Unit Mono-Intake: 'O' Level & Below: Low Rank Rifleman ?
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I'm currently in a dilemma. I'm 20 this year and didn't do so well in my diploma studies for this semester. As a result, I would have to wait till next year to re-do everything.
I don't want to waste anymore time & I am considering going for National Service 1st before coming back & finishing up my remaining year.
The problem now is, my highest education level thus far is an GCSE O' Level Cert. Would this affect in anyway my posting prospects in NS or anything at all?
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don't worry, as long as u gain entry into poly b4, u will go enhance batch, but no chance go OCS lah
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Originally posted by snk86:
don't worry, as long as u gain entry into poly b4, u will go enhance batch, but no chance go OCS lah
Without a dip, he still has chances of going mono-intake his his education level is considered the same as O 's holder.
Poly halfway dropouts also went in poly before but they also tend to go mono-intake.
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Originally posted by dkcx:
Without a dip, he still has chances of going mono-intake his his education level is considered the same as O 's holder.
Poly halfway dropouts also went in poly before but they also tend to go mono-intake.
So, is there still any chances that I would go into normal-intake?
Is mono-intake basically the same as normal except I know my posting much earlier? What are the advantages/disadvantages?
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Originally posted by shadez:
So, is there still any chances that I would go into normal-intake?
Is mono-intake basically the same as normal except I know my posting much earlier? What are the advantages/disadvantages?
There is still a low chance of tekong leadership batch intake.
Mono-intake refers to directly posting to a combat vocation and stuck there for 2 full years with very low chance of getting into command school when most who go tekong has a high chance of command school.
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Originally posted by shadez:
I'm currently in a dilemma. I'm 20 this year and didn't do so well in my diploma studies for this semester. As a result, I would have to wait till next year to re-do everything.
I don't want to waste anymore time & I am considering going for National Service 1st before coming back & finishing up my remaining year.
The problem now is, my highest education level thus far is an GCSE O' Level Cert. Would this affect in anyway my posting prospects in NS or anything at all?
you dont do well in your diploma is because you dont like the subjects or you cant do well in the subjects or lazy?dont give up half-way, or you will end up neither here or there.
how does quiting your diploma got to do with army intake!?
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Originally posted by Lokey:
you dont do well in your diploma is because you dont like the subjects or you cant do well in the subjects or lazy?dont give up half-way, or you will end up neither here or there.
how does quiting your diploma got to do with army intake!?
I didn't put in my full effort for this semester & as a result, I would have to waste the next semester away as I can only re-join the next batch of semester 1 classes.
I feel that the waiting period is a waste of time & rather complete my NS duties 1st. The only worry I have is that my time in NS would be affected due to my education level.
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Originally posted by shadez:
I didn't put in my full effort for this semester & as a result, I would have to waste the next semester away as I can only re-join the next batch of semester 1 classes.
I feel that the waiting period is a waste of time & rather complete my NS duties 1st. The only worry I have is that my time in NS would be affected due to my education level.
I would advice you to just work for that period and complete your education before you enlist for NS
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Originally posted by dkcx:
I would advice you to just work for that period and complete your education before you enlist for NS
Thanks for your response! But may I know the reason for your advice?
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Originally posted by shadez:
Thanks for your response! But may I know the reason for your advice?
Hi shadez,
I believe that dkcx give such an advice so that you will avoid entering the mono-intake batches. Some Poly/JC dropouts believe that they will be fine in mono-intake units, only to receive a "culture shock" after they have entered them.
Cheers.
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mono intakes means you go a unit for the full 2 years and even reservist also stuck with the same group of people..high chance to remain as a men which may or may not be a good thing depending on your personal view. and also the people in mono intakes tend to be abit more uncultured.
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Originally posted by shadez:
Thanks for your response! But may I know the reason for your advice?
I believe the others have mentioned most of what i want to say and lastly, if you would like to be a commander like a sgt or officer, poly dip or A's cert gives you a much better chance of being sent to tekong leadership BMT.
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wats wrong with being a Man
A man can shakes legs till
ROD
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Originally posted by shadez:
I didn't put in my full effort for this semester & as a result, I would have to waste the next semester away as I can only re-join the next batch of semester 1 classes.
I feel that the waiting period is a waste of time & rather complete my NS duties 1st. The only worry I have is that my time in NS would be affected due to my education level.
I think you make a mistake thinking that enlistment to the start of BMT is a swift and quick process. However, typically it ,may take up to 6 ~ 8 months before you are shaved your hair. So you will be wasting more time waiting for enlistment, then later on waste another period for re-entry to poly. So I encourage to do part-time and deferred NS.
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Originally posted by noahnoah:
wats wrong with being a Man
A man can shakes legs till
ROD
haha i think there're lots of people here so confused they're on the verge of being clinically schizophrenic.
I always read here the jealous grumbles and whines of low ranking people, and how they bitch about officers giving work while not doing the work and these low ranking ppl would glorify and uplift themselves as some sort of diligent and self sacrificing heroes that do all the work there is to do in SAF.And then other times, you will see the same group of people saying it's THEY who get to relax and enjoy life, from NS to reservist, while it's the commanders who don't.
Schizo? or just plain convenient? make up your mind on your story already.
you pretend to be something and conveniently switch accordingly depending on the agenda of your complaints against the establishment. -
Mono-intake is not always = rifleman.
RSN also has mono-intake for one.
Anyway both perspectives with regards to man can't be more true what....we all have our fun and shitty moments.
On the other hand I haven't really experienced what is it like to be a true man, because I was a man with spec rank, so I eat shit and can give shit.
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Originally posted by SBS2601D:
Mono-intake is not always = rifleman.
RSN also has mono-intake for one.
Anyway both perspectives with regards to man can't be more true what....we all have our fun and shitty moments.
On the other hand I haven't really experienced what is it like to be a true man, because I was a man with spec rank, so I eat shit and can give shit.
I thought spec are the one who had the most shit, the officer give shit u catch.....the men give shit u also catch....
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So which is it?
Can't make up your mind as to whether being a man, you get to enjoy life, or suffer the unjust, oh-so-tragic and how totally unjustified brutal unfairness and atrocities meted out by the officers and regulars, who suddenly morph into people who are "very free" when you are in "victim mode".Yet when you want to claim that you are happy being a man and purposely "CHOSE" not to go to command school and always "wanted" to ORD as LCP or CPL, being a man is suddenly very relax, until can "shake leg".
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Originally posted by insidestory:
So which is it?
Can't make up your mind as to whether being a man,
you get to enjoy life, or suffer the unjust and oh-so-tragic and
how totally unjustified brutal unfairness meted out by the officers
and regulars. Who suddenly morphed into people who are "very
free".Yet when you want to claim that you are happy being a man and purposely "CHOSE" not to go to command school and always "wanted" to ORD as LCP or CPL, being a man is suddenly very relax, until can "shake leg".
There will always be people happy as officers, specs or men. Diff people have diff experiences so there is no such thing as a common ground on which is best.
Mind your attitude, there is a proper way to express your ideas for discussion and ways to write as though as you challenging people and i will not hesitate to edit or remove the latter.
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Originally posted by dkcx:
There will always be people happy as officers, specs or men. Diff people have diff experiences so there is no such thing as a common ground on which is best.
Mind your attitude, there is a proper way to express your ideas for discussion and ways to write as though as you challenging people and i will not hesitate to edit or remove the latter.
Hello.. you can't read? Its the same people who are singing two different tunes. If you're clever, you'd be able to instantly see the big picture of the observation made.
if what I said is not true, you won't be feeling the compulsion to remove it.
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Originally posted by insidestory:
Hello.. you can't read? Its the same people who are singing two different tunes. If you're clever, you'd be able to instantly see the big picture of the observation made.
if what I said is not true, you won't be feeling the compulsion to remove it.
What people want to say is their problem. There are always good times and bad times regardless whether the person feels the overall impression is positive or negative.
However what i am referring to is not the contents of your posts but the way you write your post especially your 1st post in this thread. This is not the 1st time i've warned you about the way you write already which ends up with people starting arguements with you and the thread being locked.
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Originally posted by dkcx:
What people want to say is their problem. There are always good times and bad times regardless whether the person feels the overall impression is positive or negative.
However what i am referring to is not the contents of your posts but the way you write your post especially your 1st post in this thread. This is not the 1st time i've warned you about the way you write already which ends up with people starting arguements with you and the thread being locked.
You may complain to your PC then.
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Originally posted by dkcx:
What people want to say is their problem. There are always good times and bad times regardless whether the person feels the overall impression is positive or negative.
However what i am referring to is not the contents of your posts but the way you write your post especially your 1st post in this thread. This is not the 1st time i've warned you about the way you write already which ends up with people starting arguements with you and the thread being locked.
btw your reasoning is totally illogical. it's fine and dandy to experience good and bad times, that's the case for most things - a mixture of good and bad. It's not logically possible for the same group of sample, to take on opposing positions. It defies logic. You can't be yellow and not yellow at the same time. The only explanation is just that you're shifting.
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Originally posted by insidestory:
You may complain to your PC then.
Don't need to, i'll simply remove all your offensive post in future without bothering to give anymore warning or explaination. I've said enough and do not bother pm me to ask me to unlock any thread which i have locked because of your attitude.
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Originally posted by insidestory:
btw your reasoning is totally illogical. it's fine and dandy to experience good and bad times, that's the case for most things - a mixture of good and bad. It's not logically possible for the same group of sample, to take on opposing positions. It defies logic. You can't be yellow and not yellow at the same time. The only explanation is just that you're shifting.
So why is that your concern? Its up to him to say what he likes as long as its not offensive or too rude.