Saturday, October 18, 2003

AN ACADEMIC OVERDRIVE

I passed all my subjects. I will be typing the damage report in the morning. I'm too tired right now and I want to play some Final Fantasy X to get my mind off some things. As much as I am thrilled that I managed to pass the most important major subject in my course at this point in College... something my professor there said to me in private will always echo in my head. The disappointments on George-Edward A. Putong from Heraldo Filipino, from the AB Comm Channel, and from the Academics/JOU2-1 will end right here.

Tomorrow, I begin my journey to the top.


RESULTS THIS PAST SEMESTER

Speech and Oral Communication - Disappointing / Passed
- Ms. Ongcol explained to me how much I could have done better in her subject. I was very much satisfied with my grade because technically speaking, I've exceeded the allowed absences.

Philippine Government and New Constitution - Disappointing / Passed
- Mr. Estrada handed me my course card like normal and I managed to escape the line of one mark. Taking note, my Prelim 3.25 became a 0.0 during my Midterms. This had disappointed my professor greatly.

Basic Computer Operations - Somewhat Disappointing / Passed
- Ms. dela Cruz seemed eager to hand me my course card when I walked into the room 3 minutes after she had passed the other course cards to my classmates. I was expecting my grade to be slightly higher than it is.

PHED103 Exotic Dance - Disappointing / Passed
- My classmate Ayesha handed it out to everyone and I was disappointed because everyone I was talking to carried a 4.00 on theirs while mine was a 3.50. I had missed two practices for the Egyptian Dance. Once again, disappointing.

Art Appreciation - Disappointing / Passed
- This was the only course card that I missed since I arrived on-campus 30 minutes late due to traffic. I received mine at the Behavioral Sciences Department from the secretary. I was disappointed because I was expecting something a bit higher (despite lagging Prelim and Midterm grades). I mean, I did bare my chest and upper body when performing Tatarin at the Variety Show. Disappointing.

Reed103: Church and the Community of Faith - Disappointing / Passed
- Like in Reed101 exactly one year ago, my grade in Reed103 was lacking spice. It wasn't thrilling to see a line of one grade. As much as I enjoyed all the singing, reflecting, and activities... memorizing every detail of the Church wasn't in me this semester. Mr. Sepeda also expressed his disappointments.

Retorika - Satisfied / Passed
- This was a wildcard grade for me but I knew somewhere that Ms. Ambion wouldn't fail me. Retorika is the third and last of the Filipino-Tagalog subjects in our course curriculum. I survived it and when my classmates found out, they suddenly clapped out loud and cheered. How embarassing. They didn't have to make me have a scene inside the distribution room (JFH 101).

Comm Theory - Gravely Disappointing / Passed
- I knew this was the most crucial and most critical grade of mine this semester. Failing this subject would reduce me to an Irregular Student in Broadcast Journalism. This subject is the most important major in the first two years of Broadjourn and AB Comm. This was also the last course card to be given during the day. I received it in JFH 502 and Ms. Sigari expressed something towards me that I will never forget. She told me that she doesn't tell most of her students this, but that she had high expectations from me in her subject. As I barely passed her subject... I failed her standards. This is a wound for me that I hope will be an eye-opener. Come 2nd Semester, a new George Putong in Academics/JOU2-1 will rise.


I've had enough. No more disappointments. I will NOT fail anyone AGAIN.

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