March 23, 2007
I wasn't suppose to have any lesson today but this lesson is a make-up lesson from the one which is canceled in May. And listen carefully, it's the Journalism class! Argh... can we just get a better lecturer like Sheila to come and teach us instead? At least for that, I would be punctual and stay on in class till the very end of its session.
Well, complains aside, today, our dreams have came true. And almost everyone I knew in this class were on a high spirit. Guess what.. or rather, guess who's coming back? SHEILA WAN! That lecturer we had today actually made an announcement that our lecture would be taken over by Sheila. PHEW!!! What a relief. At least my High Distinction dream is about to come to pass with Sheila around.
Sometimes, it's not a matter of whether we are smart kids or stupid kids. Lecturers, too, play a part in facilitating and delivering the core topics to the students making them understand the requirements of their assignments. Especially those coming from a hip University like us. Hipper than SMU. By the way, WE ARE FROM SMU AS WELL -
Singapore
Monash
University. I don't care but this term has been coined by me so, it has a copyright. Well, one can say that we cannot put all the blame on the lecturers, that much is true. However, if the topics are not properly delivered to the students, how would one expect them to understand them well? Or rather, how would one expect them to become interested in what they are studying for the semester?
My tips for private university lecturers: -
1) Get straight to the point. Tell us what we need to hear, not what you want us to hear.
2) You can share your experiences with us, but with relevance to the topic or subject.
3) Lecturers are not there to "
lecture" us, just like students are not there to "
study" you. Let's abolish the classroom hierarchy and get straight into the learning environment where we, as a lecture class, learn from one another.
4) Don't bore us to death. Boredom is the beginning of
Pon Teng (skipping lessons). And this can lead to a lot of issues. It will soon affect your job position.
Alright. This was my first time "pon teng"-ing class. I went for the lesson and it was still, as usual, boring to the core and I ended up reading from the text underlining important stuffs as I read. So during break time, Esther, Halima and I packed our bags and went out of class.. of course, signing our attendance before that.
And where did we went to? Gloria Jeans Cafe for some drinks and slacked around a bit. And my.. it's my first time ordering from this cafe and I've no idea what to get myself. So, I just uttered "latte" and there you go, a nice cup of latte with some decorations on it. Check it out!
Nice... I'll be going back to Gloria Jeans. That's gonna be the place I'll slack around.
Oh, to the 'Christian Group' I know about, you guyz can hate me for not opening up myself to you all. But then, if you wanna know the reason why.. here's the reason. Because I hate being questioned about the decisions I make especially over my personal and private life. Well, not exactly private, but as soon as some dick heads start invading my privacy, then I'm gonna get REAL mad. And to tell you guyz something.. you guyz don't really know me or even understand me. Not because I don't wanna share or open up myself. I would only do it if you guyz can just stop judging me or putting labels on me.. or even spreading rumors about me, thinking or saying stuffs that are obviously not true about me. You guyz can continue to guess what sort of person I am. But I'm not revealing myself if this continues on. So no matter how much you guyz pray, and no actions from you all, it's not going to help either.
And oh, to someone(s) in that group, please stop being sarcastic. I've never used sarcasms on anyone unless they use them on me. And if I didn't do that to you, please, for f**k's sake,
DON'T do that to me! Shame on you people!
Oh whatever... conflicts usually arise not when there's hatred, but rather, when there is indifference. And my principles and values in life are different to those chaps I happened to know. Nonetheless, I will never compromise my beliefs for anything else, even if you beat the lights out of me.
