My Expectations or Hope for the Critical Literacy Subject

Critical Literacy? What is critical? Why the subject is called Critical Literacy? Why senior assume the subject is critical? Those questions appeared in my head and keep lingering since the first time my eyes catch the sentence “CRITICAL LITERACY’’. It is hard for me actually to start the learning process of this subject because I already set my mind that the subject is hard.  My mind setting makes me feel reluctant to learn this subject. The quote by Stephen Richards, “when you do what you fear most, then you can do anything.”  The Critical Literacy is a fear for me. By hook or by crook, I have to dare myself to learn and understand this subject as this subject has no final exam, so I have to focus more on this subject.  As I just starting learn this subject, I have a lot of expectations and hope for this subject.

First of all, my expectations for this subject, Critical Literacy, are that I would be able to learn and understand everything in this subject from A to Z. I know, it is hard actually because when I asked senior the most difficult subject in semester four Dec, they will simply said “Of course Critical Literacy!’’. At that moment, I whispering to myself “WHAT??!, the same answer for the past 20 seniors I asked before. Oh God, please give me strength to go through this subject’’. I hope I will not facing any difficulties during learning this subject and even if I face the hard moment, I still able stand to encounter the obstacles of this subject. 

 My second expectation is I would be given a kind lecturer to teach me this subject. As the subject is quit hard, I am expecting that the lecturer is kind and understanding the students’ situation. I hope he or she would not be bored answering all the questions that my classmates and I ask regarding to the subject. As the subject is hard to understand, of course there will be a lot of unexpected questions uttered from students’ mouth. I expect he or she will try their best to answer the question in the simple but complete words to make us understand. Before registration date, I saw the name of Madam Nur Aidah written on the subject, and I am really sure that I can count on her because I have experience been taught by her during semester three, which is the subject Understanding Short Stories. Glad to have her teaching this subject because she is kind of person who try her best answering all the students’ questions in simplest way but still make me understand it.

         Last but not least, I expect the quizzes, activities, discussion and assignments would not be too hard. I know my weakness on quizzes and test based on previous semester because the tests marks often did not reach my target. For this subject, seems it is rare from other subject because its critical already shown in the name of subject itself which is Critical Literacy, I hope I would get higher marks for all the quizzes and test. Talking about assignment, it is not group work, but individual! Oh my God. The subject once again increases the fear in myself. So I expect all the assignment would be run smoothly without problems and would be given enough preparation and time to finish it.