Our GP passing rate is 73%.

i looked at how dazed one colleague appeared to be and didn't know what to say. For is that really anything that can be said at all at this point in time?

i was just sitting in the hall and waiting for the cohort to receive their results and couldn't help being amused at how those few letters on a flimsy piece of paper overshadows everything one may have done in 2-3 years despite the nation's strategic move towards holistic education.

these days, i can't help thinking that maybe i wasn't being very mature when i signed up to be a teacher. while i did believe that i had the necessary interpersonal skills to reach out to sam seng kia and ah lians, i think i never quite thought through the prospect of preparing students for examinations and having my self-worth assessed in the process.

if my students fail, does this mean that i am no good?

to invest so much of yourself and not have your students reap results is heartwrenching. and with E8 being a grade that isn't unusual, perhaps the choice of polytechnic isn't so ludicrous after all.

did i build a sufficiently strong foundation for the PAE kiddos? hmm...

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