Hi guys. Yeah, I know...it's me again. Just wanted to give props to Mr. Kok for teaching me all these years. (3 years or so) Now that I've improved so much in Chinese, I figured that it'd be good to write something about it. (Yes, I was allowed to create a post haha) Anyway, I've been failing Mandarin since Primary 3. I could remember it clearly cuz that day was probably one of the most *upsetting* ones in my life. I've seen better days. From there, I've been 'maintaining' this consistency to have a flair for failing the subject. I almost gave up on it. When Mr. Kok came to tutor me though, it was a different feel. It's not like the school's usual take-this-and-start-writing style of learning but instead, I was exposed to some really interesting (and fun) methods. Television, CDs that contain audio clips from chapters in the textbook and such. Ah yes...multimedia is the word I've been looking for. So anyway, I've just made it through the Chinese 'O' Level Oral Exam as well as the written paper recently. Surprisingly, I've got a 'Distinction' for the oral exam, and I thought I would get a 'Pass' or 'Merit' at most. Unfortunately, my written paper wasn't that good, so I've gotten a C6 overall. I mean...that's a good thing for me because I've been failing my Chinese all the while. From an F9 to C6! That's a 3-grade improvement! I'll be re-sitting for the written paper though, so I'm confident that I would get better results this time round due to that fact that the 'Distinction' from the oral exam had just pulled me up to the "non-failure zone." So that's about it, I've pretty much summarized everything into one looong paragraph. Thank you for reading.
- Wayne
