PI (Tradition)

We are always willing to lend a helping hand for those who are willing to borrow our helping hand. Since YL has already blogged about Momentum and some people still need inspiration for their PIs, I will offer an alternative for all of you loyal readers.

So if you do not wish to do on Momentum (which is perfectly understandable since it's a rubbish topic), you could try your luck at Tradition, which I will touch on now. It's just as rubbishy a topic as Momentum, but you get choice here, you see? After all, two rubbish choices are better than one rubbish choice. If you handed in your PI already, sad case because you would have to copy YL's draft on Momentum.

But if you haven't had PW yet, congratulations!! At least now you have a choice. I'm not discrediting YL's work okay. Just that two brains are better than one, no matter how much nonsense is in the brain.

Without further ado.. presenting to you my neat, sleek and wonderful PI on Tradition.

Preliminary Idea (PI)
Topic chosen: Task 2 - Tradition

Development chosen: Coming late for school

Description of tradition:
- A very popular habit by RI/RJC students, especially those who tend to oversleep or have stomachaches early in the morning. Including myself, of course.

- Means coming in long after the bell rings at 7:40am, where “long after” is often used to describe a period of more than five minutes. If you are the “kiasu” type and want to be 100% sure in being late, then come ten minutes after 7:40am. Results guaranteed.

Characteristics of this tradition:
- Students get more sleeping time at home and thus will sleep less in class.

- In the case of stomachaches, students will not have any bowel-related problems in school, unlike when they rush to be in time for school.. then they would most probably wind up going to the toilet every few minutes.

- Because of the tremendous benefits gained by students, the tradition has not only persisted, but is becoming more and more popular. Steady, man!

Suggestions to adapt this to general RJC society:
- Instead of giving out white slips for being late, it should be encouraged as being late promotes a more relaxed and healthy lifestyle. Too much stress is not good for one’s health – and at the rate RJC is dishing out homework (ie very fast in case you didn’t know), it would be good that we lower the stress level of the poor students in the morning.

- Acknowledgement slips (yellow) to be given out if you are late. The system works as such, minutes are given as time after 7:40am:

0-15 minutes: 1 slip
15-45 minutes: 2 slips
45-90 minutes: 3 slips
>90 minutes: 4 slips

- And then of course the more slips you get, the better your testimonial is. Plus if you get more than 100 slips in a term, you get the “Student With Best Stress Management” Award.

- Not to mention you get personal satisfaction from coming late.

- We should also give slips to teachers who come late.. the later they are the more bonuses they get. Pay rises are expected to be handed out to teachers who have the most slips. If they miss their first lesson, they will get an additional (monetary) bonus other than the one meant for accumulating slips.

How it benefits society:
- Stated above and I hate repeating myself.

Feasibility and manageability:
- It will most certainly work, and I’ve this feeling many students will love the idea. I think some teachers would too.. only they would not dare to publicly admit it. Oh well, their loss.

Information accessibility:
- How to print out many yellow slips within such a short period of time (so good, must be implemented asap).

- How to construct an efficient system in giving out the number of slips (could we design a machine to be put at every entrance of the school or something?)

- Survey on whether the students want it or not (how come I get this feeling they want it.)

- Interview Mr. Winston Hodge (that’s primary information by the way), principal of RJC.

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Okay that's my PI. Neat eh. At last count without headings it was quite a bit less than 500 words, so I just added a few words in here and there. Shouldn't make too big a difference even if it exceeds - because the idea is just so brilliant that 1) no one would have thought of it (except me) and 2) the teacher will award you Exceeding Expectations right after he/she reads the first part. Look, it's just too damn brilliant a PI to reject.

But if you do use it, please state your source okay. After all they did mention in the papers that plagiarism will be DEALT WITH SEVERELY. So copy if you must, get your good grades for PW if you must (ya right 5% only lol), but you MUST state source.

Now that I've shared my ingenious idea with you, good luck for your PI. May PW be a very fruitful learning journey for you! (Because after this you can start slacking and relying on your group =D)