Curriculum, Please Mind the Platform Gap, Subject Previews 2026, Subjects

More Than Just Rocks — Please Mind the Platform Gap: H2 Geography
Reading Time: 4 minutes

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

I Think, Therefore I Take KI — Please Mind the Platform Gap: H2 Knowledge and Inquiry
Reading Time: 5 minutes

By Dara Tan and Joshua Tan (27A01A)

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 KI, 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.

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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Commentary, Features, Raffles Reviews

Most Exhibits Focus on Pollution. This One Didn’t.
Reading Time: 6 minutes

By Gregory Ng (27S05A)

The room was haunting: zero light (except for the green “Exit” sign), but the silence was pierced by harrowing echoes, groans, and moans.

This isn’t a description of Halloween Horror Nights, but the atmosphere made it feel almost like it. Instead, it was one of a dozen art exhibits at the ArtScience Museum’s latest gallery, Into the Deep: Journey Beneath.

Unlike most environmental-awareness galleries, which typically focus on the devastation that we humans have caused the Earth, this exhibition takes a noticeable break from the usual fearmongering. Let us, then, explore this museum to answer the question: What is the story this exhibit wants to tell?

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Commentary, Culture, School Life

Roblox: An iPad Teenager Essential
Reading Time: 4 minutes

By Tran My Linh (27A01B)

For a game designed for 9-year-olds, it is rather odd that so many Rafflesians are playing Roblox. Having grown up in the booming digital age, many of our childhoods were spent playing online, rather than offline. While many of us have now grown out of Subway Surfers and Candy Crush Saga, Roblox has surprisingly proven to be an anomaly. My class, for instance, often hosts Roblox parties during breaks as a bonding activity. So what is so appealing about a gaming app that sets it apart from all the other trendy games that have been in vogue but subsequently cast aside?

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Commentary

Why You’re Secretly Superstitious
Reading Time: 5 minutes

By Saadhana Kalimuthu (27A01C)

In the age of Google, ChatGPT, and instant access to every fact in human history, you would think superstition would be dead. But no: it survives in TikTok trends about “manifesting” good grades, group chats that blame bad weeks on Mercury retrograde, and students who absolutely refuse to take an exam without their specific “lucky” pen. Is all this simply a silly joke? We laugh and behave as if it is one, but it’s difficult to proclaim that we don’t believe in it at all.

So, why do we still hold onto these beliefs when we know the science behind them? Why do perfectly rational students still hold their breath when walking past a dark corner?

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