A professor briefed us on what the LKC scholar programme is all about. It is indeed a challenging programme that expect you to gain from it as well as giving back to the society. But I was shocked when the prof annonuced that this scholarship is not available for application but only exclusively available thru invitation.
Holy Shit, me a poly diploma cert without any merit is being invited for this prestigous scholarship, sitting together with A level graduate with 4A and 2 dist for S paper? Suddenly I feel like I'm the tiniest person in the theatre, as though I have just enter the wrong hall and ain't suppose to be there in the first place.
But the prof was very nice. And the best thing I gained from attending this tea session even though I will not get the scholarship is his frequent input of humility and words of wisdom. To say the truth, the thing that irked me the most during the time when I was in NTU is those lecturers who could't even pronounced certain terms properly to save their skin even though they spend half of their life on their specialisations. Perhaps in the business field, things are a little bit different because you need to present and write well.
I think I can always remember the prof remark that our mere presence at the theatre itself doesn't mean we are that great. It may be due to the fact that life deal us the right cards at the right time while others may not be that fortunate or lucky than we are. Some of the outstanding students may have fallen ill during the exam and hence affect their grade, therefore they are not selected for the tea session. The prof keep reminding us that being invited for the session already mean something about your capability and we are all on equal footing inside the theatre. For a person whom withdraw from university because he hated electronics and got 2 F for his first semester exam, it is a huge confidence booster. But of course as always seen from fund investment, "past result does not mean of guranteed further earning" I have not done anything to be worthy of his remark.
Although it is only about 20 mins of "interaction" with him, "because only he talked and I listened" it is, in my own personal opinion one of the best lecture that I ever attend. It was a very good experience and I'm glad I attended the session. I'll be going for the normal smu interview again this sat but with an open mindset. SMU is a good instituition, no one can deny that but a 4 years course is just too long for me and it don't fit into my long term plan. We see how it goes then.
posted by Immortali @ 9:47 pm
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