gian can’t dance,

i won’t fail your test because i’m not studying. i’ll fail it because i refuse to pass a test that measures the amount of useless work one can do. oh, wait, you actually think that your tests measure a student’s knowledge and personal competence? let me enumerate the reasons why not:

1. enumeration.
2. this is the same test that deprived “audio visual production” students the chance to synthesize what they learned. you cancelled a live tv show production so that you could conduct a useless test. i understand though, the test, after all, is much easier to schedule and grade, especially if it’s (refer to number one)
3. after i voiced my concerns about your exam potentially being just “memorization,” you answered with “no, it’s going to be practical, with writing exercises and floor plans.” then you went on to say that it’s going to be 50% identification and enumeration. why do you still want to measure our personal competence then? you obviously think we’re all idiots.

*breathe*

okay, those were the reasons why i think your decision to give a non-negotiable exam is absolute bullshit. now here are some reasons why i don’t like you:

1. you threatened to fail 66.7% of the class despite the As, B+s and Bs we received for the three major projects. you reasoned that none of us were participating in class and that you would fail our “participation” grades without an exam. wait, what?!
2. you feel like you have the right to give us grades on powerpoint presentations when you don’t know how to give a presentation yourself. at least none of the students’ presentations put me to sleep.
3. you’re a brat. you can probably tell all your friends how lazy your students are, but in the end, you cut more times than any of your students, how’s that for lazy? you also chose enumeration because it’s the easiest type of test to check. come on, cheech, we’re not that stupid.
4. you believe in creativity. let’s look back at the semester! our topic for our powerpoint presentation? swine flu. our topic for our music video? cory aquino/how fun it is to be catholic. our topic for our news report? food fair. yeah, very creative, cheech.

so to anyone reading, just one message: don’t take audio visual production with cheech. i can say with confidence that she is the laziest and most boring comm teacher in the loyola schools. and don’t believe the students who will undoubtedly tell you that “she’s nice!” because she’s nice only when it’s convenient to be nice.

i actually have a theory on why cheech insists so much on giving a test: it’s the only way she can keep her students awake.

so in conclusion, fuck you, cheech.

regards,

gian