tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11167497.post7957498482295158734..comments2024-02-23T03:34:38.947-05:00Comments on AZLY-RAHMAN POST: Again, on the teaching of Maths and Science in EnglishDr. AZLY RAHMANhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07437908281114330911noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11167497.post-27930599686370034212009-07-10T14:27:15.092-04:002009-07-10T14:27:15.092-04:00O Man…can we not see THE LOGIC FOR PERSIAPAN2 YANG...O Man…can we not see THE LOGIC FOR PERSIAPAN2 YANG PERLU DISEDIAKAN UNTUK MENCAPAI MATLAMAT 2012?<br /><br />Not too long ago, when TOSAMIE/PPSMI was first introduced, who got the Billion RM Contract to supply Laptops & CD-ROMs & other hardwares to Science & Maths teachers who were hardly trained/unprepared to teach the subjects in English?<br /><br />That – not including new text books for Skim Bantuan Buku Teks.<br /><br />Neh, no matter – as always just bull doze & give em incentives. <br /><br />Which reminds me of Rumsfeld who said: “You go to war with the Army you have, Not with the Armoured Tanks you need” *Fan fan the hand at the backside a bit, & say go go*<br /><br />& What came out of that flimsy state of mind & equipment? <br /><br />Batches of 500,000 kids/year every year x 6 years in Primary & 5 years in Secondary are churned out to be what you see & whose standat Inggeris u are so proud of today.<br /><br />That -- despite UKM (proven over more than 25 years) having successfully churned out thousands & thousands of M.a.l.a.y M.e.d.i.u.m Engineers & Doctors, many now are reaching retirement.<br /><br />Heck, I suppose I’m puzzled why today ½ of the 1,OOOs crowd queuing daily in HUKM Cheras are Chinese sons who are smiling despite not trusting locally trained Malay doctors & nurses whose mums would have preferred Chinese Specialists from Tong Shin right? TQ Liao..<br /><br /><br />So today, when Wak Hasil Balik Asal.. ***RM5 Billion*** more will now need to be spent to put in place facilities/ “kelengkapan2 tentunya kena disediakan untuk capai matlamat” <br /><br /><br />– & THIS INCLUDES ***MAKMAL BAHASA***. YEAH GET IT? 3 years will do tq.<br /><br /><br />Are we all not SHEEP?<br /><br />1. Who was the Minister of Education who Kick Off This Mess by introducing Communication English 122 (the start of the Storyboard) back in the late 1970s when all the while Atok2 ‘Speaking Melayus’ could already cope with Senior Cambridge English/British GCE O Syllabus 121? [-- then Chief Clerks’ Wives don’t have to work & the whisky drinking Secretary/Director Generals got bungalows in Kenny/Damansara Hills]<br /><br />2. & who was the Clever In Charge of introducing SSB Gaji Melintang Pukang with the many Sekatan Kecekapan that successfully ensured high attrition rates. & Yet despite 20 years, until fairly recently, many got stuck in Time Scale (ie no promotion) enjoying only annual increments that used to be RM60/year thank you PSD.<br /><br /><br />Plezzz.. plezzz don’t just focus on the crème a la crème who can fend for themselves anywhere. Have a heart for those who are below the median & raise their capacities – its they who will mend the fences/defenses who won’t even need to use any complicated English sciences/work out the Colonial Maths problems without the aid of cempua to mend the plumbing/drive buses etc..<br /><br />They only need proficient teachers like the ones we had in the good old days. No need Makmal Bahasa laaa<br /><br /><br />There can only be x thousands Nos of CEOs & GMs in MNC/GLCs/CinaLinkCos. Even less, kalau ramai at the top tak mau pencen pencen. Right?<br />There will even be fewer R & D rocket scientists.<br /><br />Of coz, the nation can make do with more Malay educated Professionals. They will cope. BUT Why are we so hard up & make it so easy to subsidize the production of world class studs who will only think of themselves migrating when the need is even more so pressing in Kg Tok in Ulu Pahang?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11167497.post-57133007124784904792009-07-09T06:39:25.512-04:002009-07-09T06:39:25.512-04:00To teach those subjects in Malay is to limit the m...To teach those subjects in Malay is to limit the malays of their own opportunities and procurement of advance knowledge. We all know that the English language holds the most vocab in the world and is spoken more than any other language in the developrd world. Learning them is English will not diminish one’s Malay-ness. I’m not sure what those sasterawan syok sendiri malay idiots are up to but its definitely not for the advancement of the Malays. Wow I didn’t know pekan rabu is now selling Thriller downloads, I had to order from starlight last time as they were just selling sepat kering and kain pelikat. As MJ would have said it “Don’t stop till ya get enough!”Tamerlanehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04683731988458681338noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11167497.post-61733371270708836032009-07-09T04:09:06.940-04:002009-07-09T04:09:06.940-04:00Sigh.... Unless we (who are pro-Science & Math...Sigh.... Unless we (who are pro-Science & Math i English) all picket and take to the streets.... the government is just going to continue to ignore us. Are we parents all angry and upset enough to do something about this??? <br />In a way, we also have ourselves to blame – with our 'leave other people to fight the fight-la. I'll just sit back and see how things turn out" -type of attitude and mentality.<br />The problem with us 'professionals' is that we not vocal enough. We are too afraid to fight the system in a mass, orchestrated way. <br /><br />So as usual, we just quietly take whatever crap-nonsense we are handed by the Powers that be. Even if we know that it will doom our future generations. And sadly, that will be that.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11167497.post-54433645366774127872009-07-09T01:50:36.659-04:002009-07-09T01:50:36.659-04:00Doc,
You and Mrs. M basically assist me on gaining...Doc,<br />You and Mrs. M basically assist me on gaining my confidence in the language back in the MRSM days. <br />That was way before the PPSMI. <br />And this is my story:<br />My add math teacher performed calculations in English, much more easier to use squared (1 syllable) rather than kuasa dua. <br />My Physics teacher was scratching her tudung to find the 'linguistic' explanation on the meaning of haba pendam tentu pemejalwapan (i'm still wondering whether this is actually a Bahasa melayu words) and give us the english terms for it (i believed it is "Latent Heat for Evaporation") so that we can find references in the library (or PSP).<br />We also came across words like Pengamiran (my memory take me back to a guy name Amir) or Integration, Penaakulan (until now I do not know what is this word and not using it in my daily BM conversations not making me less malay!)<br />And this 'omboh' is never been used in any conversation by Subra the lorry driver with Soon Kiat the mechanic or Ayu the workshop account girl. They don't even know what is 'omboh'! But please do try ask them about 'piston'!<br /><br />Are we going to regret this in few years?norhishamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06211515210808856256noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11167497.post-27088083834696364652009-07-09T01:21:05.444-04:002009-07-09T01:21:05.444-04:00Now you know why the Chinese educationist insisted...Now you know why the Chinese educationist insisted on Math and Science to be taught in Chinese parallel to the PPSMI. UMNO will always act for its own greed and political expediency for this is what 'Ketuanan Melayu' is all about. In many ways I must thank the UMNO shithead for giving my kids an edge over the Malay students. Am I cynicalhere? Perhaps I am. However, I am also realistic. Malay graduates in the real world lose to the non-Malay graduates not because they are stupid or lazy but because their ability to operate in different cultural environments make them less valuable to the employer. This is not to say that all non-Malays are functionally multi-lingual but the fact that many non-Malay parents are not bounded by this 'Ketuanan Melayu/Bahasa shit makes them more receptive to the idea of being multi-lingual. Then again isn't it UMNO's goal to keep the rural Malays stupid and pliable so that the latter will always believe UMNO's 'Ketuanan Melayu' shit. Mahathir for all his faults will probably be the last Malay politician to have the balls to face down the language Talibans. The rest of UMNO are no than pondans in this issue. Nizar is right, UMNO is pondan. <br /><br />'What can the average Malaysian do?' <br />Very simple my friends, make sure your kids are multi-lingual. Matters not as to what the language may be so long as it is used by a big chunk of people somewhere on the globe. If you do not wish for your kids to venture far then make sure your kids learn English, Arabic and Chinese. I know being multi-lingual is difficult but it is better than having to grovel at UMNO's feet for crumbs. My brother who only has a Diploma in Business consistently outperforms many university graduates because he is good in BM, English and Chinese. Now you know why local employers are not keen on local Malay university graduates. <br /><br />At the end of the day what does the elite in UMNO care. Most of their kids are either in international schools or overseas studying in English language schools. F']' the peasants is UMNO's motto. Well I say make your kids flexible and f';' UMNO. As for the rural Malay kids, they have my sympathies.vinnannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11167497.post-66043987802324851382009-07-09T00:02:29.684-04:002009-07-09T00:02:29.684-04:00Meanwhile, while those who are at the receiving en...Meanwhile, while those who are at the receiving end of this decree on "dehumanization and intellectual despair" mourn the demise of common sense, parents esp. with school going children are plunged into deep, dark despair pondering the future of their little ones. <br />Ponder we must, mourn we will, even cry out loud if we wish. But just for now. Right now just let us be in this moment of desperate disbelief!Peter Ganhttp://petergan.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11167497.post-66780410105274508522009-07-09T00:01:31.936-04:002009-07-09T00:01:31.936-04:00Dear Dr Azly,
I pity my children. But that is my f...Dear Dr Azly,<br />I pity my children. But that is my fate to be born Malaysian, something I cannot change. However I can help my children progress and get out of this rotten system of an education that the powers that be in Malaysia call it. I can and I will.<br /><br />Who I pity more are the Malay children, esp those in rural areas. Will they ever rise and be on par with the rest of the world? No,on par with the rest of the country?<br /><br />In our country, if a segment of the population is weak in English, what do we do? We lower the bar for them. <br /><br />If a segment of the population is weak in Sc and Maths? We lower the bar for them. If a segment of the population cannot pass an exam? We lower ... you get it.<br /><br />We have been lowering the bar while countries such as Spore and Hongkong have been raising theirs in the name of progress, and that is why our education system is so pathetic. You know it.<br /><br />What can the average Malaysian do? Migrate? Study elsewhere? As it is homeschooling has become more and more popular. <br />Do we have to do everything ourselves in Malaysia? <br /><br />The police fail in protecting our homes. What do we do? We pay RM30 a home to hire a guard to protect our taman!!! Look around. The new residential developments are gated communities, so the older areas created a gated taman themselves by installing a boomgate and a pondok and paying a guard!!! <br /><br />The public transportation system is a joke. What do we do? Thousands of professional moms quit (at a huge loss to the human capital) so that they can be home and ferry their kids around because it is so inconvenient, not to mention unsafe, to let our kids use the public bus. <br /><br />DO we have to do everything ourselves???<br />That is the plight of modern day Malaysians, Chinese, Indian, Malay. EVERYONE is doomed. <br /><br />What can I do, Dr Azly??? What can I do????Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com