Once being a JC student--Liang Li

It was the first time for me to go into a Junior College in Singapore and I really appreciate the experience of a week in the Catholic Junior College (CJC) and the happy hour with my buddy, a friendly and lovely girl.

The first day I went into CJC, I was amazed by the enthusiastic students. As I wore a red T-shit which is different from their T-shit, many students knew that I was exchange student from NUS. I was surprised that several students said hello to me. When I heard that I could not believe they were talk with me because, in China, people usually might not actively speak with stranger. But I felt happy as they communicated with me like friends

I was impressed by their class as well. There are only 21 students in my buddy’s class. The size is so small compared to the size (usually more than 50 students in a class) of class in my senior high in China. Like what I saw in the class, teachers could get contact with every student who has question to ask. 

The CJC experience, which has the goals of knowing more about the education system of JC in Singapore and integrating into Singapore, lives up my expectation. It is a precious memory for me to remember that I once was a student of CJC.

Be a scholar--Liang Li

 

I cannot ignore my responsibility of being a scholar in CJC. In CJC, I take the same lessons and lectures, such as economy, chemistry and general paper, as my buddy. In fact, some of the contents in these classes are quite different from what I am learning now and some of them I have learned in the past. Thus, the classes are boring for me. However, I kept holding on listening to the teachers because it was the responsibility of a scholar to show respect to the teachers and all the classmates. In CJC, I paid much attention to my behavior as I thought I should behave like a scholar and should not lose face.

The PE experience--Liang Li

I was afraid of taking the PE class because I hate running in a limited period of time. However, CJC students seem to like PE class and like exercise. As the saying goes, a good health is the capital of revolution. Singapore education indeed pays much attention to the students’ health. Compared with CJC, although, my senior high school has time for students to build up their bodies, teachers are not so strict with them. Usually, teachers ask students to do some warm-up exercises at the beginning, then, then, students can be dismissed to do what they like. Some students go back to classroom. Some take a walk and some play sports. But as far as I am concerned, students in my senior high school do not get enough exercise, which result a part of students are unable to take long time exercise.  Just like me, I cannot undergo the basic physical training in CJC.

The SDP in CJC (DIng Ming)

  This morning I attended a very improtant lesson called SDP. it stands for student development program. The aim is to evaluate the students in class, reflect themselves and make progress. Because of us scholars, we did a brief introduction then began the class. The main content is to reflect the progress they have made and do further time management. The most impress sentense is that "When you study, you concentrate on study, so that when you play, you will fell no regretful". This reveal the importance of the reasonable time management and the concentration. Not only for the JC students, for us and uni students, these are also the most inportant things that we must consider.

My first day @ CJC (Ding MIng)

  When I first arrived at CJC, I was astonished by the students. there are so many students studying in the canteen. After a while, the kind headteacher came to us and introduce to us the school and our buddies. My buddy is a big guy and speak quite good English. Suprisingly he dropped off the Chinese mother tongue when in secondary school. So I cannot communicate with him using Chinese. That a good thing because I can practise English quite a lot but it is really hard to follow his speed.
  The lessons are mostly very easy because in China I have covered most of them. the only difficulty is to understand the terms of the subjects. After one day in CJC, I find that it is really a good place to study and live. Hope that the following experience will be more exciting

Yi Zhou's JXP in CJC

My JXP is boring but meaningful and unforgettable.
It is boring mainly because I can hardly join the class. For example, in lectures, I did not have CJC student's handouts. I took notes in physics and chemistry lectures. Physics and chemistry lectures were easy. But without handouts and questions, they were boring.  I didn't take notes in economic lectures  because I could only understand 40% of what teacher said. In other words, they were boring because of language problem. In tutorials, the questions were either too simple or beyond what we Chinese students learn especially in maths.Sometimes, students had texts, and I could do nothing but staying in the library. Class was too free and out of order. Classmates did not play together or talking with each other after class, which was quite different from that in China. All these thing were added together and got nothing but a boring feeling.
But JXP was also meaning:
1.Lunch was more delicious than RVR cooked and even cheaper than science canteen.
2.I made friends with my new classmates and got a good buddy.
3.I learnt more about Singapore. I knew how is JC life like and what Singapore JC students learn. And Ｉ talked about Singapore culture with my buddy. I introduced Harbin and study in China to my buddy and helped more people know more about China.
4.I learnt that Chinese students are not always the best in the world.
5.I prepared my two examination a lot.
Therefore, my JXP was meaningful.
Overall, my JXP was unforgettable.

arrangement of lessons (Lu Yuan)

The arrangement of lessons in JC in Singapore is quite different from in China. For example, my buddy’s Wednesday lessons is physical education from 9:00 to 10:30, then have a break for 30 minutes. Next is chemistry, HP and mathematics, and there is no other break between those lessons. This kind of arrangement makes me very tired because in china, we always have a lesson for 40 minutes then go for a break about 10 minutes. Compared with the knowledge we learned at high school, I find it is little hard in Singapore, after all it is A level. Except arrangement of lessons, in JC there are many kind of CCA and students enjoy it so much. I wish there can be some activities like CCA in high school in China.