Schools

'Kay, so some of you know that I've been in 3 schools (excluding kindergarten) in my life so far.
One had been SJK(C) Yuk Chai, which is a government school, Sekolah Sri KDU, the private school, then now Tenby International School, the international school.

This post is about what my experiences are. And I feel like an old lady telling her grandchild a story. *facepalm*

The government school, Yuk Chai; well, I've only been there for one year. That's why my mandarin is so horribly crap and my parents pretty much say I'm a disgrace to the Chinese. But when I was in Standard 1, my english was crap too. I wasn't pretty much of a study person (I still am now), and I barely had any friends. So, I was pretty much the lousiest and antisocial student any parent wouldn't really bother about. I did have some friends, but they usually went into cliques and their own little groups. I'd usually find myself sitting alone, in the canteen, eating curry noodles. And also getting curry soup all over my face and pinafore. FML. I only joined a few friends sometimes, then I'd feel so left out because they were going on with their own stuff and talking about secret stuff. Which obviously I don't know about. So yes, I was a super antisocial poor-english poor-chinese girl.

Yes, I pity myself. You should pity my childhood too.

When I was moved to KDU after a year of antisocial-ness, KDU was still a brand-new shiny school. I dared myself to make new friends, and well; that worked, because everyone was new and never wanted to leave their parents. So in came the 'Hi, my name is Jane!' and 'What's your name?' typical child language and curiosity. So, I made so much more new friends, and I was happy. There were a bunch of us; pretty much joined at the hip and went wherever who went. Childhood games, such as 'catching' or 'Fire and Ice'. Good times, eh. We even had this game which was something like 'Animals' or something like that. I remember vaguely being the 'owner' of all the other 'animals', which were the other students. I guess I've always liked being the main bitch leader. So anyway, I had dogs, cats, horses, turtles, and any other animal you could imagine of. Seriously. I used to hold on to my friends' ID tags and treated them like leashes. We'd all go up and down the huge ramps in KDU, outside the library. All the other friends even had their animal calls ready, WTS hahaha.

Now that I mentioned it, I sound like some kind of bondage mistress who has a weird fetish for animals WTF.

This was also the stage where there were 'cooties' and 'booties' (WTF booties). Cooties came from girls, while booties came from boys. Seriously, what were we thinking about. We'd pass the 'virus' all around, so it was a game of catch.

I was a student at Sri KDU for 6 whole years. I've met new people, made new friends, had some 'I-don't-friend-you' fights, and all that. I still do miss my friends, but yeah; we've gotta move on sometimes.
Even if they probably don't miss me for my arrogance. Fail, Jane. Fail.

After 6 years of being in KDU, I guess I just got tired. I was pretty much in a mess; my marks were going down under, and my social life was going down. I just thought, 'Hey, if I moved into a new school, I'd have more new people to meet, new friends, a new start.'

Yes, I do realize it sounds super cliché, like out of a High School Musical movie, but it's true. I did meet a load of new people. I remember the first day being lost, being left out etc; but after that, it's all fine. I'm still a little antisocial now; I barely talk to people when they don't talk to me, unless if it's important/if it's an awkward moment. Also, I remembered having a hard time trying to understand the angmoh teachers' accents. I kept saying 'Sorry?' 'Excuse me?' 'Huh?'. Not really a good first impression. Also, you'd have to address teachers by 'Miss', 'Sir', 'Madam', etc. You don't go 'OI TEACHER'. Yeah, I got scolded for it once. Never attempted to do it again.

I've so far enjoyed my time at Tenby. There's always so much activity; not just sitting your ass down in class the whole day and cramming for exams. It's more carefree, and it makes me exercise HAHAHAHA not funny but it's true. According to dad, 'Going to school is much better than you sitting your butt down on the computer 24/7.'

Yeah, thanks dad. You support me oh-so-much.

Anyhow, I'd prefer international schools than others all the way. The fees are pretty outrageous sometimes, but hey; it's an international school. You learn a different syllabus; you walk around the school like a campus, and people are just more awesome there. I would say more, but hey. This post is like the most boringest ass post in the whole world. It's a block of text.

In conclusion, so far I like Tenby best. If you say that it's biased, well, you'd have to face it. It is a pretty good school. Aside from all the drama.