3/01/2010

first day

i do not like the title, it is a little hard for every posts uses different titles, and i could not make sure all the content in one signle post are around the title, i think just use the date is the perfect choice for the post. LOL
ok, today is the first day of the new semester, i have a class in the night, but not too late, 5-6PM for the tutorial and 6-8pm for the lecture. the new semester is beginning, so the school full of students as it should be. Monash has a lot of new students now, also a lot students graduate from Monash, i do not know wheather can call it turnover...
BTW,  i do not what's wrong with my internet of the home, sometimes it does not work recently. and some times one spot light flash unusual...
OK, go back to the  school topic.
the tutorial and lecture as the same unit- MKX 9550-Marketing and the international consumer. this is the first time i learn the marketing subject here, i think i have memtioned before. and the tutorial came first. there were about 20 students sit in the class room, and almost of them look like Asian, i thought i may be like accounting unit, most Aisan come from China. but after introduced themselives, i was shocked. 20 students, i thought it should be more than 20, may be 23 or 24, 8 or 9 are local. and 6 or 7 from Malaysia, one from Korea, one from Vie nam, one from Thailand, one from Philippines, one from Hong Kong, and just 4 from China, involed me...maybe Chinese students do not like studying Marketing ,  i do not know...so many Malaysian students in this course, it was a surprise. after introduction, the tutor handed out the unit outline, and said something about the assignment, then it class dismissed. oh, the tutor calls Kathryn Gardiner, a local, i think.
after tutorial, the lecture, Kathryn is also the lecturer for the evening class, but she is not the unit leader, the unit leader also shown up in the night class, but just talked about the object of this unit, and the assignment part. the unit leader is Indian, i guess, but of course, he certainly holds the OZ passport, but maybe original comes from Indian or some South Asian countries. he has Indian accent. some of my friends do not like India accent, well, for me, i neither like nor hate...i do not care about the accent, but sometimes it is difficult for me to understand the person who has Indian accent or others. i think this is the problem of mine, my English is not good enough to beyond this accent, i need to imporve. ok, in the lecture, the lecturer just talked about some basic concepts in the marketing area. talked about what is marketing, what is the marketing management. and also she said that this unit will learn the marketing as well as international consumers. i think "marketing" and "marketing management" these two concepts' defintions are not too hard, but i do not know how deep it can be, in another word, how board we need to learn about these two concepts. and teacher took a long time to talk about "deregulation", in my opinion, deregulation is like freedom, do what you can do in the market. and teacher said that financial market is a good example of deregulation. in an easy way, deregulation means every one can enter into the market without legal resistance. also, this unit also talk about CSR (Corporate Social Responsibility). i do not know whether it will learn the same content as accouting course...
in conclusion, not so many content in today's tutorial and lecture.
PS, in the lecture, there was few Chinese students.

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