20060505

Learning Journal 7

Hi all my VIPS,

I hope despite the 'pressure'(weather nowadays is very unpredictable - it may rain heavily in the morning and sunny after that)all of you are up and going. Must be pretty tough; well that's is what life is all about. Have faith in what you are doing and things will be a bit better. After all - education is the most expensive investment - sometimes it takes all you have to achieve the best but I believed if you do it the smart way and the right way; it will be more meaningful at the end...

Three more weeks - all of you will be done with this semester; the experience, be it good or bad is meant to be evaluated for the betterment of your learning process. Share with me what you have learned from classroom, your friends, the unit involved and all in all what your teachers (Sifu) has shared with you during your learning process.

Obviously, I am more interested in knowing how my Chinese learner/s has learned especially all the new things. Do you find that now, you not only searched for the information but how you used the information to relate to the real business situation. Do you find it difficult when you have to reason out(remember my tagline- 'so what')or analyze the information. If so, why do you think it is so difficult and how do you overcome this difficulties.

And do you think that learning is about knowing the facts, memorizing it and then pour it out in the final exam (your're lucky if your brain is like a photocopy machine) or it is something that you need to do in the future (life long learning).

Well, I think I am asking too much here, but share your thoughts with me and in the mean time...your engine are all well service at the moment, so used to the limit but make sure you give your engine a rest when it need one...

Don't forget, show your appreciation to your mum who have given you all the love on Mother's day - doesn't have to be expensive present but an sms will keep you connected (use Nokia handphone - Connecting to People) and also your appreciation to all your teachers on "Teacher's Day".

I rest my case
Sifu..
"The best and most important part of our education is that which we give ourselves".

20060501

Learning Journal 6

Hi all VIPs,

Hopefully the three days break did bring back the 'energizer' to move ahead. Guess, at this point, everybody is busy finalizing all the assignments to be hand in at the end of the month.

It is so fast nowadays that we're all almost to the end of the semester. Yeap, it's three weeks from now - the semester is going to be over and the final exam will take place. I guess, that has been the routine and one may say what a boring life to lead..well- things never gonna change if we don't impart new things. If one had tried something new this semester (study technique, classroom management, group project discussion or even group study), I think somehow they would feel that life is a bit different than it is used to be. I am not saying a 360 degree from last semester but a little bit different would make a difference.

By the way, what do you guys think of the Strategic Marketing 310 or Business Policy 320?(depending on the units that you are enrolled). These two units demand that students must have the analytical thinking skills as one of the survival tools. Do you find any difficulties in understanding the subject matter? Did you see any improvement in terms of your thinking skills ( for example - problem solving skills, ability to analyze the information and also applying the facts into the real business context).

Share with me your thoughts here...in the mean time - stay focus and hope all of you will make through smoothly this semester.

Sifu...