无情中的有情

I see that the queue is so long. The people in the queue are waiting for hope. These people I'm talking about are the *little pals and most of them are with their parents. They are queuing up to appeal to the authority to reverse the "verdict" passed.

The repeats don't want to waste one more year. Nobody wants to, anyway. They promise heaven and earth that they will work very very hard if given a chance to be advanced. They come up with many reasons why they had missed a bit and implore the authority to give them a second chance.

The superannuated felt even more lost. Some even blame the college for being so heartless. So heartless to just kick them out, despite the loyalty demonstrated throughout their 2 year stay with her.

The passing mark is indeed artificially drawn. If it was drawn at 50, those getting 48 and 49 will feel the pinch ; if it was drawn at 45, those getting 43 and 44 will feel just as miserable. Other country may even set their passing mark at 60. Mm.. So what do we mean by we had missed a bit?
We asked for a second chance. Mm.. not that I am siding with the authority, we are already given plenty. I am afraid the scores for our CAs are indicators enough for us to work hard or else.
In general, with a weak foundation in year 1, what can we expect to get (finally) at the actual A Level Examination. Besides, everyone agrees that there are plenty overlap of material between the year 1 syllabus and 0 Level material, while year 2 material is going to be rather different.

The feeling of those being superannuated is definitely no good. Still, I don't think it's fine to say we are being kicked out. We are here, chosen this path to achieve a goal-of-sort. This is already a second year we are at year 1 level, for a 2 year course. Yet the results.... mm.. Isn't it an indication that this path is not suitable for us? If for some more humane reasons, we are being advanced to the second year based on such far below border-line results, what makes us feel we will eventually make it good enough at A Level Exam? Will we be eventually wasting 3 years instead? Wouldn't it be better to release you earlier to allow you to explore more suitable alternatives?

Okay, some statistics : this year, the year 2 levels have 108 *little pals not getting a single A Level pass in their Preliminary Examination. What kind of result will they be getting in the A Level Exam? Most of these 108 *little pals are the ones who were advanced to year 2 or had gotten borderline pass during their year 1 end-of-year exam. This stresses the importance of a strong foundation.

Hence,
... Is allowing a *little pal who is supposed to be superannuated, to be advanced, being more cruel in reality, but just seemingly more compassionate on the surface?
... Is letting a *little pal who has failed, to repeat, is much like giving another (certainly not the second) chance to re-live their lifes?

Examination indeed can be so harsh. The axing can be so 无情. Yet, we can't deny it's for the good of the *little pals concerned, to a certain degree. Can I say this is 有情 ?

I also hope everyone can be promoted.
I am reminded by stark reality : some people need more time.