JASVINDER KAUR PANNU Class 4D1 ( 2008 )
TURNING DREAMS INTO REALITY
Jasvinder dreamed and took action to ensure that what are dreams for the school soon became reality .
I graduated from Clementi Town Secondary School ( CTSS ) in 2008 . When my classmates and I entered our third year of secondary education , Literature was not a subject already offered . We fought to have the option to study Literature as an examinable O-Level subject . About twentyfive of us became CTSS ’ first Literature batch after a number of years . Where opportunities were not readily available to us , CTSS encouraged us to aim for them and find ways to achieve them . With an extremely supportive teacher by our side , my friends and I who made up the batch of Literature students decided to push further for one of our other interests . We enjoyed drama and performance . However , our school had no Drama Club while we were students there .
Outside of our school work , Co-curricular Activity commitments , and home lives , we banded together to start a small Drama Club of our own . When we approached our Literature teacher for guidance , she supported the initiative and helped us create a short performance to present to the CTSS staff . We were hoping to persuade the school to allow the establishment of an official CTSS Drama Club . We were determined to persevere through writing our own script and rehearsing the performance after school . That small skit grew into a full musical . Though it was staged in the beginning of 2009 , which meant we had already graduated from CTSS , we still came back and participated in the musical .
We wanted to help create the opportunities we never had for our juniors who were still in CTSS . This sense of loyalty to the school was always inherent in my friends and me . Now CTSS has an official Drama Club and it makes me proud to say I was a Clementeen once , even though I never got those specific opportunities that are now available for my juniors . Without those experiences , I doubt I would be in my current position of pursuing a degree in English Literature at a local University .
Jasvinder is currently pursuing a Bachelor ’ s Degree in English Literature in Nanyang Technological University after spending two years in Idaho studying Drama . She is returning to CTSS under the teacher internship programme .
028 Our Time : Once A Clementeen , Always A Clementeen