National Junior College
The National Junior College, abbreviation NJC, is a junior college in Singapore, located in the Bukit Timah neighbourhood. Founded in 1969 to provide a centralized two year pre-university education leading to the Singapore-Cambridge GCE 'A' Level certificate, NJC prides itself in being the top government junior college as well as a pioneer and first in many ways, including pioneering the introduction of a specialized lecture-tutorial system in its pedagogy as well as the merging of the various language streams. Since then, other junior colleges have been established with this same model to provide the same opportunity to many more aspiring students who aim to go on to top universities, both locally and overseas. Since its inception, NJC has been producing numerous scholars, including the prestigious President's Scholars, SAF and SPF scholars as well as recipients of various PSC, government, statutory boards and private scholarships among others. NJC has to date produced 45 President's Scholars, a record among Singapore schools only recently beaten by Singapore's second oldest junior college, Hwa Chong Institution, in 2007. As of 2008, NJC has not produced a President's Scholar for 12 years running, the last being Lee Chen Ee in 1996. This is the longest President Scholar drought faced by the college, the second-longest being a 3-year drought from 1993-1996. NJC was also the first junior college approved by the Ministry of Education to introduce a 4-year Integrated Programme in 2004 to provide a through-train education for capable Secondary 3 students, allowing them to bypass the traditional GCE 'O' Levels and giving them the opportunity and room for more creative pursuits which would be hard to pursue in the traditional GCE 'O' Level path. Out of the 5 other colleges who have adopted the Integrated Programme, namely Raffles Junior College, Hwa Chong Institution, Victoria Junior College and Temasek Junior College, National Junior College is the only one which maintains the segregation between Mainstream and IP classes throughout the entire 4 years of IP. The other 4 colleges have chosen instead to amalgate IP and Mainstream classes from IP Year 3 onwards.
Thursday, February 26, 2009
National Junior College
Monday, February 23, 2009
Boy charged with shooting dad's pregnant lover
Boy charged with shooting dad's pregnant lover
An 11 year old boy allegedly shot his father's pregnant girlfriend in the back of the head while she was lying in bed in their western Pennsylvania farmhouse, then got on the school bus and went to school, the authorities said.
Jordan brown was charged last Saturday as an adult in the death of the 26 year old Kenzie Marie Houk, who was eight months pregnant, Lawrence county district John Bongivengo said.
Under Pennsyvania law, anyone over the age of 10 accused of murder or homicide is charged as an adult. If convicted, the boy face a maximum sentence of life in prison, Mr Bongivengo was quoted as saying by CNN.
Ms Houk's family and friends told the Associated Press that she had problems with the boy in the past. "There was an issue with jealousy," said Ms Houk's brother-in-law, Mr Jason Kraner, 34. "He actually told my son that he wanted to do that to her."
Jordan, the son of Ms Houk's live-in boyfriend, was charged with criminal homicide and criminal homicide of an unborn child, Mr Bongivengo said.
He was picked up from school last Friday after police found Ms Houk's body. Her four-year old daughter told tree cutters on the property she thought her mother was dead. A gun was believed to have been found in the boy's bedroom.
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------This is an event story because this article was written after the boy had killed Ms Houk. This event has influenced the writer to write about this article, thus it is an event story. To support my opinion, an event story ends when the wrong has been righted and in this article, the boy has been arrested in the end.
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I feel that this kind of event should not happen as the boy is still not mature enough to understand what his father needs. He should not be jealous as he was given enough attention and even if he was not, he should not have resorted to such means as to kill Miss Houk. Although all odds are against the boy, his father also had a part to do with Miss Houk getting killed. He should have talked to his son about what is going on and also ask him to try to get along with her as with her family. Also, from the way Mister Jason Kraner talked to the reporter, I can feel that he does not like the boy at all.
Under Pennsyvania law, anyone over the age of 10 accused of murder or homicide is charged as an adult. If convicted, the boy face a maximum sentence of life in prison, Mr Bongivengo was quoted as saying by CNN.
Ms Houk's family and friends told the Associated Press that she had problems with the boy in the past. "There was an issue with jealousy," said Ms Houk's brother-in-law, Mr Jason Kraner, 34. "He actually told my son that he wanted to do that to her."
Jordan, the son of Ms Houk's live-in boyfriend, was charged with criminal homicide and criminal homicide of an unborn child, Mr Bongivengo said.
He was picked up from school last Friday after police found Ms Houk's body. Her four-year old daughter told tree cutters on the property she thought her mother was dead. A gun was believed to have been found in the boy's bedroom.
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------This is an event story because this article was written after the boy had killed Ms Houk. This event has influenced the writer to write about this article, thus it is an event story. To support my opinion, an event story ends when the wrong has been righted and in this article, the boy has been arrested in the end.
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I feel that this kind of event should not happen as the boy is still not mature enough to understand what his father needs. He should not be jealous as he was given enough attention and even if he was not, he should not have resorted to such means as to kill Miss Houk. Although all odds are against the boy, his father also had a part to do with Miss Houk getting killed. He should have talked to his son about what is going on and also ask him to try to get along with her as with her family. Also, from the way Mister Jason Kraner talked to the reporter, I can feel that he does not like the boy at all.
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Classified under *Others*.
Thursday, February 19, 2009
Anderson Secondary School
Anderson Secondary School
Anderson Secondary School is an autonomous, co-educational government school in Ang Mo Kio, Singapore. It became an autonomous school in 1994 and was one of the pioneer autonomous schools in Singapore. It was ranked the Top Neighbourhood School by the The Straits Times in 1992. Anderson Secondary has also been recognised for excellence in both education processes and outcomes, being awarded the School Distinction Award by the Ministry of Education in 2004. It also received the Singapore Quality Class Award in 2002 and the Best Practice Award for Staff Well-being in 2003. Anderson Secondary has been a band 1 school since 2006. The school was founded in 1960 as a girls' primary school. In 1964 it expanded its mission to become Anderson Girls' Secondary School, and in 1965 began admitting boys for the first time.
Thursday, February 12, 2009
SOTA - School of the Arts
SOTA - School of the Arts
The School of the Arts is Singapore's specialized independent pre-tertiary arts school. It was initiated by Ministry of Information, Communication and the Arts, and caters to youths who have talent and capability in the arts. Its new campus is currently being built in the Bugis area of Singapore, also known as the Arts and heritage district of Singapore. The School of the Arts adopts a 6-year connected arts and academic curriculum and offers the International Baccalaureate Diploma as the graduating qualification. Students audition for a specialisation in music, dance, theatre or the visual arts. However, students in the first two years are exposed to the basics of all four disciplines and continue to adopt a cross-disciplinary approach even as they develop in their chosen discipline. The average class size of approximately 20 - 25 students provides exposure to the high standards of a rigorous academic and arts programme. The School of the Arts believes that the connecting of the curriculum core concepts and supportive arts environment will cultivate greater clarity of insight, critical evaluation, and creativity. The 6-year programme will also include exposure through performances, exhibitions and internships with arts companies and other creative businesses. This would include design and media modules for both visual arts and performing arts students. Artist residencies may also be offered at the School of the Arts.
Thursday, February 5, 2009
Hwa Chong Institution
Hwa Chong Institution
Hwa Chong Institution is a premier independent school with a rich history of 89 years. It is one of the top schools in Singapore which offers education from Secondary to Pre-University level. Previously two separate but affiliated schools, The Chinese High School and Hwa Chong Junior College, the Institution was the result of a merger which was officiated on 1 January 2005. Such a move was to allow for a seamless Integrated Programme, tailored for the students who will skip the GCE 'O' Levels Examinations and sit for the GCE 'A' Levels Examinations after a six-year course. The school has the highest Oxford-Cambridge admission rate in Singapore. It also has the most number of awardees of the President's Scholarship. The main campus of the school spans a large area of 320,000 m², making it the largest high school in Singapore and South East Asia in land covered.
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