If you are in Sec 2, you still have another 2 yrs before you complete your O levels.But what you are doing during that will have a great effect on your following years.It is a time where you need to:
1. know Interest (to choose your subjects you wanna take)
2. Consider transferring school (IP program)
3. Reconsider taking Higher Chinese or Chinese
So I could say Sec 2 is a important year indeed. Academic results play an important part in those above mentioned 3 actions. When you are asked to choose your subject combination, the first thing they will look out for is your results. Fair enough, the school might even opt you for 7 subj. combination, if they think you have difficulty managing 8.So to stand a chance for a position in your prefered stream,be it art or science,work hard in your studies.
Towards the end of the year it is a window of transition.If your child's results are exceptionally well and think that he or she will thrive better in another school, you could consider putting he or she in the IP program.This gives the child the option to bypass O levels and enter the A level Curriculum.My students like Jilian and Shu En have Chinese to owe to,helping them to get an transfer to their desired school.Jilian transferred to ACS international and Shu En transferred from MGS to SOTA. The language pulled their overall grades up hence increasing the chance of being admitted by the IP schools.Hence you can see,Chinese like other subjects deserve attention and bring you to competetive position whether for subject combi. or a place in a school.
Next most schools will set the exam papers for Sec 2 exceptionally difficult, with the aim of separating those who could not cope with the demands of higher chinese and those who can. Hence usually during Sec 2,students who perform poorly will drop out to Express Chinese and those who did well in Express could move up to Higher chinese.At the of the Sec 4,2 bonus points off L1R5 will be given.
Furthermore,it is advisable to build a strong language foundation in the lower secondary years. Your upper Sec years will have you trying to adapt to the heavy duty subjects like the Pure Sciences,a maths,POA,Pure Humanities etc.You would need to spend time studying the content,having a tendency to neglect the languages.So prepare early folks!
