I was studying for my exam, no wait,
avoiding from studying from my exam. When I read an article about studying in university. The article was all about university giving us the opportunity of learning and applying, thinking and exploring possibilities. Was I grasping this platform of being in university to actually enhance my thinking skills, learn new skills and apply it in my life? I didn't think so.
What I did was simply cramming facts into my brain so that I can write that exam paper.
It all made sense now, or in fact, how it didn't make sense.
Last Friday while I was writing the exam paper for Air and Noise Pollution Studies, I came to have the thought that I was not learning what I know. I was simply studying it for the sake of gaining a decent GPA. I'm sorry but I have not found the meaning to the subject at all.
I have two points to make
- The Hong Kong education system is encouraging us to study but not learn.
How we were encouraged to study is to do plenty of past papers, be familiar with the examination style and calculations and hence "do well" in the subject. Which to me, is meaningless. I won't doubt that this may be the way for some who studies really scientific subjects, but to my mind, my way of thinking, this is not what I wanted at all. After going through the A-Levels (In which I screwed up pretty badly) I should have known...
2. I happened to like that law course I took in year one because I understood and can apply.
It is not simply just reading facts and understanding it. Which also brings me to realize that, this is the difference between science subjects and humanity subjects, and also back to the point where I know I should not have chosen science courses in university.
