Better than failing

Every semester, right after the final results for our units are out, we will tend to compare our marks with others. Even throughout our study life (from higher primary up to university) we tend to compare with each other. Maybe this is what Asians tend to do or maybe it is just a norm for all the students.

Sometimes, what mark is actually regard as a good mark? High Distinction(HD)? Distinction (D)? A (for the Malaysian, so is English)? Well how high the mark don't refer to how well you actually did. It refers to how good you memorise-and-vomit-out during your exam preparation. Of course it depends on how good is your luck and your lecturer/teachers.

Someone told me before, studying and exam is totally a different thing. Exam is the part where they test how well you understand the unit or subject. No point of getting high results, ending up cannot apply to the outside world. Good in results means you are so call 'good' in that. And there is something not good about Asian community that I've realised since I come over here, is the Labelling. People (student/graduate) are labelled as Good-Student, Top-Student, Bad-Student, Idiot. People from Science stream are the Good-Student and above, Arts students are those idiot who cannot go up the Science stream.

Well that is actually untrue. I know heaps of people who are doing Journalism and they are very good in it, they are even better than I am! My supervisor ( Aussie who born in German) was telling me that study is something that interested you. Mark is not everything, good results do not means you will be good in everything.

Do your best and then enjoy what you're doing!