An Unconventional Teacher

morning …

As exams drawing nearer, some so-called ‘good’ students opting to study by themselves and excused themselves from my class! Well, these students will get an A as Math paper one is like kacang-putih to them. But, they definitely missed out something BIG here … they are here as a student to attend classes! Attendance will be taken. As i m a non-believer of attendance taking, i will allow them to do their own work, provided they REALLY studying and score in their exams!! If EDUCATION is scoring exams, they they DO NOT need to go to school … save money, study last minute also can la! Never do we teachers/schools explain to them the needs of attending lectures regularly. It is a training ground, so to speak.

Wait … am i missing something here? These kids dont care … of coz, due to the pressure of the kiasu-parenting. "Score "A"s at all cost … or else, i send you to my office/factory to work!" warns the parents. Some may prefer giving carrots/gula-gula … study well and daddy buy you that car u like, k? All sorts of NONSENSE from our well-educated society. Sigh … the root of this deterioting trend lies in our EDUCATION system. Am i repeating myself? Malaysians are NOT EDUCATED enough to realise what education mean!!

FREEDOM OF SPEECH

As we were having lunch, me and my colleagues were talking in the hush-hush about FREEDOM of SPEECH(irony, huh?) in Malaysia. Yes, we agreed that certain CONTROL is needed in Malaysia(as we MALAYSIANs are NOT educated, not matured and not civilised). With such a tight control on local MEDIA, we still see our MPs speaking like a standard 6 kids on the street. Yes, in parliment, they act their true colours — un-educated monkeys in suit — and it is an embarassing to READ from non-local media on HOW they see us, Malaysians.

Anyway, back to the case of FREEDOM of SPEECH … the USA preaching about it and was critising Malaysian press. Fair. But, do they really practise what they preached? Here in Malaysia, we are a complex society. We have the minority chinese and indians(minority as we are NOT encouraged to have kids … we are being practical, we cant afford to give our kids QUALITY living if we have too many kids. Logical? Ever wonder why the bumis/malays can afford at least 5 children and can send all of them studying oversea? Fishy GOV? WHAT is that again? NEP? Fair and just? IN MALAYsia?). The QUOTA system being abused. Rampant. They FEEL it is their RIGHTS, they should be given what belongs to them. I M BORN IN MALAYSIA too, but because your ancestors are from CHINA, you are immigrants! Haha.

So, it is kinda sad when we speak about FEW idiot politicians tarnishing our beloved country’s name. Seriously, do you ever wonder WHY they took so loooong to bring that AHMAD to see PM? Wait, even PM, police cant find him!! WOW!! And we are talking about a small soldier here, who is fighting for the justice for Malay? Huh?? I m confused with his statements. He shouldnt even speak anything if he doesnt have anything up there. Being arrogant when we are wrong is plain STUPID. Two type of BODOH … what is this type then?

I love Malay songs, i get along very well with my malay friends, students and culture. I love MALAYsia(and never question if we should change it to CHINESE-sia) as i m NOT a Chinese. I m a Malaysian. Hey, i still need passport/visa to go to China, k? And they will treat me as foreigner(and cut my leher if i m buying anything there … go to GuangZhou and they treat you like an alien!).

Selamat Berpuasa, my fellow Malaysians. If our parents could stay(in tolerance) together, UNITED … our children SHOULD stay together as MALAYSIANs too. Let us as parents provide our future generation a harmonous environment and learn to ACCEPT our differences.

Lets NOT let a few selfish politicians break our bonds. Insya-allah.

Jay Chou -半島鐵盒 | Ban Dao Tie He <— one of my fav from Jay