... the exact phrase to complete the line is, "The Fifth of November". It's the famous first line from the children's rhyme that describes a certain Guy Fawkes' attempt to blow up the British Parliament quite a long time ago. But, don't worry, there's no Parliament around here that requires blowing up, just one that needed its leaky roof fixed quite some time ago. So, don't charge me for sedition, OK...
"Remember, remember, the 13th of April..." is the line I had in mind. A quick check with that wonderful calendar at the bottom right corner of your monitor, would show that this date, last year was a Friday. Yes, it's Friday the 13th, and the fear of the date is known as paraskavedekatriaphobia, and I'm sure a lot of people I know suffer from this phobia, beginning from last year. We all know why, so I won't mention it explicitly. And now, for some number crunching...
Because there are 365 days in a year, which is 52 weeks and 1 day, mathematically, the dates move forward by a single day, i.e. (13/4/06 is a Thursday, 13/4/07 is a Friday). But since 2008 is a leap year, 13/4/08 is a Sunday, a two-day jump. Since the MOE likes releasing results on Fridays, just to make us upset, the closest Friday is 11/4/08, which was yesterday... and guess what, they did just that... And more numbers are coming your way...
109 people got As in SAJC, compared to 6 people last year, which implies an increase of 103... Simple math shows that,
(103/6) x 100% = 1717 %,
which is a very large percentage increase, and I'm sure there has been much rejoicing.
Here's a little bit more, last year's percentage with As is:
6/888 x 100% = 0.68 %
And this year's percentage with As is:
109/850 x 100% = 12.8 % +/- 0.7 %
... since I don't know exact number of students in the cohort.
But it can be said that there is an increase of 12.1 % +/- 0.7 % in the number of students getting As... which is relatively good...
However, as I was browsing the Internet, these percentages popped out for other colleges...
"Remember, remember, the 13th of April..." is the line I had in mind. A quick check with that wonderful calendar at the bottom right corner of your monitor, would show that this date, last year was a Friday. Yes, it's Friday the 13th, and the fear of the date is known as paraskavedekatriaphobia, and I'm sure a lot of people I know suffer from this phobia, beginning from last year. We all know why, so I won't mention it explicitly. And now, for some number crunching...
Because there are 365 days in a year, which is 52 weeks and 1 day, mathematically, the dates move forward by a single day, i.e. (13/4/06 is a Thursday, 13/4/07 is a Friday). But since 2008 is a leap year, 13/4/08 is a Sunday, a two-day jump. Since the MOE likes releasing results on Fridays, just to make us upset, the closest Friday is 11/4/08, which was yesterday... and guess what, they did just that... And more numbers are coming your way...
109 people got As in SAJC, compared to 6 people last year, which implies an increase of 103... Simple math shows that,
(103/6) x 100% = 1717 %,
which is a very large percentage increase, and I'm sure there has been much rejoicing.
Here's a little bit more, last year's percentage with As is:
6/888 x 100% = 0.68 %
And this year's percentage with As is:
109/850 x 100% = 12.8 % +/- 0.7 %
... since I don't know exact number of students in the cohort.
But it can be said that there is an increase of 12.1 % +/- 0.7 % in the number of students getting As... which is relatively good...
However, as I was browsing the Internet, these percentages popped out for other colleges...
Taken from the Straits Times, April 12 2008
NB: TJC has 87%... quite some way to go, huh? But, let's not complain and move on, and be happy that finally... finally, we are on the right track.
PS: "It's the 2008 SAJC PW results analysis"
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