2005-2008
yesterday my brother started school at RP after 2 weeks of holidays. i was feeling quite jealous that he still has 3 more years to enjoy in poly while i'm going to eat shit soon. some people may disagree, but studying in a polytechnic is really pure relaxation x20000, or at least it was for me.
in my course (business studies, ngee ann polytechnic), there was only 24 hours of classes each week, so on most days there were only 4 hours of class. in that 24 hours, half are tutorials and the other half lectures, so if you're a lazy bum, each week only consists of 12 hours of lesson time.
in comparism, my secondary school was 7:30-2pm, 6.5 hours a day, 32.5 hours a week excluding extra activities and remedials for stupid kids.
on a normal school day i would go to school at either 9 or 11 for 2 hours of tutorial, then go for lunch and sit around with my friends looking at girls for 2 hours, and depending on my mood, go for lectures if there were any (i usually didn't) or otherwise i get out of school.
the only times a student may experience stress are during projects, common tests, and exams (listed in ascending stess-levels). there is homework and we are supposed to do it, but that's just one of the many things that we're supposed to do but we don't.
for most part, the teachers (tutors/lecturers/whatever) do not scold their students, unless they're really dumb and push them past their limit. however there are also known cases of crazy teachers who shout and scream and chase students out of class, so just be careful when dealing with them.
projects bring unnatural levels of stress to certain students, but i have not been unduly stressed because the work is not extremely difficult or impossible to achieve. or maybe cos i'm pro.
so you see, poly life is great. the only downside i can think of is that assuming that you see a very very pretty girl in school one one day and fall in love with her, there is a very very good chance that you may never see her again due to the irregular timetables and large population. this may cause you to be depressed and suicidal.
it's not as easy as in secondary school or jc, where students know which classes their 'eye candies' are from and where to find them. in poly you see a pretty girl and no one knows who the fuck she is and where to find her. maybe if you're lucky you would manage to find her friendster account after hours of seaching.
perhaps that's why students in poly tend to hang around the same areas during their free time instead of roaming around. they hope that IF someone takes a fancy to them, the person would know where to look next time.
oh, another unintended consequence of the short school time is that life seems to pass VERY fast and very soon, 3 years are gone, just like mine are.
in my course (business studies, ngee ann polytechnic), there was only 24 hours of classes each week, so on most days there were only 4 hours of class. in that 24 hours, half are tutorials and the other half lectures, so if you're a lazy bum, each week only consists of 12 hours of lesson time.
in comparism, my secondary school was 7:30-2pm, 6.5 hours a day, 32.5 hours a week excluding extra activities and remedials for stupid kids.
on a normal school day i would go to school at either 9 or 11 for 2 hours of tutorial, then go for lunch and sit around with my friends looking at girls for 2 hours, and depending on my mood, go for lectures if there were any (i usually didn't) or otherwise i get out of school.
the only times a student may experience stress are during projects, common tests, and exams (listed in ascending stess-levels). there is homework and we are supposed to do it, but that's just one of the many things that we're supposed to do but we don't.
for most part, the teachers (tutors/lecturers/whatever) do not scold their students, unless they're really dumb and push them past their limit. however there are also known cases of crazy teachers who shout and scream and chase students out of class, so just be careful when dealing with them.
projects bring unnatural levels of stress to certain students, but i have not been unduly stressed because the work is not extremely difficult or impossible to achieve. or maybe cos i'm pro.
so you see, poly life is great. the only downside i can think of is that assuming that you see a very very pretty girl in school one one day and fall in love with her, there is a very very good chance that you may never see her again due to the irregular timetables and large population. this may cause you to be depressed and suicidal.
it's not as easy as in secondary school or jc, where students know which classes their 'eye candies' are from and where to find them. in poly you see a pretty girl and no one knows who the fuck she is and where to find her. maybe if you're lucky you would manage to find her friendster account after hours of seaching.
perhaps that's why students in poly tend to hang around the same areas during their free time instead of roaming around. they hope that IF someone takes a fancy to them, the person would know where to look next time.
oh, another unintended consequence of the short school time is that life seems to pass VERY fast and very soon, 3 years are gone, just like mine are.
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