Keep Moving Forward?

Well today, everyone received their Physics paper. Not everyone was happy with their results. In fact almost everyone was unhappy with their results. The top 2 "muggers" of our class didn't even get an A1! And by Top 2 "muggers", I am referring to Joshua Hia and Kenneth. I myself didn't do very well. Only 3 people in the class got an A1, Lai Heng, Qiyu and John!

Look's like they have been putting in a lot of effort into studying. However, that doesn't mean that we didn't put in effort. Most of us misread questions or had no time to answer the questions. Also, because Physics was after Assembly, we got back to class late, and thus, had a shorter time to complete the paper. If only I had 2 more minutes, I would've gotten another 7 marks! Not only me, but also many others in the class.

To be honest, I had studied really hard for this Physics exam. I really hoped to get an A1, and hopefully be exempted for Science. I feel that it's kind of unfair this time. Our class average was C5 if I am not wrong. The class average of 2o1 was much better than us. Was it because we didn't study hard enough? I can definitely say no. On the day itself, everyone in class was discussing about science, and sure enough, most people literally memorised all the science notes.

Joshua Lim was a volunteer for the YOG. Thus, he had to have a make-up test, which coincidentally was the test 2o1 had gotten. His results? A1! He had the highest in the class! After reading through his test paper, most of us felt that it was fairly easy. Without hesitation, Emil suggested to the relief teacher (who was also the setter of the paper) for a moderation. To our delight, she said that she would discuss with Mr Chia about it!

However, enough of the excuses. We all make mistakes and we learn from that. I once watched a movie called "Meet the Robinsons". Although it was a cartoon about the future where time machines and "Insta-building" formulas existed, it had a very good story line, and had a very good moral in it. At the end of the show, the title screen stated

"Around here, however, we don't look backwards for very long. We keep moving forward, opening up new doors and doing new things, because we're curious... and curiosity keeps leading us down new paths." The quote was by Walt Disney, and I feel this is the spirit we all should have. After this quote was shown, the rest of the words were removed except "Keep Moving Forward".

To keep moving forward, that was the moral of the story. Though the movie was a cartoon and was not realistic, I have to say that it was quite inspirational. So what if we did badly for physics? In 5 years time, I doubt I would remember about this test. I feel that we all should strive for greater heights and learn for our mistakes. We should definitely keep moving forward too. Only then, would we be able to excel in our next tests.

KEEP MOVING FORWARD!