Things NOT to do during O Levels Oral Exams

Disclaimer: The following set of instructions will not guarantee you higher marks for your oral exams. Master Cartwheeler shall not be responsible for any loss of marks should you follow the advice.


Things NOT to do during O level Oral exam
1) Do not scratch your arm and leave your skin flakes on the table.

2) Do not try to hypnotize the examiners by shifting your eyes from one examiner to the other. (Left right left right left right…. @-@)

3) Do not try to impress the examiners by praising them

4) Do not distract the examiners by fiddling with your ear ring
(Unless you aim to impress your examiners by showing how much your ear ring can pass through your ear hole, please do not attempt to amaze them with your expandable ear hole talent)

5) Do not apologize to the examiners for having a cold or flu or sore throat (Especially when there are 5 other people in front of you who have already said that!!! I’m starting to think that there’s an epidemic in PhillyFellaVille too.)

6) Do not be arrogant:

Scene 1
Examiner B: Could you elaborate?

Arrogant gal: Elaborate for what? (Oh, pls imagine an Ah Lian face to go along with a “kiam pah” tone)

Examiner B (mind): Grrrrrr….Smile Smile….. Remain poise under stressful situations…

Examiner A (mind): How many marks can we deduct her for arrogance? (fumbles through rubrics… grrrr no such criteria)

Scene 2 (same gal)
Examiner B: Could you tell me what the girl on the right hand side of the picture is thinking?

Arrogant gal: Which wan? U mean the one I can see or the wan I can’t?

Examiner B (mind): Siao ah! Why would I want to ask you about the pair of feet at the corner of the picture? But nevermind, be professional….. ….Smile Smile….. Remain poise under stressful situations…

7) Do not try to convince the examiners only to confuse them and in the end confuse yourself.

Confused student:
I think that ………(Blah Blah Blah Blah)……………………(Blah Blah Blah Bah)…………………………… (for about 1 min)………………………………………Errrr… Actually I don’t know what I’m saying .

Confuse student (Mind): Smile Smile…. Remain poise under stressful situations


Lastly but most crucial piece of advice (for examiners only):

8) Do not go for an oral exam with a piece of green veggie stuck to your teeth only to realise it at the end of the exam!!! Darn and I thought that smiling could keep the students calm. Grrrrr… what a loser examiner!!!


Oh btw who’s the top student for the day? A non-Singaporean. Hats off to foreign talent!!!


Do stay tune for more tips on how to excel for O levels Oral. (9 more to be exact!!!)