Learning Agreements – these are pointless documents my university makes it students write for particular units of our course, so we can essentially “self-assess” ourselves. They suck, and they have no point. For example, my finalised agreement doesn’t need to be handed in until next month, after which most of the unit will be finished. So my “goals” in the agreement will be biased, to reflect what I’ve actually achieved in real life (not what I think I’ll achieve). That way I’ll have achieved all the goals I set out to do.

Anyway, earlier this evening one of the unit leaders at my university sent out an email, essentially stating that she won’t accept any of the Learning Agreement drafts we sent via email, and would only read and review hard copies.

That’s understandable. However, we’re only handing in draft copies, which she’ll need to edit. Surely she’d prefer a .doc version of the draft, which is easier to modify, rather than having to re-type the whole thing on computer? Second of all, the uni rules allow for emailed copies of drafts and what-not. There would have been no issues.

Why make it more difficult for yourself?

On-top of all this, I’m off course due to my accident until the end of next week. When I replied to tell her I can’t do physically hand in a copy, she didn’t even bother responding. Yet, she found the time to write another email saying people who don’t hand in a hard copy by tomorrow won’t get any correspondence from her.

That’s the attitude that makes my university suck ass. And why I’m taking a step back and plan on lurking in the shadows. My family and friends have always said “goras” are usually like this, and I’ve always disagreed. But I’m starting to think, university is proving me wrong.

It’s so unproductive. And I don’t know why – maybe it’s the Desi blood flowing through my veins – but I want to be productive. Efficient. Organised. Everything my course is not.

Hmmm…