archi's life

4 years being an architecture-based student, i found that the course is very subjective which the results is totally depends on the lecturers. any mistakes, u'll get the penalty. if the lecturer likes u, u'll hv the advantage to get a better grade. and if u hv shown and had set yourself as TOP STUDENT, u'll hv more and more benefits because they lecturers will addressed u and make sure u always be the best along the way of study. easier said, the course is actually going on in the way of humane consideration: lecturers-student's working relationship.

im not desperate for good results. im a moderate student. i know im not the best but i know i could produce the best work.

mind you, this is nothing to do with anyone who i dont like, or i hate most. its about an archi student life.

every semester i saw different new things. fails and success come and go. i think with the total of 8 semesters now, everybody had their own special experiences that taught us that archi is not a play-play course.

a new issue arise recently where my batch which total up to 100+ students does complicate the management system. in semester 7 namely in highrise unit, there are 12 lecturers who leads 12 workbases. the 12 lectures consists of 6 practice architects and the remaining was the full time lecturers. the ratio of lecturer-student is rather 1:8 (for practice architect) and 1:12-1:15 for full time lecturers.

for your info, UTM architectural study system was like this: workbase (or class) is preserved whereby the students got their rights to choose which workbase they want to enter. meaning which, they can choose their favourite lecturers and team-mates.

however for the semester 8 namely urban unit, the lecturers decided to determine and allocate the students into workbase which i totally disagree since im afraid of the risk of having problematic team-mates. urban unit is really tough, there alot of field work and of course, its in groupwork.

recently too i've been tagged into a discussion of LIST OF URBAN LECTURERS in facebook. we notice that there are only 5 lecturers who will runs the urban programme at the amount of 100+ students!!! do they able to???

my friends did commented about it. some of them like it, some dont. some had commented cynically.. and some give advices. until i read miss ku yee kee's comments that totally changed my mind.

she gv some ideas to write officially to jabatan states that we're not agree with the department's decision. she did mentioned about our batch which not so strong in unity compared to other good schools. students oversea runs the programme and they gv full commitment. us? not at all.

yes, uni students should be independent. no more spoon-feeding. but when in comes to talk about the programme, the department itself needs to synchronize the school system so that the rules and students rights is well known by the students. here, lecturers still need to guide the students and let them know what they should know. i know it's not called spoon-feeding but sometimes people hv misunderstood the concept.

i've browse through the discussion regarding UTM assessment guidelines and student rights in tanggam.com. i could see whats the tutor's point of view. what they were thinking about us. about deciding something which can actually form us to be good and excellent when we've graduated soon.

what can i say..

our situation - is very critical. the tutors spending most of the time discussing about us and the future of department to produce quality graduates. do we able to be a quality student? a quality future architect who serves professional skill to the public?

i keep thinking about this.

this is a damn serious matter. when the department talks about us, there're something wrong with us. when they keep testing what and what to do to us, they're actually finding a way to overcome our problems. but we dont hv to be quiet all the time. responds are highly recommended because they're open to any comments and will take into considerations. thats good about architecture department. to improve, there always two ways communication : lecturers and students.

and i cant keep talking about this. the issue was endless.

about the option of choosing the favourite lecturers and workbase, i find that its good if the department allocate us because its time to learn and accept others. in the reality, there will be so many problematic people to handle - and of course - its better to start learning now.

what i worry most, its myself. i dont look for others. i just look at myself. student life is nearly come to the end. i'll graduate soon. i'll perform and serves my professional skills. but the thing is, am i well prepared to face the reality outside?

for the time being, the answer is no. there're so many things to learn here before i grad. i hv to grab any opportunity - building networks - anything!

because the best guidelines is experience.

agree?

may Allah bless.