Damage Control

Pupils of 1E1 and 1E2,

I have collected your exam scripts, and will commence marking shortly.

I understand that this exam was quite tough for most of you. I did not set the paper, and I hope that at least some of my hints and tips proved to be useful. I would really like to apologise for the fact that quite a number of questions in the paper were about things I did not teach in class. I did try my best to give a crash course, but I apologise that I did not compare my notes and teaching materials with the other teachers beforehand.

And I am also very sorry if any of you got the wrong impression that the hints and tips I provided encompassed the entire scope of the exam. I too did not expect to see a number of edits and changes being made to the exam paper.

It definitely has not been easy for all of you, having to cope with so many changes in teachers over the past year. I wish it did not have to happen to your classes. But it is too late for regrets, and I do hope that all of you at least gave your best for this paper.

In any case, don't worry too much about it. What's done is done. Now is the time for you to focus on the other subjects. You've got Literature and Art tomorrow, and there's History on Friday.

And I hope that the experience from this exam has not completely turned you off Geography. Do try and remember the stuff that you have been taught over the past year, because much of it is directly relevant to the Geography syllabus at the Secondary 2 level and beyond.

All the best for the rest of your subjects.