EDU 3234…

One hour of lecture every week that focused more on talks on practicum and position paper was exciting and informational. As usual, Dr Jaya proved to be an extraordinary lecturer by lessening our burden of struggling to read notes and memorizing them.

One more element that adds up to the fun of being in this class is the fact that there is no final exam for this paper!!! All efforts we are putting together to finish up our research paper and position paper is going to be worthwhile as when we don’t have to sit for yet another final exam.

The tutorials which were converted into movie watching session were inspiring moment for every future teacher who sat and watched those movies. Miss Amelia and Miss Alicia tried to come out with best quality movies with a nice sound system every single week. The effort that they took to give us the best was inspiring as well. I would like thank Dr Jaya, Miss Amelia, Miss Alicia and Miss Dzeelfa a lot for being there with me throughout EDU 3234.

Practicum oh practicum….why do you have to come?

I’m dreading every moment the topic of practicum pops up in class. Dy Jaya is trying his best to give tips on preparing ourselves for our practicum and Cik Pah is giving us inside stories of what might go wrong during practicum the whole semester. I am just absorbing all these information and will apply them during my practicum next semester.

When I think about my practicum, my thoughts will always review back the moments I was here at campus. All those sweet, memories with college mates and course mates are very much precious to me and I seriously don’t want it to end abruptly. If possible, I would like to go back in time to my first year and study all over again!!! Our practicum puts an end to everything sweet that has ever happened to me!!!

Arranged or love marriage???

Arranged or love marriage????... I wonder what kind of marriage I will have in the future. Readings that we have done privately and in class during discussion with Dr Jaya, points out that arranged and love marriages are equal in some ways. For instance, love marriage is good because the couples would have known each others’ habits and character before marriage which makes them prepared to give and take and be flexible whereas in arranged marriage, couples will have minimal expectations out of each other and that helps to make the marriage go smoothly.

In my opinion, a male and female should know their duties to each other as husband or wife and live up to it accordingly. The responsibilities that a married couple is going to face and carry must be given thorough thought before getting married. Marriage is not all about two individuals getting married but it is about a bunch of people (family members) with lots of expectations and working together with them. I just hope I will have a fairly good marriage no matter whether it’s arranged or love marriage.

Drowgames awards

It was disappointing to see not many people turn up for the awards after weeks of reminder. Naomi, Aruna, Sharon, Adeline and I was few people who came early for the event and what we saw upon our arrival was only five people including Miss Alicia and Miss Amelia. We was hoping that lots of people will come soon and true to that and some phone calls made, there was quite a number of people who came in late. Next time around, I would be happy if attendance is taken for events like this to make sure everyone comes on time.

The event went on smoothly. The part where Mr. Vahid won his trip to Indonesia for a conference and my friend Aruna winning the 35th place in Drowgames was a sweet surprise for me. The food prepared for us was also delicious but it was sad to see so much of leftovers. I really hoped that the leftovers could be sent to any charity home as their dinner.

Mr. Vahid and yummy yummy KFC Snack Box

Meeting Mr. Vahid in our classroom after a long time was more than pleasurable. We always used to have a very good time in Dr Jaya and Mr. Vahid’s classes but this time around, Mr. Vahid came in as our guest lecturer for the day to teach how to write argumentative and persuasive essays which is very important to write our position paper.

As usual, Mr. Vahid did his best to make us understand his presentation. I understood what he was talking about after giving it some thought as I felt the contents and scales were too technical for me. After interpreting his presentation on my own way, I believe that I have to make some minor changes to my position paper.

After Mr. Vahid’s lecture, we were treated with KFC Snack Box. Thanks to Dr Jaya, we always get a treat every time we had to work hard for his classes. All those threats make me feel that all the effort put in the semester is worthwhile.

Finding Forrester

I’m still finding what finding Forrester is all about… I have never watched such a boring movie in my life before!!! I am still trying to figure out why Sean Connery corrected Jamal’s paper in the first place.

This slow-paced movie (a boring one in that) did carry a heavy message. A recluse author passing down his experiences and manuscript must b a result of a special bond. The encouragement Sean Connery gave Jamal was out of ordinary and sounds more like discouragement rather than encouragement. Jamal, who seems to have a special bond with the author, worked hard on the guides given to him and came out with a very good term paper at his new elite school.

The communication between Jamal and his idol looks very rough and unstable but it survived the challenges. This is what we can call as special bond from birth. Their relationship is more like a relationship between a mother and her son, where outsiders cannot predict or understand the relationship.

Documentary…haiz!!!!!

Chalk is a documentary about teachers struggling in the education system. I hated this documentary just like my classmates who was sleeping throughout the movie session. I can’t really focus on the documentary as I was sleep deprived; result of staying awake the previous night.

From the bits that I watched and understood, I came to a conclusion that this documentary was all about teachers of various levels and subjects struggling to keep up with their personal and professional life. When I think about this, I realized how much a teacher puts at stake in order to educate students. All these efforts are simply for nothing at times.

Imagining how much my teachers would have lost in order to educate me makes me awestruck. The admiration that I had on them doubled instantly. Will I be able to give the same kind of commitment to my student and profession? That is a doubt but I can promise that I will try my best to give the best.