I Miss AUSMAT!!!

Warning: this post if full of negative aura. Avoid it if you can't take it.

I miss Miss Pauline, Pn Rabiani, Pn Kudzaimah, etc.. And I miss SACE textbooks.

Don't get me wrong. The lecturers here are nice and definitely approachable. But some of them make simple things complicated. (and one of my math lecturers has an Italian/Spanish accents. So hard to listen to her sometimes) Most of the things that I'm learning in economics, business, and maths are those that I've learnt in AUSMAT and yet I couldn't get the lecturers. What more those who don't have any background knowledge regarding those subjects? They'll be scratching their heads even more than me.

The way Miss Pauline, Pn. Rabiani, and Pn Kudzaimah is so much clearer and we will pretty much understand what they are teaching after bombarding them with some questions. Over here, we sometimes, end up staring back at the tutor (with the word 'blur' clearly written on our face) after he/she explains what is written on the board. To make things worse, three out of four of my tutors are students. Excellent students they are but sometimes, they just can't get the message across. Also, they assume that we've known this and we've known that but that fact is, not everyone comes from the same education background. And I just found out today that students in New South Wales and Canberra are not learning the same syllabus in Math. See how good our good old standardized KBSM(Kurikulum Baru Sekolah Menengah..is this the real name?) is now?

The big-sized lecture halls don't do any good either, well at least for me. In AUSMAT, I asked questions whenever I have some doubts to clear and didn't feel shy since there were only about 20 students in the class. Do the same here during the lecture and you'll have 300 pairs of eyes staring at you. Moreover, when there are that many people in the hall, you don't wanna make yourself look silly by asking questions which you think are silly. Yes, yes, people say go ahead and ask and don't think of what others might think about you. But still...it's 300 pairs of eyes and ears. By the time you wanna ask lecturers or tutors personally, the fire just isn't there anymore. Well, soup is best if it's served hot. Questions too are best asked when the level of curiosity and the willingness to ask is high. After a few days, lazy students like me will usually go, "Aiya, no nit ask lah..lazy.."

As for the textbooks, the Calculus textbooks only have answers to their odd numbered exercises and the answers come without working. So if you got it wrong, you might not find the cause. Sweet...

Aiyo..I complain too much in this entry, hoh? Sorry =( but I just wanna pour it out.