Jaded
Thursday, November 03, 2005
MAD CRAMMIN
I think i'm about to set a new record... Completing revision for 3 subjects, namely, behaviour modification, abnormal psychology and patient-practitioner relationship, in one and a half days. Felt like i have to do something else after completing revision for abnormal psychology before embarking on patient-practitioner relationship for the next couple of hours. My head is so stuffed with information that i think my brain juice is threatening to leak from my ears and nose...
From a macro perspective, under the functional system, its main function is to test us on our "knowledge", i.e. if we put it in a nice way or just simply our abilities to cram as much information as we can just a few days before exams. However, i do feel that it's serving more on it's dysfunction these days... Namely,
(1) forcing the students such as moi, to not have enough sleep for 2 weeks or so.
(2) making us feel like a two year old child after each paper
(3) putting us in somewhat psychotic mode, for e.g. snapping at anyone who disturbs the revision process and chanting this famous mantra to ourselves, aloud, "I can do this, I can do this..."
Even right now, as i type this entry, i'm revising by application of my sociological theories. This can't be healthy...You see how obsessed i'm with my school work? But i can't complain, because it is what i want to do... However, one can always indulge him/herself by wallowing themselves in self-pity. Afterall, Wallowing for a time can be healthy, wallowing for a lifetime is not.
Back to the books...
QUESTION: What is the purpose of exams?
From a macro perspective, under the functional system, its main function is to test us on our "knowledge", i.e. if we put it in a nice way or just simply our abilities to cram as much information as we can just a few days before exams. However, i do feel that it's serving more on it's dysfunction these days... Namely,
(1) forcing the students such as moi, to not have enough sleep for 2 weeks or so.
(2) making us feel like a two year old child after each paper
(3) putting us in somewhat psychotic mode, for e.g. snapping at anyone who disturbs the revision process and chanting this famous mantra to ourselves, aloud, "I can do this, I can do this..."
Even right now, as i type this entry, i'm revising by application of my sociological theories. This can't be healthy...You see how obsessed i'm with my school work? But i can't complain, because it is what i want to do... However, one can always indulge him/herself by wallowing themselves in self-pity. Afterall, Wallowing for a time can be healthy, wallowing for a lifetime is not.
Back to the books...
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