From My View

Yet another peice to read. Although very short, but still quite true.

http://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/fmt-english/opinion/letters/8152-students-paying-a-heavy-price-for-high-handedness

Lecturers being forced to teach subject that is not within their field of experties. I mean, hell. Can you teach something you've never heard of? Can you teach something you've never learn before? Honestly, what logic is there to let a lecturer teach a subject that they themselves are learning?

Yet at the same time, whose to blame? Top management? Head of Department? Dean? I don't know. I don't know who assigns who teaches what, but I have a word for them:

Try being in their shoes and teach something alien. You who assign thinks it's easy, 'cause it ain't your ass on the line here. These lecturers have to suffer, and yes I use the word "suffer", 'cause they have to start from scratch. Yeah, probably you had your ass on the line before, but hey, no one says you should do the same to others.

Know what's the best part? They tell you that you are to teach a new subject, A WEEK before the semester begins. Talk about superhuman. I mean, how much can a lecturer learn up in a week? He or she ain't got no time to prepare everything. The best they can do is, prepare for Week 1, and while in Week 1, prepare for Week 2. It's not that bad if one is a tutor (though still equally bad =P), but it's worse if one's a lecturer.

I remember last semester. I had a lecturer whose new to the subject. Guess what? He basically just read from the slides without much explanation, 'cause he has no time to prepare his own slides! He had to take from the lecturer who previously taught that subject, and it took him a couple of weeks before he could fully teach it HIS way.

Talk about catching up with time.

Poor lecturers. They already have students to take care of (advisor - advisee, especially those in the FBF, where it's one lecturer to at least close to a hundred students), they have students' Final Year Project to oversee, and they've got admin work to do as well! And I thought admin work is only for those at the admin side. Man was I wrong.

And now they are bombed with new subjects. Talk about living hell. It's almost like it - minus the fire - so don't be surprised if the turnover rate gets higher. Wouldn't be surprised if one day all the lecturers in UTAR decide to boycott class.

THAT'S how bad it can get.

~eNd~