Public Relations Strategies and Tools. To me, this is a do-or-die subject. Fail it, and it will ruin everything.

What I mean is, isn’t the essence of studying to become a Public Relations practitioner, all about learning all sorts of tactics and methods to achieve the objective that we set out to achieve in the first place, when we attempt to disseminate certain information to a public?

Let’s say, if you fail it, it will consecutively mean, in layman’s terms, that you don’t have the balls to become a PR, regardless of whether it will be my choice of profession in the future. Heck, I still need to get into uni, mind you.

Why is my study not solid and conclusive, as I put it? It’s because to me, having a solid ground of study means a firm grasp of anticipating what the exam is coming out and how exactly to answer it. Lame much huh? And you thought university life was about struggling to get grades without much help from lecturers who don’t give you answers directly like how we went through in Malaysian secondary school system.

It’s hard to wean yourself away from all the spoon-feeding. It really is. Believe it or not, I’ve grown so accustomed to the spoon-feeding that TARC lecturers tend to do, it’s a bit of a shame that I don’t admit that it’s actually a BAD thing for the future. That is what exactly bugs me. For the past several semesters, there has been a lot of baby teaching methods that I’ve totally forgot the essence of studying individually, without the aid of a lecturer, or so to speak, the spoon-feeding of one. Who can go through uni without the help of a lecturer? But spoon-feeding, that’s an added plus.

Oh wait a minute, did I just say, a plus? My goodness, I’m reaping what I sow now. I must stop the bad dependence on being spoon-fed. And I’ve gotta thank this particular lecturer for not treating us like babies, if not I will totally forget the true essence of tertiary education.

Tell me, is it actually that lecturers have a certain quota to meet in order not to face the singing from the college, or are they genuinely trying to help the students, OR are they dealing with a bunch of students so hopeless, spoon-feeding is the only way?

My own answer? Depends on the individual. I’ve met all sorts of lecturer that you can imagine. Bitchy lecturers that prove to have a heart of an angel over time but forced to be bitchy for the sake of the students’ best interests. I certainly hope it won’t be the third assumption, as that will be a solid proof of failure of our Malaysian education system.

We’ll see how the exam goes… Tomorrow, when I flip over the paper, everything will be revealed.

Anyone have power food that helps people be more creative? For the practical portion of the paper, I have to be uber creative to get better marks amidst the mundane ones that the lecturer will anticipate receiving. Haha.

Mmmmm, dinner’s beckoning, bye~