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Commentary, Op-Eds, Opinion

Signing Off: Graduation ‘25 
Reading Time: 5 minutes

By Betty Ding (25A01B), Cayla Goh (25A01B), Isaac Chan (25A01B)

Everything about this article feels a little messy. At this point, most of us Y6s would have already hung up our signed shirts from graduation, yet we’re still hung up on it, trying to find the words to wrap up two years that were anything but tidy. 

Maybe that’s what makes this article so hard to write: JC life was never built for clean conclusions. Between the chaos of orientation, the blur of CCA activities, and the endless rhythm of lectures, there was always another moment, another memory, another deadline. So how do we even begin to say goodbye to something that never really paused long enough to be captured?

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Commentary, School Life, Student Issues, Subjects

The Absolute Definitive Objective Guide to File Colours 
Reading Time: 6 minutes

By Georgia Ong (26S03O) and Kunchur Bharat (26A01B)

The Catalyst 

It all started when Bharat and Georgia got into a debate over what colour English was. Bharat claimed it was red, but Georgia insisted that it was yellow, since the file she used for English in primary school was yellow. 

This triggered some questions for us: How do we form these colour associations? Are there any links between the subjects we take and the colours we associate with them? 

Being bored (read: deciding to procrastinate on Promos revision), we decided to find some answers to our questions. 

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Movie Reviews, Op-Eds, Opinion, Raffles Reviews

‘The Fantastic Four: First Steps’ Review: Reheated Nachos
Reading Time: 5 minutes

By Nithilan Balachander (26A01C)

As the Marvel Cinematic Universe enters its 18th year, begins its sixth phase, and releases its 54th project, The Fantastic Four has a lot riding on it. With superhero fatigue taking hold, the MCU is desperate for something fresh to break free from its string of stale box office disappointments. Who better for the job than Marvel’s first family?

The Fantastic Four is ambitious—with a 1960s-inspired sci-fi setting, a world-eating Galactus as antagonist, and a storyline spanning time and space, the film is clear in its desire to deviate from the 37 MCU films that came before it and its poorly reviewed and regarded F4 predecessors. 

Yet, despite all its spectacle, grandeur, and ambition, the film fails at being much more than formulaic and forgettable.

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Commentary, Multimedia, Op-Eds, Videos

An Ode to Buses: A Short Film
Reading Time: < 1 minute

By Keng Yi, Nicole (25S03S)

It’s fifteen minutes away when you need it most. It’s leaving you in its dust as you sprint desperately towards the bus stop. It’s trying to throw you off your feet as you grasp blindly for a handhold.

Yet you keep coming back. Is it simple convenience and comfort, hatred of the MRT, or something more?

In this video, we’ll explore what a bus can mean to us, and how a mode of transport can become more like a way of life. While (fittingly) on the bus, I speak to the bus enthusiasts in my life, and find the points where our lives and bus routes converge.

This video is dedicated to the mundane joys of everyday commutes, and the roads and people that make a home — this video is dedicated to buses.

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Commentary, Op-Eds, Opinion, School Life

___ Culture: Felt but Unspoken
Reading Time: 5 minutes

By Bertram Wang (26S06H)

“The bird that pokes its neck out gets shot first.” 

This Asian proverb warns against standing out as a target in the crowd. It reminds me of a strikingly similar image: a lone raised hand in a full but silent lecture theatre. But compared to the bird’s fear of being shot to death, what are we students really afraid of being “shot” by—metaphorically?

This fear—a tension in the air, a reluctance to seize the moment, a hesitation to speak up—isn’t a phenomenon confined to lecture theatres. It reflects a broader societal characteristic: a “shy culture” embedded in our reserved Singaporean upbringing. Shyness may be natural, but when it becomes cultural and collective, it’s worth asking how it shapes our communities—and whether it should.

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