The title name represents my current status on my assignment that is due this coming Monday. The Assignment, where I had WEEKS to prepare. Okay, I credit I did my research and reading, but I'd hope by Friday (two days before submittion) I'd have words bloody written by now. I should have been in the editing process by now. But alas, yet AGAIN! Ironic, In all these months, of kicking myself to stop procrastinating, my last official assignment submittion for Uni, and it's still a rushed job. It's just ridiculous.
I got back the results from my first two assignments from both modules. SM = High Distinction. Surprised, in a good way. Which makes me more optimistic now with this module's second assignment submittion. I'm confident for the second assignment in SM, at the very least a C, if not D. An HD would really be the cherry of the cherries on top. ICHRM = Credit. I can't be dissapointed with that, considering how crappishly it was written. Wait I should do a check-back on what I wrote in this blog about that assignment.... I said editing was not done because of lack of time, and it was crappishly written, and unsatisfactory to me. Hmm, interesting. I'm confident I will pass the assignment that's due on Monday, it's just that I want to write a quality paper, I want it to scream "HD". Why can I not find the motivation to write? I have loads of research, facts, figures. INteresting concepts in how I want to write it, but I just can't get myself to sit down, and write this damn thing.
Oh well. It'll get done, last minute as usual, but it'll get done.
Finished my bridging classes. Now awaiting the exam and must write the assignment. Funny how the exam date is before the assignment due date. The class itself is a bloody joke. It's just ridiculous. To spend 1 hour to "teach" us how to write an e-mail. I'm not kidding. I can't blame the lecturer though, she was actually quite easy-going, it's just the subject matter which was just so dry. And pretty much common sense, It feels a bit stupid, to be forking out $500 bucks, to pretty much learn nothing, but just sit for the exam and do the "assignment" just to tell the Uni, that I have sufficient credits to graduate. Really, I've goten nothing out of this. Oh well, get this thing over and done with.
I should really stop and reflect about my whole journey with Unisa. I hate the fact that it's very unorthodox way of studying. And I really wish I could have experience campus life. To me that's like 50% of university. sure there is all the academic aspects part of it, but there's the whole socializing bit, clubs, groups. I missed out on that, and I'm upset. Because I feel a big chunk of my social life is unexhistant. I feel I missed out a lot, going to lectures, study groups (Real study groups), dorm life, tutorials, skipping class. Attending huge lecture halls. Yeah, I will totally never experience that. Sigh. No point being bitter, it's just the way it is. I really hope that I will be able to fly down to Adelaide in April '10 for the graduation ceremony. I'm quite fearful actually. Because I'll be in an area, though I call it "my school" I'm a total stranger. The amount of people I won't know, the experience just won't be the same. But either way, I still want that experience. What's the most I want out of all of this? To be standing amongst the graduating class, and tossing our caps. THAT is the one and most satisfying moment that I want to experience. Sure it'll suck not knowing eveyrone around me, but at the end, I'm amongst them. A graduate. Wow. I'm determined to make it down there in April, one way or another. I want that experience, this is one experience which this unorthodox study method cannot take away from me. IT's going to cost $$, but I'll just have to find a way. Just somehow!
I'm trying to organize out of the 12 modules which are my most favourite to least. Generally, without looking into details, nor being lecturer biased, most favourite to most hated Subject wise:
1. International Management Ethics and Values - I got the most out of it, to think about and interest
2. International Comparative Human Resource Management - the subject is just so intriguing
3. Managing Communication in Business - communication and all its complexities
4. Introduction to Management - being boss
5. Finance and Investment - numbers and $$
6. Introduction to E-Business - the power of the internet
7. Strategic Management - top management thinking
8. Marketing, Trade & exchange - used to be my most favourite topic coz advertising was my top ambition, but now the technicalities of it all, killed the subject for me
9. Organizational Behaviour - study people...boring
10. Accounting, Decisions and Accountability - ughhh
11. Management Accounting - ughhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
12. Financial Accounting - ughhhhhhhh that damn excersize case analysis was the death of me
It is NO SURPRISE that all the accounting modules are rock bottom. Grade wise, my list. From best grades to crappiest.
1. Finance & Investment (HD)
2. International Management Ethics and Values (D)
3. Introduction to E-Business (D)
4. Managing Communication in Business (D)
5. Introduction to Management (C)
6. Organizational Behaviour (C)
7. Marketing, Trade and Exchange (C)
8. Accounting, Decisions and Accountability (C)
9. Financial Accounting (P1)
10. Management Accounting (P2)
I'm not upset I only got one HD, I'm still very much satisfied, overall with all my grades, even with my P2 in MA. I'll take it gladly.
Lastly, my rankings according to lecturers and my four days worth of lectures, not being grade biased!
1. Management accounting - basil tucker, the most in your face but realistic and has the kick and power and influence to motivate others to be ambition driven! loved it.
2. International Management Ethics & Values - chris provis, though slow and quiet, he was very insightful. and i got to give him credit for making such a theoritical based subject a bit alive in class., plus he really motivated me in this. same goes for a marker, malcolm keyte, never has my work been questioned so deeply, and analyzed and insightful. most impactful, definitely.
3. finance and investment - john christie - making such a technical subject so easy to understand and do.
4. managing communication in business - brian crossman, like a father figure really. nice guy, you just can't hate him and he was so genuinely interested in you
5. ADA - john medlin - same as john christie made such a technical subject understandable, and genuinely took the effort in making sure your on track. think the only reason why i scored badly is because assignment 4 was rushed and never read the textbook = p2, and exam = bombed!
6. financial accounting - scott copeland, man i had so much faith in him. he delivered four GREAT das of lectures, I completely understood everything. but after that, zilch, his lack of feedback, actually there none at all, no help at all, no responses at all, made this challenging subject even more impossible. I thank god I passed this course, i really don't know how I did, but I did. Because Assignment 1 = p1, Assignment 2 = F2, exam = out of 7 sections I completed 4. how i still got a P1 at the end, is a mystery, but I know my faith in God helped me out here a lot.
7. introduction to management - luke faulkner, nice guy really. though he was extremely strict in class, and appreciated it. though i scored just average, i still feel he was a very genuine guy. nice, and his feedback was helpful and insightful
8. e-business - Dr. abrah haider? I can't even remember at all how he was, but i remember I had nothing against him, so i'm neutral
9. OB - Gido, just a boring guy, really boring. Only lecturer which I only attended 2.5/4 days of lecturer, because I just couldn't stand sitting there for four hours, it was that draggy.
10. Marketing - ms. viviven chanana takes the cake. I just really didn't like her. from the first moment to the last. her impression showed lack of interest in what she was doing, the lack of professionalism as well. and her constand complaining about the facilities and people around her, was just plain rude. her grading was somewhat unjustified and her feedback didn't adequately support her grading. but whatever. i hate to say it, but she really killed a subject that i was most interested in and most looking forward to learning.
I forgot my two last modules.
ICHRM - nice guy alick kay. genuinely a nice guy. richard branson look-a-like too.
SM - ms. lorraine spiers - also a very nice lady, genuinely nice.
Wow, I only got good things to say.
So that's that. This is my general overview of all my classes. I really must take a day, after my last exam, when I'm really free. To really reflect and appreciate what I've experiences in the past 15 months. I havent done that yet. I haven't learnt to appreciate what I've experience, but I will. I will.
See, now wasn't that easier. I don't know how much I typed in here....let's see 1582 words. In what...20 minutes.
DAMNNNN!!! I should be able to write this 2500 essay.. why!!!!! why WHY WHY is my ass not moving?
I seem to be so easily driven to write words, when it comes to none-academic stuff. Hmmph.
Alright, I'm off. Actually I got much more to write, but it's just ridiculous that I could easily write another hmm 3000'ish words post in less than an hour, but not get my essay moving. So I'll stop it here
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