Yvonne Foong: Fighting NF

A trip to MPH in hopes of finding Walpola Rahula’s What the Buddha taught, left me with 84 ringgit less from the purchase of a Psychology text, christened Life Span Development by John W. Santrock.

So much for being an entrepreneur over Spring vacation. While Miss Marketeer ala Event Manager digests the plan, I am shifting gears. Back to scholar mode next week. You don’t know what I am saying? No worries. Time will tell.

Back to the textbook. I suspect MPH conspires with Segi College. Now that we have Psychology courses in town, the local stores have started to provide for this new generation of higher education consumers. Not long ago, KLCC’s Kinokuniya was the only solution.

P/S: Mr. Jason will be lecturing on Developmental Psychology – Early to Late Adulthood. So take note. Don’t buy Child Psychology or Development Through Life – A Psychosocial Approach.

But I wonder if Life Span Development equals to Developmental Psychology. The contents look right though.

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Oh, I should have checked before buying. Referring to UIU’s 2006 – 2007 catalog… there are THREE related, but different courses!

They are…

1) Human Growth, Development, and Guidance.
2) Developmental Psychology: Birth to Adolescence.
3) Developmental Psychology – Young Adulthood to Late Adulthood.

Number 3 is offered this Summer, which is a short, two-month semester. At least we won’t have to rush – I hope. As for the book, over buying is better than under buying.

Say, may God bless us. I want to sign up for P6Y 409 – Psychology of Disaster next. One wonders who would be the lecturer, if ever. And where should I find the textbook?

And… and… may we have SOC/CJ 307 Criminal Law and SOC/CJ 333 Criminology? And subjects from Health Service Administration and some from History? Cuz the current elective options in Segi scare the hell out of me. Imagine a Psychology major sitting in Economics and Management classes!

Last but never least – When can we try a different lecturer for Statistics? Until it happens, I won’t sign up and still hope to benefit from that subject in Segi.

Everyone is complaining. One wonders if the management is aware.