I was dumbfounded.
and at the same time, I thought it was really funny.
It just shows two things.
One, he wants us to pass, and the only way to not do it leniently is to set the most important part of the question as, "What did you learn, personally?" We are allowed to elaborate. We are given space to. It's just a matter of whether you can or cannot. I remember reading in one of the slides,
"If you can't describe your strategy in 20 minutes, simple and in plain language, you haven't got a plan." But people may say "I've got a complex strategy; it can't be reduced to a page" That's nonsense. That's not a complex strategy. It's a complex thought about the strategy"It's almost the same concept. People say, "I do know. But what kind of question is that!?" But come clean and come clear. If you really studied, regardless of the title, you would've at least remembered the contents, and that would've refreshed your memory on the title. And the thing I trust is, he's not giving this question to test you on whether you know the exact words of each title or not... which leads to reason number 2.
He wants to know whether we've paid attention in class. Whether we've studied. Whether we've understood what he taught us.
I can't say I've studied really hard for this subject. Nor I would say I was happy with the question.. because the problem doesn't lie with the question. The problem lies with I have not put enough effort to my studies. Otherwise, I would've finished earlier and walked proudly out of the examination hall. Sure, it'd be awesome if someone gave the exact titles for all 16 chapters. But.. so what? Oh wow. S/he can memorize!!
But the thing we know is, what matters is the last column; what did you write in it?
That's really why, I don't get the fuss about titles. Did you screw up the column on "personal"? That's the problem, isn't it? We cannot complain about what we can elaborate, so we find something else to complain about. Ah, THERE! That's the weak point, ATTACK!
Hmm.. I got too carried away.
Anyways, it's over. Now, I only care if I pass. Nothing else matters. Because I know I sound so .. pissed expressing how I think, it's as if like I've done well, and probably the next most ironic thing is I get so so so so so so SO low marks for that.
I'm right. I'm getting out of control.
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