What the heck is wrong with education these days? We study not for the sake of gaining knowledge nor the thirst for it but for the sake of securing a job, a good job with a decent pay. It's been a mad house once school started and it's just the beginning of the school term. I am struggling to catch up on my readings which is more than I ever had. When I first started Uni, I thought to myself the only time I could really slow down and relax a little was during class time for it was only during class time that I didn't have to think about the unfinished work waiting for me. Ironic, yes but now that I'm faced with tons of readings, I am reminded of that little thought I had.
Ecarg wants to study forever and not work. WY wants to "rot and die" and not work. Mimi is stressed by the Singaporean and US/Australian students who do internships during their breaks even though it's not a Uni requirement. Whether it's due to peer pressure or the fierce competition we'd be facing in future, Mimi has decided to do an internship for the sake of building up her resume. Very sadly, society is losing itself in the paper chase and the search for the (greater) pot of gold. Elan is stressed by the thought of working especially as she wants to work in the CS and competition is stiff there. Ecarg has been out of the running. I wonder if I can get in. This time, I should blame myself if I don't get in for it is no one else's fault but mine for losing the golden opportunity.
If UMS gives us more time in a term to study, I would've enjoyed the learning process more. As it is, I am sacrificing knowledge for the sake of expediency: doing less readings than I would've otherwise. Right now, I complain like hell about school, about schoolwork but truth be told, I really love studying. Despite all tiredness, nothing beats a challenging class that is intellectually stimulating. At the moment, I want to study more and sleep more. Is there any way to reconcile that?
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Sorry about last night. I was so bitching all the way...but seriously man this piece captures me mood perfectly. I was telling amy last night that school is a marketplace. Wet market place aunties all over campus under the guise of hip cool university students.
You can imagine a photocopying room with rows of students, books and machines everyone doing the same thing. Its like an assembly line.
Taking 4 modules of seminar style lectures a sem. I wonder what the teachers want us to do? I wished they free us from useless extra-curricular electives (like science modules) and allow us to take on two individual research projects per sem with two modules. That would give us a real in-depth perspective of things but no, they want to have their cake and eat it too!!!!
I am completely worn out by this shit. Of course I'm not teh onyl one but my nerves are totally fraying. Why study? Let's all just go to the wet market jostle and bargain for fresh, cheap stuff and show our true kiasu auntie colours.
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