Where's the beef, Pn. Tan?

Were you caught out by Pn. Tan Su Tiam's "no Maths trial paper for those that went back early"? If you were one of those from 5 A, B or C who were chosen to take the Maths and Bio paper issued by the National Exams Commitee, chances are you were.

For those who aren't in the know (unlikely), here's a run-down: earlier this week, a select few from the aforementioned three classes were chosen to take the paper, which was supposed to end at 12.30pm. Naturally, we thought we could go home at that point, since we were told earlier that we could take the Maths trials (which was being taken by other students at the time) sometime after the trials. Evidently, Pn. Tan had other ideas...

The next day, we returned to school only to discover that she had banned those who went back early from taking Maths Paper 2 (which started after our papers had finished). Obviously, reaction to the news was negative, to say the least...

Never mind the fact that SPM is practically breathing on the back of our necks, here comes this haggard old lady telling us that we were literally stolen of the right to take a trial paper.

What the hell? It was stated on the list of names that the Exams Commitee papers ended at 12.30pm. We were SPECIFICALLY TOLD by our Maths teachers that we could take the trial paper at a later date. We had every right to leave. So where's the beef? Why this?

Punishing students for truenting is one thing. Playing with our trials results is another thing altogether. Just because there's no headmaster/headmistress in administration doesn't give you the right to do that.

P.S.: And just incase you were wondering, no, just because you practically ARE the real-life Professor Umbridge doesn't give you the right, either.