Memories of TPJC -part 2-: 02A10

04 January 2005

Geography, Art & Economics
During orientation, choice of subjects had to be decided, so that lessons could commenced on the following Monday. As Geography is my forte and I love Art, it is without surprise that I choose Geography, Art & Economics as my 'A' Level subjects. In addition, I still need to take General Paper (GP), AO Chinese & AO Maths for my 'AO' Level (because I didn't took Higher Chinese & A Maths)...

When I was submitting my subject combination form, I was shocked to see that my best friend Tian An was in my queue. Tian An scored 10points for Prelim and he was originally admitted into TPJC Science. However, he was "demoted" to TPJC Arts because he did not study A Maths. If he wants to stay in TPJC Science, he would need to take the C Maths proficiency test. Unlike me, Tian An has always been very interested with Maths & Science and he was very determined in studying Science. He considered several options, like taking the C Maths proficiency test or transferring to SRJC. But due to unknown reason, he chose to be demoted and thus joined me in TPJC Arts. Both of us choose the same subject combination and this will make us classmates for 6years.

02A10
Tian An and I are enrolled into Class 02A10. To our surprise, we are also classmates with Hooi Ling (HL), Joanne and a bunch of interesting people from A10... As the 4 of us are already close friends, our friendship grew closer in A10 and the other classmates called us the Pasirian. The interesting fact about A10 is that our Civics Tutor Ms Faten Hana is our fellow alumni (3rd batch)! A10 basically shares similar subject combination of GP, AO Maths, Geography, Economics, Mother Tongue and another 'A' Level subject...

Lessons officially starts on 7.1.02 and my impression of TPJC started to change from this point of time. After making a very "communist like" entry, then-principal Ms Susan Chan gave an opening speech, which was rather sarcastic and condescending towards Arts students. Many teachers of TPJC are also unreasonably biased towards Science students. All these unfair bias towards Arts students seriously diminished my morale, which makes me want to quit school and leave TPJC. Not long later, I learned that Tian An, HL and Joanne shared the same sentiments as me. The 4 of us started skipping classes to enjoy long breaks and created much havoc in school...

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