week five... and some thoughts

(This is sort of combining my work for this week and my own personal blog post, because I'm lazy to separate out the two)

This week was I think the most fruitful out of half the 10-week internship. I think we all managed to get stuff done (that was actually meaningful work, not do-and-chucked-aside work that's just to keep us 'gainfully-employed', whatever that means), even some of the 'arrows' that got directed at us.

I think our mini victory was the printing of sticker labels. So exciting! Now, I think schools should really learn to cut costs in the smart way, without compromising quality (or 'professionalism', our latest key phrase). sheez... the relevant Ministry gets one of the biggest cut of the pie every year!

I think sometimes people give up too easily. So did I went it came down to the label-printing. Woah. But maybe we were just lucky? That reminds us history is (more often than not) really about accidents and contingencies!

Our TGIF lunches (Thank God It's Friday) are getting on track now. Unfortunately, we didnt get to go where we wanted to, but our program is flexible! Settlers' @ SMU was not a bad choice too. Table reservation for next week is actually done. haha.

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One friend commented on some article that (in short) criticized our exam-based 'A' level system. Having finished one year of Uni, one round of RT-ing last year, and now sort of revisitng old ground with new perspectives now, I come to realise that perhaps problems don't unravel that easily. So many factors, so many considerations. Sometimes, perhaps its really easier to sweep things under the carpet; if the system isn't actually 'spoilt' (we still win all those fantastic 'international' Maths and Sci awards, right?), then why 'fix' it?

It's not about pragmatism versus idealism. Perhaps the debate was wrong right from the beginning. Or, perhaps there really isn't a solution all along. We just have to make do.

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The powers that be have given me their blessings, after more than three weeks. Now, talk about efficiency! My job next is to hope that my modules fall in place properly. Make another miracle happen.

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