It's over.
well, not exactly fully over.
I've finally finished my music theory exam...And it's not just a border-line passing score. It's a score just 3 more marks to the merit grade.
I've got a 77%...HAHAHAHA. In your face, ABRSM. In your face, my beloved music teacher.
I've passed, but NOoooOO~ You clearly showed you had no faith in me; the girl who believes in last-minute studying with the least effort put in as possible. Now look at me! Haha!
Frankly, I didn't really believe that I would get anything above 70. ( The passing mark is 66%, 80% is the merit and >90% is the distinction mark) After all, I already failed this Grade 8 test the last time..but come to think of it, why do we need to have a grading system for music? Okay, so it's more organized and civilised. Let's have an example of a scenario where I have two friends here named X & Y. X has a diploma in music. Y doesn't. Does that truly make X better than Y in music? Well, music had many divisions. I wish they teach vocals though. I'd ace it.hahaha...
Well, back to practising my piano. I've still got my Grade 7 practical music exam coming up soon...
Sunday, May 21, 2006
Saturday, May 20, 2006
Tuition VS Teachers Part 2
Just the other day, I complained to my mother about the crummy Physics 2 paper.( Always as a precaution in case of bad marks in the near future) It appears that the teacher has managed to 'overlook' this paticular topic when she was teaching us about the magnetic waves. And that paticular topic came out in the bloody paper! Maybe you would say that I probably wasn't paying attention when she was teaching. But she really didn't teach that subject. And the reason why I'm so pissed off by this whole thing is because later that night, the tuition teacher taught us about the whole topic.
Now I understand. And boy, was I depressed on how many mistakes I made in the paper. Maybe I should have read a little more ( because I don't really study on my own anyway..)
What I told my mother made her pissed off saying something about 'students nowadays think they are better than teachers'...Then I retaliated by saying that most of the teachers at school keep their knowledge to themselves...which is why I turn to my tuition teacher.
I'm not saying that all school teachers are bad. Some DO practice the 'open-sessions' where anyone is free to speak. The only class I can freely speak as I wish is the wonderful English Literature class. Otherwise, the other classes are just like spitting it out from the text books. I love interactive classes. But those are just...blehhhh~
There are three teachers whom I actually enjoy my classes with. The first has got to be my Physics/ Maths tuition teacher. My friend introduced to me to this wonderful guy. I love his classes. It's like learning science all over again. And the fact that he is always open to any questions or doubts, he'll be happy and willing to assist, makes me, the 'inquisitive one' as contented as she can be... :P. He fuses his lessons into the exercises he makes us do. And I, being the one who loves brain-teasers and competition, never regretted stepping in to that class. Maybe it's because the class is small. Maybe because it's 7o% interacting and 30% teaching. I don't know. He's better than all my school teachers added up together.
Maybe except my English Literature teacher. But sometimes, she can be prone to a little droning..
The last teacher is my Sunday school teacher. Now his classes are a 90% interacting and 10% teaching. And his students learn more about life than anywhere else. Not even your favorite tuition centers can beat him. He talks on political, racial and religious issues in the class. Once he even talked about the gospel of Judas & the gospel of Dan Brown.."What's all this hype about those things? You people are ignoring all the other important things such as the poor and the sick in the third-world countries..and if you want the watch the movie, watch it! I believe you are all mature enough to separate fact from fiction." What I like about him is that; he treats us like adults; is always open to views no matter who you are, heck, he treats us as though we are his drink buddies...A role model? you've got it.
Back to reality. After telling my mother about the teacher who 'has gold in her mouth', she told me off saying that I needed to put in my OWN initiative. Which I will have problems with that in the future. I need people to guide me, no matter what they say about teenager wanting independence...
Now I understand. And boy, was I depressed on how many mistakes I made in the paper. Maybe I should have read a little more ( because I don't really study on my own anyway..)
What I told my mother made her pissed off saying something about 'students nowadays think they are better than teachers'...Then I retaliated by saying that most of the teachers at school keep their knowledge to themselves...which is why I turn to my tuition teacher.
I'm not saying that all school teachers are bad. Some DO practice the 'open-sessions' where anyone is free to speak. The only class I can freely speak as I wish is the wonderful English Literature class. Otherwise, the other classes are just like spitting it out from the text books. I love interactive classes. But those are just...blehhhh~
There are three teachers whom I actually enjoy my classes with. The first has got to be my Physics/ Maths tuition teacher. My friend introduced to me to this wonderful guy. I love his classes. It's like learning science all over again. And the fact that he is always open to any questions or doubts, he'll be happy and willing to assist, makes me, the 'inquisitive one' as contented as she can be... :P. He fuses his lessons into the exercises he makes us do. And I, being the one who loves brain-teasers and competition, never regretted stepping in to that class. Maybe it's because the class is small. Maybe because it's 7o% interacting and 30% teaching. I don't know. He's better than all my school teachers added up together.
Maybe except my English Literature teacher. But sometimes, she can be prone to a little droning..
The last teacher is my Sunday school teacher. Now his classes are a 90% interacting and 10% teaching. And his students learn more about life than anywhere else. Not even your favorite tuition centers can beat him. He talks on political, racial and religious issues in the class. Once he even talked about the gospel of Judas & the gospel of Dan Brown.."What's all this hype about those things? You people are ignoring all the other important things such as the poor and the sick in the third-world countries..and if you want the watch the movie, watch it! I believe you are all mature enough to separate fact from fiction." What I like about him is that; he treats us like adults; is always open to views no matter who you are, heck, he treats us as though we are his drink buddies...A role model? you've got it.
Back to reality. After telling my mother about the teacher who 'has gold in her mouth', she told me off saying that I needed to put in my OWN initiative. Which I will have problems with that in the future. I need people to guide me, no matter what they say about teenager wanting independence...
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