To my dear Teacher--SHAME ON YOU.
Alright. This happened yesterday, or rather, a few weeks before.
During an English lesson, we were supposed to write an essay two days later and I, wanting to do it at home because her puerile methods of so called-*ahem* 'impressive
English' will destroy my thinking process.
I also have a tendency to overwrite, and that was how the 500 word essay became 1000+ words.
So, even though we weren't supposed to write the whole essay out beforehand, I didn't give a fuck and took it(the
pre-written essay I wrote) to school to copy. Needless to say, she caught me.
Ah well.
The story didn't end there. Yesterday, she said that those who wrote the essay beforehand had to RE-WRITE IT!
In her eyes, the
English rep, Timothy (Nothing to you,
Timothy, but forgive me, because I'm so pissed I can't think straight) and chairman(who is always reading books) are the best of the best.
And the rest of us? Oh, we are no-good, lousy-in-vocab pupils who need a boost. I bet I'm just another lazy pupil in her eyes.
DO YOU KNOW HOW MUCH OF AN INSULT THAT IS TO MY
INTELLIGENCE??!
Though my English is not to *that* Shakespeare standard, but considering that I, only twelve years old, well, don't they say the older you are, the wiser you get?
I hate biased teachers.
Ah, don't think my rant is finished. It's far from over.
I shall hereby refrain from using '
cheem' English to express myself since, sadly, some people have very poor linguistic skills and will spend one hour bugging me on the meaning of an annoyingly simple word.
Yesterday, too, in an attempt to 'brush up our vocabulary', which I daresay I DIDN'T EVEN FUCKING NEED IT, THANK YOU VERY MUCH, *ahem* She asked for a word and a synonym. I raised my hand, BUT SHE LOOKED PAST ME TO ASK VIVIAN!
Nothing against you as well, Vivian, you are a very intelligent and kind individual, but kindly refer to the nature of apology to Timothy and take it as yours.
This was what happened....
Miss
Lim: Vivian?
Vivian: Sad.
(I raise my hand higher, until she couldn't possibly ignore me)
Miss
Lim:
Navierra?
[Note that authoress's name has been changed to protect his/her identity.] Me: Erudite.
(Miss Lim looks puzzled)
Miss Lim: Sorry?
Me: Erudite. E-R-U-D-I-T-E.
Miss Lim: Um, start with the simple ones first. Next lesson I will ask you, is that okay?
Me: (says yes to her but is thinking, what a twit)
Timothy(In the distance): Eh, so cheem lah! Don't give so cheem one!
EXCUSE ME, WHAT EXACTLY IS THE POINT OF THE WHOLE EXERCISE IF WE ARE GOING TO WRITE LIKE 10 YEAR OLD'S AND NOT HAVE HARD WORDS?
Amazing. An adult, probably 10 years or more older than a mere twelve year old teen, doesn't know this word. Imagine, the sheer age difference.
How the HELL did you manage to graduate out of that teaching institute?
Ok, back to the earlier subject.
HOW CAN YOU ASSUME THAT I COPIED ANOTHER'S WORK FOR ESSAY? THIS IS AN INSULT TO MY INTELLIGENCE!HAVING SCORED A PSLE AGGREGATE OF 253 WHILE CLOSING ONE EYE, DON'T YOU THINK I MAY HAVE BETTER WRITING SKILLS, CONSIDERING THAT I GOT AN A* FOR ENGLISH?!
I won't do such a lowly thing like that. I will only copy things I don't like, e.g. Chinese, ACC, geography, etc.
Is copying your own work a crime? Let's use an analogy.
S.H.E. has performed multiple times. In a charity show, they sung "Wu Yue Tian". Does that mean that they copied from themselves?
Of course they didn't, because the logic doesn't flow.
Duh.Duh. Duh!
You can apply this logic to my essay. Since I slaved over it for 3 hours, is it possible to be illegal to 'copy' from myself?
If you think it is, may I suggest attending a school for special needs students? I hear they conduct logic lessons for dummies.(No offence whatsoever to special needs students)
So PISSED.
Now I am currently having a major headache on how to reduce an essay that is typed for 7 over pages in Microsoft Word(1000+ words) to 500 words.
I have to divide it by approximately four times.
DAMN.
I can't deal with all this pressure. Now this is the tip of the iceberg.
I hope that the whole iceberg will appear now (or maybe my ship just crashed into it yesterday) so I can get death over with.
Those who don't know that this is an analogy needs FOC 'Common English Phrases for Beginners'.