Joy of a Student

Actually, other than exams and tests, school life was quite enjoyable for me. This time, I decided to visit Cambridge and also check out any old schools worth visiting. On our way to Windsor Castle in London, we read about Eton school - one of the prestigious schools that are very expensive to get in and study. There used to be a tradition that the school only allowed a max of 70 students - hence top top students could study here and many of them were very successful in their lives.
Interesting place to be. We visited the oldest classroom and interesting to know that students (top students) were allowed to carved their names on columns. The tables and chairs were old and the classroom was now used for singing lessons.
My dear has a dream of studying in a boarding school. Though her dream is partially fulfilled by her bro, I did hope that the visits to Eton and other London colleges could fill up the other gaps. 

Visiting the schools also made me recall
my "Skooling" days. Morning took schoolbus, or buses to school, lessons, PE etc, recess, then lessons and afternoon got SCLP or extra lessons. I did not participate actively in sports/ECA and guessed I would not be "top students" in Eton's context. I also rem the lunch at the canteen - it costed about 1.20++ and I used to like to lunch there.
Being in secondary made me become more independent and started to grow to be more mature (hopefully). I wondered how the Eton schoolboys feel but I did think that we had some common stuff. Both Eton and my school were pure boys school - so bullying, "no distraction during classes" should be common. Boys were more active and sweat should be part of the scent in the classrooms. Competition would also be stiff just like my SAP school. 

On responsibilities, I used to eye for committee work in my class. In fact, I volunteered my services as a Treasurer. I didnt want to be the Chairman, Secretary of the class as I thought it was easier to be the Treasurer. I also didnt want to be the Vice-Chairman, Vice-Sec etc as the ECA point was only 1 point while all the main appointment holder was 2 points. Hmm... didnt know that i was already so particular in school days.

I could not recall any sad or unhappy moments in secondary school days and I believe those were my favourite school days. We even camped overnight in school on the last day of our school before we went to JC subsequently.  I went back at times to my secondary school but it had already changed much. Even our classrooms were no longer the same. I guess I do miss the good skool days. The joy of buying new textbooks, the joy of eating lunch in school, the joy of studying instead of working...