Tuesday, December 2, 2008

The Real Student Talk (2)

Another email from a female student but we have covered her name/email
her message is clear as you can see in the screen shot below




We have no rights to publish the student's name/email unless she agree's
until then we hope that the ACK would consider the students points of view in a serious way because the students are the REAL RESOURCE so if you keep ignoring the students they will simply run away as you can see...

We also know that ACK already knows about the blog and they are angry because students are asking for their rights but in the end you have to face it.

Monday, December 1, 2008

The Real Student Talk

We have received this email from one of the students and we really would not like to change anything or write it in our own words so here is the body


Hi, can you please post a new thread discussing this :

Why don't we have any indoor sporthalls? We played a basketball match against GUST a couple of days ago even without official clothing (we played with those colored training dresses) and it was a real shame... They had an indoor sporthall and official clothing and everything... WE DONT EVEN HAVE A REAL NET FOR OUR BASKET!

Besides, our volleyball team is playing on GRASS, and they're playing outdoors! How in the world are they going to be able to practice with all these winds and the cold weather...

Thanks :)

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This was what we got from a student that care's about the ACK reputation and how silly they will look in front of other colleges with random training clothes in an official sports match
also without having a real place to get training ... no wonder we have lost many matches in different sports... not even one good thing to motivate except grass and our nice weather

Monday, November 24, 2008

مجلس طلابي

ليش ما عندنا مجلس طلابي ؟


سؤال محيرنا

ومحير الطلبة

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هو مجلس طلابي مكون من عدد من الطلاب يتم ترشيحهم (من قبل الطلبة) ويتم التصويت لهم (من قبل الطلبة ايضا) في انتخابات عامه لجميع الطلاب بدون استثناء كل عام دراسي جديد , ويتم اختيار اعضاء جدد او بقاء الاعضاء في المجلس نسبة الى ادائهم لمصلحة الطلبة جميعا.

اهداف المجلس :
1) احترام شخصية الطلاب والاخذ بآرائهم ومقترحاتهم على محمل الجد وعدم التهاون في مشاكل وهموم الطلبه.
2) تشجيع الادارة للطلبة للمشاركة والحوار الهادف لمصلحة الطلبة.
3) تحمل المسؤولية والالتزام بجميع الطلاب.
4) خلق روح التعاون مابين الادارة والطلبة.











Friday, November 21, 2008

you MAYBE EXCLUDED FROM PARKING ON THE ACK CAMPUS IN FUTURE


Instead of fixing the problem THEY THREAT!

What rights do you have that makes you "THINK" that you can actually (EXCLUDE A STUDENT FROM PARKING ON THE ACK CAMPUS) ?

There is no enough parking!
Students have said this times and times.

PLEASE ACK STAFF try to be reasonable for only one time i know its hard for the ACK to be reasonable i know how tough it is to TRY TO THINK but come on!

Do you really think that a student would like to park over sidewalks everyday ? don't you know that it harms the car ? instead of telling the student "thanks for hurting your car and not asking us for extra parking slots" you go and threat them ?

IS THIS HOW YOU THANK STUDENTS FOR NOT ASKING FOR THEIR RIGHTS ? BY THREATENING ?

And i know the silly answer that every ACK staff keeps on saying "Sorry, but you parked in an illegal place" WHAT! THATS NOT A REAL ANSWER!!!!!!

I will reply back to that SILLY answer with something simple "Fine, FIND ME AN EMPTY LEGAL PLACE TO PARK IN"

A Parking for 1,000 Students Is Not Enough For 3,525 STUDENT!! THERE ARE 2.525 OTHER STUDENTS THAT ARE PARKING OVER SIDEWALKS AND OUT OF THE CAMPUS ALREADY AND SOME OF THEM SIMPLY FINDS SOMEONE TO DROP THEM JUST BECAUSE YOUR "CAMPUS THAT YOU WANT TO PUNISH PEOPLE BY KICKING THEM OUT OF IT" IS NOT BIG ENOUGH !!!!

Wednesday, November 19, 2008

To make life easier

I have noticed that some of the instructors have no idea about what they're teaching so i thought gathering some tutorials and useful websites can help students out with homework and assessments, i hope you find this useful and helpful.

PowerPoint Tutorials:


http://www.functionx.com/powerpoint/
http://niobrara.unl.edu/users/lana/ent/ppt/index.html
http://www.internet4classrooms.com/on-line_powerpoint.htm
http://inpics.net/powerpoint2003.html
http://www.geocities.com/~webwinds/classes/powerpt2.htm
http://www.awesomebackgrounds.com/powerpointtips.htm "PowerPoint tips and tricks"
http://www.presentersuniversity.com/courses_tutorials.php
http://presentationsoft.about.com/od/powerpoint101/a/beginners_2.htm



Word Tutorials:


http://www.baycongroup.com/word.htm
http://www.bcschools.net/staff/WordHelp.htm
http://www.fgcu.edu/support/office2007/Word/index.asp
http://office.microsoft.com/training/training.aspx?AssetID=RC100140951033
http://www.learnthat.com/computers/learn-142-free_microsoft_word_tutorial.htm
http://www.nailitnow.com.au/word/free/tocheadings.html




Excel Tutorials:


http://www.baycongroup.com/excel.htm
http://www.usd.edu/trio/tut/excel/
http://www.bcschools.net/staff/ExcelHelp.htm
http://www.functionx.com/excel/
http://www.fgcu.edu/support/office2007/Excel/index.asp
http://www.exceltip.com/



Access Tutorials:


http://www.bcschools.net/staff/AccessHelp.htm
http://cisnet.baruch.cuny.edu/holowczak/classes/2200/access/accessall.html
http://www.functionx.com/access/
http://www.itu.dk/~slauesen/UID/AccessTutorial.pdf "PDF E-Book"
http://databases.about.com/od/tutorials/Tutorials.htm
http://www.quackit.com/microsoft_access/tutorial/
http://www.profsr.com/access/accless0.htm
http://polaris.umuc.edu/~acarswel/ADMN640/AccessTutorial.html



Writing reports:


http://www.plainenglish.co.uk/reportsguide.pdf
http://www.wikihow.com/Write-a-Report "basic tips"
http://www.ssdd.bcu.ac.uk/learner/writingguides/1.02%20Reports.htm
http://startup.curtin.edu.au/study/writing/report.cfm
http://www.howtobooks.co.uk/business/reports/
http://esl.about.com/od/businessenglishwriting/a/bizdocs.htm
http://www.mytutorials.com/tutorial/How_to_Write_a_Business_Report/198/
http://quamut.com/quamut/business_writing/page/how_to_write_a_business_report.html
http://www.learnthat.com/Business/learn/1279/How_to_Write_a_Business_Report/
http://www.ehow.com/how_2059588_write-business-report.html



How to create a good tagline "helpful for marketing students" :


http://www.copyblogger.com/create-a-tagline/
http://advertising.about.com/od/copywriting/a/guesttagline_2.htm
http://www.businessknowhow.com/marketing/tagline.htm
http://jeffreymonaghan.wordpress.com/2008/01/23/how-to-create-a-tag-line/
http://www.yudkin.com/generate.htm



Online instant translators\dictionaries :


http://translator.live.com
http://translate.google.com
http://dictionary.reference.com
http://www.merriam-webster.com
http://www.thefreedictionary.com
http://dictionary.cambridge.org
http://www.yourdictionary.com
http://www.wordreference.com
http://www.websters-online-dictionary.org
http://dictionary.oed.com
http://www.askoxford.com/dictionaries/?view=uk
http://www.oxfordlanguagedictionaries.com/
http://www.businessdictionary.com/ "related to business"
http://www.glossarist.com/glossaries/business/ "related to business"
http://www.babylon.com/define/22/Business-Dictionary.html "related to business"
http://www.yourdictionary.com/diction4.html#business
http://www.tuition.com.hk/dictionary/ "a good and simple one related to business"
http://dictionary.bnet.com/ "related to business"
http://www.alphadictionary.com/directory/Specialty_Dictionaries/Business/



Referencing :


http://www.library.jcu.edu.au/LibraryGuides/refstyles.shtml
http://www.bma.org.uk/ap.nsf/content/LIBReferenceStyles
http://library.curtin.edu.au/research_and_information_skills/referencing/index.html
http://www.cs.bham.ac.uk/~pxc/refs/index.html
http://www.library.auckland.ac.nz/instruct/ref/ref.htm
http://www.unisa.edu.au/ltu/student/learningAdvisors/refstyles.asp




Online Encyclopedia's :


http://www.encyclopedia.com/
http://www.britannica.com/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page "personally I cant live without wikipedia"
http://encarta.msn.com - encarta@botmetro.net "you can simply add this Encarta bot on MSN Messenger and start asking him"
http://www.infoplease.com/encyclopedia/
http://www.entrepreneur.com/encyclopedia/ "Small business encyclopedia"
http://www.enotes.com/business-finance-encyclopedia "Encyclopedia for business and finance"



Other:


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Business "more information about some business terms"

http://www.gcflearnfree.org/computer/?gclid=CICLw-nbgZcCFQyfnAodfSOoXw "A good computer training website that has tutorials for Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Access, Outlook, Publisher and Office".



and wish you all the best.

Thursday, November 13, 2008

Good news "ela rube3"

I have been told by a friend of mine that the "ACK Grading system" is going to get improved and there are some updates regarding their "Grading system" which is a positive step from the ACK

The changes are "as i remember from what he said"
1- Any student that attends over 80% of class's will get a 5% increase in his final mark which is a good thing to motivate students to attend instead of cutting of marks, but if you attend less than 80% you don't gain anything except missing your lessons which is also bad.
2- The "90% and over to get an A" has been changed to its original percentage which is "85%" which is also a positive move from them.


The previous information was from a friend who said that his instructor told him this, nothing official yet from the ACK and no emails from any ACK staff has been sent regarding this.

This post will be updated with any new information and hoping to get an official email or announcement from the ACK really soon.

Enjoy your weekend.

Tuesday, November 11, 2008

ِAnnouncing With Pride


We Are Proud To Announce That Our Blog Is Blocked By The ACK IT Department
students cant view this blog in college
which means that
WE HAVE REACHED THERE
which also means that
THEY READ THE BLOG AND KNEW THAT STUDENTS ARE FACING PROBLEMS
which also means
NOW IT IS THEIR TURN TO SOLVE THEM
which also means
Blocking the blog url is not solving an issue

Thanks ACK For Telling Us
صوتكم وصل






UPDATE

Thanks for the one who commented about the bug he found, the blog can be viewed through the college pc's by adding "www."

http://ack-q8.blogspot.com "blocked"
ack-q8.blogspot.com "blocked"
www.ack-q8.blogspot.com "available"

but it will only be available for a short period of time untill the IT finds out and blocks it, but you can always access it from any other place.

Thanks again for the tip.

Monday, November 10, 2008

Appeal system

Just wondering...

Why should students pay money to have an appeal?

How can the student be sure that his appeal was rejected or ignored ? or maybe simply dumped after taking his money ?

Why should i pay to get my right marks ? didn't i pay already in the beginning of the semester ?

What is this money exactly for ? is it for giving me attention and wasting your precious time remarking my work ? although instructors are paid to do that whether i appealed "payed" or no


Kon-Fusing right?

Sunday, November 9, 2008

Break

During the past week and this week students are busy with "week 5" exams\assessments so i thought a musical break from all this frustration will be good.

enjoy the wonderful world...


Saturday, November 8, 2008

Chicago Gharb Mishref

Alqabas newspaper :
http://www.alqabas.com.kw/Temp/Pages/2008/10/23/08_page.pdf

Alwatan newspaper:
http://www.alwatan.com.kw/ArticleView/tabid/57/Default.aspx?article_id=455984

Awan newspaper:
http://awan.com/node/128495


I think now you have an idea what i am talking about... instead of having our security dude's messing around and sticking these silly stickers on the students cars i think "i also believe many students think the same" that DOING THEIR JOB AS SECURITY MEN WOULD BE BETTER THAN STICKING A STICKER ON A STUDENT'S CAR BECAUSE THE COLLEGE CANT PROVIDE HIM A PARKING!

I think between me and myself, is it really safe? sitting in a college where people have shotguns in their cars and god knows what else?

what more to say ?

لا حول ولا قوة الا بالله

Tuesday, November 4, 2008

Stating Facts (2)

Since the ACK certificates are originally from Tasmania University in Australia
Take a look at its ranking in Australia and The world.


Click here to see it your self
"seeing is believing"


  1. Tasmania is ranked the 13th on Australia out of 14 university.
  2. Tasmania is ranked (303-401) .

Thursday, October 30, 2008

Why Should You Attend?

This is why attending to class makes you an "A" student

Stating Facts (1)

1- Grading System:

In ACK and only ACK, Students deserve their A's as the faculty believes by attending
over 90% of their class's, when you read this at first the first thing will pop-up in your mind
is that "this blog owners are really lazy and don't want to attend class's" well too bad to
disappoint you but we are not, whats really happening is this:

One subject a day = 2 hours, each hour is a class, so if you missed this day then you have been absent for "2" class's!
and if you're absent for 2 days it means that you are absent for "4" class's and this also means you wont get an A grade because
you did not attend "3" class's or more which is really 1 day and a half, so the whole hard work you did the whole semester just vanished!

* For a whole semester even superman cannot attend 100% simply because it is almost 125 days and if you don't attend 1 and a half day then you lose your A!

2- Car Parking:

This is one of the major problems students face everyday, THERE IS NO ENOUGH CAR PARKING FOR STUDENTS!
some students get late for class's just because they're trying to find a place to park their car and in the end guess what ? they face problem number 1 , THEY ARE SET ABSENT JUST BECAUSE THEY DID NOT FIND A PLACE TO PARK!
who's problem is this ? the college or the student ? he comes early but a parking that was made only enough for 1,000 student is not enough for the whole 3,000 students !
why should students get marked absent because the College does not want to spend more money making a bigger parking slots ? why do the student lose his "A" grade for such a thing ?

3- Break Time!:

This semester students were shocked by the new break timing, its only 30 minutes,
lets be reasonable for a moment...
you get into a "2" hour class and then you get out for 30 minutes and then back again into another "2" hours class!?
besides that you don't have time to do anything, you cant go out to have a decent meal or even take a rest because there are a 1,000 other student racing to catch the tables or a long Queue in the cafeteria people are just waiting to order and get their food which also takes some time to get ready!
if you are feeling lucky today "like the Google search button" then you can hardly find a table and get your meal but also no enough time to eat!


4- Cafeteria:

Talking about the cafeteria, what my friend was told by one of the ACK employees is that this new cafeteria which was brought this semester "2008/2009" is paying a high rent to the college and instead the college is rubbing their backs by giving students such a short break so that you are forced to buy from that stinky cafeteria and making up its high rent!
well, we are already paying around 1,700 kd per semester isn't that enough ? they also try to force us to buy something we don't like just because they gave us such a short time! and let me explain it in an easier way :

* You finish your class and go out for your "30 minutes" break, if you plan to go anywhere even if it wasn't far away from college to have a meal you wont have enough time to go and buy and then come back

a) 5 minutes estimated time to go to the nearest fast food restaurant and another 5 minutes to come back to college makes it 10 minutes.
b) ordering your meal and receiving it will take around another 10 minutes which leaves you with the last 10 minutes of your break.
c) eating your meal will take you almost 10 minutes if you started eating like a cave man!
d) time is up now and you're back into the college but you will face problem number 2 which is finding a valid parking!

and thats only if going and coming back is going to take you 10 minutes, and if you ordered + received your meal in 10 minutes, and ate it in 10 minutes!

WE ARE NOT ROBOTS!

and by the way, the cafeteria doesn't provide a good decent meal anyways... and its hell expensive i can get 2 good meals from McDonald's in the price of 1 rotten meal from that cafeteria!

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A Decent place to eat.
A parking for my car so i can attend my class's at time and not having to come 1 hour earlier to spend it searching for one.
A bigger break time to give me options to choose where i would like to eat or rest.
A fair grading system that grades my work not the "3 class's absence takes away your A".

Is that too much to ask for ?
Is that too much for someone who pays almost 1,700 kd per semester ?
I am sure its not, and many students will agree with me...

First things FIRST!


What is Ack?

Ack is the Australian College of Kuwait



What is the purpose of this blog?

They are too many to list, but we will take the short way:
1- For the students to express themselves
2- For the students to feel free to talk about their problems with the
ACK because somehow you cant talk to anyone in the college! everybody ignores the students, something like

Student: Hi, i have a problem
Ack: Wow, LIVE WITH IT!

3- For other people who are not ACK students to get a closer idea about whats really going on in the ACK.
4- Trying to solve the problems in public rather than STAYING QUIET and afraid of FAILING because you have a problem and talked about it!


Why is it a blog ? Why don't you talk to them in person and straighten things out?

Over 70 students tried that but all they got was nothing, as simple as this "no one listens"
.