Shocker

just heard from justin on some surprising news. remember i was saying that i got 73% for a assignment that was worth 65% in weightage (refer to post: CrunchTime)? well, we have a few friends that failed it. the only other weightage is the final exam, worth 35%. unless they can obtain almost full marks for it, i'm not too sure if they'll pass.

two of our friends are retaking this subject as they had failed it the previous year. one's a malaysian and the other a hongkie. i'd thought that they would have drawn on the experience from the time they failed it, but apparently not. from what justin tells me, they were given 40% for their assignment. worst of all, they are due to graduate end of this year. they're gonna talk to our tutor when he gets back from a trip, but its kinda hard to foresee that he will let both of them pass.

we have another friend who enrolled late. as a result, he didn't have a partner and had to do it alone. one of the assignment's criteria is to produce a 3D model, using engineering software. he told me that he copied the model off another person and used it as his own, though i can understand why. the workload's really huge and if you undertake by youself, you must have a great deal of experience or if not, are a genius or a lunatic. >.< anyway, this friend got zero for his drawings. our tutor prob knew that he plagrised and awarded him this mark.

justin told me that he has decided not to ask our tutor for more marks, after hearing that those friends of ours had failed. guess we got pretty good marks compared to them. i wonder what will happen to them in the end. stay tune for the latest updates. lol...