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Mezzo (4E1 2015) with Mr Soh Joon Wei

Mezzo Zhang

West Grove Primary School (2011)

During my four years in Juying Secondary, I experienced many ups and downs as a student. Yet, despite the challenging times, I managed to grow as a person, and learnt many valuable lessons in the process. Rather than try to avoid or complain about the tough times faced, I discovered that being resilient and facing the tough times is critical.

I can still remember this particularly incident vividly which happened during my Secondary 2 camp. We were not allowed to bring any electronic devices such as our mobile phones to the camp. Nonetheless, despite numerous warnings and reminders by the camp leaders and teachers, some students insisted on bringing along their phones. We were given the chance to own up and surrender our phones when the camp leaders conducted the search. The responsible people were identified and punished. One of the punishments was to miss some of the camp activities.

To be honest, I was annoyed, even angry with being punished even though I abided with most of the camp rules. Yet, this experience taught me the value of integrity and responsibility. If we did not obey the rules, we should have the moral courage to own up and face the consequences.

Juying Secondary is blessed with numerous passionate and caring teachers such as Mrs Katherine Leong, my form teacher (from Secondary One to Secondary Two). She taught me the importance of friendship. In fact, Mrs Leong can be considered a friend who has helped me settle into secondary school life.

Mr Soh Jun Wei, my Form Teacher (Secondary Three and Secondary Four), is another teacher who helped me to grow and mature. Then, there is also Mrs Lee Wen Lin, who never gives up on her students – it was she who helped me to persevere in my studies especially in the final year. I am also thankful to my Chinese teacher, Ms Li Jing, for being there and helping me when I was in need.

My Chemistry teacher, Mr Yeo Yong Kiat, has definitely impacted me the most. Despite his extremely busy schedule, he still managed to find time for additional consultation during the examination period. His hard work and passion motivated me to study harder. In doing so, I became more confident about doing well in Chemistry.

Finally, what I enjoy and like most about Juying would be the close relationship between students and teachers. The bonds that I have developed over the years with them are priceless, and these bonds will remain even after I graduate.