Thursday, February 15, 2007
|5:09 PM|
Today, I am really, utterly disgusted. Is everything just about money here? Or maybe it has always been this way everywhere...Okay this is what happened...I went to get my ENL102 validated today and yes there is this new policy that states that all international and transfer students need to have either ENGL150 or 151 (UNL courses) in order to get other English courses validated. I understood that perfectly well. The thing is I already have got my ENL101 transfered as ENGL150 so any sane, logical person would know that ENL101 = ENGL150 since the university had already transfered it as that for me. So I went to Andrews Hall and meet that lady. I told her I already have a course transfered as ENGL150 therefore I want to transfer my other English course (ENL102). Guess what she said? Apparently, we have to take the English course in the university itself to be entitled for validation of other English courses. Isn't that ridiculous?? I mean if the university has already transfered my ENL101 as ENGL150, wouldn't that mean that technically the university has already decided that it is acceptable to be equivalent to the ENGL150 that they offer?? Why do I have to take it again? Why do I have to waste my time and money to take another stupid English course?? Oh wait...I know why...of course it's money! So obvious isn't...ever since I've been here, all I ever notice about this place is money, money and money...That day I went to the admin building to get my fees paid and apparently they do not have the facilities to deal with credit card payment and so I have to do it online. Guess what I found out online? They charge a 2% convenience fee for paying using the credit card online! Oh wow...no wonder they don't accept credit card payment in the admin building itself! At times like these, I really feel so upset and disgusted. I mean what is the reasoning behind all these? And for the English classes, apparently some international students can't write in English...so does this mean that it applies to ALL international students?? That's just so degradatory on all of us who can! People always have this misconception that Malaysians can't speak or write in good English just because English isn't our native language. Like they even know that I grew up with English all my life!! I speak English better then I speak my own mother tongue! And I have grades and scores to prove that I am worthy of being exempted from taking anymore English courses. Sighz...I guess this is just another one of those days...Let's hope that tmr will be a better day...
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