Sunday, November 19, 2006

Mid-Semester Test (MST) is finally over. Phew. Everything was manageable except Global Geography Tourism (GGT) and Nutrition and Wellness (NUTW) Gems. That is if you studied hard for them.

I've always believed that the teachers are not out to fail the students in real tests and examinations if the students studied hard for their subjects. Well, maybe I should change my assumption now.

Yes, you taught about London in the lectures. But, it's about the time difference between Singapore and London and the flight duration from Singapore to London and vice versa. Nothing is taught about the location. And you expect us to know? How about asking the students to find the exact location of my house?

You told us not to memorize anything. We just needed to understand. Yea, I believed. And how am I supposed to understand that there is a Taroko Gorge in Taiwan? And Victoria Peak in Hong Kong? And Longhua Park in Shanghai? And The Damnoen Saduak in Thailand? How are we supposed to understand all these locations without memorizing their locations and their spellings?

I have changed perception that Multiply Choice Questions (MCQs) are easy after my NUTW Gems paper. I totally have no idea what causes Maramus and Kwashiorkor and what are the functions of Tributryrinase and Pepsin. I think that I really deserve to get fat for not knowing Nutrition and Wellness well enough.

For MCQs, we have a 25% chance of getting it correct and a 75% to get it wrong. So the odds are not in favor of us getting a correct answer. Furthermore, if you are not a very lucky person or you just happened to be not really lucky that day, you know you will unlikely to get it correct. However, for structure questions, so long as what you have written makes sense, you score. In conclusion, MCQs may not be as easy as they seem.

I think that it is really my fault if I didn’t do well for my NUTW Gems paper. I didn't allocate time to study for it, except for the less than two hours break after the Principles of Tourism and Hospitality Paper. In addition to that, I didn't pay attention in class. Haiz. And I think that the teacher is very good towards me. I have utterly disappointed her. I need to score full marks for the next test and assignment.

My GGT lecturer told us that horse meat and cow meat taste about the same because you're what you eat.