Wednesday, March 12, 2008
My Creative earphones broke right after the end of the IT Fair. How creative.
Couldn't join Victor and Lionel when they ask me to accompany them to the Fair to see
Anyways, glad to hear that 4 students from Compassvale made it into our next new batch of AMS students. Realised that many failed to get in because they have too many points. Some managed to make successful appeals while some couldn't even when they have excellent grades. So competitive hor. Paul wants quality but not quantity. There's this guy who wrote to The Straits Times FORUM. I got to know this from our blog's tagboard. The tagboard's hot with so many people tagging.
Is ITE still second class and can polys cope?
I graduated from the Institute of Technical Education (ITE) Yishun in National ITE Certificate (NITEC) in Communications Technology. I achieved a GPA score of 4.0 and was awarded a certificate of merit, a prestigious award given to ITE students who perform exceptionally well.
With good results and encouragement from teachers and peers, I was confident of a successful application for the diploma course in Aviation Management and Services at Temasek Polytechnic. I was rejected last Friday and so was my subsequent appeal.
The course manager told me the class quota was filled and applications were decided on a system crafted by the Education Ministry. If so, it seems unfair to ITE students like me who cannot possibly achieve any better at the institute.
Are ITE graduates still "second-class" students compared with their successful O-Level counterparts?
As for the class sizes, can polytechnics cope? Do they have enough resources to handle qualified applicants so industry can obtain as many graduates as possible to satisfy the expected boom in jobs?
-Bryan Chung Hoe Weng
When I show this column to people, most of them goes "Of course la" once they read the heading. So mean, but quite true la. Who doesn't want talent and competent people? People who went through the O-level route are like labelled "Quality Guaranteed". It's the same logic as you can't join and learn new sports in poly because all they want is people who are trained in it and can bring glory to the school. What for waste time on greenhorns, they may not even be good at it.
I think Paul and all put in real lots of efforts in setting up this diploma. Some major status and identities have offered to come teach us for the various modules. I have already learnt a lot but there's still more to come. We have privileges and all, like the SYFC and jobs in airport. The industry lacks people and talent that's why people in the industry will start to decide grabbing us even before we graduate. Paul even prepare us for university, by including additional degree/diploma modules that are not in the current course scope so that we can have advanced standing when we go University.
Take a look at this --->
http://www.tp.edu.sg/CCD_pressrelease.htm?id=45588&year=2008
Just for AMS!
But I doubt I can make it that far la. It's not easy and require lots of hard work and it's so competitive in here. Those jokers in here have potential lor.
I hope I can afford the overseas trips with my coursemates.
There are also options/electives offered in the near future for us to specialise in Air Traffic Management and Commercial Piloting. Woohoo~ Some of the top earners in the country.
I'm already half-dead for this semester.
I talked too much. I may not be staying in this industry anyway.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY ANGCHOOYEOW LOOOLLLLLL
(8:15 AM);
I made mymark
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