today's assembly

today, during assembly,
Dr Hon gave us a speech about the current IS and OC system.
i prefer the previous system of computing ACE and OP
Dr Hon says that the previous ACE policy is not good because
ACE can be used to pull up a students grades in their academics
assuming a student gets a B3 in his tests, he can use his ACE to bring it to an A1
Dr Hon thinks that this is unfair
because we are getting the grade we do not deserve
but i beg to differ
even if our marks gets pulled up by ACE, its still our own efforts,
Dr Hon thinks that it is inflation of our marks that gives the impression that we are
of a certain standard when we aren't
but its still our own efforts, and thus doesn't affect the grading
He states that because of ACE, we would not study as hard,
because bad results can be improved with ACE.
but isn't that the spirit of ACE?
ACE is self initiated studies
which means we seek out knowledge ourselves
if our results are bad,
we will try to seek out knowledge to fulfil ACE
which would motivate us to independently study
isn't that the spirit of ACE?
the current system is unfair such that Independent Studies
is dependent on ACE and projects day
meaning if we do not do well for ACE as well as projects day
we would not get the B3 criteria needed to be promoted to Sec3
by increasing the value of ACE and projects day,
it prompts us to do ACE not for the knowledge,
but for the marks
and one more thing is that
projects work used to be counted in our ACE
now it is separated from ACE
wouldn't this decrease the time students have for studying?
lastly, if a person has MSG that allows for promotion into IP,
but due to IS and OC, he goes into 3Q,
wouldnt that be a waste?
isnt that what is happening to many of us at the moment?
this shatters our morale
we got good results that enables us to go to IP, or even CSE
but due to IS and OC, we fail.
hence i suggest that we lower the criteria of IS from b3 to C5, like OC.
this gives us more room.
another suggestion is that we do not determine promotion with academic MSG and IS/OC separately
i suggest that we should just take into account the scholastic MSG,
this would give us more room for buffer