in fact maybe it isn't even your own fault. maybe i'm just too hard on myself, to blame myself. but i honestly think i've done my best and put my best foot forward. i had taken the effort and time to learn everything that i think was worthy of reading, but what can i do when the prof decides to test the most obscure fact in the notes when it is obviously a factual question and nothing conceptual and useful to take away with? i really think it isn't fair when the prof gives you such questions that test your memory of one single type of bacterium, instead of testing you concepts learned during the course. is that the basis of higher education? shoving facts down your throat?
how about having something that is more productive and help you to hone your thinking skills, instead of asking you something that you will probably forget the moment you walk out of the exam hall? -.-
and again about expectations. i really need to lower them to make myself feel better. it is always better to feel pleasantly surprised when you get something beyond your expectations than to feel disappointed and aggrieved when you know you don't deserve the marks but you can do nothing about it.
such is the nature of university education, especially that in Singapore. you have to give it to the profs here; they really try ways and means to distinguish between the ultimate nerdy students who conscientiously pick up every single line of their notes and those who just want to learn the main concepts and meaning of the module.
sigh. singapore universities will never be the best when such professors exist to instill such thinking in our undergrads.
