College Life

My first semester of college’s classes have been carried out for 2 months and it will end somewhere during November. In this semester, I’m taking 5 subjects which include – Practical IT Skills, Computer Technology, Business Environment, Practical English and Malaysian Studies (LAN subject). Every subject there will be 50% to 60% of examination and the balance will be in-course works which are assignments, group discussion, participations, and presentation.

Students were told that by focusing on lecturers’ notes itself will not help to get a Distinction (D) but only a Pass (P) or Credit (C). That’s why they are encouraged to read up some texts and research to improve their understanding to obtaining higher grades in exam. By doing this, students learn that good grades can be obtain through hard work and not just plain memorising without understanding. Furthermore, they become more mature and aware of what is happening around. This applies for all Universities, except for some colleges. The previous college that I attended was more flexible where students can easily obtain 100% by just reading and memorising notes. In this way, students might not fully understand the concept or the learning outcome from what is tough.

Being in a professional environment, the college has set some rules about dressing code and spoken language. For the gents, their hair are not allowed to touch the collar. For the ladies, they are not allowed to wear tight and revealing cloths. For both sexes, they are not allowed to wear jeans, t-shirt, coloured their hair and to speak mother tongue (other than Bahasa and English). The main reason is to maintain the professional image, which the college believes that students that dress professionally, mentally they are prepared to face the working field.