BSc (Education) in Mathematics

No honours. Not even a pass with merit. Just a pass degree. But that is good enough and I am very thankful.

I needed a miracle or rather two of it. But God is faithful. Not only did I clear all modules, I did a little better for AAM333. Honestly, I felt really awful after this paper as there were some very doable parts that I just had some problem trying to recall. In fact, some of the 'sure score' questions surfaced some doubts.

My previous post about AAM342 spoke for itself. That was 1 module which I had wanted to totally escape doing but due to my failure to pass AAM332, I needed to take whatever that was availble and was eligible in order to garner sufficient AUs. RIght from the start of the semester, I found that 342 was something quite abstract and throughout the course, I just could not see how it applied in daily life. Other modules were at least a little more alive in this aspect but I just cant click with 342.

AAM 202 was another nightmare because I actually needed to score 65% in my exam just so that I can safely clear this core module. It seemed to me that my lecturer was all about getting the final answer with hardly any regard for method marks. To him, he will award credit as if we were mathematicians. One mistake which might not warrant losing all marks he will simply award zero marks. Since he was also very fussy about writing out every single explanation, I simply piled my answers with what he wanted. So my speculation is that I scored fairly well in my exam to pull back those marks lost in the quizzes and test.

By far, my favourite module last semester was AAM343 though it was difficult in a way. My lecturer was those extremely helpful kind who would even gives us tips and hints during the exam. In fact, for the 1st time ever in my taking a math exam, I had to explain how to solve a question and draw a diagram if necessary. But all's well that ends well, I did fairly ok for 343.

It has been a very difficult 2 years since I chose to crossover to pursue my education degree. There were many times when i regretted this route and it affected my mood and emotions. Now that it is finally over and friday's results show that I have cleared, I can breathe a sigh of relief.

What next then? Since i faced so much difficulty in all my math modules, it enables me to fully understand the struggles my students face when learning this subject. I guess that going through a difficult journey not only moulds your character and resilience, it can only toughen you to face up to daily challenges.