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Sunday, August 07, 2005
Continued from previous post
Thurs was a rather routine day cept for an unfortunate incident during Econs. A fruastrated educator was triggered by the students' inability to meet deadlines and pay attention in class to lash out at the students. The educator's repeated and almost hysterical lament of "what's wrong with u guys?" seems to be screaming "what's wrong with me?" Well.... it takes 2 hands to clap....similarly, it takes two ppl to create a problem. Perhaps it is time for the educator to learn how to accept not just tolerate students. And perhaps it is time for the students to learn how to understand and cooperate with the educator. Handing in work promptly the next day would be a peace offering, but it WILL NOT solve the problem.
Fri marks the end to the hectic week schedule as I proceeded after sch to unwind with perc sectionals, followed by bridge training and dinner. Bridge training was extended as usual to 7.30+pm and so I reached home around 10, tired but glad for the long weekend.
Sat was scholarship day and I came to sch with my parents. Listened to DSTA, ASTAR and EDB's talk. Bleah...think i need to work on my grades first b4 considering any of them. At night was the percusssion concert by SPH, entitled "Energy". It was totally cool and impossible to fall asleep. The guest performers, Shanxi Drum Ensemble and the Western Percussion group Cincinnati, were extremely zai and inspirational. For those who missed the concert, too bad...
Onto some totally random stuff, i actually found time to look through the student handbook. There are indeed lots of redundant stuff in it and I just wish to put the spotlight on this particular one: "Recording in any form (audio or video) is only allowed after the explicit consent of the College adminstration and the persons involved have been given." I got this gut feeling that this rule is new and added only this yr...
*thinks really hard to try to recall what happened last year that involved RJC and videos
Under the internet/intranet Acceptable Use Policy, I found: "Inappropiate activites include accessing and posting distasteful, obscene, defamatory, derogatory or politically motivated articles on the Internet..... .. . ." Hmm... The only word I have a problem with is "distasteful". How do you classify an article as distasteful? Perhaps they meant not to the College's liking? Well...then would you consider wat I'm wrting now distasteful? Lol...
Uploaded a new song. Omens of love by TKWO. Note their precision in rhythm... and the melody is so catchy and nice....
Thurs was a rather routine day cept for an unfortunate incident during Econs. A fruastrated educator was triggered by the students' inability to meet deadlines and pay attention in class to lash out at the students. The educator's repeated and almost hysterical lament of "what's wrong with u guys?" seems to be screaming "what's wrong with me?" Well.... it takes 2 hands to clap....similarly, it takes two ppl to create a problem. Perhaps it is time for the educator to learn how to accept not just tolerate students. And perhaps it is time for the students to learn how to understand and cooperate with the educator. Handing in work promptly the next day would be a peace offering, but it WILL NOT solve the problem.
Fri marks the end to the hectic week schedule as I proceeded after sch to unwind with perc sectionals, followed by bridge training and dinner. Bridge training was extended as usual to 7.30+pm and so I reached home around 10, tired but glad for the long weekend.
Sat was scholarship day and I came to sch with my parents. Listened to DSTA, ASTAR and EDB's talk. Bleah...think i need to work on my grades first b4 considering any of them. At night was the percusssion concert by SPH, entitled "Energy". It was totally cool and impossible to fall asleep. The guest performers, Shanxi Drum Ensemble and the Western Percussion group Cincinnati, were extremely zai and inspirational. For those who missed the concert, too bad...
Onto some totally random stuff, i actually found time to look through the student handbook. There are indeed lots of redundant stuff in it and I just wish to put the spotlight on this particular one: "Recording in any form (audio or video) is only allowed after the explicit consent of the College adminstration and the persons involved have been given." I got this gut feeling that this rule is new and added only this yr...
*thinks really hard to try to recall what happened last year that involved RJC and videos
Under the internet/intranet Acceptable Use Policy, I found: "Inappropiate activites include accessing and posting distasteful, obscene, defamatory, derogatory or politically motivated articles on the Internet..... .. . ." Hmm... The only word I have a problem with is "distasteful". How do you classify an article as distasteful? Perhaps they meant not to the College's liking? Well...then would you consider wat I'm wrting now distasteful? Lol...
Uploaded a new song. Omens of love by TKWO. Note their precision in rhythm... and the melody is so catchy and nice....
Friday, August 05, 2005
Updating before we slip into the long national day hols...
SPA X PW = Failure^2
On mon, there was Chem SPA, skill A, the only practical paper whereby the whole cohort can take it simultaneously. One would think that the intergrity of the test would be improved this way, but as heaven decreeds, "When there's a will, there's way"....
Tues was PW day and we were informed that our first draft for written report was due next friday. Ironically, I dun even know what to write about, i mean, yes, we did "primary and secondary research", but they seem so superficial and so on the surface. To ramble on and on on such stuff for 2500 words seems to be wasting the effort rather than the time.
IHG
On wed, it was IHG opening ceremony. Looking at the attendance in the hall, one would wonder if our cohort has shrunk. The performance were rather okae cept for maybe the rock one. However, there was one thing significantly out of place, the CCALs. Why ask them parade around the hall when they are totally irrelevant to IHG. Went for CO for a while after that b4 going to the basketball courts to play IH bball. Buckley got 4th, not bad lar, considering that we only had 7ppl
Wah...tired sia... update tmr?
SPA X PW = Failure^2
On mon, there was Chem SPA, skill A, the only practical paper whereby the whole cohort can take it simultaneously. One would think that the intergrity of the test would be improved this way, but as heaven decreeds, "When there's a will, there's way"....
Tues was PW day and we were informed that our first draft for written report was due next friday. Ironically, I dun even know what to write about, i mean, yes, we did "primary and secondary research", but they seem so superficial and so on the surface. To ramble on and on on such stuff for 2500 words seems to be wasting the effort rather than the time.
IHG
On wed, it was IHG opening ceremony. Looking at the attendance in the hall, one would wonder if our cohort has shrunk. The performance were rather okae cept for maybe the rock one. However, there was one thing significantly out of place, the CCALs. Why ask them parade around the hall when they are totally irrelevant to IHG. Went for CO for a while after that b4 going to the basketball courts to play IH bball. Buckley got 4th, not bad lar, considering that we only had 7ppl
Wah...tired sia... update tmr?
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