Mathematics vs Writing
Over the last 2 days, I have had a few discussions and encounters with mathematics. While I was chatting with Kai Wei, Bing De and Josh, we suddenly came to the topic of mathematics, as we were looking at the econs notes Bing De was revising. In that instance, I was feeling a little embarassed as I realised that the last time I really touched math, was way back in secondary school. And to make things worse, I only took elemantary math, and had never even touched additional math before. Yup, so that is how backward and lousy I am at this subject. Somehow or rather most of my friends around me have at least had experiences with A, C or F math. I guess that is just one reason why I am in Arts, and also not doing Econs as a major.
At e-commerce lecture just now, I was sitting next to Gerald, my secondary school pal. He was busy reading up on his finance book and lecture notes, and as I peeped over his shoulders, I was shocked at the number of formulas and figures he had to go through. He too looked very confused and stressed, but said that he did not really have a choice as he is intending to major in finance. So that left me thinking. I know that mathematics is really important in many fields; computing and programming require math, science and physics calculations require math, business accounting and finance require math. It seems to be the backbone of many subjects in university itself. But somehow or rather, math eludes the Arts and Social Sciences modules, minus Econs of course. So what is the backbone of Arts then? It definitely has to be writing, and I mean writing well.
Today's media writing tutorial was somewhat an eye opener, for me at least. I spent a total of 40 minutes trying to come up with 4 sentences, and yet I was still rushing for time at the end, and I still feel that the sentences I came up with were not really up to the standards I hoped for. Suddenly, I realised that there are so many factors which affect a good piece of writing, and that it is never as easy as it seems. Very often we read the news online or on the papers, and just absorb the contents we read, without even realising how all the writing came about. I think that after today's practice in media writing, I will look at journalist and their writings from another point of view, and will pay more attention to how they go about writing for their publications.
At e-commerce lecture just now, I was sitting next to Gerald, my secondary school pal. He was busy reading up on his finance book and lecture notes, and as I peeped over his shoulders, I was shocked at the number of formulas and figures he had to go through. He too looked very confused and stressed, but said that he did not really have a choice as he is intending to major in finance. So that left me thinking. I know that mathematics is really important in many fields; computing and programming require math, science and physics calculations require math, business accounting and finance require math. It seems to be the backbone of many subjects in university itself. But somehow or rather, math eludes the Arts and Social Sciences modules, minus Econs of course. So what is the backbone of Arts then? It definitely has to be writing, and I mean writing well.
Today's media writing tutorial was somewhat an eye opener, for me at least. I spent a total of 40 minutes trying to come up with 4 sentences, and yet I was still rushing for time at the end, and I still feel that the sentences I came up with were not really up to the standards I hoped for. Suddenly, I realised that there are so many factors which affect a good piece of writing, and that it is never as easy as it seems. Very often we read the news online or on the papers, and just absorb the contents we read, without even realising how all the writing came about. I think that after today's practice in media writing, I will look at journalist and their writings from another point of view, and will pay more attention to how they go about writing for their publications.
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