Fact: over 1000 students with straight A1s for SPM 2008.

Straight A1s, not straight As. Either the students are getting smarter, or the cut off point to get an A1 in a subject is being lowered drastically. You make your call.

The days when getting straight A1s puts you among the cream of the crop are over. Now everyone seems to be getting straight A1s, not to mention the number of students getting straight As.
How then can we differenciate between the best and the mediocre?

I've seen many straight A1 students going into universities and failing big time. SPM should never be an indicator of how good a student is.

Form 5 students are spoon-fed by teachers in schools, tuitions, extra classes, workshops etc. The students are trained to answer questions which are similar to those in the exam papers. Most of them just budge their way through, memorising answers and important points. Only a select few try to understand the concept, but then again never try to apply it.

TBC

20 years of life.
I've been through success, i've been through failures
I've experienced love, i've experienced sorrow
I broke hearts, and i've been heartbroken
I once lost God, and then found Him again
I've made plenty of friends, and i've lost plenty of them

The ups and downs of life makes it a bittersweet experience. It is never bland, never boring.

As i close another chapter of my life, i welcome a new one with my arms wide open.
Time doesn't stop ticking and no matter what happens, it will still be a Monday tomorrow.

And though i will miss Sunday and the days, months and years before, i know that time will heal, emotions will fade and people will forget. Or so they say.

will there be an indian summer in the middle of this winter?

May God grant us all the serenity to accept the things we cannot change, courage to change the things we can, and wisdom to know the difference.