Miss ConGeNiaLity's Chronicles

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Thursday, September 18, 2008

:: Never Ever Give Up ::

He showed this picture AGAIN, at his first lecture. This term it's Management Accounting (MA).

I'm so touched that James Kwan remembers us!! The YYG clan, haha.. Yanru, YangTheng & Grace(me). haha..named after the title "Yeo Yao Gui" which means hungry-ghosts. haha. Because we are always after food, especially during breaks after the first part of the lectures.

James was very concerned about his students' grades. He asked if we passed FR. We were glad we could at least say "Yes", even though I didn't do as well as I thought I could. Didn't get an "A" at all. I asked James if this time we need to do more reading then practising for MA, which is a different subject from FR, where the latter does alot of computations. MA is very theoretical and practical. I'm glad I did MA after my internship. I could relate many aspects (or all aspects) of my working experience to the subject. I get to see the bigger picture at different angles.

I wanted to ask about how else to score for the subject. Besides reading, what should I do with the knowledge from the readings? What should I do next? In the midst of asking, I revealed that I was the one, whom he said "The first one who approached him even BEFORE the term begins". Then I was distracted when he began to praise me again. Didn't get to continue my question. Next lesson I would ask him during break, if not after lesson. Hope I don't start to tear again. Control... I need to be strong. Why did I even email him before the term begins? I was so desperate for this final year. I'm desperate to do well.

James Kwan asked me the same question he asked last year on his first lecture of FR, "Are you alright?". Because I looked so STRESSED. He asked if the articles he forwarded me via email has made me read till I'm quite blur already. haha..

I'm so thankful to God. His favor I can't explain. I kept praying during my ISORG lecture, because I anticipate myself approaching Mark Harris (my microeconomics lecturer last term). All I wanted was whether I could still approach him to clarify some doubts during the year, because I'm redoing the unit on a self-study basis; which means I don't get to go for lessons, but self-study and take the exam at the end of the term. However, the news was that he still lets me attend his lectures. When I approached Mark Harris..I didn't know how to spill the news to him. Luckily there was YangTheng with me. So I just said "She cleared the paper, but I didn't". Then he dramatised his emotions, putting his hand on his forehead and said "ah...". It was to make me less depress. He then asked this (which I don't expect), "When you came out of the exam, do you feel like YES I'VE GOT 80 MARKS?", I could only reply that I felt that I should pass at 34marks and not alot more than that mark. He then said that that isn't a good sign, because the papers are marked in the 40s. I don't really understand what he meant by that. Anyway, he then asked me to appeal to UOL to do a re-tabulation of the paper, as there maybe an error in the calculation of the results. And it costs 50pounds to do so. That's S$129 at least. Because there was another student, JunLi, who's really GOOD at economics. The alarming matter was that he only scored 29marks. JunLi also mentioned that he wrote the wrong question numbers on the front cover for the markers to tabulate his marks. Hence, for his case, maybe a retabulation can give him a higher chance of getting an A or B. He did his appealing,and maybe that's why Mark Harris also suggested that to me. After many hours of consideration (cost & benefit analysis, etc), I've came to a conclusion to not appeal but to retake the paper, because I don't want just 34 marks. I want a 60 at least, if not a 70. I did pretty well for intro to economics, hence I don't think I'll do so bad for micro economics, with a second chance. At least there's someone to guide me along from the start. I only approach him when the exams are nearing.

I'm so glad that this year, I'm more pro-active and able to relate to the lecturers. Hence, I wouldn't feel so pressurized or afraid to approach them when I'm in the darkness of all doubts (only academic-related). The lecturers are all actually approachable. Just that I didn't have such courage previously. Working has make me open-up alot. Cecilia always say "Don't be shy to ask. If you ask you'll might or might not get it. If you don't ask, you'll definitely get nothing". Amen!! Ask and it shall be given, seek and you shall find, knock and the door shall be open; as the Word says.

posted at [10:59 PM]

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