Are you learning what you need to survive and excel in the future?

Watch this well-made and thought-provoking video.

So what do you need to do well when you 'grow up'?

Since you ask for it - new DotA forum to organise games

Yup, I've created a forum for like-minded people to join.

Use it to discuss heroes, strategies or to organise games.

Registration is free. Join now!

http://mrguaydota.freeforums.org

My ex-students who use the other old forum, pls register in the new one as the old one is very buggy.

Interesting project for the holidays?

Watch this interesting 'diy' science project.

Homemade Spacecraft from Luke Geissbuhler on Vimeo.

It looks simple but a lot of planning and science is involved.


Do note that it is illegal to do this in Singapore due to our very very busy sky. And also, the camera will most likely land in the sea.



Still, how about tying a camera to a kite?

Definition
Streaming:
Tracking (also called setting or streaming) the manner by which students are separated by academic ability into groups for all academic subjects within a school.

Exams:
a set of questions or exercises evaluating skill or knowledge

Difficult
unmanageable: hard to control; not easy but not impossible

Killer
a difficulty that was hard to deal with


Global Culling Blade



- a term coined by mr guay to describe the level wide differentiation of the good, average and poor students in term of Physics understanding.

I have to agree the Sec 2 Physics paper was not easy to deal with but also not impossible. Which means it did serve its purpose: a benchmark to assess the suitability of your Sec 3 subject combination choice.

On a scale of 10, I would rate it 6 and 9. 6 because it would be an average paper for Pure Physics students; 9, because it would be a killer paper for the general Science (Physics) student.

Here's the result we have been eagerly awaiting.

my rating for you guys:

• If you pass (C5-C6) - not bad but need to work harder to get an A in Pure Science


• If you just fail (D7-E8) - you're suitable for Pure Science provided you actively ask questions to clear your doubts.


• If you fail badly (F9) - taking Science (Physics) is the way to secure an A in O levels.


• If you did ok/very good (B4 and above) - don't get complacent, you still need to work hard because it is really quite tough to get an A1 in Pure Physics (most students got A2).
  

Totally unrelated to school - DotA 2 by Valve

Yes, it seems the popularity of DotA and the software limitations of the Warcraft engine has finally spawned a dedicated platform for our beloved game.

DotA 2 is a partnership between Valve (Counterstrike, Half Life etc) and Icefrog (current developer of DotA). Will it be free? Will it be better? When will it be released? Read more at http://gameinformer.com/b/features/archive/2010/10/13/dota-2-announced-details.aspx

Sec 2 Exp Science (Physics) EOY examination - a little tad too difficult?

Seems that the EOY paper was quite a tough one, because I actually hear quite a no. of stories about students crying after the paper....

Well, it certainly wasn't my intention to make any of you cry (actually I do but only to those extremely lazy students) but I did see and I ackowledge all the effort you have put in for Physics. And in a sick way I am actually glad some of you are upset about today's paper, because it means you have high expectations of yourself - the first step of any successful person.



Look forward, concentrate on your other papers and stop dwelling on that darn Physics paper.



And try to smile when you see me, k?

All the best for EOY!

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