Thesis

Let’s go down memory lane.

We’re on our Methods of Research subject with Ma’am Mercado that day when she instructed us to form a group. She informed us na the group that we will be forming will be our permanent group sa paggawa ng thesis. Parang hindi rin naman kami dumaan sa comprehensive process of choosing a group. Kung sino kasi ang magkakaibigan, yun na rin ang magkakagrupo. Magandang strategy na rin yun para gamay ng bawat isa ang isip at galaw ng bawat isa.

Ok, we had our group na. Here are my group mates:

1. Arlyn Rose Apistar
2. Cherrie Abalos
3. Sharon Escover
4. Celly Pon-an
5. Jesica Petre
6. Lorie Joy Saliva

After ma-finalize ang groupings, sinabi na sa amin ni Ma’am Mercado na mag-isip ng topic. That time, all of us are so clueless of what topic to bring up. Napakarami naming revisions na ginawa before we come-up to a topic that we will tackle until we finish our final defense.

We decided to create a study about the Mental Ability and Multiple Intelligences of college students who belong to university’s President’s List and Dean’s List in a specific semester. We want to know the difference of that two factors and how it affects the performance of our honor students.

After all of topic revisions, Ma’am Mercado asked us to have a thesis adviser. We hurriedly went to Guidance Office to talk to Ma’am Saul, our Psychometrician and requested her to guide us in doing our study. In all fairness to Ma’am Saul, she didn’t give us a hard time in convincing her to be our adviser.

Dito na nag-umpisa ang delubyo ng grupo. Naranasan rin namin dito ang sinasabing the hardest part of college life is on our third year. Totoo, mahirap. Mahirap pero masaya kasi nga we are all friends formed in a group.

Hirap na hirap kami:

• sa pagpili ng group leader. Hindi ko rin tinanggap ang maging group leader kasi maging member nga eh mahirap na, maging leader pa kaya. So we decided na wala ng maging leader. Pero hindi rin pala tatakbo ang grupo kapag walang nagmamando. So we ended up mandating each other. Tama ba guys?

• sa distribution of responsibilities.

• sa pagpili sa psychological tests na gagamitin para ma-compare namin ang difference ng MA (Mental Ability) and MI (Multiple Intelligences) ng mga honor students ng university.

• sa paghahagilap at pagmamakaawa sa mga honor students to take the tests that we prepared for them. May mga ayaw talaga. Pero meron naman na malaman lang na may free snacks eh napakabilis na umaayon sa gusto naming mangyari.

• in researching related studies. Laman kami ng iba’t ibang libraries sa loob ng university.

• in computing the data that we gathered.

• sa pagta-type. Mabagal kasi kaming mag-type lahat. Si Lorie lang yata ang mabilis mag-type sa amin. Ngayon, si Cherrie na.

• sa pagpapa-check kung tama na ba ang pinagagawa namin.

• sa pag-iisip kung ano ba ang kakainin namin kapag nagta-trabaho kami sa bahay nila Lorie. Pero we always ended up eating pancit canton, kanin lamig at ang paborito naming mango flavored juice. (Namiss ko naman bigla yun pati na ang lumpiang sariwa na lagi kong binibili kapag dumadaan yung nagtitinda ng mirienda.)

• sa biglaang pagback-out ni Ma’am Saul as our thesis adviser. Nakuha na pala sya ng other group. Sobrang nawala kami sa sirkulasyon that time because wala kaming malapitan. Habang wala pa kaming nakukuhang thesis adviser, nakikiconsult muna kami kay Ma’am Mercado na thesis adviser naman ng isa pang grupo. At the end, we chose Ma’am Fulgado. That time, she was newly hired as our new OSA chairperson. Ok si Ma’am Fulgado. Pero dahil nga sa newly hired at hindi rin naman biro yung position nya, kailangan naming mag-adjust sa schedule nya. Hindi namin sya malapitan during the time na kailangan namin sya. Wooooooooh! Bitter!!!

Final Defense. That’s when we were on our first semester of our forth year. A couple of days before the defense, nagkaroon pa ng problema ang grupo dahil nagalit sa amin si Lorie. Napagkasunduan kasi ng grupo without informing her na sya ang kailangang gumawa ng powerpoint presentation na gagamitin namin sa final defense. She got mad when we informed her about that. As in nagalit talaga sya. Even her sister got mad at us. Nagworry pa kami for her kasi she’s pregnant that time.

Dumating ang araw ng Final Defense. Semi-formal ang attire. Kabado ang lahat lalong-lao na ang grupo namin kasi galit pa rin samin si Lorie. Hindi rin kasi naming alam kung ginawa nya ba yung powerpoint presentation. Tensyonado kami ng biglang dumating si Lorie dala-dala ang powerpoint presentation na gagamitin namin.

Ako ang nag-introduction (draw lots ang ginawa kung sino ang mag-iintro). Naging smooth ang deliberation ng findings ng study until one of the panelists asked a question. Damn! Yun pa naman ang pinaka-kinatatakutan ko kapag magtatanong na ang mga panelists. Fortunately, nasagot naman namin ang mga tanong nila. More than 10 minutes din kaming sumalang sa defense.

Iba ang pakiramdam paglabas namin sa Room 110. Worth it lahat ang pagod namin.

As time went by, pinabookbind na namin ang resulta ng aming pinagpaguran. Hindi ko na rin nakita ang finish product because I was undergoing my On-The-Job Training when we submitted it. Hindi na naman importante yun. What’s important is we successfully done our best for our study.

You? How’s your thesis experience? Care to share.

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Dedicated to my thesis groupmates.