呢個學期都好少寫D 阿 SIR 同 MISS 是非, 因為真係無咩特別好寫, 好又唔係好特別, 賤又唔係特別賤 . 但係呢個唔寫真係唔得, 當初雄心壯志報讀 CRTICAL THINKING, 以為可以向呢科大展所長! 但我第一步行錯左, 報左 ONLINE CLASS, 第二步更錯既係無打聽邊個教得好, 只係點指兵兵點左其中個MISS, 第三步錯上加錯既係, 後期既課題竟然係計方程式, 不是用數字是用文字. 我這兩個星期簡直苦不堪言.

來看看我這偉大老師怎樣看得起我們這班靠自修的學生.

1. 都話係 ONLINE CLASS, 有D 人因為返工唔可以正常返學, 但MISS 覺得我地處理得到, 夠膽死向人家返工時間來安排考. (一般來說, 網上課程並沒有限時限日考試的, 只要你一開始左PRESS 左考試個制就要向某段時間內完成)

後記, 全班聯名POST 向 DISCUSSION BOARD 到投訴.

2. 一係無功課, 一出兩日後交, 個個敢怒不敢言.

3. 以前提過, d 功課好多時都係關於美國政治既野, 或係d 本土詞語, 有次考完, 我只係得 70% (呢到最少要有70% 先係合格的), 我實在忍不住, 寫了封肺腑之言去 discussion board 到,

       I don’t have problems understanding definitions with this class, but I have a very big problem applying the definitions to the exam and homework. First, most of the questions are related to the U.S. political argument which I am not familiar with. In fact, I have been in the U.S. for less than one year. Second, due to the cultural and language difference, I often times do not understand the meaning of the question. For example, in quiz 3, negative or positive stereotypes of Bible Thumper, Radical Feminist and Fishmonger. I had to look through my dictionary to find the definition of those words and then make an assumption whether they are negative or positive stereotypes.

     Maybe this example would help people better understand my circumstances. Peter can speak Chinese but he is not familiar with the Chinese culture. If I tell Peter “I have purchased a clock for you as a birthday present,” maybe Peter will feel so appreciative that I am kind to him. But in fact, giving a “clock” to someone in China is to tell that person to go to hell.

    I feel so appreciative that our lecturer is encouraging students to talk about the problems they encounter with their homework. In fact, not many tutors are willing to do so. However, it doesn’t help me much because I have too many questions which are very difficult to express in written form. Anyway, I love this subject very much. It gives me so much valuable knowledge on how to observe arguments in the world.

猜不到肺腑之言賺來了不少掌聲, 人群壓力下, 老師亦回覆了另一篇她的肺腑之言給我.

            thank you for that posting. It made me help understand you better and I'm sure the rest of the class feels the same way. I can sympathize with cultural differences very much, since I was born in Germany and did not come to this country until I was an adult, and I too consulted the dictionary for meanings of unfamiliar phrases many times. On the other hand, I love reading the dictionary and have always been eager to learn new and unfamiliar things. W.O. Quine, an American philosopher, and great logician, has argued that certain things are simply not translatable from one language to another. Symbolic logic is acutally great to overcome some of those difficulties, because it concentrates on form and not just content. Content, even within the same culture, is riddled with inherent ambiguities. A challange of a different kind. Keep up the good work everyone. We must always do the very best that we can. No other limits should be accepable.

老師因為給大陪份同學寫信投訴她的教學方法, (佢真係夠膽死出埋d notes 同text book 講既野係相反既, 仲有, 佢已經唔止一次向NOTE 到寫錯符號, 呢科同數學一樣, 一個符號錯了, 可以令學生白讀幾個小時, 我就係一個好例子!), 呢封信明係寫比我, 但暗既係比全世界睇, 人家離鄉背井來呢到教書, 就比你地班粉人投訴, 而且恐怕飯碗不保.

4. 因前一次考試失誤, 是次捱老命的K 書, 考出來的確比上次好, 是73 %, 這次據我所知甚少人合格, 但 73 % 一定不是我要的成績, 在比較考試答案後, 真的火都黎埋, 我拿的應該是 A 不是 C, 就寫信叫她給我一個滿意答案. 如果, 她回覆 :

you score on Q5 was not based upon what you got right, but how much effort you made. I posted Answers to Q5, please read that and then if you still have questions - do ask.

真係一個吹佢唔脹的答覆. 但是我已經說過 N 次, 我不是好吃的果子, 用9.9 秒時間打了回覆.

Now, I am even more confused about the email you wrote. You say “you score on Q5 was not based upon what you got right, but how much effort you made.”, so I wonder how did you evaluate the students' effort to determine scores.

後來她終於回了一個似人答的 EMAIL:

I will go over your score on Q5 in detail within the next few days. Thanks for your patience. In the mean time keep on working on the chapters. Additionally, I have a question for you: since you read my answers to Q5, what questions on Q5 did you get right?

看完簡直流冷汗, 這是說明她跟本沒有看我的卷就評分嗎?

5. 最近的兩個 CHAPTERS, 真的讀得心力交瘁, 我明明讀的是哲學, 為何好像讀 PURE MATHS 一樣. 我就COPY & PASTE 一個例子給大家欣想:

Q: The creation story in the Book of Genesis is compatible with the theory of evolution, but only if the creation story is not taken literally. If there is plenty of evidence for the theory of evolution, which there is, the Genesis story cannot be true if it is not compatible with evolution theory. Therefore, if the Genesis story is taken literally, it cannot be true.

ANS:

C= creation story, L = literally, E = evolution, T=true.

C à ~L

[Eà (~Cà ~T)] & E

Là ~T

This argument is Valid.

都是一些疑似數學又不是數學的課題, 當初我就是懶醒用對待數學方法對待他們, 結果考試 TOTAL LOST。　

6. 以為出了一封肺腑之言給老師, 打後的考試題目會好過一點，BUT：　

When he was Speaker of the House, Mr. Newt Gingrich could be counted on to advance Republican causes. At the time, nobody who would do that could be accused of being soft on crime, which explains why at the time Gingrich could hardly be accused of being soft on crime.

我呆了，直接張ｃｏｐｙ了這段給我一個熟識世界各地政治的好朋友波叔研究，波叔很熱心地跟我講解　Mr. Newt Gingrich 　的背景，結果我的答案如下　：　

C = accused of being soft on crime, S = Speaker of the House,

R = could be counted on to advance Republican causes.

All S are R

No R are C

Therefore No S are C

No rules break.

（波叔，　唔好意，　哂你ＧＡＳ　添）

7.　因平時佢既 NOTE 已經同 TEXT BOOK 教既定義係相反，再加上呢個MISS 教既野都係比較深 (其實係錯字多加上教一半又唔教一半)，後來有次考試破了記錄，全班九成人唔合格，果九成人已經唔向　discussion board 到投訴，而係直接寫信去　department head 嘈。　結果，打後個兩星期佢完全無教過書，而打後既科目都叫我地去睇 TEXT BOOK 後面既 EXERCISE 做幾題比佢睇就當教過。

8. 其實, 讀咁耐, 我覺得呢科係最好玩, 可惜我跟錯大佬…　…