By: madeline

madeline — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 01:36:01 +0000

Language as a political tool – linguistic arguments as a cover for basically non-linguistic aspirations & implementing a standard language and its ramifications, selecting one variety over another can cause some degree of conflict. National Language? Well, clinging to the concept of a national language which is accorded a privileged status, though it may be helpful in achieving national unity but can be harmful to minorities and their languages. Thus, the imposition of a national language can lead to the demise of other languages normally spoken in the country.
What’s our problem, and by reverting the teaching of Maths & Science to Bahasa M’sia, how sure are we that the Malay students will achieve excellence especially in Bahasa M’sia in their public exam or do our politicians & the rich send their children to the normal daily schools our children are sent to, or do we have a choice? As a retired teacher, I’ve seen & witnessed Malay students rarely achieved good distinction results in BM compared to the non-Malays and neither they achieved excellence in English. All these are connected with our attitude, negative attitude toward CHANGE, that is the use of English. M’sians (majority of us) prefer using Manglish (Bahasa Rojak)and we feel proud when conversing with friends in Manglish. So, is that our standard in using English language? Shameful!! By giving excuses such as “rural students are deprived of their education as there are no proper facilities / teachers (guru cemerlang) are not sent to these areas), then why are they not sent there? Why do we pay them so much but not making use of their capabilities & excellence to ensure rural & remote areas students enjoy the same teaching and learning environment? We love pin-pointing & hunting for excuses as to any hiccups. Just 6 years of implementation, so what do we expect? Look at your own children, what can they do at the age of 6? Can they produce output adults produce? If they can, is the output of the same level & quality? We give up so easily on anything, just anything.Learn to be more optimistic, see the bright side of it, as winners believe that good attitude turns a chore into a cheer & they don’t make tomorrow’s meal with yesterday garbage!!!!!!!!!! I believe that many of us don’t really fail but we just quit trying & our past experiences should be our guidepost, not a hitching post. Everyone of us should believe that the best angle from which to approach any problem is the try-angle.

By: toolan

toolan — Sun, 07 Sep 2008 02:23:36 +0000

It is only the elite and in power hungry group of Malays in the UMNO and their Putras that is giving Malays all over and walk of life a bad name. When we are in school, we play, eat and joke with our Malay freinds, no problem. We sometimes hang out in each other house(over night) also no problem.
During the early nineties, I mean we meet many Muslim happy hour friends as well, some casual some are long time friends, also no problem.
So, the way I see it, it is this group of people like Ahmad that is stirring up shit(gau see kwan = shit stick).
Also, why keep bringing up past historical issues(as claim by Ahmad), why keep harping on history that will bring us backward, we should strive to move forward and learn the mistake from the pass, not keep bringing up pass matters. Gong Gong one!
As far as Dr.M is concern, he has his pros and cons lah, for where and what we are today, it was his doing but on the bright side, the progress we are in(before Lah Lah’s era), we have to give Dr.M his credit too.

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