portfolio is D-day?

great. my supposed to be great escapade after a tiring sem is decorated with my assignments (housing, research method, landscape). currently completing my studio report; not to forget my preparation for tranXXit, and my application for pratical training. this Wednesday there will be a meeting with the committee.

feel sorry for amrun (a friend. a GRAND one), keep YM me to asks bout the Terendak's Silver jubilee dinner. sorry arm, i'm full from top to bottom, within as well.

rite. so while i'm really frustated at my photoshop (which has been giving me probs n headache during my major submission) im having leeway with my blog.

tomorrow is the PORTFOLIO. and i enjoyed going to the eureka's (1st year) studio; its looks like its going to be a carnival. I, the upper years used to feel that excitement, but it sizzles out eventually.

why, why?
I dunno. perhaps because we knew what we did wouldn't be recognized? why upgrade our projects when we knew that for the past 10 years there's hardly been anyone who got their grades increased when they touch-up their projects? why should we color up the studio when eventually the panels walks in, a strong 20-minutes in there, then have a practically passive feedback session, move on to other studio, and calls it a day?

and there's this feeling where portfolio is the D-day. it goes when your name is called, it means "uh-oh".

it shouldn't be so, yet portfolio day make Jack the Ripper resembles like a teddy bear (for architecture students that is).

why should we emphasize on the student's mistakes? look here john, that's the 200th mistakes u've made.count them. yup, they make mistakes. we ALL do. that's why we are still learning. but why not we discuss their growth and maturity? I mean, for the past 6 sems, i never heard any of the panel said ok guys. it seems u learn something from last sem.BRAVO!.
and the panels kept asking "any comments?" with a strong 20 something lecturers looking, watching. is it comfortable to give comments in that kind of environment?

i understand the need to prepare the students for the INDUSTRY need. hold on; we're not in the varsity to learn A & B, trained ourselves again and again and just fill in the holes. we're here to LEARN to be human in specialized skills, which hopefully, benefits the society, leads the community, etc.
certainly ENGLISH READING subject wouldn't help. for the past 15 years we learn English, yet you deemed we still need to learn them?
why not teach us PHILOSOPHY? really, i think most of the undergraduates never heard of Eugene Raskin or Edward de Bono.

and really, change the perception that portfolio review day is the D-day, its supposed to be a celebration day