Ramirez, Charles Jon N.

CE121/B2

December 9, 2015
Engr. Balmoris

FINAL ASSESMENT
After 10 weeks of learning, cramming, and grinding with this
subject, a lot of things have changed ever since the very first day.
I am so glad that I became part of this class because of several
reasons. First is, in my 3 years in Mapua I have never been in a
class this lively which makes every lesson more fun and
interesting. Also, I am glad that during fieldworks I can now
efficiently use the theodolite and apply the concepts needed to
get the needed data because my groupmates this term really
want to perform every fieldwork properly. Another is, I am lucky
that my professor Mam Balmoris is really considerate when it
comes to deadlines, schedule of quizzes, schedule of fieldworks,
etc. I think that communicating and understanding what the class
needs is the most important thing a professor can offer in order
for his/her students to really do well in his/her subject and our
professor really did that this term.
Really enjoyed the topics in Surveying 2 compared to
Surveying 1 because the topics in surveying 2 are really complex
and has a lot of good applications in the field of civil engineering.
In all the topics covered, my favorite topics were all about
parabolic curves but I think the most important topic is all about
simple curves for the main reason that this topic will be the
foundation in order to solve other problems in reverse, compound,
and even parabolic curves.

On the other hand, I think that

Ramirez, Charles Jon N.

CE121/B2

December 9, 2015
Engr. Balmoris

reverse curves is the most hardest because I find the curve

complicated and very hard to visualize.
Furthermore, during fieldworks I really learned a lot. During
my surveying 1, most of the time we really just relied on OT's
because sometimes our professor doesn't even discuss to us on
how we will perform the fieldwork properly. Thus, our group didn't
have a choice and not take the fieldworks seriously since the
professor himself is not giving us a reason to look forward to
something. But this term, thank God it was so much different. This
term, most of the time, I will be the one who will orient and set
the theodolite properly. This term as much as possible I really
want to be involved in the step by step process on how to perform
every single fieldwork. This term I appreciated surveying a
thousand times than last term.
What I really like about the class is the atmosphere, I really
enjoyed learning all the topics throughout the term because
almost everyone is lively and involved during discussions. The
only thing that I didnt like about the class is I never had the
chance to know everyone because almost everyone has its own
circle of friends. Cant believe that this term and subject is
already nearing to an end, this subject is really one of the few
that I will surely remember as one of my favorite subjects in my
college career. With that, I am really thankful Maam Balmoris for
making this subject worth our pockets and worth remembering
after our college career.

Ramirez, Charles Jon N.

CE121/B2

December 9, 2015
Engr. Balmoris