Bursting at the Seams

This is a story about over-capacity.

Just because we can attract more students, doesn't mean we should.

But then again, I am not business-minded. What do I know?

I will just go on economics. 

The world (and the university) has limited resources.

That is why public universities have a quota.

So that the lecturers and their resources are not overwhelmed,

and they can do a decent job in producing graduates.

We on the other hand takes in any number, even 1.

Or 500, or 3674, or 50,001. No one gets turned down, 

because we provide HE education opportunities to deserving parties.

So while our counterparts in Europe and the Americas are returning home refreshed from their summer holidays, and the public unis from their semester breaks... we are still soldering on without a break since January. Well we did have the compulsory celebration breaks like Hari Raya well they're much welcome, but not quite the same as summer holidays or proper semester breaks.

Asia has always been the continent of workers, so work we shall.

There is no point saying anything to the management, because I know the answers:

- the metaphorical "you can get off the ship, or you can stay on it"

- we pay competitive salary

- we are getting more staff and part timers to cover the teaching load

- it is our business model and we won't ever change

So what is the point of even asking? Just accept it and move along. Put your complaints in the complaints box. So long as it is not a complaint about the number of intakes we have in a year, or your workload, or your timetable, we're good.