MYE2006: Results Post Mortem
Friday, May 19, 2006
all the results except CME have now made their way back to me. note that this post mortem is based on Mid-Year Examinations results only and does not reflect the entirety of the performance in semester one.
results are arranged by the order which they were taken during the Mid Year Examination period and not by performance in those subjects.
English
dropped one grade from a low B4 to a low C5. it is not a bad score this time round since I almost went off topic in my composition. but still it is pretty disappointing since I wanted to improve, not the other way round, especially when I want languages to be my stronger points.
Geography
it is a low B4. quite a sharp plunge I would say. Structured Essays were quite a disappointment. excepted much more from them. guess I became too paranoid with the long holiday before Geography MYE began.
Additional Mathematics
by far the lowest score in this entire exam with a high F9 (meaning near 30 marks). somewhat expected since I skipped Indices, Surds and Logarithms questions completely.
somehow, the failure is worse than what I had expected. but seeing so many failing like me is quite a consolation after all.
Combined Humanities
maybe a bit lower than what I had came to expect. it is a C5 which from what I heard is not bad given the school standard. my Term 1 will pull me down unfortunately.
I think I could have done better if I remembered to read through Source Based Questions notes before Social Studies.
Chinese
it just nice managed to hit A1 (75 lah). sounds high, but compared to some others in the same chinese class, it is not exactly really that high.
since I want languages to be my one of my forte, I will strive to improve in this subject that I did rather well in ever since Primary School.
Chemistry
the paper is actually slightly challenging for the level despite what teachers claimed as the cohort did not perform for this paper.
but even not performing should not be a fail right. I hoped to at least get a C, but I got an E8 (40-45) instead. it falling on the same day as E Maths might have affected my revision somewhat as well.
Elementary Mathematics
hoped to at least pass this one. but I missed it by a few marks, resulting in a D7. the pain is numbed though, since Additional Mathematics was given out on the same day.
I hoped to at least do well in Elementary Mathematics, so I will really make sure I do not make that hell many of careless mistakes in Paper 1 again.
Biology
another paper I did rather well in. got another A1 in this, albeit not a high one. I am equally surprised myself when I saw the score.
guess it is luck for this paper, whatever I am good at came out and what I am not good at didnt. that is the only reason for such splendid performance this time round.
Overall
if I had made more effort to concentrate more on revision during that period of time, I am sure I could have did better.
in addition, if there is not so much goddamn drilling all around, I would have been able to concerntrate better.
but exams are always full of ifs, so I think there is no point droning on something that had past. another mortem will come your way next Saturday for the entire Semester 1.
results are arranged by the order which they were taken during the Mid Year Examination period and not by performance in those subjects.
English
dropped one grade from a low B4 to a low C5. it is not a bad score this time round since I almost went off topic in my composition. but still it is pretty disappointing since I wanted to improve, not the other way round, especially when I want languages to be my stronger points.
Geography
it is a low B4. quite a sharp plunge I would say. Structured Essays were quite a disappointment. excepted much more from them. guess I became too paranoid with the long holiday before Geography MYE began.
Additional Mathematics
by far the lowest score in this entire exam with a high F9 (meaning near 30 marks). somewhat expected since I skipped Indices, Surds and Logarithms questions completely.
somehow, the failure is worse than what I had expected. but seeing so many failing like me is quite a consolation after all.
Combined Humanities
maybe a bit lower than what I had came to expect. it is a C5 which from what I heard is not bad given the school standard. my Term 1 will pull me down unfortunately.
I think I could have done better if I remembered to read through Source Based Questions notes before Social Studies.
Chinese
it just nice managed to hit A1 (75 lah). sounds high, but compared to some others in the same chinese class, it is not exactly really that high.
since I want languages to be my one of my forte, I will strive to improve in this subject that I did rather well in ever since Primary School.
Chemistry
the paper is actually slightly challenging for the level despite what teachers claimed as the cohort did not perform for this paper.
but even not performing should not be a fail right. I hoped to at least get a C, but I got an E8 (40-45) instead. it falling on the same day as E Maths might have affected my revision somewhat as well.
Elementary Mathematics
hoped to at least pass this one. but I missed it by a few marks, resulting in a D7. the pain is numbed though, since Additional Mathematics was given out on the same day.
I hoped to at least do well in Elementary Mathematics, so I will really make sure I do not make that hell many of careless mistakes in Paper 1 again.
Biology
another paper I did rather well in. got another A1 in this, albeit not a high one. I am equally surprised myself when I saw the score.
guess it is luck for this paper, whatever I am good at came out and what I am not good at didnt. that is the only reason for such splendid performance this time round.
Overall
if I had made more effort to concentrate more on revision during that period of time, I am sure I could have did better.
in addition, if there is not so much goddamn drilling all around, I would have been able to concerntrate better.
but exams are always full of ifs, so I think there is no point droning on something that had past. another mortem will come your way next Saturday for the entire Semester 1.
