Titbits of My College Life - 007 K.I.S.S. - Keep It Simple Stupid

Kinda lazy to post any interesting things in my personal circle lately. It's like 'spider-webbing' all around here.

Same old thing as usual.

You read, you study, you do your homework, you rush your assignment, have conflicts with friends, have happy time doing tests and sad time receiving the results. Have I not mentioned that, the sparkliest event in academic life of mine for this semester is that I'd actually indirectly, partially, softly, nicely have a 'conversation' with my Financial Management lecturer, Mr. Ong.

In fact, my friend, Windy and I was just asking about some doubts in our discussion of the way of solving some questions. Both of us was like shivering when we are asking him the particular question. And somehow, I forgotten how we ended up with a question back from him where he asked us to feedback on his lectures' style.

I am really kinda straight-forward! ==

You know what did I say? I said something which I think it's out of my mind.

"Mr. Ong, you are too harsh on people who actually love to present themselves in front of everyone and having confidence in this subject becoming demotivated of your 'overloaded' comments."

WTH.

I thought that is the end of my life to study. I am totally out of my mind! In my heart, it was like beating faster than a train's speed! Windy was looking at me and her look was like: Girl, you're so doomed.

Ya, definitely. I'm doomed.

However, it turns out to be the other way round. I thought Mr. Ong will actually look at me with a serious and 'I wanna eat you up' face. He did sincerely admit that he is a person who teaches that way. As what he tells us everytime, he thinks that if he uses the soft method, students will not learn. All the way long, he was just keep it by his way. Windy and I was actually nodding head, agree upon his 'statements'.

But again, I don't know how I ended up of telling him again, to enforce that he is actually 'over-harsh' to those presenters.

I said: "But don't you think that they will be demotivated? They was brave enough to stand alone in front of hundred pairs of eyes and present as best as they can. Some may be praised by you but some was being stressed out as you keep on 'shooting' them and signaling that their not good enough, bad presentation and so on. Some may take it seriously and may be demotivated to continue to build his interest in studying this subject."

Windy was looking at me with her big big eyes and now it was bigger. It signals to me that oh no, girl, you are so SO DOOMED. And I thought I was.

Somehow, he did not defend himself. He was just stop for a second, then continue to express that he was actually wants us to learn, to actualy understand and not to memorize things. He want us to be outstanding. I know and everyone knows it. I feel I'm like a jerk saying all those comments upon his way of teaching. I realized that every lecturers have their own way to teach. And really I feel so sorry.

In the next lecture, he really takes into account of what I'd said to him. I was sick that time and wasn't able to attend lecture. From what I know, Windy said that he was not that harsh anymore. Don't know why, I feel very bad. But at least, those presenters will not be demotivated as presenters before. I sincerely thanks Mr. Ong for this. :')

Trillion Thanks, Mr. Ong!







(hmm, I have no money to gift him so, I snap this down as a representative of the real thing. :P)

Keep It Simple Stupid, K.I.S.S. - learnt it from Mr. Ong. *\(^o^)/*

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