Something tells me the 1000 hours thing in the Life long learners challenge was created for fun. As in, he doesn't mean for anyone to achieve it. For anyone to even dream of it, he must have studied 97 hours by today, which I have tried and conclude is impossible unless you are some robot or are a nerd with no social life. Okay. I did sign up for 1000 hours, knowing it was impossible, probably did it for hope of a greater motivation to study. So I have 61 hours now. I am 30 hours short, which is equivalent to to slacking for 3 days.
So lets talk about the more practical goal - 500 hours. Upon completion, you get a certificate of achievement, yay, like thats gonna help me get into ac. Next, I get discounts from a bookshop I won't even be going to after 'O' levels, how smart.. And a personalized letter of encouragement from school leaders! Hm.. I wouldn't mind a note from my principal encouraging me for studying so hard, like, after my exams.. thats very helpful...
One thing that achieving 1000 hours gets you - "An invitation to have tea with the school leaders for encouragement" Tell me, how fake does that sound... And of course, to make everything else seem possible so that we will actually try, there's a 5000 hours, which means we have to study 48 hours a day from 1st August..

Oh no, I just wasted 10 minutes typing this, I better get back to my introverted life of reaching a goal of 1000 hours before 12th November.
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