OVERMUGGED (Lower Secondary)

Alongside our guest, Dylan from Paradigm, we broke down how students can reduce their careless mistakes in exams. Dylan shared highly applicable tips for math while Darrell covered how he teaches his students to reduce careless when attempting science questions. This episode is filled with practical and useful tips that you can immediately start applying to reduce your careless mistakes. Tune in now! YouTube Link: https://youtu.be/MwWlFdRvzOM Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/episode/1QZjmejQfWMuaEy7CL6aZX?si=SpJ_5guHS0qJRw5P9zc32A You are interested in finding out more about Dylan and his work at Paradigm, visit their Instagram at: https://www.instagram.com/paradigm_sg/ or visit their telegram channel at https://t.me/ParadigmDreamChasers

In this week's episode, we are deeply honoured to have Dylan from Paradigm to come join our podcast! We discussed a highly interesting topic on how a person can develop their intrinsic motivation. We shared our own thoughts and how our personal experiences shaped ourselves. We even dived into ways one can start discovering and strengthening their intrinsic motivation via explore different perspective or getting a suitable role model etc... This is one episode you don't want to miss! YT Link: https://youtu.be/Yo7dS1eewGY Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/episode/5Nh47BkqjjmB2zNGvfTsLK?si=CzDq221ERGOWcHbO7sUY9g You are interested in finding out more about Dylan and his work at Paradigm, visit their Instagram at: https://www.instagram.com/paradigm_sg/ or visit their telegram channel at https://t.me/ParadigmDreamChasers

In this video, I will be sharing 3 life-changing mental hacks that you can use to motivate yourself to study harder! These are all actual methods I used when I was a student to trick myself knowingly to work harder and not slack off. Watch this video if you find yourself lacking motivation to study! YT Link: https://youtu.be/3O-r2u2AxAA

Find yourself not keeping up well in class and unable to follow the fast pace teaching? Join us in this week's podcast as we discuss the various approach slower learners can pick up and how they can use different learning techniques to accelerate their progress. We also shared some insights from our own teaching experiences on how slower learners can turn their learning style into an advantage! YT Link: https://youtu.be/HzVqzfM6zc0 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/episode/4krADEp7MSPVQoeBREoXHl?si=I8G4M6dsS0WMPIsEPr3xPQ

Often find yourself being discouraged when you fail your test and can't seem to catch up in class? Maybe it is time you develop a growth mentality! Having a growth mindset means that you thrive on challenge, and don't see failure as a way to describe yourself but as a springboard for growth and developing your abilities. This could be the key difference between you excelling in school vs going into a downward spiral. This is a video you don't want to skip! YT Link: https://youtu.be/_zE65Xekgo4

Currently in secondary school and unsure whether to head to JC after 'O' Levels? We got you covered! MOE recently announced major changes to 'A' Levels iwith the changes affecting the next JC1 intake starting in 2024. Darrell and Xin Wei took a deep dive to explore the impacts of the changes and how students can strategise their subject combinations and how the latest changes will affect the JC bell curve. If you are heading to JC in 2024 and beyond, this is one episode you don't want to miss! YT Link: https://youtu.be/FT3OMxy-Aoo Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/episode/0OP6zyaMoQhACqVGR21nGA?si=pFMavap4QpGqX1iuWpmTkQ

Trying to prepare for a last minute test and find yourself short on time? Watch the full video as I break down step-by-step for you on how to can conquer one chapter in just one hour! This method is fast yet effective and I highly encourage you to give it a try to see if it works well for you. Make the most out of your revision time with this strategy! YT Link: https://youtu.be/yd7GRmqNg0U

In this week's episode, Darrell & Dixon shared on the best ways you can manage intense school schedule! With competition season and SYF upcoming, many of us would be have extremely packed schedules for sure. Darrell & Dixon shared their own experience as youth team athletes and how their intensive training really took a toll on their overall student life balance and how they came to manage their schedule smartly. They also shared how one can use certain mindset developed from sports and apply to it to academics. Lastly, they debated on a controversial topic 'Is sports useless in SG?' Keen to learn more, tune in right away! YT Link: https://youtu.be/CQt5ot_A8Jw Listen on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/episode/5ErGdmcRrcfYYl6VIn1ZrY?si=EUa97CsySN-uRfxEiomGKQ

Remedials and CCA aside, March Holidays is the perfect time for you to do some catching up and revision if you find yourself lagging behind in school! In this video, I will be sharing recapping old concepts, doing practices effectively and preparing for upcoming topics in Term 2. Don't let your March Holidays go to waste! YT link: https://youtu.be/0jugq7GaPQM

Remedials and CCA aside, March Holidays is the perfect time for you to do some catching up and revision if you find yourself lagging behind in school! In this video, I will be sharing recapping old concepts, doing practices effectively and preparing for upcoming topics in Term 2. Don't let your March Holidays go to waste! YT link: https://youtu.be/0jugq7GaPQM

Heading to JC in 2024 and beyond? MOE recently announced major changes to 'A' Levels and the changes will begin with the next JC1 intake starting in 2024. Watch this video as we will breakdown for you the key changes that will affect students and how this will affect university admission moving forward! YT Link: https://youtu.be/W67oMwUB8K4

Not doing well in geography? Don't worry, we got you covered! In this week's episode, we are joined by Dixon (OVERMUGGED's geography tutor) as we share on how you can master geography in 'O' levels and 'A' levels! We touched on many important aspects such as an overview of the content that is taught, key difference between 'O' and 'A' levels syllabus, best tips to master geography and even discussed time management strategies in exam, especially at 'A' Levels. We then ended with how geography is relevant to today's world and the transferable skills you gain from learning geography that translate to exciting jobs in the real world. This is an episode for all the geography students out there! YT Link: https://youtu.be/VZxJ9XvcnbY Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/episode/7nvRwX7wzXLfFzvg3lXY2Y?si=fdL4ZPrfTMiWaeDiTHrHWA

Always find yourself being lazy and unproductive? Hear it from Darrell and Xin Wei themselves on how they manage to overcome their own lazy habits and get work done! They share their personal strategies and what they learnt from books and applying it to their own lifestyles, now and back when they were students. If you want to stop being lazy any longer, this is one episode you don't want to miss! YT Link: https://youtu.be/HOyZMPE7Dm8

Always find yourself being unproductive and procrastinating? Find out 3 key strategies that you can adopt to help you overcome procrastination and get actual work done! Watch on YT: https://youtu.be/YAt3ld3Xn9Y

The Group Chat podcast is back, bringing you more educational content in 2023! Catch up with Darrell and Xin Wei as they share what they have been up to recently and why they took a short break from the podcast. As the new year approaches and new topics are being taught in schools, find out how you can learn new topics more effectively and master new content with ease. They went on to share more about how to reinforce knowledge retention and how practices are essential to content mastery. Tune in! YT Link: https://youtu.be/NCH8W2sFeHA Listen on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/episode/0dNJgWgY5K5biuCwKqttUw?si=WXyGm0poSbKIvyMY4KpYSw

Wondering what's the secret behind how some students perform so well academically? Learn about the top 3 traits that I observed from my top performing students from my latest 'O' Levels batch in 2022! Learn what it is that differentiate them from the rest and how they excel at 'O' Levels. The secret is out of the bag, don't miss it! YT Link: https://youtu.be/udJ6TgFIBQ4

Considering going to JC in the future? Here are 5 important things that you MUST KNOW before you decide to go down the JC route! Link: https://youtu.be/SYVwGEuxxMs

Last call for the free sec 2 science trial lesson happening TOMORROW! Sign up at tinyurl.com/lowersec-tuition to receive the zoom link before the session itself ✌️

Sec 2s! Interested in attending science group tuition this year? Come join the first session of the year FOR FREE, happening on: Date: Thursday 12 January 2023 Time: 7-9pm Location: Online (Zoom) Sign up at tinyurl.com/lowersec-tuition to receive the zoom link before the session itself! 😋😋