Student Issues

Humans of RI, Opinion, Student Features, Student Issues

Letter To My 17 Year Old Self
Reading Time: 4 minutes

By Tara Sim (26A01C)

(For the full reader experience, kindly listen to “Letter To My 13 Year Old Self” by Laufey before/while reading.)

Your time in JC could be some of the most fulfilling years of your life, or nothing like the Teenage Dream. And to be frank, with J1 long gone and more than a quarter through J2, I’m still not sure which of those two categories my RI life falls in. 

Aptly put by American Songwriter in their article explaining Laufey’s “Letter To My 13-Year-Old Self”: 

“You don’t know who you are and thus everything about you feels wrong.” 

This quite perfectly captures my JC experience so far, and with the high of orientation over for J1s and the rigor of JC and CCA in full swing, although scrolling through r/SGExams might provide you with some good—albeit dated—tips on how to survive JC, here’s 3 things I wish I knew when I was in J1. 

Continue reading “Letter To My 17 Year Old Self” →
Commentary, Op-Eds, Opinion, Student Issues

Lessons from a L****
Reading Time: 11 minutes

By Cherie Khoo (26S03B)

Foreword

This is meant for anyone who has ever lost something, or lost at something, before. 

That is to say, it is for everyone. 

But most especially for teachers, the best of whom have never given up on their students. To any who may be reading this, I hope it gives both you and your students greater conviction in possessing the ability to succeed (in any form).

Continue reading “Lessons from a L****” →
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. 

Continue reading “The Absolute Definitive Objective Guide to File Colours “ →
Compilations, Humans of RI, Op-Eds, Opinion, School Life, Special Editions, Student Issues

School Matters Special Edition 2025
Reading Time: < 1 minute

By Raffles Press’25

Foreword by Teo Hui Sian (25S06C), Chairperson, Raffles Press ’25

A great deal of things happen on our campus.

Some matters are objectively noteworthy; we feel their impact tangibly and undeniably, such as the update of our uniform regulations or the new single CCA system. Their controversy propels significant discourse, and the noise they generate makes them almost impossible to ignore.

Continue reading “School Matters Special Edition 2025” →
Commentary, Op-Eds, Opinion, Special Editions, Student Issues

The Weight We Wear: Where Our Uniform Regulations Fall Short (School Matters Special Edition 2025)
Reading Time: 6 minutes

By Isaac Tay (25S06L) and Yvonne Cheung (25S03S)

Morning assembly is a test of endurance. Students rush up from the parade square, desperate to make it to their classes by 7:58am. The morning sun, the clawing heat and humidity of 2400 students crammed into the parade square, combined with the run from Marymount MRT station—it all conspires to make the expectations of looking smart and tidy even more difficult to meet. By the end of the Principal’s address, a sea of translucent dress shirts have bloomed, students slick with sweat, fabric clinging like cling-wrap to their backs and shoulder blades. 

Continue reading “The Weight We Wear: Where Our Uniform Regulations Fall Short (School Matters Special Edition 2025)” →