I clearly remember the initial walk to 4J like it just happened yesterday - The walk on the corridor and finally taking the first step into 4J. ( Chewah, so dramatic. ) That, is the class I'm gonna be stuck in for a year. Those, are the classmates I'm going to be with for 2 years. They, are the ones who are going to be engraved in my memory, in my final years of high school. So please, gimme a time of my life ? ;)
To be frank, it was kind of a culture shock for me. I have always been in a passive class and the students are all well-behaved. Very well-behaved in fact compared to students from 4J. Whenever teachers talk, nobody talks at all. Whenever teachers get pissed, we will stop whatever we're doing and keep quiet immediately. Disciplinary problems only happen to 1 or 2 students. When a student was caught cheating, he straight away became an outcast. No one ever talks back on teachers. During exams, we had pin drop silence. I mean, like please ? Exams are exams. You don't talk during exams, do you ? Cameras and handphones were never brought into class. This condition was from Standard 1 till Form 3. Hence, obvious enough, Form 4 was a 180 degree change for me.
My pretend husband in class :PCan you believe we actually still play 'Pretend' ?I thought we only do it when we were 6 !I've never had difficulties studying in class, always having a peaceful study environment. Till this year, I've forgotten the scene of a proper classroom atmosphere and I really missed it. I've tried to get the feeling back to no avail. The most annoying and frustrating part is when teachers talk and nobody listens ! It's amazing how much respect they can offer to a teacher by talking away happily like the teachers don't exist, seriously. It's amazing how much respect they can offer to their friends as well by hugely disrupting their study sessions. Besides, I've never come to a situation where ALL subject teachers hate to come into our class. One is acceptable, but ALL ? LOL. I'll describe 4J in a word - WOW. These are basically my unsatisfactory towards my class.
Be that as it may, 4J has really been a fun class. Throughout my past 9 years of schooling, I've always wished for a responsive class. I've been in those, in which whenever teachers ask a question, everyone will just stare at one another and keep quiet. However, my wish finally came true ! I've never encountered that situation at all being in 4J. We may not give the most relevant answers, but that's the whole point, right ? Counting on one advantage of being in 4J :)
On top of that, oh, 1Malaysia ? Sad to say, 4J is superbly racist. I used to think that my class was quite racist, but our class party simply proved that we are very, extremely racist. It doesn't feel right seeing humans that have been studying together and just, being together for a year, can't even sit together and bond. It is not difficult to socialize with the other races though. We can talk to them, but we just don't tend to come together. Though there is only 1 Indian in our class :) Secret revealed. I've always wished for an Indian in my class. Sadly, there weren't any in Form 1-3. I was looking forward to Form 4 as I'm sure there will be at least an Indian in each class. Mind me and my Indian fetish. They are cool and they talk a lot with their Indian accent ;D
No doubt, there were misunderstandings and there were unhappiness. I was angry with them for disturbing study sessions and they were angry with me for scolding them. You guys obviously know who you are. But we will all start talking again before we even knew.
Looks like an earring, doesn't it ? Hahahaha.My girlfriend ;D
I've never thought of being classmates with her and neither did she ! Hahaha.
Early this year, as we were so-called best friends, we still had plenty of on and off's.
Which means that we will be very close for a second and not so close for the other second.
But no doubt still best friends.
Then, towards the end of the year, we've overcame this problem.
Thank God for the continuous on and no more off anymore.
She's my boxful of deepest darkest secrets, hoho.
And erm, we probably have one thing in common, that is that we're easygoing. I am not a competitive person by nature. In fact, I hate competing. Of course, competition is good in some way. Competition makes people strive harder and excel. But competition also brings pretty much jealousy and it makes people wanna find themselves. Good for you if you're not one of those. What I'm trying to say is, moderate competition is really good, but being overly competitive may not benefit. I don't totally believe in competition to be outstanding. I may be not ambitious and really superficial to you, but a life filled with laughter and happiness accompanied by happy-go-lucky people at the same time carrying out responsibilities, I want. Besides, who says there's no competition in our class ? Go beat Afiqah, the genius who got straight A's for both mid-term and finals, with a few subjects obtaining A+ :D Geez.
They, are people you will miss hanging out with. I am glad that I finally have the chance to get to know all of them better. Many of them, before this, I only knew them by their names. In the future, when I think back about high school, I will certainly miss laughing and talking with them. Everyone in Form 4 seemed to have developed an intense feeling for their classes. These 2 years will certainly be an enjoyable and memorable year for us all.OneRepublic - All The Right Moves
