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| 2023-12-14 | Initially, I heard many negative feedback from seniors about the course, but I quickly realized they were mistaken. |
| 2023-12-12 | An awakening! |
| 2023-05-25 | Templates on sale, anyone? |
| 2023-05-23 | Who is to blame? The Observatory? Or yourself? |
| 2023-05-20 | I hope all students would be just as willing to learn and reach out for help from us! |
| 2023-05-05 | Can students late-drop their worst performing course? |
| 2023-01-16 | We shall overcome! We shall overcome the GPA killer's challenge! |
| 2022-12-30 | Rules! We follow rigid rules! |
| 2022-12-30 | I am honest. Why don't you trust me? |
| 2022-12-17 | How many times do I have to repeat before you listen and follow my instructions? |
| 2022-12-06 | Teaching Innovation Award |
| 2022-11-07 | Our expectation: 10 hours per week for 12 weeks! |
| 2022-09-28 | Is it possible to late drop? |
| 2022-06-21 | Why not implement zoom invigilation on top of personalized exam papers? |
| 2022-03-21 | DO NOT PANIC. YOU CAN DO IT. WE CAN HELP YOU, ABSOLUTELY FREE!!! |
| 2022-01-27 | Can you help supervise my project? |
| 2022-01-19 | Please help me to enroll in Introductory Microeconomics NOW! |
| 2022-01-15 | Thank you, for putting in your best effort, thus letting me achieve what I wanted to achieve. |
| 2022-01-06 | It is never easy to face failure, but it can be an important learning experience. |
| 2021-12-30 | University life is not just about getting good grades, but also exploring your limit and understanding yourself. |
| 2021-10-04 | Reasons for disapproving late drop requests |
| 2021-08-04 | It takes two to tango! |
| 2021-08-02 | ECON1210 a killer course? KF Wong a killer? |
| 2021-07-20 | Shock and sad to see student's poor performance in 2021 Spring |
| 2021-07-14 | Cooling-off period |
| 2021-03-17 | Online data are cheap and easy to find, but they have limitations! |
| 2021-02-08 | Mini-projects to build up research ability (1) |
| 2021-01-11 | Be our advisor, please! |
| 2020-12-21 | Why do we need this transparency? For fairness! For learning! |
| 2020-11-23 | You want to build some muscle but do not want to use your time exercising? I can help by exercising for you! |
| 2020-11-18 | Feedback to feedback |
| 2020-11-15 | General comments on participant's performance in a competition |
| 2020-11-04 | Yes, 1200+ personalized versions of the test paper! |
| 2020-02-18 | Let students focus on learning, teachers on teaching, and thus together achieve the intended learning outcomes. |
| 2020-02-10 | Online learning requires Discipline, DISCIpline, DISCIPLINE! |
| 2019-01-15 | Supposedly not difficult to get a B grade. |
| 2018-12-11 | This quality is more important than grades. |
| 2018-11-15 | Late dropping |
| 2018-11-15 | Unreliability of average SETL scores due to the high non-response rate |
| 2018-11-13 | Let go! |
| 2018-10-24 | No, please do not use my lecture time for your society's announcement. |
| 2018-09-26 | Scheduling an appointment |
| 2018-08-27 | None of my business |
| 2018-08-21 | Course evaluation bounds and response rate |
| 2018-08-09 | Be a responsible job applicant |
| 2018-02-10 | No calories browsing.... |
| 2018-01-24 | Would "uncertain" help your postgraduate study application? I would say, CERTAINLY NOT! |
| 2017-09-14 | When helping your friend is NOT HELPING YOUR FRIEND! |
| 2017-09-13 | My life as a student -- AGAIN |
| 2017-09-05 | You like easy grade, easy honor, easy graduation? |
| 2017-07-18 | My Facebook friends, please protect me just as I protect you. |
| 2017-07-12 | An internship |
| 2016-03-01 | You know me. But, do I know you? |
| 2015-12-17 | Why learning fails to happen despite the great design of the course and the great teacher? |
| 2015-10-20 | Can I trust you, my friend? |
| 2015-10-17 | If we have the second chance to "retake", failing or getting a low grade would not be so stressful. |
| 2015-09-18 | My first-hand experience on why learning is not taking place in lectures! |
| 2015-08-20 | Are you sure Econometrics is useless? |
| 2015-05-04 | Eating 100 bowls of rice in a day |
| 2015-01-31 | You say you love me. How can I tell whether you truly love me? |
| 2014-10-24 | I would be happy to write recommendations letter for your PhD or Master application if .... |
| 2014-10-23 | Master of Finance at MIT |
| 2014-10-06 | Are you sure what you saw was black? |
| 2014-03-05 | GOLDEN opportunity -- only to the hard-working students. |
| 2014-03-01 | What to do when your teacher's teaching style does not fit your learning style? Below is a conversation I had with a student over Facebook (I call the student XYZ to protect her identity). I post it here for the potential benefits of some of my students and colleagues. (Yes. I have obtained permission from the student.)
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XYZ: dear dear professor!~~
KF: Hi...
XYZ: emm...you must forget me! haha I know!~
KF: OK. Who are you?
XYZ: .......XYZ/YZX/XZY which can touch ur memory?
KF: Apple?
XYZ: a????
KF: Haha....
XYZ: keke....haha. just get used to use facebook and find u online and。。。。happy birthday!~
XYZ: it must be that i am not excellent enough for u to memorize me ==!
KF: My birthday has passed. I do not always remember excellent students.
XYZ: ......congratulations never out of date!
KF: Birthday is not very important for me.
XYZ: really?! emmm..... is that because ur excellent students r quantative ><
NOT IMPORTANT?!....emm.......ok then let me put into this way: Happy ... New Year?
KF: I see that you are trying to find something not so important to blow water.
XYZ: = =！= =！= =！
KF: How are you doing this semester? Do you enjoy your ABCD course?
XYZ: NO！NONONONONONONONO! ><><><>! I can stand the course of ABCD, though I dont get the point= =! BUT the course of LMNOP, I cannot stand it anymore!! I know I should be more careful with my words but I do find that.....maybe the only way for me to learn better for these two courses this semester is......self-study?!?!
KF: Who are the teachers?
XYZ: OMG! I almost get cried when I think about it. LMNOP is taught by W; ABCD is taught by S.
KF: They are both good teachers! I think!
XYZ: They just.....they just...emmm......not make it clear? I dont know....Just cannot get enough things from their lecture! ><
KF: They are willing to help students learn! If you do not understand, ask them as soon as possible. Visit them at their office. Ask the TAs. Don't let your problems accumulate.
XYZ: Yes!! I know they r kind and responsible.....just ..... emmm u know if u hv valuable problems, that must base on u hv learned it. Then the questions is, the first learning experience cannot come from their teaching!
KF: You need to learn to be a student! A responsible student! A responsible student will ask questions and help teachers to become better teachers.
XYZ: I hv changed my learning way to self-read-textbooks and ask-teacher-questions= =! I know it's not a good student's behavior >< !! I cannot stand myself either!
KF: And, thus the student helps himself/herself to learn better.
XYZ: I see.....
XYZ: Yeah I should try this way. Maybe u r right!
XYZ: Avoiding changes nothing.... I should face it and ask them and solve the problem in a positive attitude
KF: If you can learn only when you have good teachers, you will learn very little during your university life.
XYZ: I just thought teachers should all be like u!!
KF: At HKU, you will run into teacher of different styles. Some will fit your learning style, some will not.
XYZ: especially such a famous university..... isnt it necessary to have good teachers?
KF: You have to learn how to change your learning style to fit their teaching style. I said different styles.
XYZ: so what is their teaching style?
KF: I did not say whether they are good or bad.
XYZ: Yup!! Sorry for my word
KF: Styles are styles.
XYZ: Maybe because I cannot figure out their style, I couldnt get to my learning style?
XYZ: ....emmm..... But I really cannot find their style correctly I think......
KF: Like personality. You may not like all people you run into. But, you can learn to communicate with them.
XYZ: Communicate?
KF: You do not have to find their style. You only have to develop a way to learn from them -- given their personality and style. Some teachers teach more effectively when students ask questions. Some teachers will not perform when students interrupt the lecture.
XYZ: is it... emm....I think I quite get what u mean...... Yes!! I should develop a new style of learning!
KF: Some teachers can explain much better when it is one-on-one.
XYZ: ok!!!! I feel more confident about the two courses now!
KF: The problem of most students is they are not willing to "force" the teachers to teach well. Students have the right to ask questions! Teachers have the obligation to answer them!
XYZ: Yes! Exactly!! We tend to accept the way of teaching with complaint instead of forcing it for change. ok !!!I will try next week >
XYZ: Dear dear professor, thank you so much!!!!!! Sorry for ur valuable time haha~
XYZ: Got it!~ I will also expain it to my friends~ And..... Wish us all good luck for every new day in our life~
KF: Very good! Try to focus on learning! Not grades!
XYZ: YES!! That exactly what I learned in last semester! LOVE U!!!!~
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A follow up:
Following my suggestion, XYZ made a list of questions and went to ask the TA. The TA helped answered them all.
| 2013-11-28 | A negative experience? Not completely. It can be made into a positive one! | | 2013-11-27 | Many thanks for your appreciation of my teaching (II) | | 2013-07-23 | My next stop is Barcelona! | | 2013-06-01 | Her decision to pursue Master of Finance after her undergradaute study at HKU | | 2012-11-10 | What should I do at HKU (activities versus study and many other things)? | | 2011-09-12 | Coach, can you teach me to swim? | | 2010-02-18 | How government policy with good intention can create frustration and political instability? | | 2009-12-01 | Cherish our beloved ones who are still around us -- when we still can! | | 2009-11-27 | Trust your teachers, but don't trust them blindly! | | 2009-11-26 | You can give me a low score but please write some comments to help me improve my teaching. | | 2009-08-26 | The similarity in health care service provision and fire fighting service provision | | 2009-03-23 | Be brave. Visit your teachers. Ask them questions. Your teachers are a lot nicer than you think. | | 2009-03-14 | How can you verify this is really you -- Dr. Ka-fu Wong of HKU? | | 2009-03-09 | I dream to work in the business sector. Should I pursue a master degree before I join the private sector? | | 2009-02-19 | Any economist can predict this... Can you? | | 2008-12-21 | My students performed poorly in the final exam.
Help me help them.... please. | | 2008-12-20 | Learning should not end with the final exam! | | 2008-11-19 | Exchange in Europe can be very rewarding! | | 2008-11-18 | UC Berkeley is my top choice for exchange! | | 2008-11-02 | Why did we not have fresh mushrooms twenty years ago? | | 2008-02-23 | Dialogue is preferred to monologue. | | 2008-02-13 | If I were a single unemployed old man who lives on Comprehensive Social Security Assistance (CSSA) | | 2007-12-17 | Is forecasting a pure guessing game? | | 2007-12-16 | I want zero emission of CO2! | | 2007-11-30 | How would I choose universities for exchange? | | 2007-11-28 | Excuse me. Can you write a recommendation letter for me? | | 2007-11-12 | No pain, no gain! | | 2007-09-14 | Teaching is to be enjoyed, and so is studying. Grades should only be secondary. | |