And... I finished all four of them in less than 2 hours...
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I am not complaining, and I am not even sure if tomorrow's test is gonna be as easy a breeze as the ones I've done; but one thing I am sure is that I'll probably have more than enough time to finish my paper tomorrow.
One thing Ms Blur repeatedly asked herself and me (but only the most recent one that I really registered the question), "why are they always rushing the architects?" Yeah... Why? I mean, I know the actual world is gonna be stressful and I know they want us to learn how to deal with stress and hone up our time-management skills and blah blah blah. In fact, I have been trying to convince Ms Blur with all these points, until... I myself start to doubt them. What if you allow architects more time to go through their creative brainstorming? What if you give them some respite so that they can freshen up their mind? I'm thinking a slightly looser schedule won't actually do a project too much harm, would it?...
As I start to ponder upon the difference between SU and NUS, I realize that apart from the fact that SU has no tutorials (means more self-motivated learning), another important point is that they do not rush you through the exams (or at least true for this upcoming one; I'm sure the next one on Thursday that's essay-based will drain up all 3 hours no matter.. It's essay yo). After sitting through 4 semesters worth of economics paper in NUS, I was/am pretty convinced that they are not testing how well you know your concepts, but how well you know your concepts AND manage to recall them within that stressful two-hour sitting. Which is also why I maintain my point that people who have way better grasp and teaches me my economics concepts may not necessarily have higher CAP than me, simply because they apply them slower (and oftentimes, it takes just 2 hours and 5 minutes for them to think of it; post-submission eureka moment anyone?). Is it really necessary for schools to expose students to these time-crunching, nerve-wrecking, every-second-counts, fastest-finger-first papers? From what I see during my internship, I can probably walk out of my table, get a coffee, take a dump, search it up on the internet before I get down to solving an "economics" problem given by my boss and submit 9 hours later at the end of the day.
So really, what's the rush for?
