I have encountered a valuable experience recently. The experience was really a stunner in a sense that it hit me hard in the face (and breaking my heart). So far, I have never thought that I’d be facing such thing, but finally I did. And I have no answer to it. But it did make me feel so annoyed and upset me a lot.
The issue was, what’s the fucking deal with 2.92? I’ve met two distinguished academician. The first thing they asked was, “why did you get 2.92?” and then followed by:
“batch you ramai tak dapat 3 ke atas?”
“dalam banyak2 semester ni, ade tak you score 3 ke atas?”
“ape kelebihan you ni, sebab ramai yang lain dapat 3.5, 3.8?”
“dengan 2.92 ni awak dapat jugak buat master ye?”
“kerje setahun setengah je, I don’t think you ade design pape pon kan?”
Pukimak. Those were very insulting questions. Hey pundek, with that 2.92, I’ve finished my master in one and a half year only. By research you fuckin idiot. Not mixed mode or by course. I’ve presented two papers in two national conferences. I have experience in teaching tutor classes for one year even though I reluctantly doing it. But I did! I’ve been active with various campus activities and sports, played in the highest level of National Varsity tournament for two years. Fuck you!
With this 2.92, I managed to get a job in GHD, one of the leading consultant firms in Australia. I have managed to complete 2 projects in just one year. Yes, you may be right, I haven’t designed anything big yet, as my role here is just a junior hydrologist. But still, those experiences aren’t something you can get on the sidewalks or on the street. Do those who get 3 pointers and above have the experience travel 6 hours on a boat, staying in the jungle doing river gauging? Do they know how long does it take to complete a gauging? Can they tell their students that Rational Method would tend to give higher values in its results? I bet they couldn’t.
I respect those who scored 3 pointers and above. They are great. They worked hard to earn it. They deserved it. But it doesn’t mean that those who couldn’t score 3 pointers are stupid and lazy. Everything happens for a reason. In my case, I’ve tried my best to balance my campus activities with academic. Hence, 2.92 should be a credible result for an active student. Why can’t you accept that? Fuck la you guys.
So, beginning today, I officially declare that I’ll never EVER respect those people and their institution again. Pergi mampos. Harap nama je bijak pandai2, tapi x reti hormat orang lain. Hina orang lain. Pukimak la. Simpan je ijazah korang tu dalam lubang jubo korang. Pergi la terus hidup dengan obsesi terhadap 3 pointer ke atas tu.
