About what I should do during this bridging course, which lasts over half a year, different people gave me different opinions. My Seniors who are also from HIT told me that during bridging course I can play as much as I want. They said when I am in NUS, the free time is too limited for me to play. Besides, they said, I don’t need to worry about the QET at all, for even though I fail, the only thing I should do is to attend a English class for one semester and then pass the exam. They also told me that we Chinese students are far better than the local students at Maths and Physics, so I may just pay little attention to the science course. Overall, according to what they said, nothing is necessary except playing in this period of time.
On the contrary, my tutors told me to study hard nevertheless. Mr. Kan, my tutor on Wednesday, said that when he was studying in Britain as a scholar, he did nothing but study because he knew he must do what a scholar should do. Similarly, professor Tay who teaches us C Programming every Friday told us to work hard as well. He used to say if we don’t study hard, we are much likely to be sent back to China( while my Seniors said one might be sent back during bridging course only when he doesn’t want to stay in Singapore any longer, not because of his academic performance).
I thought my Seniors were right at first, however, I am much inclined to agree with my tutors now. Yesterday, we had a Maths exam and a C Programming exam. I did rather bad (although the results are not known yet, I feel I may fail). To much degree, I ascribe this to my laziness and lack of diligence. The time I use to study is no more than thirty percent of that I spent on study in China. Even if the mark is not important, the poor performance, to some extent, also affects my mood and frustrates me. Therefore, from now on, I decide to spend much more time in studying than before, even for the sake of being happy only.
JiangXiaoning
April 12, 2009
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Dear Arthur
ReplyDeleteTo set the records right, in 1987, I was selected by the Singapore Navy to attend a 9-month training course with the British Navy; the successful completion of which will earn me some credits for accreditation purposes for a Master's degree in Science or Engineering. Then, I felt I had won a scholarship and I told myself that I must do my very best. My suggestion to you and to the other classmates is to do your best in everything, especially English and your studies in NUS for the next few years. An excellent command of the English Language will stand you in good stead, everytime and everywhere.
Due to the different positions they are in ,the answers from them are different. I don't think there would be a tutor in the world, if he is responsible and competent, who is going to tell his students to play as much as they want. Every tutor wants their students to try their best to reach the highest standard they can. On the other hand, our seniors, in my point of view, just want to relax us. They hope we can have a relatively happy and easy bridging course time. So, I think more or less, they bend the fact and make it a little bit exaggerative.
ReplyDeleteNevertheless, since we are chosen to Singapore, especially as scholars. At least we should not disappoint the ones who kindly chose us and give us this priority to study here. And no matter how much our seniors describe we are better than the local students in maths or physics or whatever. No carelessness for study should be made,after all.
Make a good balance! We are together to go forward!