I don’t know. I just feel as though I’m in a mess.

Failing in school, no particular outstanding achievements.

Had changed so much since I was in primary school. Is that what growing up do to you? It just fucked my life up totally..Whatever that I used to do, I stopped doing them, and I kept to myself..

I don’t know what I want in life, what I want to be when I grow up, I just live everyday aimlessly, living on for tomorrow, enduring what everyday has got in store for me.

Recently got 0/30 for a math test. Like what the fuck? 0/30? I have always sucked at math, but getting a 0/30..was depressing I would say. And it was especially so when I though I would actually pass it.

Now in school, I am famous for getting 0/30. Getting 0/30 for math was near impossible, and that was what I thought when I heard that there were 2 other people who did so.

I have always tried to keep up, always trying to give a damn, always asking questions, always doing my best.

But when am I going to see the results of my hard work?

Any teens in the same shit that I am in? Feeling down? Feeling aimless and feeling like shit?

Worst still, I’m in a rather famous school in which students are known for their intelligence, even though not all of them go along with this idea.

I have expectations to live up to, both mine, and others. I have already tried very hard to achieve them, and yet, my standards for myself are dropping yearly while failing to meet them.

Life appears to be mundane to me now, all the shit that I do everyday that repeats itself drives me crazy…

I’m known to be rather hardworking and friendly amongst my friends, but I don’t do as well (academically) as compared to those who seem to not give a fuck..

Really don’t know what to do now..

Oh,..so sad...come come,,..Angel jie jie hug hug u nice nice, u will feel good after that good hugging. Hug and stroke yr head, poor boy, be strong ya, dun think how others think of you, dun compare..be what u are, set your goal and do yr best..sayang sayang

Do you have anything you're good at or interested in, whether it is academic-related or not?

And I'm curious about the difficulty of the maths paper. Do you mind posting some of the questions here? It's possible that the school you're in is expecting too much from a student.

chill man. life is short.
life hasn't even begun for u.
It doesnt hurt to try again right?
try harder.

Lucks to u

Still young, things will get better , just try your best 

Originally posted by LatecomerX:

the school you're in is expecting too much from a student.

sounds quite like ours leh.

You can opt out from the IP prog, u noe...

i know how you feel..

like you, i have the intelligent look. everyone thinks you're damn smart. but you're not. just like any tom, dick and harry. there's nothing much you can do about it except proving their point. yes! showing that at least, your look got abit of substance.

as for your maths, when I was in sec 2, im famous for failing them also. in sem 1, i would be like always at the back of my class. like everyone knows i just dont want to do them properly or just purposely get super low grades to attract enough attention to be at the back of the class.

well, guess wad, proven them wrong when I start focusing and whacking for my maths during the june hols. practically did the book everyday. And ya, I was known from zero to hero and nobody else actually bother to say anything about my maths after that.

Imagine how happy my maths teacher was.

Imagine how happy my parents was.

Imagine how happy I am. Thats what's most important.

Find something you like. work on it. Life never come easy neither it is that difficult. and it's never too late to start anything new.

Originally posted by wonderamazement:

sounds quite like ours leh.

No la, the workload they gave us in our secondary school was perfectly fine...for a JC student.

No lah..actually the maths paper was pretty ok..

I though i could pass because the questions were really what i had worked for..

and what the fuck, all the questions i could do, i made a mistake in the first/second step..and my teacher could do nothing to give me even a method mark..

i have no idea what i like to do other than being in front of the computer.

maybe a little bit of movie watching and reading?

Originally posted by angel7030:

Oh,..so sad...come come,,..Angel jie jie hug hug u nice nice, u will feel good after that good hugging. Hug and stroke yr head, poor boy, be strong ya, dun think how others think of you, dun compare..be what u are, set your goal and do yr best..sayang sayang

I oso want.....

Originally posted by donkhead333:

 

I don’t know. I just feel as though I’m in a mess.

Failing in school, no particular outstanding achievements.

Had changed so much since I was in primary school. Is that what growing up do to you? It just fucked my life up totally..Whatever that I used to do, I stopped doing them, and I kept to myself..

I don’t know what I want in life, what I want to be when I grow up, I just live everyday aimlessly, living on for tomorrow, enduring what everyday has got in store for me.

Recently got 0/30 for a math test. Like what the fuck? 0/30? I have always sucked at math, but getting a 0/30..was depressing I would say. And it was especially so when I though I would actually pass it.

Now in school, I am famous for getting 0/30. Getting 0/30 for math was near impossible, and that was what I thought when I heard that there were 2 other people who did so.

I have always tried to keep up, always trying to give a damn, always asking questions, always doing my best.

But when am I going to see the results of my hard work?

Any teens in the same shit that I am in? Feeling down? Feeling aimless and feeling like shit?

Worst still, I’m in a rather famous school in which students are known for their intelligence, even though not all of them go along with this idea.

I have expectations to live up to, both mine, and others. I have already tried very hard to achieve them, and yet, my standards for myself are dropping yearly while failing to meet them.

Life appears to be mundane to me now, all the shit that I do everyday that repeats itself drives me crazy…

I’m known to be rather hardworking and friendly amongst my friends, but I don’t do as well (academically) as compared to those who seem to not give a fuck..

Really don’t know what to do now..

Don't worry too much....I tell you 2 secrets......

Some ppl who excel in their youth may not also excel in their adult life. However, some ppl who don't excel in their youth may excel in their adult life.

To go further in life, the secrets are to discover your areas of strength and weakness; and to develop/discover your areas of interests. This take time, some ppl sooner, some later.

Aristotle Onasis, the wealthiest shipping magnate was a school dropout. Albert Einstein failed school exam and was also told by one of his teachers that he had no talent for science.

Quote 
"Rather than completing high school, Einstein decided to apply directly to the ETH Zurich, the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zürich, Switzerland. Lacking a school certificate, he was required to take an entrance examination, which he did not pass, although he got exceptional marks in mathematics and physics.^[10] Einstein wrote that it was in that same year, at age 16, that he first performed his famous thought experiment visualizing traveling alongside a beam of light (Einstein 1979)."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert_Einstein#Youth_and_schooling 

I flunked my amaths with a F9 from the first week of sec 3 all the way to my prelims. I already intended on giving up, but 2 days before the paper my friend gave me intensive training, plus a tad of luck i managed to get a C6

All i can say is dont give up on the subject, slowly explore and try it out.

Originally posted by LatecomerX:

Do you have anything you're good at or interested in, whether it is academic-related or not?

And I'm curious about the difficulty of the maths paper. Do you mind posting some of the questions here? It's possible that the school you're in is expecting too much from a student.

come on man, homework forum is YOUR SOLUTION!

http://schoolwork.sgforums.com

:D

nothing is impossible. i also get 0 out of 30 for maths test before.

and i got Bs for my maths in O level

Originally posted by donkhead333:

 

I don’t know. I just feel as though I’m in a mess.

Failing in school, no particular outstanding achievements.

Had changed so much since I was in primary school. Is that what growing up do to you? It just fucked my life up totally..Whatever that I used to do, I stopped doing them, and I kept to myself..

I don’t know what I want in life, what I want to be when I grow up, I just live everyday aimlessly, living on for tomorrow, enduring what everyday has got in store for me.

Recently got 0/30 for a math test. Like what the fuck? 0/30? I have always sucked at math, but getting a 0/30..was depressing I would say. And it was especially so when I though I would actually pass it.

Now in school, I am famous for getting 0/30. Getting 0/30 for math was near impossible, and that was what I thought when I heard that there were 2 other people who did so.

I have always tried to keep up, always trying to give a damn, always asking questions, always doing my best.

But when am I going to see the results of my hard work?

Any teens in the same shit that I am in? Feeling down? Feeling aimless and feeling like shit?

Worst still, I’m in a rather famous school in which students are known for their intelligence, even though not all of them go along with this idea.

I have expectations to live up to, both mine, and others. I have already tried very hard to achieve them, and yet, my standards for myself are dropping yearly while failing to meet them.

Life appears to be mundane to me now, all the shit that I do everyday that repeats itself drives me crazy…

I’m known to be rather hardworking and friendly amongst my friends, but I don’t do as well (academically) as compared to those who seem to not give a fuck..

Really don’t know what to do now..

Hm, I was in the same situation as you before.

From quite a famous school last time. Got sucky results even though I thought I've studied hard while my friends, who appear not to have studied, all did better than me. I was feeling quite indignant and depressed at that time then, and I will always think the world is unfair. However, if I think about it seriously, my friends could have worked much much harder than me, just that I didn't get to see it (i.e. they mugged like crazy at home)  or they could have engaged tutors to guide them. For me, I don't engage tutors, so if you are the same case as me, you ought to put in much much more efforts than your friends in order to catch up with them.

My L1R5 was like more than 20 all the time. And I was like the only one in my class that actually can get E8 and F9 and hence I was the lowest in my class. The 2nd lowest person in my class only got C6 as his lowest grade? That was how bad I was at that time. At times, I've wanted to give up on myself. However, being the kind that always want to win, I refuse to let myself down just like that. I pushed myself on harder. Until sec 4 prelims then my L1R5 got raised to 14 and my lowest subject grade in my L1R5 was a B4. And for O-levels, I've managed to get a single digit for L1R5 and my lowest subject grade was an A2.

My advice: Don't give up on yourself yet. All's not lost yet.

And another thing, famous schools always tend to set harder papers for their own students so as to challenge them. Only until prelims, then they are much kinder and they set easier papers. Even though the prelims paper were much easier, whenever I compared my school's prelim paper and the O-levels paper, I will go WTH.

So don't worry too much but at the same time, don't be too complacent! Must continue to work hard! If I've managed to overcome this problem, you can too! =)

i have asked many people for their opinions on how to really do well for maths..

all of them..told me to just chao mug..and just do..

but i take 10 mins for a simple 5 marks question, reason being that i always kana stuck, because some questions can only be solved at a certain step with a certain solution..i just hate dead subjects like maths man. makes no sense to me at all. im only worried about it because it has double weightage as compared to the rest of the subjects (a/e maths).

and many career options have maths as a prerequisite..and i dont want to give myself lesser roads to take, especially when i have absolutely no idea what i want to be and what i want to do next time..

anyone here can list out some of the careers that do not need maths? (none i guess)

Originally posted by viopurp:

 

Hm, I was in the same situation as you before.

From quite a famous school last time. Got sucky results even though I thought I've studied hard while my friends, who appear not to have studied, all did better than me. I was feeling quite indignant and depressed at that time then, and I will always think the world is unfair. However, if I think about it seriously, my friends could have worked much much harder than me, just that I didn't get to see it (i.e. they mugged like crazy at home)  or they could have engaged tutors to guide them. For me, I don't engage tutors, so if you are the same case as me, you ought to put in much much more efforts than your friends in order to catch up with them.

My L1R5 was like more than 20 all the time. And I was like the only one in my class that actually can get E8 and F9 and hence I was the lowest in my class. The 2nd lowest person in my class only got C6 as his lowest grade? That was how bad I was at that time. At times, I've wanted to give up on myself. However, being the kind that always want to win, I refuse to let myself down just like that. I pushed myself on harder. Until sec 4 prelims then my L1R5 got raised to 14 and my lowest subject grade in my L1R5 was a B4. And for O-levels, I've managed to get a single digit for L1R5 and my lowest subject grade was an A2.

My advice: Don't give up on yourself yet. All's not lost yet.

And another thing, famous schools always tend to set harder papers for their own students so as to challenge them. Only until prelims, then they are much kinder and they set easier papers. Even though the prelims paper were much easier, whenever I compared my school's prelim paper and the O-levels paper, I will go WTH.

So don't worry too much but at the same time, don't be too complacent! Must continue to work hard! If I've managed to overcome this problem, you can too! =)

 

problem is, im from a school that does not include 'o' levels..

thats another big problem that i'm facing because im unable to gauge myself, whether i just plain suck or people around me are just pro...

For math, you most build up your foundation first, ie to understand the basic well.

To understand the basic means you have to grasp the logic or the reason behind the concept. For example. pi. Why is pi is 3.14 . Why it is not 1.14 or 2.14 or 4.14 but 3.14? It is because when any circle's circumference is divided by its radius, the result is always 3.14.  

Once you get the basic concept right, you can can proceed to understand the formula better.

Adn one more thing, don't hang on the net too much - it sure will affect your school work.

Originally posted by donkhead333:

problem is, im from a school that does not include 'o' levels..

thats another big problem that i'm facing because im unable to gauge myself, whether i just plain suck or people around me are just pro...

my secondary school at that time just started an Integrated Programme scheme when I was in sec 2 or 3 few years ago. At that time, since it had just started, we can choose to opt out of the programme and yea, I opted out.

hm, you happened to be in that school?

same same, i last time fail my geography got 0 over 30 marks.... lol broke record liao but haha i also worked dam dam hard and got A in the end..   top school's maths paper are freaking difficult, i got many friends from top schools got F9 during prelim but got A for o level....got qn can ask me hahax

Here are some advices for you. Hm, some may sound quite cliche but they have really worked for me! Last time, I refused to take these advices seriously, only when the critical moment came, then I started to really heed them. I reckon you are only sec 3 this year, you still have a year to improve yourself. Unlike me, I was only left with around 3 months at that time.

-When in doubt, ask the teacher.

Seriously, no one else can answer your questions as clearly as a teacher, especially if he/she is the one who has taught the topic which you are not clear in. Your friends may not have a clear idea of the topic and you may just end up even more confused or end up having the wrong concepts. Tutors may not be clear of the syllables nowadays since it has undergone some changes. Teachers are there to help you. Don't be afraid to ask and don't be lazy to ask too! For me, when I'm doing my revision, I will jot down my questions on a piece of paper so that I won't forget what I've wanted to ask.

-Stay in school or go out to mug.

I usually do this so that I can prevent myself from using the computer/sleeping once I reach home. I can spend the whole day at the computer, doing nothing other than surfing random sites. And before I know it, one whole day is gone just like that. Staying in school to mug is good as I find the environment more conducive and you can always look for the teachers for help. Going out to mug, you can get help from your friends. But the down side is, you may end up chatting/slacking with your friends if you are not disciplined enough.

-Do up a study schedule/plan.

I used to think this was damn stupid and tedious. However when my friends all started to come up with their own study schedules. I felt the pressure and started to do up one too. And surprisingly, it helped me a lot in revision and time mangement. Since you still have time, try covering like 2-3 topics a week? I think it's not that difficult. =)

-Sleep early.

I used to sleep at around 3am last time and it really affected me in school. I could not concentrate and as much as I tried to listen and focus on the lesson, I found myself drifting off to sleep unknowingly. Only when my friend woke me up, then I realised I've actually fallen asleep! So I tried changing my sleeping habits gradually, and now I'm off to bed at around 11 or 11+ pm, which is a lot earlier as compared to last time. You can sense the significant difference in your concentration level and alertness.

maths can be practise and the outcome will be different if u practise

start now, dont wait. the longer u wait, the shorter time u have.

and FYI, u are just 15.. u still have a long way.

bro. 15 years old, don't know what you want in life is ok one.

maths is a tricky subject. you either score or fail. rarely in between

one thing for sure i can assure you is, practise really makes perfect when it comes to maths.

because there's only a limited amount of ways maths can be phrased. so as long as your grasp the fundamentals, english is next.

just like saying,

1 + 1 = 2      ===> straightfoward right?

one basket got one apple. i put one more apple in. how many apples do i have?

this kind slightly tougher because it requires the english language. but ultimately it also means what is 1 + 1 isn't it?

all i can advise is keep practising. if you need a tutor to guide you, please try to get one. for your own good. you don't wanna curse and swear if you fail your Os

only 1 maths test jiu liddat

lols

Originally posted by Y_Shun:

only 1 maths test jiu liddat

lols

i think its the stress he faces from expectations from people la

and the immature brats around him teasing him getting 0/30 for maths