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    The Dark Side - Issue 11 (The Blue and Gold) - November 2010

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    Cover Story ■ A S/CT modules were consistently ranked as the ‘Worst 5 First Impressions’ that student have in SMU. Many students feel that the two modules add little value to their overall curriciculum. CT in particular has a bad reputation for being a waste of time and focusing more on class participation then instilling creativity. This could be a consequence of the module’s central tenet that creativity is relative, and the reason why any and all verbal quips are given merit regardless of

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    Cover Story ■ A S/CT modules were consistently ranked as the ‘Worst 5 First Impressions’ that student have in SMU. Many students feel that the two modules add little value to their overall curriciculum. CT in particular has a bad reputation for being a waste of time and focusing more on class participation then instilling creativity. This could be a consequence of the module’s central tenet that creativity is relative, and the reason why any and all verbal quips are given merit regardless of

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    The Dark Side - Issue 11 (The Blue and Gold) - November 2010

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    A5,C1

    A
    S/CT modules were consis-
    tently ranked as the Worst
    5 First Impressions that student
    have in SMU.
    Many students feel that the two
    modules add little value to their
    overall curriciculum. CT in par-
    ticular has a bad reputation for
    being a waste of time and focus-
    ing more on class participation
    then instilling creativity. This
    could be a consequence of the
    modules central tenet that cre-
    ativity is relative, and the reason
    why any and all verbal quips are
    given merit regardless of wheth-
    er or not they are constructive
    contributions. As one student
    puts it, CT quickly becomes a
    battle for class participation,
    with TAs just ticking names of
    people who spoke up.
    AS is a completely different ball
    game, and class participation
    alone does not guarantee a good
    grade. We all remember redraw-
    ing arrows and redefining state-
    ments that can be held to be true
    or false after discussing home-
    Freshman Bash
    S
    tudents vented that the Fresh-
    man Bash organized by Biz-
    com at Zouk didnt meet their
    expectation. It was just another
    clubbing night for many and
    found the pageant long and
    time-consuming. Some also
    hinted that the selection crite-
    ria of the pageant winners could
    have been more transparent.
    Even some final year students
    who expressed their nostalgia
    about most other school events
    commented that The Freshman
    Bash didnt leave an impression
    on me.
    Nestalgla?
    F
    inal year students have a
    much different Fresh List as
    compared to the rest of the co-
    horts. For them, the first lesson
    in SMU, their first project, and
    first presentation appears to be
    the most memorable.
    Does nostalgia come into the
    picture? Mohan Jeyapalan, an IS
    student in his graduating year of
    SMU shares his experiences over
    his four years in SMU.
    Mohan feels that the first few
    milestones in SMU were essen-
    tial in shaping one to survive
    the upcoming challenge. Even
    though I came from a polytech-
    nic the standards of projects in
    SMU were just different. It felt
    more formal. However we grew
    together as a team. This was just
    the start point of my journey in
    SMU, an indicator as to what I
    was to expect in future projects.
    With regards to academics,
    with freshmen entering every
    year, I feel that the current batch
    becomes more competitive than
    the previous one. He remarks,
    as clich is may seem, GPA is
    not the only important thing.
    Instead we should be aware of
    other non-academic issues; the
    lack of integration between the
    foreign students and local stu-
    dents. He also shared his disap-
    pointment of pre-planned class
    participation among two peers
    which they executed timely dur-
    ing class.
    In his emphasis of personal rela-
    tionships, Mohan believes that
    at the end of the day it is the
    people that I have met in SMU
    who will leave a life-long im-
    pression on me, not very much
    of the digits (GPA). My group of
    friends, which we have named
    as Malay, Indian and Chinese
    (M.I.C.) has been there beside me
    through these four years. School
    would not be as fun without
    them. I also found the love of my
    life in SMU.
    He concluded with a quote im-
    parted from his favorite pro-
    fessor, Mr Kirpal Singh, Fight
    for the things you really want
    in which Mohan explains that
    fruitful outcomes can only be
    achieved if you believe in your-
    self.
    Looking at it from an entirely
    different perspective, a few stu-
    dents think that it was too ex-
    pensive and not worth the mon-
    ey; a sophomore was tongue in
    cheek about it, There are a lot
    of needy people out there, who
    would have done much more
    with the money!
    Being held on a Thursday night
    was also the concern of some
    SMU students - Clinston Tan
    said that he did not attend espe-
    cially since he had class the next
    morning. Like a date, both qual-
    ity and timing are essential in
    holding a successful event.
    work questions with other stu-
    dents, only to redraw and rede-
    fine the exact same questions
    after even more discussions with
    more students.
    Unlike CT, in AS students are
    given a strict set of clearly-de-
    fined rubrics for coursework.
    But like creativity, at times even
    logic seems perplexingly subjec-
    tive. In addition, with its weekly
    assignments, presentations and
    exams, the AS module is decid-
    edly more intense, and com-
    plaints abound that it takes up
    too much time and effort for just
    a half CU.
    Perhaps the reason why SMU
    students share a love-hate re-
    lationship with AS and CT is
    because we come from a strin-
    gently grade-oriented education
    system, and the well-rounded-
    ness that these modules aim to
    inculcate in us jars with our ac-
    ademic sensitivities. However,
    love them or hate them, these
    two modules are here to stay and
    leave their impression on suc-
    cessive generations of SMU stu-
    dents.
    5hebana Nadaraja belleves that mlsslng the geed eld
    days ls streng fer nal year students
    1he bark 5lde
    A5,C1 classes and Freshman Bash end u regularly en the
    net-se-fresh llst. 5enthll 5ukumar and Aashna Nasta reert.
    1hls was just the start elnt
    ef my jeurney ln 5MU, an ln-
    dlcater as te what l was te
    exect ln future rejects.
    - Mohan Jeyapalan
    (pictured), year 4
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