My JC journey

My JC journey

One week ago, we went to Dunman High School for the first time with excitement. Although before that, I have heard from our group leader that DHS is a very Chinese school, I was still very surprised about style of the whole surroundings, which is even more Chinese than my senior high school in china. This is my first impression to this antique and lovely school.

The first day is the most exciting day. Because it is the first time for me to wake up at 5:30 since I join RVR, the first time to attend flag-raising ceremony in Singapore as well as the day we back to senior high life. I met my buddy after taking the flag-raising ceremony in the meeting room. She is so cute a girl just like her name, Kaijing. With her accompany and help, I changed into school uniform and joined her class. Classmates are all friendly and easygoing who shared snacks and told me which teacher is good-looking and which teacher is good-teaching… I felt I have truly a JC student. The foods in canteen attracted me a lot which are cheaper and more delicious. Kaijing recommended different foods to my every day, and I feel my weight shapely increasing in this week. The arrangement of timetable is so different here compared with that in China. We changed classroom every lesson without a 10 minutes break. Another issue I found which is very different from China is that Singaporean JC students have much independent leaning. They have various CCA to take part in to enrich their spare time.

Time flies by. In these 5 days, I experienced JC students’ life and the education of Singapore. What the most important is that I made many local friends. This is a memorable experience.

Last day @ Dunman HIgh = =

    

When I got up this morning, I realized that it would be the last day for me to get up so early recently. I was surprised that I did not feel any sense of satisfaction and pleasure. The ending of getting up early also indicates the farewell with my buddies in DHS. In the morning, I attended the last mathematics class and was inspired by the last time of the heated discussion and active participation of classmates. In the afternoon, I chatted with my friends and took photos with them, as well as, Mr. Yang, who was in charge of our program. When I left the school and looked around on the playground for the last time, I knew that it is likely I would not have the chance to come back here again, but the golden memory brought about by my local friends has been engraved in my mind. I learnt how to interact and make friends with Singaporeans and I hoped the friendship between they and I is everlasting and permanent. I  Goodbye, my wonderful JC experience!

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Horizon

Students’ international horizon and wide knowledge also surprised me. The school offers double culture scholars opportunities going abroad for studying every June and December. They take classes there and communicate with the high school students there. By experiencing different cultural atmosphere and contacting with different students, they have a much wider horizon. For example, despite telling me the educational system and customs in Singapore, my buddy often talks about their visits to China, America and some other exchange programs. The negligibility of history in China and the discrimination in America really give me a super surprise. Besides, the various programs also offer nutriment to their inquiring mind. Such as my buddy, who take part in a language program, has studied French for 2 years and Japanese for 3 years.

 

Educaiton

The educational assessment system is rational and practical based on three aspects. The range of choosing courses is quite large for secondary students. Students can choose to take literature, half literature and half science, physics and chemistry, chemistry and biology. Besides, students can also choose to take different courses in order to earn the module credits, which is quite similar to the university. This offers the precondition of education according to interest for the students. The second complementary point is that they have all kinds of essays for homework, which need them to summarize main points they learnt, compare and comparison as well as adding their view points. In my perspective, it is not easy for them to study the literature. In contrast to china, where rote reciting possess the dominate position, literature students need to search for lots of materials to form their own perspective. Moreover, in the middle of the eastern and western culture, students have a broaden horizon because they take in information from both sides. Besides, the neutral position also gives students an opportunity to view events and affairs in all-round perspective, opposite to some places where the authority may shield some information.

photos~~ Zhou Jiani

the last day-- Zhou Jiani

Today is the last day at Dunman High school and it is also the last few minutes for me to stay with the whole class. Students in the class are really warm-hearted and help me a lot, both in study and life. The hard-won days are quite impressed to me and I enjoy them a lot. My buddy is a lovely and cheerful girl and we get on well with each other. She took me around the campus, has lunch with me everyday, and introduced me to all her friends and so on. She took care of me for the five days and I hope one day, if she comes to NUS, I can also show her around and help her as much as I can. In a word, the JC visit must be one of the most unforgettable experiences during the bridging course and I make a lot of friends in these days.