paid off.
Remember how when you first read my blog, I was also talking about the results of my previous batch? Well I'll say the same thing again, I am glad I was firm and demanded the best from you :)
So whatever you do, always demand the best from yourself even if it hurts, cos, when the day of your harvest comes, you will be happy with the fruits of your labour, with no regrets.
Take care everyone, and keep in touch..
(edit: I cant understand why word is going ard that RJ chem didn't do well;just cos we didnt publicize our results doesnt mean we didn't do well... we topped the cohort.)
In fact, we got more A students than their entire cohort (in absolute number terms).
(edit:) some people also don't understand this, considering that this is a through train batch, where the bottom 20% candidates which traditionally wouldnt be in RJ(wouldn't have done well enough at O levels to gain admission) are now part of the cohort, we have done really well! (past RJ batches obtain around 80% As); it means that with this cohort, we have value added. In addition, some people don't understand also, that the situation is that the more candidates you have, the more difficult it is to get a high %A( %A is not a random event, its probability doesn't necessarily increase with a larger cohort) Consider what happens with some through train systems that sets admission exams for their students to move from secondary to JC level: only the best candidates make it to JC level and take the A lvls, and you would have more of these scoring A's thereby increasing %As. So in fact, the stricter you select for a smaller cohort, the better. So imagine what might have happened, if we didn't admit our bottom 20%.... we'd get nearly 100% A's... But thats not the way; we take in everyone, and do our utmost to let them blossom to their fullest potential, in all areas.
anyways, I'm glad most of my students had great attitude and really put in hardwork to do well, don't discount your efforts and think otherwise!
Yea I know I know, this blog has been dead since halfway through 2007. And do you know why?
Cos I was working my ass off teaching. But I am glad to have worked with you all (mostly)
Anyway, I revived it specifically just so that I can congratulate everyone! Yea. Hopefully I can keep it around though. lets see how, this year is really busy for me...
Oh yea I digress. Congrats congrats!
(edit) RJC Chem %A grades: 78.8% ~830 candidates out of 1050 candidates
(edit) bkt timah contemporary %A grades: 78.5% ~ 610 out of 780 candidates
3R Chem % A grades: 100%
3R H3 chem: 10 distinctions, 1 merit, 3 passes
3H Chem %A grades: 82%
3H Chem %A&B grades: 100%
7B Chem %A grades: 82%
7B Chem %A&B grades: 95.6%
7B Chem %pass: 100%
Really good stuff. Our college average %A grades beats our friendly competitors in Bkt Timah even in % terms.
Anyway, to 3R, well done! What else do we expect from the strongest class in RJ right?(havn't heard any other class getting 100% A's yet...) That includes both halves of the class! 3R folks will know what i mean :)
And its been gratifying to teach you pple.
To 3H: Great job! Its also been nice to take you pple for Civics as well, and I'm glad to say most of you have come so far on so many fronts, not just chem, but across other subjects, and achieve so much in so many other areas like CCA and CIPs.
To 7B: I am so amazed by you people. I mean, we started out at 3rd class from the bottom in RJ during JC1 CT1 (Ya now you know. And I was so stressed) Well look where you are now?Almost everyone got an A! So you learn another thing (other than that doing chem is a painful choice), persistence and hardwork pays off, and you can apply yourself to anything, even if a task sucks, if you only see it another way and try, you may actly learn to like it or master it.
To all of you, your hardwork, especially those who've worked consistently, has really paid off.
Remember how when you first read my blog, I was also talking about the results of my previous batch? Well I'll say the same thing again, I am glad I was firm and demanded the best from you :)
So whatever you do, always demand the best from yourself even if it hurts, cos, when the day of your harvest comes, you will be happy with the fruits of your labour, with no regrets.
Take care everyone, and keep in touch..
(edit: I cant understand why word is going ard that RJ chem didn't do well;just cos we didnt publicize our results doesnt mean we didn't do well... we topped the cohort.)
In fact, we got more A students than their entire cohort (in absolute number terms).
(edit:) some people also don't understand this, considering that this is a through train batch, where the bottom 20% candidates which traditionally wouldnt be in RJ(wouldn't have done well enough at O levels to gain admission) are now part of the cohort, we have done really well! (past RJ batches obtain around 80% As); it means that with this cohort, we have value added. In addition, some people don't understand also, that the situation is that the more candidates you have, the more difficult it is to get a high %A( %A is not a random event, its probability doesn't necessarily increase with a larger cohort) Consider what happens with some through train systems that sets admission exams for their students to move from secondary to JC level: only the best candidates make it to JC level and take the A lvls, and you would have more of these scoring A's thereby increasing %As. So in fact, the stricter you select for a smaller cohort, the better. So imagine what might have happened, if we didn't admit our bottom 20%.... we'd get nearly 100% A's... But thats not the way; we take in everyone, and do our utmost to let them blossom to their fullest potential, in all areas.
anyways, I'm glad most of my students had great attitude and really put in hardwork to do well, don't discount your efforts and think otherwise!
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