Have been in the same college building for years and I notice the same common thing in a creative lecturer and a professional creative people (Was a part time lecturer before).

1, Creative lecturer only wants creative
Most creative lecturer only want creative and nothing more but creative. I’m talking about advertising module here. So there are areas that should be taken care as well besides creative of course. There are, branding, DNA, market, art direction and etc. But most lecturer that taught me before are concern about only creative, which ruin all the others areas completely.

2, Professional creative people
He was a part time lecturer in college before, so I am quite lucky to have him as my lecturer before. He require a lot, but this “a lot” has been a fulfilment for me, though it was a little tough as they are only part time no experience in “teaching” However, he covered all the area, the best thing is point 3.

3, Changing the whole idea
Sometimes I even wonder, is tutorial means getting the best from the lecturer or getting a thought by the lectirer? Most lecturers that taught me before like to change the whole idea and concept and replace completely to whatever they’ve thought and wanting me to change the whole thing. And I was naive enough to think that it was for my own good. The part time lecturer never did so, instead, he taught me to go ahead with whatever I have and give me some questions and pointing the area I missed out. He has never sent me ANY idea, but keep pushing me on the art direction nonetheless, which I was expecting to learn more about in the final year.

4, Paper paper and more paper
Everything lecturer taught is about paper, everything paper, doesn’t matter the paper is right or not, just follow the paper. Which limiting students like a high school. Am I getting an adult learning or the common Malaysia education? Yes again, the part time one, don’t care much about the paper, thought he gave some notes, but most of the time, everything need a fact and I’m done with my own new brief Well, at least I can search soemthing out than the paper that I don’t even know where to start first.

You ask me why am I still studying? Getting more mind thinking instead of mind filling I tell you. If not the college, I wouldn’t be able to write so many today. Still have to thanks to college…

It was a hot afternoon and one of the lecturer invite my friend an dI for a lunch. We talked a lot, a lot about complaining the lecturer and being complained by students. This lecturer has been complained countless time for not being too many works at home and students would need to abandon other modules for only her module. Interesting enough, the lecturer said. “They can don’t do my work, they can do others module also.” Correct. Why must the students put full force on her module only? That’s the power of a person image and the gossip of senior.

The branding. She was and admitted as the lecturer who give lots of works. Targeted a very high standard of work. I know it because few years back she taught me before, then few months back she taught me again. 2 different person, same branding to all student still. See! The power of personal branding. Well, before even she taught me, there’re a few senior told me about her already, and I don’t know how can it keep until today. Anyway, though she has been in this position, she still gets lots of birthday invitations, party invitation from the students.

Heh… Better make a good impression before I’ll be a bad one next time