i talked to daryus on msn today... and life in uwc seems much much more interesting and practical there. Their lit texts are interesting; they are doing lord of the flies and they also do drama where you do plays and now they do a sort of make up kind of thing where they give u different roles to play and daryus was given the role of a botanist; lol.. so he has a p.h.d in plant science. And they are also doing a play called blood brothers and the story line is quite interesting..

about a whore who has many children but now she's expecting twins and apparently she can only support one of them and so there's this other couple and they have been trying very hard to have children but they can't... so the whore decides to give one of em' to her but her husband doesn't know because he lives very far away... and apparently there are many superstition and one of em' being that if the twins ever meet they'd die or something... and so the twins are also total opposites so it's quite interesting and daryus is acting as one of the twins..

see; i wish sji was like this, where they actually give opportunities for students to excel in different areas... though they say sji gives an all round education i beg to differ.. their definition of all round education is simply ; sports,(IEP) that's only given 10 sessions for ur sec 1 and sec 2 year and you probably won't get a chance to pursue it in sji...,maybe the Josephian program but it's basically just being a pro in a certain subject; that's all! i dunno what's so great about it... and it's not like, if someone is inetersted in doing something like visual arts, he is given a chance, because you are supposed to have experience and already acquire the expertise for the given area.. irritating; especially when you're a primary school student who just studies and excel in academics but depend on secondary school life to give u an all round education..

an all round education can probably be defined as an education that provides different aspects of education in general.. like sports,academics,music.. but when u say sports it should mean something that is not very common that is not given as a cca like rock climbing, karate or maybe even wrestling and boxing... and when academics is concerned maybe soemthing like drama be more accessed and given equal importance, because i find the ability to act is an ability that should be respected with utmost prestige because acting; to simply put it ; is the ability to manipulate and eject false feelings but making it real... and who wouldn't want to be able to manipulate others by actually appearing happy but feeling totally dejected and dull on the inside? it's so much fun! and drama also gives exposure to many things like literature and appreciation of ancient writers and ability to infer; isn't that a life skill? to be able to infer how someone is feeling by looking at the slightest of responses? that's literatue...and so humanities is a vital component of our learning that'd probably help us in life... what kind of life skill do you get from math? and where music is concerned, i don't think sji is doing its job by just giving the opportunity for students to learn guitar which is like one out of how many instruments a simple student is sji could be good at or have hidden talent it.. i noe they have enrichment for music in sec 3 where u are given the opportunity to learn other instruments, but again, do you have the opportunity to pursue it IN SJI? I could be learning guitar in sji, but i apparently have hidden talent in playing the cello..but i wouldn't know if i have hidden talent in the cello if i don't actually do anything about it in sji if i depend solely on secondary school education to shape me to a talented youth...

in another way to conclude.. i wish sji was more practical!