Expectations and Success

Learning is a two way process. The lecturers are meant to be guides and facillitators to the students, and the only difference between the lecturers and the students are years of experience. The students will need to erase any myths and misconceptions about the lecturers and how the studio will be run, particularly if these have negative connoctations.

Every student has a chance to get an A this semester and the next. Based on the CGPA or GPA, the students will need to increase their chances of securing a place in the 4th year. Alternatively, they could opt for more experience or study abroad. The lecturers will support all career development decisions by the student. I for one will support any career development by the student even if they do not want to be an architect at the end of the day. Just look at Tony Eusoff! (or our Anthony Joseph). When I met him one day after he decided to go into showbusiness, to me he looked a bit nervous about meeting his ex lecturers and their expectations of him. I said to him, "Congratulations! I hope you will succeed as a businessman!" Yes, of course, he is currently projecting himself to be more of a model cum actor, but as we know at the end of the day, besides the fame which will eventually wane off, he will need to excel as a businessman, and that to me is the clue to how a student could be successful in life, and we have to acknowledge that in our teaching and creating a learning environment to help the students gain confidence and this in turn would help the student achieve more in life. He is one example and there are many others.

I would like to comment on what had transpired so far in the Studio, based on my observations and hope that this will help to develop a better understanding of the lecturer's expectations (as I not only will provide my own opinion but hope to summarise the opinions of other lecturers' as well in this blog, although I am sure they will add to what I say later on). I hope to do so soon enough.