From the U-shaped building of Dolan Hall at the fourth room of the second floor every Friday and Saturday form 3:00 to 4:30 in the afternoon is my Descriptive and Inferential Statistics Class under Miss Glenda B. Quinto. Most of my classmates here are already graduating or already upperclassmen and also most of them, new to me that's I sometimes find myself quiet and not participative in our discussions.
Our class often starts with our teacher giving a recapitulation of the topics we had discussed the last meeting. This only will consume a third of our period and the time she introduced a new topic, another boring topic, it is already near the time and be left hanging until again the next meeting. This caused us not to clearly understand the said topic and worst, to learn nothing about it.
Most of us find the class, so boring, simply because the topic is boring is not enjoyable and extremely boring and Ma'am is not doing any alternative and exciting way to present it to our class and this eventually led us not to pay attention to the class discussions. There is really no discussions for participation from the students is absent. Ma'am will just ask some questions, just testing how firmly we believe and know a specific idea, that we are able to and will never answer. Most of the time, after stating a formula or idea, she'll just ask the question in Filipino “Naiintindihan niyo?” for many times but hear no answer from us.
One may say that Statistics is just a simple and easy subject but if you, unluckily, fall to Ma'am Quinto's class especially if you are graduating, you may not receive your diploma at time for surely you will find this subject as hard as or even harder than your major subjects. This will really force you to study to the fullest in your lessons to pass it. All of our major examination are comprehensive- meaning it's always from the start. You should exert the most of your effort and time to study and comprehend all the lessons, for one hundred and one percent sure, you will find it, a nosebleeding and brain-wracking one.
Aside from these things, our class pacing is, most of the time, behind compared to the other statistics classes for we discuss a topic for a week (two meetings) or more and sometimes our schedule coincides with holidays and special no class days. Already behind, but still we find it really hard to catch with our lessons.
With her loud, clear voice resounding the whole classroom, you'll certainly be awake in her class and somewhat making you feel terrorized but on the other hand, her cute smile will certainly give you laughter and return also a smile.
This is a glimpse of our boring yet exciting and challenging, fun yet not enjoyable statistics class. Hope you will not be in this class if you take your Statistics. This is not a warning just a friendly advice.
note: this my descriptive essay in another boring class of mine...ENGS001....
