Tutorial Participation

Quoting from one of my lecturers, "A tutorial is a learning environment where people exchange knowledge and learn from each other."

I totally agree with this statement, however, by awarding participation marks during tutorial totally defeats the purpose in my opinion. People who are already strong in the subject will have minimal problems in preparing for the tutorials, so each time during tutorial, the same person will "volunteer" to present the answers, and get a big bonus for answering the question. At the same time, weaker students will fall back further and further in the marking scheme as the bonus is really so huge (17%). This awarding of the marks really destroyed the learning environment.

He compares the awarding of participation marks to the "principle that is similar to a taxation system where the wealthier segment of the society pays more taxes.", but in fact, here, he is giving the rich more riches, and depriving the poor of their needs - a system that will lead to corruption.

The way he argues his point reminds me of one of my platoon mates, a !@#$%. How can this environment makes learning happy.

Old Times

While taking a walk in Lot 1 basement today, I saw a familiar face in Ya Kun, and decided to say hello.

Think it's been 2 years since I last met him in my secondary school. Of course, he doesn't remember my name, cause he's always mixed up my name with my other classmates during lesson. He was probably about to leave but decided to stay for another cup of tea while we gossiped for a while. Anyway, thank him for my cup of coffee. :)

Aftermath

Yeah! The tutor did not criticize the program at all. In fact she said the preliminary testing was not bad, but it makes me more worried that she is saying that to everyone to comfort them. We shall see when the final result comes out.

sweet sorrows

I woke up to great euphoria today despite the nightmare I've had. What could be more frightening than dreaming about your project supervisor criticizing everything about your work after you've spent hours on it in the past few weeks?

The moment I realized it was just a dream, I felt really great, as I know that the project has already been submitted to the supervisor. The project has finally concluded!

At the same time, I felt a bit lost since I've been working on the project for so long and now that it'd ended, I've suddenly found more time to stone. How I wish some things never ends so I'll be kept busy. That's why I've left the final volume of prince of tennis half read, animes half watched, and always seemed half-asleep when I'm awake and vice versa.

what about the world we live in today.
depressing emotions thrown at everyone
those that accept are fickle and dry
those who dont are mad
which one am i?
who knows?
i wish i could die
who cares! whats it all for?
the one thing i live for hates me.