When Dr Mahathir introduced the system of teaching Science and Mathematics in English in 2003, I was one of the people who rejoiced. Finally, our government has done something beneficial for us for the good of our future. I remembered, I was actually the 2nd batch of students to be given the privilege to be taught under this system. However, recently our government has thought that "Mmmm....people in the kampungs are suffering...we should teach in Malay". So
from 2012 onwards, the teaching of S & M (stop thinking bout something else you horny people) will be done in Malay!
I was extremely disappointed with this decision. Only after 6 yrs (decision was made in 2009), our government has given up and Dr Mahathir is not a happy bloke. Now, I think I should let you know in case you don't read the news that this is
because of a protest by Malay linguist saying that this could threaten the Malay language. No offense, but this is for our future. Some might argue that countries like Japan and China have their S & M taught in local languages but they are still more advanced than us. Well,
if you compare us to Japan or China, most of their university courses are done in native languages. Most of them will also work in their country which provides good jobs with good pay (in Japan at least). Here, our courses are taught in English and I have known so many people before me that struggled to keep up with the terms.
Even nowadays, many students that went through the English system struggle in keeping up. So how are they going to keep up if they are taught in Malay? If you are in Japan, a very scientifically advanced company like Honda or Toyota will hire you and your job is done mostly in Japanese.
Here, our jobs are done in English! English! You teach Science in Malay and you go to work in an English speaking environment, not damn Malay!
In the old days, everything was taught in English.
It took many years for certain non-Malay speaking students to keep up with studying Malay when the system was changed, my dad was one of them. It needs to take the same time for students with weak English to master the language. 6 years is not a long time, and in this short time our government has given up hope. I asked many lecturers and so many of them told us it is so much better nowadays for students to be able to understand the terms in Scientific courses especially. Before that, a lot of students had to go through hell. I am sure that if you are a modern human being wanting our country to prosper in the future, you would know that
we need to globalise our country. Admit it or not, we have to know that
English is THE global language. If you don't speak English, you can't compete with the world. With exception the already ultra-modern countries like Germany or Japan where they can and will continuously keep up with global trends even while neglecting English. Problem is
they have the resources and the ability to do so, we don't. This is the reason why we slack behind countries like Singapore. Singapore is very much a globalised nation. They are
educated in English, yet they have not forgotten their roots. This is evident in the films they make, they still make them in Chinese. So, why we as Malaysians, wanting our country to be globalised and modern, still reluctant to accept the importance of English? Why are we still f
earing globalisation of making our next generation forget about their roots when they wouldn't? Why O our government, why did you make another stupid mistake?
People, please, comment and tell me your views on this issue and please, make a change if you can. The general elections are coming soon,
if you are eligible for voting, register yourself and make a change.
Another week and another movie, was supposed to go for class but skipped classes altogether and instead went for a light lunch at Wondermilk (which I will blog about soon) and a movie at Tropicana Mall. There were not many interesting movies so we decided to watch Legend of the Guardians.
