#o-levels

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Y'all don't expect too much posts from me in the upcoming days because I need to actually lock in to study for upcoming so e djjshedhdh

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RANT TIMEEEE

I just went for my listening comprehension test and I HATE IT

90% IF NOT ALL OF THE GOSH DANG DIALOGUES WENT "BLAH BLAH BLAH ACTUALLY ITS NOT THAT BLAH BLAH BLAH" AND SOME OF THE OPTIONS WE ARE GIVEN ARE HARD TO DECIPHER

LITERALLY THE FIRST QUESTION WE GOT IN SECTION A IS SOMETHING ALONG THE LINES OF "WHICH PART OF THE JOURNEY DID THE CHARACTER FIND HARDEST" AND ONE OPTION WAS VAGUE LIKE "FACING AGAINST DIFFICULT CIRCIMSTANCES" AND NOT MENTIONED AT ALL IN THE DIALOGUE WHILE ALL OTHER 3 WERE MENTIONED, BUT THE CHARACTER SAID THAT THEY WERE ABLE TO DEAL WITH ALL THOSE PROBLEMS SO WHATS THE ANSWER HELLO????

IN THE SECOND SECTION, LITERALLY 3 OF THE CHARACTERS MENTIONED SOMETHING ALONG THE LINES OF THE SAME PHRASE AND ONLY 1 OF THEM IS CORRECT, I DUNNO HOW TO DESCRIBE THIS PART OF THE PAPER TO NON SINGAPOREANS BUT STILL-

YOU KNOW ITS HARD WHEN EVEN THE 3RD SECTION, SECOND HARDEST PART OF THE PAPER, IS THE EASIEST IN MY OPINION, AT LEAST ASIDE FROM THE VARIOUS "ERM ACTUALLY" MOMENTS AT LEAST IT WAS MOSTLY STRAIGHT FORWARD AND ALL I HAD TO DO WAS WRITE DOWN THE RELEVANT INFORMATION TO FILL THE NOTES, THANK YOU MS ALICIA BUT SCREW YOU FOR SAYING "UH, NO, UH ACTUALLY YES, UH NO" BLAH BLAH BLAH

THE LAST QUESTION IS THE HARDEST, OFC, YOU ONLY GET TO HEAR THE DIALOGUE ONCE UNLIKE THE PREVIOUS PARTS WHERE YOU ARE GIVEN THE GRACE OF LISTENING TO IT TWICE BUT THERE IS A DIFFERENT REASON TO WHY ITS THE HARDEST AS THERE WAS ONE PART OF THE QUESTION WHERE THEY ASKED LIKE "OH WHEN THE SPHERES WERE FIRST DISCOVERED THEY WERE ABOUT THE SIZE OF BASKETBALLS BUT THE SMALLEST SIZE WAS TENISBALLS BUT BIGGEST SIZE WAS ABOUT ASIAN ELEPHANT SIZE BUT THE AVERAGE SIZE WAS AN ADULT HUMAN" OR SOMETHING MORE COFUSING THAN WHAT I WROTE HERE, AND THE MF QUESTION WAS SOMETHING ALONG THE LINES OF "THE SMALLEST SIZE OF THE SPHERES IS _____ AND THE AVERAGE _____" SO I JUST GUESSED "BASEBALL" AND "ADULT HUMAN" AUGHHHH, EVERYONE HATED THAT QUESTION, NOT ONLY IN MY SCHOOL'S COHORT BUT ALL MY PEERS FROM ALL OTHER SCHOOLS IN SINGAPORE

TLDR: WHAT THE HECK WAS CAMBRIDGE EXAMINERS ON WHEN WRITING THESE QUESTIONS

Anyways, at least my dear baby boy will never have to experience my pain <3

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Y'all ik the LC was horrible today but DONT PULL THIS KIND OF BS OFF (Also yummy drama right from home, but still, Poor Alicia, JUSTICE FOR HER!!!)

Screenshots are from my friends btw

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