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Third Place

                                                 Second Place

                                          Competitions                                                                                                                 Terrence Teoh, JR3D


                                                  Chang Jie Ee, JR3B




                                                                                                                                                               Sunshine shone through my window,
                    Sometimes I question                                                                                                                       Got up from bed with a blurred mind,
                    Are you enough?
                    Will you ever be enough?                                                                                                                   Rocked the streets with my own beats,
                                                                                                                                                               Taking every step to school without a regret,
                    How much is enough?
                                                         The deafening criticism,                                                                              It’s a school like no other,

                    Inside this overpopulated            The crushing pressure,                                                                                ‘Cause it’s a better school.
                    bubble,                              The uncalled for advice
                    no one wants to fall behind,         Pushing me into these toxic                                                                           Rushed into class,
                                                                                                                                                               Heat gone down for me,
                    no one wants to admit                competitions.                                                                                         The air-conditioner is making it colder for me,

                    defeat,                                                                                                                                    Ain’t no other school better than this,
                    but only one is seen.                They say they’re helping                                                               A Better School
                                                         They say its for my best                                                                              Holographics on the board,

                    The only way out                     But really                                                                                            The music with it’s chord,
                                                                                                                                                               It’s a school like no other,
                    is to excel                          Is it for me?                                                                                         ‘Cause it’s a better school.
                    is to eliminate
                    Eliminate all the                    Or for the ego of them?                                                                               I got no bags on my back,
                    competition.                         To feed the pride of them?
                                                         For the validation of them?                                                                           So I don’t need to pack,
                    The world,                           For them?                                                                                             Taking 200 grams with me,
                                                                                                                                                               It’s a flatten board,
                    filled to the brim                                                                                                                         Which people call it ‘I-pad’,

                    with competitions                    All these unnecessary com-                                                                            Flipping the pages inside,
                    Unnecessary competitions.            petitions for them.
                                                                                                                                                               No worries on the outside,
                                                                                                                                                               Learning without regrets,
                    Listen,                                                                                                                                    And being thankful for the opportunities I had,
                    I wanna give up                                                                                                                            To be in a better school.
                    but really
                    Can I give up?





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