Short semester is usually taken by students during their end of semester holiday in purpose to fix their bad marks or to pursue the course they missed on the previous semester. Most of students decide to take the short semester because the mark of particular courses they got on the regular semester has not enough to reach the Standard of Minimum Completeness. For example, a university determines score C, worth with 4,00, as the Standard of Minimum Completeness. If the students get mark less than it, they should take a short semester or repeat the course in next semester. Therefore, short semester doesn’t seem effective to be applied. The reasons are because of the time it held, the cost incurred, and the false assumption about short semester’s utility.
The first is about the time. Since passing one full semester of study, students deserve for a long holiday, especially end of semester holiday. They need to have a refreshing after the tiring and exhausting days. For university student, the end of semester holiday will last for about three months. It is the good time short semester to be held.
Some people argue that taking a short semester during holiday will give positive activity to the students. They can spend their time by study, fixing the marks at once, instead of doing something useless at home. In fact, passing a whole semester is certainly tiring, either for physical or mental condition. It can even become pressure. According to the result of the study conducted by the National College Health Assessment in 2014, 33 percent of students who had the survey experienced depression because of hard-studying in university. Considering this case, the school breaks or long holiday should be used to have a refreshing. The students should enjoy their holiday time and have fun with relations. Moreover, short semester isn’t effective because the students will get and learn the same course as what took on the previous semester.
The second reason is the cost. Students
without a scholarship (non-bidikmisi
students) have been burdened by the tuition. They have to pay UKT in the beginning of semester. And if
they take a short semester, there will be another burden they must pay. Short
semester requires them who take it to pay more charge per SKS. Every course usually has 2 SKS.
It means, the total fund they have to spend is the charge per SKS multiplied by the total SKS taken. This will be incriminating
for the students, especially non-bidikmisi
one. Beside wasting time, short semester is also wasting money.
Last, it is about false assumption.
Students think that repeating some particular courses will definitely fix their
bad marks. Even though, what is being taught in short semester is same as in
regular semester. Thus, short semester doesn’t encourage students to improve knowledge
in regular semester because when they get bad marks, they just depend on it. As
a result, there will not be hard effort they must exert to achieve good mark. Based on the survey in Yogyakarta State
University, the repeaters, students who repeat the particular courses in
regular semester, successfully scored a better result than students who take
short semester. It means they stuggle enough, try best not to get the bad marks
anymore, and do not think something like, “there is still a short semester.”
In sum, short semester may be more effective
for students who have taken a long absence on the previous semesters.
By that,
they can pursue the course material rather than fixing marks. For those who
take short semester only
to fix marks, probably it is a bit useless. It spends time, money, and doesn’t encouraging.
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