Final lap for submission is on right now and I am feeling the heat. After so many years of education, one simply has to wonder and doubt the local curriculum. After 10 ++ years of "following closely" to the guides set, I thought university would have a more relaxed and "westernized" attitude towards learning, especially for a foreign degree. To be fair, that is quite true to a certain extent. The other side would be local lecturers assuring students the "more or less correct way of scoring a distinction in exams".
That is not wrong....but even after all this years? When everyone in the class is at least 20 years old? I got to admit having guide to score in exams makes studying easier, but in the end, won't that ultimately destroy the learning process? Everyone will be studying and memorizing for the sake of not failing (or score high marks). When the next semester starts and require students to carry the knowledge from past semester, most of them cannot even apply.
Writing this makes me want to boycott the "revision lectures" next week (where all they really do is to try and spot questions for us.)