5 REASONS WHY YOU SHOULD TAKE GP SERIOUSLY
1.You improve your English, which makes you better at almost all your other subjects. • If you are an arts student taking Geography, Literature and History, it is obvious that doing well in GP will help you in your other H2 subjects as well. Nobody can proudly call themselves an art student when they cannot express themselves confidently and argue convincingly. Even if you are not an arts student, you write essays in Science too and you probably take Economics, a subject that is rather essay-driven.
2. You become more impressive as an individual. • GP gifts students the ability to think analytically and express themselves. This means that if you can excel in GP, you are not likely to be that someone who only knows how to memorise the textbook. In order to become successful in life, intangible skills like critical thinking and self-expression become important, especially when you come into contact with prospective scholarship providers and employers. You want to come across as a wellspoken, well-read and mature person.
3. Anyone can enjoy studying the subject. • Some people consider themselves artsy, others think they are more ‘science-y’. If there is one subject that can be enjoyed by anyone, it has to be GP. If you are a history buff, you can explore topics like geopolitics. If you are more of a Science whiz, you may find topics such as stemcell research fascinating. So long as you are interested in a particular subject, GP allows you to explore it, the GP way of course, which brings us to the next point.
4. GP is a way of learning itself. • The GP way is an engagement of the mind. It compels students to appreciate different viewpoints, substantiate arguments and explore possibilities. This is why it is so different from your other subjects. You do not approach GP the way you would say, Chemistry. You learn to be constrained only by how far your mind can wander, which in our view is limitless. Isn’t it liberating to know that you don’t have to fear not remembering formulas, or at least be restricted to only using them? In a GP exam, you are encouraged to show off all that you have, not ‘only what is in the syllabus’.
5. It doesn’t take that much effort, really. • Yes, we started out by saying that learning GP may be tough work, but it can be simple, if you have the correct approach. Firstly, you don’t have to memorise every issue of The Straits Times or the entire Wikipedia to score. Many of our students choose to focus on topics related to their other subjects, and this cuts down on the time they spend trying to memorise facts that are not meaningful to them.
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