chey! u guys think it's only that? actually some of the
lecturers r excellent in MPE, not to mention some completely
condemned cases. But wat pissed me off mostly was wat the dean said
during the 2nd yr student and divisional staff meeting at the
beginning of the term.
Wat he said really made me irritated abt the system. After some
students mentioned about some ground problems faced, he announced
that he was only interested in the "Big Picture"; in short, he
wasn't here to listen to the nitty gritty. Wat he doesn't realise
is that the small problems are the ones that need some major
correction!
For example, he toks abt having a world class school in MPE and
makes constant references to "star wars"...not that i wish to mock
him or scoff at his ideals, but he should wake up and smell the
juice! His own school tutors, some of which cannot even teach, are
employed..how does he expect us to do well when we dun even
understand the damn subject. Self-study? yeah well, in that case,
can i be excused vasity fees? If u cannot teach me, i might as well
go study on my own.
Apart from that, his approach method during the talk struck me as
rather aloof. I've heard that he has set a decree that "if a
student deserves to fail, fail him". Is that true? i wonder wat
kind of pressure the various professors are under. I agree that
sometimes a no-nonsense approach is required, but he could
certianly have explained it to the students. We are a thinking
society of mpe undergraduates, not brain-dead slaves to be whipped
at a moment's notice.
From wat i can see as a student, he cannot even get the small
picture right and he wants to tok only abt the big picture?
It's the stuff of dreams, and dreams r for people who
sleep...
[This message has been edited by controversay (edited 23 March
2001).]
[This message has been edited by controversay (edited 23 March
2001).]
