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Unprepared for Failure
This occured to me a couple of years back when i first started out on the part time course. Failure at first was pretty hard to accept. It took me a while before i picked myself up and moved on from there. I wonder how many of my peers now are actually ready for failure. Perhaps much better than me then.
The vast difference in attitude between working people and younger adults struck me so hard in the face i find it difficult to understand. Both parties are paying over $20K for a chance at tertiary education. If the people at SIM can go to work, endure all the shit and come in the evening to listen to the lectures at the expense of their sleep and leisure, why are NUS people skipping lectures? Are they not aware of the money involved here?
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The vast difference in attitude between working people and younger adults struck me so hard in the face i find it difficult to understand. Both parties are paying over $20K for a chance at tertiary education. If the people at SIM can go to work, endure all the shit and come in the evening to listen to the lectures at the expense of their sleep and leisure, why are NUS people skipping lectures? Are they not aware of the money involved here?
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Downward Spiral
Camera Model: NIKON D70
Image Created: 2005:10:29 18:54:43
Lens: Nikkor DX 18-70 Wide-Zoom
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F-Number: f/3.5
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Exposure Bias: 0 EV
Metering Mode: Center Weighted Average
Focal Length (35mm Equiv): 27 mm
This was taken behind NUS Biz II, at the old NUS buildings. My fren was right when he said photographers have this thing for spiral stairways. I took great pains to frame in the pillar, the curves and the upper deck. However, i hope the accidental inclusion of my little toe did not spoil the photo. A shot of the texture of the steps was trashed
hmmm, thnking i slack too much for the first sem, or is that i need such a long time to settle down and get adapted to uni life? yep, im very well prepared for the failure, of not getting gd grades for the coming exams...
"Both parties are paying over $20K for a chance at tertiary education. If the people at SIM can go to work, endure all the shit and come in the evening to listen to the lectures at the expense of their sleep and leisure, why are NUS people skipping lectures?"
For many nus students, coming to uni is jus a follow-the-path thing..after jc it's just automatic to go university, then move on to work. Since it's something people didn't take that long to decide, it would be understandable that they wouldn't take their studies so seriously.
Being working adults, if you are willing to fork out so much money to get a degree, you would be one who is very serious about doing it well. It's like natural selection. If you are not serious, you wouldn't be there anyway. But for nus, there would inevitably be a larger bunch of "i'm here because I dunno what to do" people..
I guess other than that...maturity also lah..:)
yup, i agree with eemin about the follow the path thing.
a very important factor when it comes to learning is the passion for it. (for me at least)
coming to uni now is something i did cos, well, everyone is doing! it's perceived as the 'right' thing to do. i didnt come in cos i want to, but cos its right to.
for students at SIM (i'm generalising here), they take the courses cos they want to learn, they are interested in it.
i'm not saying i dont want to learn, i like learning, i like the field i chose, but i guess, i'm not interested in what i'm learning yet. i can't squeeze out that much more passion cramming stuff i'm put off by in my head after doing that for the past 12 years! you ask, why don't i take another course. cos, it's the least of the devils.
look at me at my external courses and i'm a totally different student -- i won't skip my lessons even if i'm ill.
passion makes a whole lot of difference.
I think it's more about maturity as ee min said. Face it, we're still not quite adults. I don't think it's about the money either.
I have an uncle who got his degree in his 40's. He didn't get a raise in his salary because of some weird Malaysian Govnt system for civil servants, but he did it because that's what he had always wanted to do - to go to university. My dad isn't a graduate either. He sometimes thinks of going to university because like my uncle, he had the grades, he had the brain, but his family didn't have the money.
Ultimately why people like these don't skip lectures etc, I think it's because they are matured. They have a goal and their maturity enables to them to persevere till their goal is achieved. Young people on the other hand, while they do have goals, they aren't responsible enough to go all out to see it through. Age makes one wiser, so I guess young people are just not quite there yet :)
Hmm.. Another reason might be because WE aren't paying for our school fees. They're paid by our parents or someone else. We did not earn the money, so we tend to take it for granted.
Btw, I AM prepared for failure. Having a scholarship unfortunately doesn't give much room for failure. I am already 'aiming' to redeem myself next semester. Actually I don't have much of a choice.
AMK: I believe there is passion in sci too. Infact, i believe there is passion in everything but majority of the society doesn't. To have passion in accounting doesn't mean you have to be crunching numbers till 6am. Most bookkeepers are not there by passion but purely by the lure of good money. I do meet people who get's excited just by talking about accural concepts. Same goes for social science like sociology and economics.
But one thing for sure, most people at SIM are here because they believe getting a degree will further their pitiful career state. My point is not about passion, it's about realising the money that goes into the course that you are in. Maturity aside, i believe that reality has set in for most of the SIMians while the rest of the kent vale pple are still struggling with idealogies.
damit. no one commented on the photo which i thought was pretty neat.
i preferred the cosy bay one. (:
passion != obsession.
passion == (interest + motivation + drive)
and what i'm learning now (EG1108?!?!) isnt the reason why i chose BIE. i'm sure that when the real BIE kicks in, you'll see what i mean by passion. it'll shine thru. (:
and money goes in, that's why i'm studying for the papers. (:
my GEM professor
"if you want to do well, read the notes. if you want to hear me crap, come for my lecture.."
right now, i dont wanna hear the MA1505/EG1108 lecturer crap cos i really don't like the subject.
hee, anyway, good luck for physics tomorrow :) to whoever who's from engine yr 1 and reads tis blog..:)
yep, passion can come in anything. That's what makes life more than money/power/blah. I'm not being idealistic here. Life really ISN'T just money alone.
sometimes when we are made to do things that doesn't seem to match our choice (eg. like the grp A math lecturer said "words words!! if I wanna read words I would have gone to study english literature!!"), well, take it as life..:) make the best out of it hee...Sometimes, you can get unexpected results too..:)
bah...good luck tmr!!
Oh, about your pic.. I feel there's too much going on in it. The geometries are a little too complicated and sort of clashes with each other. I think I know what effect you were trying to achieve, but I guess this flight of stairs just couldn't deliver.
hmm... i must say the only thing that caught my attention was the texture in the different materials..
ros: That's because you're an arki student.
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