Happy new year!
The secondary three class allocation for VS just came out. Although I am not a sec three, and I am no longer in VS, I still went to download the excel file to take a look. When I opened the file, I noticed 6 things.
3B is a pure PE class. That means the whole of 3B takes PE. Also, nobody from other classes take PE. Coincidentally, everyone in 3B takes History Elective (HSS) as well. This probably means that taking Geography Elective (GSS) and PE together is not allowed.
3A and 3D are pure triple science + GSS and triple science + HSS classes respectively. Looks like 3A is going to be the best class yet again. The thing which shocked me the most was that there are only 22 people in this class according to the list. This means that there will be many scholars joining them next year, much much more than our class.
All the classes are allocated based on the combined humanities subject the students take. 3AEGIJ all take GSS and 3BCDFH all take HSS. This is unlike our batch where some GSS and HSS students are grouped into the same classes.
Nobody takes Pure History, Pure Literature and Literature Elective. Oh man no wonder the excel file seemed so empty. I wonder why... must be the literature teachers scare the crap out of the sec 2s last year. Probably something like: Quintal strikes back!
Those taking Pure Geography are in 3C. Well for our batch 3C happens to be one of the lous- Sorry, nothing.
Lastly, those not taking Biology are randomly scattered into all the classes (except 3ABCD). This means that it is now harder to find the lousiest class. Although it may seem like a good thing such that the weaker students are scattered all over the place, those average students suffer. This is rather unfair if you look at it this way, but considering that in order to rank secondary schools, you need to calculate the mean L1R5, and it is usually the weaker students that pull the whole cohort's L1R5 up (worse), it is therefore a good solution to group the students this way.
Ah well, all the best to the secondary threes.
The secondary three class allocation for VS just came out. Although I am not a sec three, and I am no longer in VS, I still went to download the excel file to take a look. When I opened the file, I noticed 6 things.
3B is a pure PE class. That means the whole of 3B takes PE. Also, nobody from other classes take PE. Coincidentally, everyone in 3B takes History Elective (HSS) as well. This probably means that taking Geography Elective (GSS) and PE together is not allowed.
3A and 3D are pure triple science + GSS and triple science + HSS classes respectively. Looks like 3A is going to be the best class yet again. The thing which shocked me the most was that there are only 22 people in this class according to the list. This means that there will be many scholars joining them next year, much much more than our class.
All the classes are allocated based on the combined humanities subject the students take. 3AEGIJ all take GSS and 3BCDFH all take HSS. This is unlike our batch where some GSS and HSS students are grouped into the same classes.
Nobody takes Pure History, Pure Literature and Literature Elective. Oh man no wonder the excel file seemed so empty. I wonder why... must be the literature teachers scare the crap out of the sec 2s last year. Probably something like: Quintal strikes back!
Those taking Pure Geography are in 3C. Well for our batch 3C happens to be one of the lous- Sorry, nothing.
Lastly, those not taking Biology are randomly scattered into all the classes (except 3ABCD). This means that it is now harder to find the lousiest class. Although it may seem like a good thing such that the weaker students are scattered all over the place, those average students suffer. This is rather unfair if you look at it this way, but considering that in order to rank secondary schools, you need to calculate the mean L1R5, and it is usually the weaker students that pull the whole cohort's L1R5 up (worse), it is therefore a good solution to group the students this way.
Ah well, all the best to the secondary threes.
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