Low Productivity..

Spent half the afternoon on Econometrics and I'm 'proud' to announce that I've finished reading a mere 2 chapters, and I dare not even declare that I'm 80% sure of what the hell is going on for first differencing, fixed effects and random effects methods. The only consolation that I have for myself is that I'm left with 1 chapter for this freaking module and guess what? That chapter consists of a grand total of 40 pages. Hiaz. Oh yah, and I still have the mathematics and matrix stuff to cover. Not to forget tutorials. Don't even know if they are worth looking through after seeing last year's exam paper. My only hope is that Randy will provide us with some exam hints.

By some miracle, my tuition kid actually passed her maths exam. Frankly speaking, I was expecting her to fail. Her mum sounded happy when she told me over the phone that her daughter had barely passed. I didn't know how to react. I was really annoyed after going through the paper with her as I've taught her most of the stuff that was being tested. But since her mum is pleased with her grades, why should I even bother to be angry when I'm being paid? All I can say is : Expectations differ. I remember getting 60plus for my Maths exam in primary 5 and Barbara was so disappointed in me that she didn't speak to me for the rest of the day. It proved even more effective than scolding as I started to really make an effort to solve problem sums. Maths was a breeze after that incident. I wonder when that would happen to my tuition kid. She ain't stupid, just plain lazy.