-september 17- Sunny, but as cold as sh@t
I've always being stating the fact that god just LOVES to hit people right in the face, and guess what, today it happened again. The result of this stupid ELPE test is out, and guess what, of course as the master of English definitely got through this piece of crap nice and well…. NOT! In fact, I failed, with a f@cking 50%! DAMN! How is that possible?! Clearly, the essay that I was asked to write is EXACTLY what I used to get 90s in Mrs Lee's class, and now I'm getting 50%! Isn't it just awesome when you fell that life just poked you from behind? I do!
At first I thought it is just the marking people is super cruel or whatever, they are just trying to stand up straight for a standard that an international top 10 university deserves. However, it wasn't until 1 minute latter that I've found out that almost all international students failed, and guess what, they all got 50%! And you just know what's going on there right away, because now here you have: some one who's getting 90% in English 12 and can talk English better than some native speakers who is seriously getting a mark that other Chinese people who can't even call their English names right is getting. WTF! I was so piece off right there, but the years of endurance training manages to help me cill down. It's nothing big right? It's not like the end of the world, for passing the ELPE isn't the only way of getting things done right. So what I did is that I swapped my short story class with ENG 109, which is a credited course of university of Waterloo. You pass this baby with a 60%, which really is something anyone can do so long as you are actually writing stuff, you can do it with both of your eyes shut. The only thing that makes me angry is that some CANADIAN CHINESE students there who still, can't even spell their names right got 70s and 80s. I took it as a personal offence for that you know? If there is ever unfairness, now THIS is the ultimate form of unfairness.
Just talked to Steph about this. Feeling much better now.As what my ancient mentor who's almost 50 years older than me remind me once again, if I can survive this and manage to keep up with my stubbornness in terms of studying, I will ultimately prevail. Just a side note, where the hell is fairness in this world anyway?
And maybe everything bad is all good to you after all. Who knows?~I
I've always being stating the fact that god just LOVES to hit people right in the face, and guess what, today it happened again. The result of this stupid ELPE test is out, and guess what, of course as the master of English definitely got through this piece of crap nice and well…. NOT! In fact, I failed, with a f@cking 50%! DAMN! How is that possible?! Clearly, the essay that I was asked to write is EXACTLY what I used to get 90s in Mrs Lee's class, and now I'm getting 50%! Isn't it just awesome when you fell that life just poked you from behind? I do!
At first I thought it is just the marking people is super cruel or whatever, they are just trying to stand up straight for a standard that an international top 10 university deserves. However, it wasn't until 1 minute latter that I've found out that almost all international students failed, and guess what, they all got 50%! And you just know what's going on there right away, because now here you have: some one who's getting 90% in English 12 and can talk English better than some native speakers who is seriously getting a mark that other Chinese people who can't even call their English names right is getting. WTF! I was so piece off right there, but the years of endurance training manages to help me cill down. It's nothing big right? It's not like the end of the world, for passing the ELPE isn't the only way of getting things done right. So what I did is that I swapped my short story class with ENG 109, which is a credited course of university of Waterloo. You pass this baby with a 60%, which really is something anyone can do so long as you are actually writing stuff, you can do it with both of your eyes shut. The only thing that makes me angry is that some CANADIAN CHINESE students there who still, can't even spell their names right got 70s and 80s. I took it as a personal offence for that you know? If there is ever unfairness, now THIS is the ultimate form of unfairness.
Just talked to Steph about this. Feeling much better now.As what my ancient mentor who's almost 50 years older than me remind me once again, if I can survive this and manage to keep up with my stubbornness in terms of studying, I will ultimately prevail. Just a side note, where the hell is fairness in this world anyway?
And maybe everything bad is all good to you after all. Who knows?~I
