Today marked the end of one of my many exams for my first semester, which has been a rocky ride, to say the least. So far, I've been finding life in polytechnic hectic, the most hardest part being the stringent rules and mini little forms of examinations that can make or break a GPA. I think that's most characteristic of poly life, compared to other institutions. I personally do not think it is tougher, or easier, or whatever, mostly cause I haven't had the experience of being in a junior college, or ITE or whatnot, and therefore am not the right person with the right experience to judge(heh heh).
Besides the strict grading, the next thing that makes poly life poly life methinks is the sheer independence that's necessary in surviving it. There used to be teachers specifically assigned to your class to make sure you do well and some. Now these lecturers and tutorialers(yep) expect you to accept their every lisp and accent and lack of language mastery AND teaching skill. Which, a lot of the time, is the case and also, a lot of the time, a hugely sucky thing.
So far I'm pulling through okay in exams, doing well but not great, which isn't enough apparently cause my class peeps are actually pretty good in their studies haha. But that's a good thing, I can always rely on them for help^^ and motivation unfortunately HAHA cos competition is sadly my strongest drive towards doing well. For now, anyway. It will change, hopefully :)
