are grades a good measure...

just received an email asking interested applicants to send their cover letters to SPH for internship this sem. well, was thinking, not too bad to be able to work in SPH... then i saw the requirements: GOOD GRADES... good?? well, i think i'm far from that...

thinking back on all the sems that i've managed to pull or scrape thru, i think my grades are far from good... nt that i wana compare myself with the rest, i can't even compare... my peers are just unbelieveably good. sometimes i wonder, am i in the university just to fill up the vacancies... maybe i am...

grades. are they a good measure of how well you will perform in your work? i can't comment much on this. apparently, it's how most ppl judge. don't character, ability to work in teams, interpersonal skills and other other nitty-gritty stuff come into place as well? probably they do, a 'lil, or those stuff will matter after you are selected for the job based on your grades... see, the cruel truth.

sour grapes most might say, no.. i'm not. i do not like sour grapes. ha. lame. well, it's just that sometimes you wonder, does grades and the ability to perform well in your job correlate? on hindsight, probably it does in some way.

now that i am in my final year, looking back at my results, i do have a tinge of regret or maybe i should say, fear. a year from now, if i'm lucky enuf, i'll land my first job. if not, yes, i'll be one of those grabbing a 'subway' and walking around raffles place, going from one job interview to another.

i tried to make myself believe that grades aint everything in the world, just like how i psycho myself abt nt having lots of money. sometimes it just hits you. and it hits you terribly. in school, u 'fight' to get the BEST grades; in the society, you strive to earn the MOST bucks or aim to be D-best. what is it for ultimately? where does it get you?

yes. i agree that without money or the so-called success, you can only reach 'no-where' land. but is it reli no where? or it's you who made it that way...

ahead lies a big unknown...