Dear students of 6GA,
I hope you are happy with your results, no matter what, I believe you have done your best and I sincerely wish you will get the school of your choice. Be good always! Take care!
Mr Ho
August 28, 2008
Nice youtubes
August 28, 2008
Determination! Never gives up!
“The man who can drive himself further once the effort gets painful is the man who will win.”
Roger Bannister
“The spirit, the will to win, and the will to excel are the things that endure. These qualities are so much more important than the events that occur.” Vince Lombardi
“The difference between the impossible and the possible lies in a person’s determination.”
Tommy Lasorda
“Nothing great will ever be achieved without great mean, and men are great only if they are determined to be so.” Charles De Gaulle
“If your determination is fixed, I do not counsel you to despair. Few things are impossible to diligence and skill. Great works are performed not by strength, but perseverance.”
Samuel Johnson
“What this power is I cannot say; all I know is that it exists and it becomes available only when a man is in that state of mind in which he knows exactly what he wants and is fully determined not to quit until he finds it.” Alexander Graham Bell
“I am doing a great work and I cannot come down. Why should the work stop while I leave it and come down to you?” Bible
“Nothing can resist the human will that will stake even its existence on its stated purpose.”
Benjamin Disraeli
“The longer I live, the more I am certain that the great difference between the great and the insignificant, its energy – invincible determination – a purpose once fixed, and then death or victory.” Sir Thomas Fowell Buxton
“You can do what you have to do, and sometimes you can do it even better than you think you can.” Jimmy Carter
“We will either find a way, or make one!” Hannibal
May 28, 2008
Holidays
Dear 6GA,
Use the time wisely, study hard and smart, eat well and have adequate rest.
Let me share with you some tips from http://www.accd.edu/sac/history/keller/ACCDitg/SSST.htm
- Be good to yourself.
- Keep physically fit and rested.
- Attitude is all-important.
- Use positive affirmations: “I can pass American History.”
- Provide your own psychological edge, be it a positive attitude or a “lucky pen.”
- Be a chronic enthusiast!
- Used textbooks may provide insights on a course.
- Sit in the front row;
- if you must sit toward the back of the room, lean forward.
- Attentiveness and concentration increase markedly.
- Don’t miss the first and last minutes of class.
- They are crucial — important announcements, questions on test, etc.
- Use a variety of study techniques.
- a. Tape chapters (find out if your textbook has companion pod cast chapters). Listen on way to school, work.
- b. Use index cards for quick review.
- Keep them simple. Throw your highlighter away!
- Remember: frequent review takes facts from short-term memory to long-term memory — learning as opposed to cramming.
- Study in short bursts.
- (First and last facts are remembered best; therefore, it will accelerate learning.)
- Review notes immediately after class.
- Even for five minutes.
- Something magical happens!
- Review your notes out loud.
- Read your chapters out loud.
- Appearance raises grades.
- Neatness counts.
- Word processors are a plus.
- If a handwritte assignment is acceptable, use erasable pen.
- Don’t waste time rereading.
- Rely on “pen in hand” and SQ3R.
- Test professors before they test you.
- Ask questions about what kind of test to expect,
- what material will be covered.
- Become an expert test taker.
- Go with initial hunches.
- Stay with initial hunches.
- Study according to your biological clock.
- Are you “normal,” a night owl, or an early bird?
- Eliminate stress in your life.
- EXERCISE is the best antidote.
- Make extra credit mandatory.
- Never miss a class.
- This is considered mandatory by “A” students.
- Be prepared to bail out.
- Don’t be afraid to drop a course that is not working for you., BUT be aware of all official dates to withdraw and any vital state legislative restrictions ( Texas has a limit on total number of W hours.)
- Volunteer to edit a friend’s paper.
- Use it as a learning experience.
- Study smart—not hard!
- Time management skills and discipline pay off.
- Stay mentally, physically and spiritually fit.
April 3, 2008
Man Vs. Elephant
The world fastest man, Powell, can run 100m in 9.74 seconds. Let’s round it off to 10 seconds. What is his speed in km/h? Can he outran an elephant whose charging speed is 40km/h?
March 27, 2008
Self Discipline
What is self discipline? It starts with the ability to control your behavior. This means motivating yourself to do the things you need to do, and stopping yourself from doing things that are bad for you. “Ability to control” is just the start, though. Real discipline is when you have trained your mind in such way that you consistently get the behavior you want. Self discipline may appear to be a problem of willpower. “Willpower,” however, has connotations of just pushing ourselves harder to do things, even when we feel miserable, or fighting temptations. This is a good recipe for stress and disappointment, but there are better ways to a disciplined life.
1. Notice the rewards of self discipline. The more you see the benefits, the more you’ll be motivated to continue the useful behaviors.
2. Ask for help. If you can’t stop whining, for example, have friends point out when you’re doing it.
3. Reward yourself. Set behavioral goals and reward yourself for their completion. A writer, for example, could decide to write 20 pages per day, and reward himself when he reaches this goal.
4. Imagine the consequences of your useful and damaging behaviors. When you are tempted towards damaging behavior, see all the possible results, and be vivid in your imaginings. Give yourself a good scare, if you have to. When you are trying to get to work, see all the future rewards that are possible.
5. Relax. Willpower is low when you’re stressed, so close your eyes and take three deep breaths.
6. Note the causes of your temptations, and deal with them. Boredom can lead to all sorts of stupid ways to find “excitement,” for example. Quickly getting involved in something productive and interesting can make temptations disappear. Look for underlying causes, and change what you can change.
February 15, 2008
Sad Valentine’s Day
from http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/afp_world/view/328982/1/.html,
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Six dead, including gunman, in US university shooting
CHICAGO – A black-clad gunman turned a university lecture into a Valentine’s Day massacre Thursday, killing six people before turning the gun on himself in the latest episode of US school violence, authorities said. Armed with a shotgun and two handguns, he calmly stepped out from behind the curtain at the front of a packed auditorium just minutes before a geography class ended at Northern Illinois University, officials and witnesses said. “It started and ended within a matter of seconds,” university police chief Donald Grady said at a press conference outside this Midwestern US city. “We have no apparent motive at this time,” Grady said. “The suspect killed himself on the stage.” Grady would not identify the six victims or confirm reports that a teacher was among the 18 people shot. Witnesses said the shooter, described as a white male around six feet (1.8 meters) tall, said nothing as he opened fire. “He was aiming towards the crowd but I don’t think he was aiming at a specific person,” a witness named Sheila told WBBM radio. “He was quiet. He just stood on the stage in front of everybody and just started shooting.” “I saw him holding the gun and it was huge. I thought it was fake and then I realized he was really shooting at people and I got down,” she said. “I saw a lot of blood. I have blood all over my clothes.” Officials of the 112-year-old university 65 miles (105 kilometers) west of Chicago gave out few details of the incident. “It has been confirmed that there has been a shooting on campus and several people have been taken away by ambulance,” its website said. A spokesman for nearby Kishwaukee Community Hospital earlier said 17 wounded victims had been brought in. Students described now-familiar scenes of panic in the fifth school shooting in the United States in the last week. “I saw a lot of confusion,” Dominique Broxton, 22, told the Chicago Tribune, describing the scene from her dorm room. “Students were running. People really didn’t know what was going on.” The shooting came 10 months after 32 students and faculty were shot down by a mentally disturbed student at Virginia Tech University in the deadliest massacre ever at a US school. Chicago has long been noted for the Valentine’s Day Massacre of February 14, 1929, when seven people were executed by machine-gun, in a Mafia killing during the city’s gangster heyday. Northern Illinois University, chartered in 1895, is a teaching and research institution with a student enrollment of more than 25,000 and nearly 1,300 teachers. It has 862 international students from 88 nations. Broxton said she could see two wounded students from her dorm room. “The ambulance took away two students on the ground right outside my dorm,” she said. “I don’t know them. They looked bloody. Where I am right now, there are a lot of police, at least a dozen. There are police cars and trucks everywhere.” “There is an intercom system inside the dorm. Someone came on and stated that someone had been caught. They said they caught the shooter and that we should remain calm and stay in our rooms.” -AFP/vm |
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February 1, 2008
Support our school
Dear 6Ga,
Show our support for our fellow students from Admiralty by voting for our video at http://www.evideo.edu.sg/sdma/voting_view.asp?v=62
Remember to key in your Nric, Email and school.
Mr. Benjamin Ho
January 14, 2008
Educational Games
Welcome back to school for the new week,
Here’s a good educational games site for you to visit when you have the time.
http://www.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/Games/educational/index.html
Have fun!
