Stimulating?

The lectures for the second unit (or my first unit) is over, and how do I rank it? I think the content is rich and the professor was great. However, the level of discussion and demographics of those in the class could have been better. In fact, at times I felt my master level courses were better than this doctoral level course.

I do not think many of those who were attending the lecture realized that not everyone is working in the local system here in Hong Kong. The amount of acronyms (or so-called acronyms) that was used had been more than necessary and for someone like myself, I had absolutely no clue what they were talking about. I guess they were not aware that this course should be more internationalized rather than localized. I definitely did not sign up for a course that focused on the Hong Kong system, because it really had nothing to do with me. As for the acronyms, I also wondered whether it was necessary to have an acronyms for everything, and I mean everything. I do not think it takes more energy to say "Liberal Studies" than LS or "Quality Framework" than "QF", just to raise a few.

I suppose in order to enrich the course and the programme, it was necessary for the university to accept students with different backgrounds. However, I really wondered how and what sort of basis has the university used in selecting the applicants. There were students in the class, who clearly struggles with spoken and written English. I could hardly understand what they were saying and what they were trying to write as well. They made me feel rather illiterate.

Enough said, time to go back to work on my assignment.