Category Archives: A Levels

Links useful to me when studying as a Private A Level Candidate

(This post is incomplete but I just gotta put it out there) Once you’ve picked your subjects, I think the most important thing you should do is to familiarize yourself with the syllabus. You want to know the syllabus inside … Continue reading

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Standard Deviation

Standard deviation is a measure of statistical dispersion. It’s the square root of variance. We take the square root because then we can express it in the same unit as the data. We commonly use it to measure confidence in … Continue reading

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Why is there nothing in A Level Economics about commercial banks?

Here’s something I’ve been quite frustrated about. As I’ve revisited “A” Level Economics, I still understand next to nothing about commercial banks. I learnt a theoretical framework for how consumers make purchasing decisions. We learn about elasticity of demand- how … Continue reading

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Meaning (Linguistics)

“Signs themselves exist only in opposition to other signs, which means that “bat” has meaning only because it is not “cat” or “ball” or “boy”. Signs are essentially arbitrary, as any foreign language student is well aware: there is no … Continue reading

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morning run and deja vu

I’ve been feeling edgy and out-of-sync for a couple of days- productivity down, sleep poor. I decided to snap myself out of it today- went to bed early yesterday, and went for an early morning run today. Feeling somewhat invigorated … Continue reading

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How I’m studying as an ‘A’ Levels Private Candidate

After choosing my subjects, the first thing I wanted to do was to get very intimately acquainted with my syllabus. It’s all available online, on the Singapore Examinations and Assessment board (SEAB). Here’s mine: H2 ENGLISH LANGUAGE AND LINGUISTICS H2 … Continue reading

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Studying H2 Literature as a Private Candidate, pt 1

First of all, after making the decision to do H2 Literature, I have to pick my texts. Here are my choices: Section B: Prose * E.M. Forster: A Room with a View * Jean Rhys: Wide Sargasso Sea * Emily … Continue reading

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