very important

Dear 08A12,



I've just sent out a very important and rather urgent email to all of you. Please reply by this thursday.



Sms me your new email address(or leave a tag of your active email add) if you did not receive the email (i used the email adds from the class contact list created sometime ago).



Thank you. (:
-Karen

LDJ + GG Comparison Test (21/8)

Discuss the representation of conflict in the two texts.

Modern writing is preoccupied with the portrayl of terrible events. Discuss.

"The age of uncertainty." Discuss how two modern writers present this idea.

Compare the ways in which two modern writers make use of irony/place.

Disucss how the texts function as commentaries on human affairs.

Compare the ways in which two texts present characters as coping with the impact of change.

Compare the ways in which two texts by modern writers experiment with aspects of traditional genres.

"The defining characteristic of modern writing is in its presentation of uncertainty and doubt." How far have you found this to be true in any two modern texts that you have studied?

Compare the ways in which two texts by modern writers present the effects of place on character.

Compare the ways in which any two modern texts you have studied explore themes of universal significance through the presentation of individual experience.

How do two texts that you have studied experiment with style and form in their attempt to express the complexity of the modern world?

GP - Compre

CLICK HERE

Prom Seating Arrangement

We are required to form groups of 10 within the class / CCA friends / Schoolmates when we register for a table. We will be allowed to change our seating arrangement on the day itself.

Please reply whether

1) You are interested in going for prom

If yes, whether

2) You are already part of a group

3) You wish to form a group within the class

Well I never lived the dreams of the prom kings and the drama queens

Senior Promenade 2009

1) Nominations Form

NOMINATE YOUR FRIENDS! (OR YOURSELF) (Closing date: 24th August)

- Prom King
- Prom Queen
- Mr Sunshine
- Ms Sunshine
- Most Compatible Couple

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2) Ticket Order Form (Closing date: 14th August)

- Date: 7th December
- Time: 6pm
- Venue: Swissotel, The Stamford
- Ticket Price: $79

(PAYMENT BY CHEQUE ONLY, MADE PAYABLE TO "Hwa Chong Students' Council")

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3) Auditions Form (Closing date: 24th August)

- If you wish to perform during prom night (Song / Dance / Band)

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4) Class Pages for Prom Magazine (Closing date: 28th August)
Size: A5
Image Resolution: 200dpi
Colour scheme: Grayscale

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5) Dedications for Prom Magazine (Closing date: 14th September 2009)

STJ

Date: Friday, 7 August
Venue: Astons @ Centrepoint
Time: 5pm (Meet at 4.30pm)
Nearest MRT: Sommerset

Please inform me if you wish to watch 'Up' before STJ.

Newsreel.

1) Montage Photos
Please upload all your class photos at the side ->

2) STJ
- Friday, 7 August, Astons @ Centrepoint
- Bring $20 on Monday

3) Others
- Photocopy A lvl entry proof and pass them to me on Monday

4) Reminders
- Morning assembly will resume from Monday (7.20am, High School terraces)
- Temperature taking on Mondays and Fridays

Alain de Botton: A kinder, gentler philosophy of success

STJ

Astons Specialities
Average price: 'approx. S$ 5 - 15/person'
Venue: Suntec City / The Cathay
Menu: HERE

Fish & Co (The Glass House)
Average price: 'approx. S$ 15 - 25/person'
Venue: Dhoby Ghaut
Menu: HERE

Essential Brew
Average price: $15
Venue: Holland Village
Menu: HERE

Changing Appetites
Average price: 'approx. S$ 15 - 25/person'
Venue: Marina Square
Menu: N/A

Sakae Sushi
Average price: 'approx. S$ 15 - 25/person'
Venue: The Heeren
Menu: HERE

New York New York
Average price: 'approx. S$ 15 - 25/person'
Venue: Centrepoint / Suntec City
Menu: HERE

Search tool: http://www.hungrygowhere.com/

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Looking for suggestions on

1) Other locations
2) When to hold STJ
3) What to do after STJ

the human side of history.

Sophal Ear: Escaping the Khmer Rouge

Scholarship Day - Venues

1) Scholarship and career Talk

Please find below the venue for the Scholarship & Career Talk during CT session this Wed, 15 July, from 12:30 to 2:00 pm.

Venue	Session 1 12.30pm – 1.10pm	Session 2 1.15pm – 1.55pm
A401 Classroom Blk A Level 4	Ministry of Home Affairs, MHA	Natsteel
A402 Classroom Blk A Level 4	Inland Revenue Authority of Singapore, IRAS	Housing and Development Board, HDB
A403 Classroom Blk A Level 4	Public Utilities Board, PUB National Environment Agency, NEA	IE Singapore
A404 Classroom Blk A Level 4	Singstat	Jurong Town Corporation, JTC
A405 Classroom Blk A Level 4	National University of Singapore, NUS	Sembcorp
A409 Classroom Blk A Level 4	Defence Science and Technology Agency, DSTA	Spring Singapore
A410 Classroom Blk A Level 4	Nanyang Technological University, NTU	Ministry of Defence, MINDEF
A407 Blk A Level 4 Music Room	Urban Redevelopment Authority, URA	Ministry of Health, MOH
SRC LT Kong Chian Admin Centre Level 1	Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore, CAAS	Economic Development Board, EDB
AVT Room Blk B Level 2	Singapore Press Holdings, SPH	Singapore Management University, SMU
LT1 Blk B Level 2	Ministry of Education, MOE	Ministry of Foreign Affairs, MFA
LT2 Blk B Level 2	Public Service Commission, PSC	Singapore Tourism Board, STB
LT3 Blk B Level 2	Firefly	Monetary Authority of Singapore, MAS
LT4 Blk B Level 2	Government of Singapore Investment Corporation, GIC	Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR)

GP - 2006 Compre

Announcements

Class photo reshoot

Time: 9am

Date: 20 July (Not 13 July)

Venue: Inner Plaza

Comments:

- 2nd boy from left in 2nd row – hair too long and covering girl at the back
- 2nd boy from left in 1st row- hair too long

PLEASE GET A HAIRCUT BEFORE THE RESHOOT.

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1) Class Benches

From Mr Yeow:

Dear students,

We have observed that the void decks at the Left and Right Wings are usually left in a very messy state with litters everywhere in the early morning and late afternoon. This unsightly view is a real eyesore to both staffs and students. Furthermore, the cleaners are really having a hard time maintaining the cleanliness of these void decks.

As such, the school is open to suggestions on how the student body can help maintain the cleanliness of the void decks. We will also like you to propose deterring measures (penalty or punishments) to help deter students from messing up the class benches.

Every CT class must submit a proposal on a piece of A4 size paper and all suggestions will be kept confidential. I will be collecting these proposals from you by next week. Please pass the message around.

Regards
Ken Yeow
EC Discipline

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Please post your suggestions/comments on the tagboard (if you are bored).

I think it's impossible to implement measures to keep the class benches clean as you can't stop people from moving around and to other class benches. (We may have stuff on our class bench that does not belong to anyone of us at all, etc.) And I don't think the school will go to the extent of looking at security camera footage to punish students who mess up the class benches. I believe everyone already knows what to do and this is unnecessary.

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2) "Quality Service Experience" Survey

08A12

Thursday, 16 July 2009

12pm – 1pm

E306

"SEAB has sought our assistance to administer the Quality Service Experience Survey to JC2 students. It is compulsory to participate in this online survey that reflects students' perception of their school experience. Time slot for this survey has been scheduled for every JC 2 class and students who miss the survey will be rescheduled. Please be punctual so as not to delay the next class. Thank you for your kind assistance."

The survey will be conducted during our break, so please grab a snack before the next lesson as we may not have time to eat.

Scholarship Day Talks (15/7)

1st Session: 12.30pm - 1.15pm
2nd Session: 1.15pm - 2pm

54 ARAN ATSUO SHANMUGARATNAM 08A12 SPH SMU
55 ASHTON TAN SIANG 08A12 CAAS STB
56 BJORN LEE HON HAN 08A12 SPH SMU
57 CHAN QIUTING 08A12 MOE STB
58 CHANG HIN WAI MICHAEL 08A12 SPH MFA
59 CHAU CHING TO 08A12 SPH MFA
60 CHEN LI BO 08A12 MOE MFA
61 CHOAY ZHEN CHENG 08A12 MOE STB
62 GOH YONG XING 08A12 SPH MFA
63 JASMINE TAN SING YEE 08A12 MOE MFA
64 KWOK HUI QI JASMINE 08A12 SPH MFA
65 LIAO YOUWEN 08A12 CAAS MFA
66 MUI BOON YANG 08A12 PSC MINDEF
67 NG YI YI 08A12 MHA MFA
68 RACHEL TAN SI'EN 08A12 MOE STB
69 TAN JUN YANG 08A12 MOE IE Singapore
70 TAN PUAY HONG HANNAH 08A12 PSC SMU
71 TAN YI JIAN JUSTIN 08A12 PSC SMU
72 TEO YI NING 08A12 URA STB
73 YEO YI LING EILEEN 08A12 URA STB
74 YONG KAILUN, KAREN 08A12 SPH SMU

Peacekeeping

"Paul Collier's new rules for rebuilding a broken nation"



Found some useful information for INT History (Peacekeeping) and suggestions on post-conflict recovery.

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Key points:
- Security Council needs to focus on long term measures
- Economic reform is essential
- Need to collaborate with other organizations to achieve recovery and peacekeeping (Interdependence)
- Peace building Commission (PBC) [Also mentioned in page 6 of 'Collective Security' notes]
=> come up with standard set of norms and build mutual commitments between parties

* Jobs, Basic Services (Health), 'Clean' Government

[Generate Jobs]
=> Regain competitiveness in international trade
=> Reconstruction of infrastructure destroyed by conflict

[Basic Services]
=> Is it enough to just fund the NGOs? (Limitations of NGOs)
=> NGOs need to be more accountable
=> Over-reliance on foreign aid

['Clean' Government]
=> Corrupt government may hinder recovery
=> Scrutiny and transparency needed in handling of money

[Goal]
Economic recovery (increase in employment rate) -> security + reconstruction of infrastructure
Politics of plunder -> politics of hope

List of topics covered in BT2 for each subject.

Geography

???

INT History (1 SBQ + 3 Essays)

A) SBQ: UN

- General Assembly

- Security Council

- Secretary Generals

- International Law

- Collective Security (eg. Peacekeeping)

B) Essays

- Globalization of Cold War

- Global Economy (USA, Japan, China)

- Islamic Fundamentalism (Origins + Impact on regional security)

SEA History (1 SBQ + 3 Essays)

A) SBQ: ASEAN (Political Aspect)

- Regional Security

- Specific crisis + ASEAN's role in resolving them

B) Essays (Choose 3 out of 5)

- Nationalism

- Japanese Occupation

- Decolonization

- Authoritarian / Military Government

- Communism (NOT ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT)

*Question types

1) Origins

2) Successes & failures

3) Impact on nationalism

Economics (2 Case Studies)

A) Macroeconomics

B) Microeconomics + Macroeconomics

Literature

A) 2 Essays

- Wilfred Owen

- TIOBE

B) Choice of Drama, Poem or Prose

- Modern Period

Mathematics

A) Pure Math:
Partial Fractions,
Binomial Expansions,
Graphing,
Differentiation,
Maclaurin's Series,
Sequences and Series,
Complex numbers.

B) Statistics:
Probability,
Binomial and Poisson distribution,
Normal distribution and its approximations.

GP

English

INT History (New Tutorial Qs)

GP - Videos

Btw, for those who are interested..

The video that we will be watching on Monday is called 'Justice for Dad'

Economics

Extra Notes (for Mrs Long's tutorial class)

Introduction:

• State that whether Fed's action to raise interest rates to curb inflation will succeed depends on the causes of inflation and the responsiveness of C and I to the higher interest rates.

Body:

[Demand-pull inflation]

• Explain how increases in interest rates can reduce C and I and thus lower demand-pull inflation
  
• Examine the effectiveness of such a policy by considering:  

1. Slope of the LP curve and the interest elasticity of C and MEI
2. Relative significance of the other determinants of C such as income, expectations of consumers etc and other determinants of I such as business sentiments
3. Depending on the k effect - US MPC is high so k should be large

• Suggest the use of contractionary fiscal policies advocated by Keynesians

[Cost-push inflation]

• If the inflation is the cost-push type, increase in interest rates would be ineffective in controlling inflation.
• Briefly mention the types of cost-push inflation (wage-push, profit-push and import-price-push.)
• Suggest methods of tackling cost-push inflation such as reducing the power of the trade unions, increase labour productivity, introducing wage ceiling, reducing dependence on imported goods & raw materials by looking for cheaper substitutes or appreciating the exchange rate (not likely), and regulating the monopolies.

CT Session (6/5)

Hi,

Please bring along your baby photos for CT session tmr! :D