Today I am going to blog about the article: School's Out. I think it is a character-driven story. This article is about a few teachers who teach during the morning and switch to rocker mode at night. All of them agreed that manging both passions can be a challenge. I believe that all of them have good time management skills. We, as students, should learn from them especially me. My main job is to study and I love to switch to rocker mode after my work. But this requires the above skills which I dont have currently. I should really learn those skills from them.

Mr Rai said that music was his "escape"- though he never let it get in the way of work. This shows us that he does not let music affect his career. We should also learn this from him. We should not let our passion affect our studies. He also said, " Academics is still important and you do not have to sacrifice studies for a passion." Academics is the top priority and the others are below it. Our passions should not interfere our studies. I am stressing this as I know some of us, teenagers or children, put their passion as their top priority. This is wrong! Academics come first. Our passion is for us to relax. I know that if we do not give up and practise all day we can achieve our dream. Some children want to become a professional soccer player. However in Singapore, what are the chances of playing in top leagues like the Barclays Premier League? So we should put academics in our top priority.

Magdelene said that she is the exact opposite in her class. She is very strict unlike her rocker attitude outside class. This tells us that we should focus on studying when its time to study and play well when its time to play. We can try to be balanced instead of focusing on academics or passion. If we study too much, we may become stresssed. However if we play too much we will forget about our studies and will do badly in our examinations. Therefore we must be balanced.

After reading this post, I hope you guys will change your time-table if necessary. Do not study too much or play too much. Be balanced. Remember that academic is always the top priority. Play only after you have finish studying.