Tuesday, April 22, 2008

Today's Tuesday

Oh well, you can't blame it on anyone when LEP gets shifted to Tuesday. But when you are told that both things are compulsory, then which one should you go for? Well, I was the only one who went for MOP, I wouldn't say that I am right, but usually it depends on your level of enthisiasm, which is why I never go for Humanities Seminars or stuff related to that. I wouldn't say that I have no interest in LEP, but I think I can just copy notes from my classmates and somehow it's like you will forget most things if they aren't used often or recorded somewhere. The MOP test was today anyway, and I only knew how to do 1 question. I would say that I am not good in the theoretical part and somehow we weren't taught to do one of the questions. I'm not sure about the other but I think it's a bit weird as it was the other variable that actually mattered. In other words, since the question didn't state that the other variable must be an integer, it could be anything and thus unlikely to have the same answer after the division. Maybe I should just admit that I am not as good, but weren't they supposed to test us on things that are taught? That's the point of a test anyway. The current education system is still focusing on how to score well for a test and the teachers just blames it on the students and call them incapable. The meaning of a test is now gone. However, it's not like a test makes everything perfect. We learn techniques of a test, but not the answers. Like we are taught how to score well for a literature test by just memorising all the facts that are taught and apply them in the test. It's useless, we would be totally stunned if we were to be given any unseen poetry. So just blame it on our teachers when you don't score well for a test.

Saturday, April 12, 2008

Must post!

My busy times are over, at least for this term. I was thinking about the comments that the other Marching Bands made, especially our only opponent, who said that they were confident of beating us. So I was wondering what was their motive. It's like if you were the best, you would want to hide something, but if you are not very good, you may want to play the game using psychology. The point is, people who think more will not be scared, but so are others who are determined to win. I may say that those who are determined may be less likely to screw up on the actual day, but those who think more have their own advantages as well.

So what was the point of saying that you are determined to win? Nice try, we are called a book-smart school, but we definitely have the ability to analyze before we learn. Nothing has a 100% accuracy, but we somehow should act according to our opponent's IQ. Usually on someone normal, reverse psychology works, but on someone with high IQ, it's hard to tell whether to use that as well. You only have a 50% chance.

We were also talking about charisma, basically about Zhang Yi who got famous recently for some strange reason which I don't know. I think it's rather useful, but can anyone truly define what's that? And as I've mentioned, you only have 50% chance.

Sometimes, you have to trust your instincts, which does not come from the mind. I can say that I am lucky, as my instincts work 70% of the time. But again, logic totally pwns feelings. So what would you do if you don't know anything but was forced to make a decision? I go to the internet... (Basically because I can't think of anything else to write)