Will you help her?
I just came out from my shower and got myself changed into my pyjama and my mobile phone rang.
'Eh, Woman, you free ah now?'
'Yea.. why?'
'My friend is here, asking me for help in Econometrics but I don't know how to do lah. Can you help her?'
'I handed mine in on Friday. Can't remember much already lah. Who's that?'
'Ang moh. Then how? can help or not?'
'Can lah... I'll try'
And 5 minutes later, that girl, A, called and said she was downstairs.
I opened the door and we came up to my room. I asked her if she has printed out her Stata but she looked puzzled. She showed me Solutions to Exercise 1 and 2 and that's it. She had nothing else. She hasn't done anything to the coursework.
Thank God for pirated softwares.We I worked out the coursework at home instead of one of the Uni's computers. I was literally giving her my answers, my hardwork. I took about a week to do that coursework and here she was, copying my answers, and Voila! her coursework was done in an hour plus. I was reading the command to her, word after word, including 'Enter' and 'Space bar'. I felt like a kindergarten teacher. I nearly fainted when she asked me, 'How do you key in the hat(^) and star (*) signs?' Imagine a final year university student asking you that question! I was very surprised. She had zero knowledge about Stata. I think she never attended a single tutorial class. The first command, Regress, was taught during the very first tutorial. She couldn't even do that. 'How do you do that?' she asked me, when I told her that she needed to do regresssion to get the anwers.
Let me get my facts straight. I am not trying to show off or whatsoever. I am willing to help her if she doesn't know how to answer the questions. I can explain to her. But now, how can I help her when she can't even do the simplest command? How can I help her if she doesn't know what the questions are all about? Does she expect me to stay up all night to explain to her why she should use this figure and not that; why she should use this command not the other one? I have no time for all that. I took 11 weeks to understand the theory and the commands, for goodness sake. It's not something which I can summarise in a few hours.
I am appalled at her tidak apa attitude.
I am speechless. I barely spoke to her prior to this. We hardly spoke not because I am being stuck up but because I hardly see her in class. If she were to attend class, she would sit right at the back, which isn't my cup of tea.
I don't know how should I feel now. I have mixed feelings. I feel stupid for giving my answers to her but how could I turn her down when my friend is the 'middle person' in this case?
Will you help her if you were me?
I know what's done cannot be undone, but I would appreciate if you leave some comments so I know how to handle the situation should this occur again. Thank you. :)
'Eh, Woman, you free ah now?'
'Yea.. why?'
'My friend is here, asking me for help in Econometrics but I don't know how to do lah. Can you help her?'
'I handed mine in on Friday. Can't remember much already lah. Who's that?'
'Ang moh. Then how? can help or not?'
'Can lah... I'll try'
And 5 minutes later, that girl, A, called and said she was downstairs.
I opened the door and we came up to my room. I asked her if she has printed out her Stata but she looked puzzled. She showed me Solutions to Exercise 1 and 2 and that's it. She had nothing else. She hasn't done anything to the coursework.
Thank God for pirated softwares.
Let me get my facts straight. I am not trying to show off or whatsoever. I am willing to help her if she doesn't know how to answer the questions. I can explain to her. But now, how can I help her when she can't even do the simplest command? How can I help her if she doesn't know what the questions are all about? Does she expect me to stay up all night to explain to her why she should use this figure and not that; why she should use this command not the other one? I have no time for all that. I took 11 weeks to understand the theory and the commands, for goodness sake. It's not something which I can summarise in a few hours.
I am appalled at her tidak apa attitude.
I am speechless. I barely spoke to her prior to this. We hardly spoke not because I am being stuck up but because I hardly see her in class. If she were to attend class, she would sit right at the back, which isn't my cup of tea.
I don't know how should I feel now. I have mixed feelings. I feel stupid for giving my answers to her but how could I turn her down when my friend is the 'middle person' in this case?
Will you help her if you were me?
I know what's done cannot be undone, but I would appreciate if you leave some comments so I know how to handle the situation should this occur again. Thank you. :)
