It’s not normal for me to rant over writing, but sometimes some people really do get on my nerves.
Had a peer evaluation for my ethics groupwork while there was this foreign student who had to defend his stand like mad (just like how a PhD student will defend his thesis, right c’mon). Trying to write and ride on the sentimental and emotional part of the prof isn’t exactly the best way to appease your disgruntled group mates, especially when you keep saying that your english aint that good and cannot contribute to group projects.
Let me be really frank and honest here dude. I came to Singapore not knowing a word of English and had to put up with the arduous task of learning on my own while having to surivive on taunts from my fellow schoolmates consistently. It is through my own determination, perseverence and hard work that I am able to write and speak fluently today. Yes, true that you may have come to Singapore only as an undergraduate and may find the learning curve slightly steeper, especially when things are moving at such a fast pace in SMU just like the corporate world.
This exactly brings me to the point of the corporate world. If you had described me as being “aggressive” in the group, then tell you what: you are in one hell of a shock when you go out there to work in the corporate world. Face it dude, SMU student’s competitiveness and aggressiveness are only scraping the surface of the harsh corporate world and if you think you are going to get a nice friendly working environment with your fellow colleagues, I suggest that you go work in a charity organization of some sorts.
Long story short: I have met foreign students who came to SMU with a poor grasp of the English language and meeting obstacles in communicating with their fellow project group mates. Even if they do not understand what we are talking about or submit the wrong piece of work for their project part, they still make the effort to take the initiative and clarify where had gone wrong and how they can rectify it. See it? THE EFFORT. THE INITIATIVE. That’s what I really appreciate about them – making the first move and having to work on it once more to get it right, even if it means doing it all over again.
You just send out your speech and conveniently type in the email ‘thanks for helping me to edit’. Bollocks man. What makes you think that we are going to do it for you? The only reason why we did it was because your part was totally off the point, even though we constantly reminded you to approach us to clarify any gray areas.
You mentioned that other group project mates had been very encouraging in getting you to contribute but look here: you are jolly well in year 2 and there ain’t anyone who’s gonna ‘babysit’ you through this project. You are so not going to get this as the years pass in SMU and I can tell you while those previous project group mates are being nice to you, they are doing a major misfavour to your future project group mates who will have to bear the brunt of your workload. If you keep saying that you can’t keep up with the pace of SMU, perhaps it’s too taking too much time for you to catch up – 2 YEARS! This excuse can’t see you through all the way to year 4 and you better think of some other better excuse.
One last thing – you claiming me to be ‘cold’. I limited the damage damn you. I could have just ‘killed’ you off early in the term and it would really have been curtains for you by then. Everyone’s for their ownself out there, so just be happy that you got a B for the project and suck on it dude.
*I don’t usually go to such extremes to be that mean but this fellow really wore my patience thin*
