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More Than Just Rocks — Please Mind the Platform Gap: H2 Geography

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By Lee Yi Ning Megan (27A01B)

This article is part of a series of revisions to Raffles Press’ Please Mind the Platform Gap, intended to refresh dated information while retaining the core structure. For our previous feature on H2 Geography, please click here.

All information provided here is accurate as of the time of writing.

This article does not necessarily reflect the views of RI’s academic management and should not be used as a substitute for formal academic counselling.

Mention Geography, and chances are that someone will make a joke about rocks.

To be fair, H2 Geography does involve rocks. However, the subject stretches far beyond physical landscapes. From transnational corporations and global production networks to climate change and urban liveability, the subject is ultimately concerned with understanding the processes shaping the world around us and how people respond to them.

For those considering the subject, here is what you can expect over the next two years.

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Curriculum, Please Mind the Platform Gap, Subject Previews 2026, Subjects 10 November 202610 November 2026

I Think, Therefore I Take KI — Please Mind the Platform Gap: H2 Knowledge and Inquiry

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By Dara Tan and Joshua Tan (27A01A)

All information provided here is accurate as of the time of writing.

This article does not necessarily reflect the views of RI’s academic management and should not be used as a substitute for formal academic counselling.

Knowledge and Inquiry (KI) is a subject not often talked about in JC. Whenever we tell our friends that we take KI, we are often asked, “KI? What does it stand for?” and “What’s that subject about?” Its small batch size (this year sees fewer than 30 students across the entire 2027 cohort) and rather niche, abstract focus may leave those considering it confused.

Fret not, for we are here to clear up any confusion you might have regarding this obscure and mysterious subject.

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CCA Previews ‘26: Raffles Rock

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By Elsa Lim (Chairperson), Sarah Tan (Vice-Chairperson)

The lights dim.

The audience falls silent. Anticipating breaths echo throughout the room.

Backstage, your hands shake and your heart pounds; anxiety, adrenaline, and excitement thrumming through your veins all at once. Your bandmates surround you, the looks on their faces mirroring yours. With clammy palms, you share a final high five, a final group cheer, a final whispered ‘good luck, we got this!’

Cloaked in shadow and smoke, cheers and screams accompanying your every step, you take the stage. Fingers finding keys, hands clenching drumsticks, you are swallowed by the applause. For this moment, the stage is yours.

This is Raffles Rock.

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CCA Previews ’26: Raffles Jazz

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By Raffles Jazz EXCO ’26

Adapted from CCA Previews ‘25

Before we get into the swing of things, what is Jazz?

A Wikipedia search finds you looking through its defining characteristics: swung rhythms, complex chords, and improvisation, among others.

Dig a little deeper, and you’ll see interviews with famous jazz musicians such as pianist Duke Ellington who would anti-climatically say “It’s all music”, saxophonist Stan Getz who puts it nicely: “like a good conversation among friends interacting to each other’s ideas”, or even Jazz legend Brice Tan, who famously quipped: “Jazz.. is easy”.

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