I have never been so bored and demotivated in my life. I am sitting at a library computer after an unsuccessful attempt at studying, no memorizing, phonological terms for Sign Linguistics. Sounds like a ball, right! I know I'm fed up to the max when I start questioning the relevance of what I'm learning, especially as lame a topic the phonology of Sign Language. I fail to understand how the sequence of sign language is going to help me in my future! In fact, I start to question the relevance of all my subjects! Sociology - learning about the contributions of dead theorists, and why am I studying Journalism again when people with only matric certificates can get trained to be radio or television presenters? Not that I want to be one...
I think it's time the education department realise that exams are the worst form of assessment ever. The only thing exams do is test our ability to cram and thumbsuck, let alone deprive us of sleep, a life, radically alter our eating habits and make us cranky and rude. I wouldn't mind continuous assessment all year round to be honest. Who's with me in petitioning for the abolishment of exams? Swot week isn't all that you know...Oh and all that stuff about the irrelevance of my subjects was probably just the exam stress talking. My parents are paying for my fees, imagine if I went all liberal and rebellious on them now? Massive props to them for all they're doing to make my future look at least a little shiny.
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