the people's champion
i've never really bothered when teachers or the government used to harp on our english (or singlish) standards. they liked to use the reason that if we were to do business abroad, foreigners would have difficulties in understanding us.
i think it's quite stupid if you went overseas and spoke to a foreigner in singlish. it's more of a case of knowing when to speak properly and when you can relax.
anyway if we're in singapore and everyone understands singlish then i don't see a problem. every country and culture will develop their own unique twist in their language and this one's ours.
but of course the problem comes when no one understands what the fuck you're saying because you're using singlish in the wrong context or because your pronunciation is so wack and yet that's the only way you can speak.
for example, one of my lecturers in school this year. since my poly days, almost every semester we'd get one lecturer that was totally shit. and then when we thought things couldn't get any worse, the next sem a worse one comes along and a new champion is born.
in my first year of university there were TWO, both teaching finance modules. one of them was a hong kong woman who spoke like "kukukukukuku" and no one knew what she was saying. she'd then proceed to fill up the boards with strings of writing and formula and carry on with her kukuukukuku.
the second, all i remember is that he's a guy and he's incredibly boring, because i stopped going after probably the second lecture. i quote my friend: "i seriously cannot stress enough just how fucking shit this guy is. i thought in poly we had some shit lecturers but this guy is just TERRIBLE" (i know it sounds dramatic but that's really what he said.)
and then this year's new champion... also teaching a finance module (i swear it's a fucking curse), and for all his shittiness i don't know how he managed to get all the sessions and be the only lecturer available for this module.
there are many reasons why he's the champion, and one of them is his pronunciation and his english in general. it's just...
for example, one day he said we needed to find the u of the asset. u? i looked at my friend and he had no clue. probably something new that we missed out on since we don't go to class that often anyway. so as i was listening to him talking about the u of the asset, it suddenly came to me in a big eureka moment! YIELD! YIELD OF THE ASSET!
nevermind that, another day he was talking about larberties. again, i looked at my friend and we just shrugged our shoulders. larberties, larberties, assets and larberties... LIABILITIES!!! my god.
another one of his favourite things is to add an S behind random words, for example, "now we can calculates the u of the asset." even if we exclude his language skills, he seems to be a smart guy and probably rather proficient at the topic but damn he sucks at teaching.
somewhere along the way we just gave up completely. now i'm trying to figure out this module for my exams and... i have absolutely no clue but not a single regret.
i think it's quite stupid if you went overseas and spoke to a foreigner in singlish. it's more of a case of knowing when to speak properly and when you can relax.
anyway if we're in singapore and everyone understands singlish then i don't see a problem. every country and culture will develop their own unique twist in their language and this one's ours.
but of course the problem comes when no one understands what the fuck you're saying because you're using singlish in the wrong context or because your pronunciation is so wack and yet that's the only way you can speak.
for example, one of my lecturers in school this year. since my poly days, almost every semester we'd get one lecturer that was totally shit. and then when we thought things couldn't get any worse, the next sem a worse one comes along and a new champion is born.
in my first year of university there were TWO, both teaching finance modules. one of them was a hong kong woman who spoke like "kukukukukuku" and no one knew what she was saying. she'd then proceed to fill up the boards with strings of writing and formula and carry on with her kukuukukuku.
the second, all i remember is that he's a guy and he's incredibly boring, because i stopped going after probably the second lecture. i quote my friend: "i seriously cannot stress enough just how fucking shit this guy is. i thought in poly we had some shit lecturers but this guy is just TERRIBLE" (i know it sounds dramatic but that's really what he said.)
and then this year's new champion... also teaching a finance module (i swear it's a fucking curse), and for all his shittiness i don't know how he managed to get all the sessions and be the only lecturer available for this module.
there are many reasons why he's the champion, and one of them is his pronunciation and his english in general. it's just...
for example, one day he said we needed to find the u of the asset. u? i looked at my friend and he had no clue. probably something new that we missed out on since we don't go to class that often anyway. so as i was listening to him talking about the u of the asset, it suddenly came to me in a big eureka moment! YIELD! YIELD OF THE ASSET!
nevermind that, another day he was talking about larberties. again, i looked at my friend and we just shrugged our shoulders. larberties, larberties, assets and larberties... LIABILITIES!!! my god.
another one of his favourite things is to add an S behind random words, for example, "now we can calculates the u of the asset." even if we exclude his language skills, he seems to be a smart guy and probably rather proficient at the topic but damn he sucks at teaching.
somewhere along the way we just gave up completely. now i'm trying to figure out this module for my exams and... i have absolutely no clue but not a single regret.
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