People often say that confidence is very important when encountering anything, but is it really good or does it lead to complacency?? I got back my econs results today, not sure whether its complacency or what, i guess i really went OOP for 2 essays :S so i failed both. I mean like how can u fail an essay? If u meet the essay req and write like shit, u'll still be able to get at least a pass. So if i obtained 1 mark from anywhere, i will get a B grade. Now are grades really that impt? if i get a 59 or 60, is it really so different? not really different but u can really use the grade to boast... well i guess the most impt thing now is to learn from my mistakes in this exam and not make the same ones in A levels. + What Mr Lim said really scared me. he said that the stream classes didn't perform well last year for As, and he guessed its because schools' prelim papers are more focused on application while A levels give away free marks in terms of definitions where most of us will not even bother to memorise. Its time to do tys :D
Back to the topic of confidence, i was telling my soccer capt the other day im so fired up to play this snr jnr match i've been waiting for so long. and it seems as though i have all the confidence in the world now, to play my role as a centreback. Speaking about this, i first got my centreback role in a match against some aussie school, well it was my first experience as a centreback then we lost 3-0. I didnt really want to be one but its the coach's decision by switching me to that position from right back or left back. I asked engping why? He said im very disciplined and calm. hmm but just to let u know, my headers are extremely weak, so playing me as a centreback is risky! ok so up to 4 games before nats, i got scolded during every halftime/full time team talk by the coach. Even during the first game in the nats, the coach said i played like a 'barbie doll', i told some of my teammates i didnt agree, maybe they agreed with me because they wanted to give me confidence. BUT after playing 4 games consec with scoldings, not just normal ones but quite harsh, my gameplay changed. I became very cautious, not the hard tackler i was, and not the guy with plenty of slides, and my heading just got worser and worser. Thus i conclude confidence is very important, i need confidence to do anything, but where will that source come from? I have to constantly look to God and during this last period i need to build up my confidence which has been shattered by this prelims or tys whatever, and move forward to tackle this A levels. Well i hope i can do it, no i mean i will.
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