A lil something about people...
A friend of mine came over this morning and showed me this link...
http://www.malaysia-today.net/2008/content/view/1958/46/
I read it, and really felt sad; sad because they can only live within such a small, self-infested, and cynical world.
Why do I say this? Simply because I am the result of chinese schooling. He speaks of the chinese community that insists on chinese schooling, as did my father, but the majority of the graduates of my class back in 1998 had a considerably fluent grasp on the language! He then goes on about how they graduate without the ability to think and hold a decent conversation in english, which is also true for a good portion of the population of Japan! Does that mean their in any way a "retard"?
So where are we going on with here?
1. Just because you're a chinese school grad. does not mean you cannot/do not have a good grasp of the english language. It simply means you did not try hard enough (I personally learned a majority of my english from watching Sesame Street), and that is a personal failing somewhere which evidently cannot entirely be blamed on a single community.
2. Japan is still a major player in the world's economic market (the last I remember), and the last I heard, a good portion of their population can barely string 5 words of english together. They know it, mind you, but they still try, and it's THAT mentality that keeps them on.
He totally dodges the problem. Resorting instead to seem right by stating things that seem to be biased and unfair. He talks about how politicians send their kids out to study, but have you thought about it? There is a ridiculous number of schools in this country, both private and public, which includes the SRJK (C)s, (T)s, SKs and the rest of the private schools. So if the chinese schools are the only failings, why not send them to the others instead of wasting all that time and money on going overseas?
The answer is simple - the failing lies in our education system, as a whole, and not particularly only within a single community. The best example of this is the method for which our literature is taught; we are not taught to appreciate it and interpret it on our own, neither are we graded on the maturity of our interpretation; instead, we are marked using FIXED answers and FIXED responses, and we are taught to score by MEMORIZING these fixed answers. Heck, most students just memorize the answers from reference books and fill in the blanks! (Sad to say, I fell into this catergory of students, so I really can tell you this is the truth...)
The article also talks about business, and how all the larger contracts are always awarded to the people who can speak fluent english. However, the truth about business is that it's always awarded to those the client feels most pleasent and trust for. Seriously, no one does business with someone they hate and/or feel unsafe about. So it doesn't really matter what language you are fluent in, but rather who you chose to do business with, and whether you can communicate well using that language. In fact, the chinese language which the author seems so biased against is actually going to be an asset in the coming years, considering the fact that one of the most densely populated countries in the world is appreciatively opening its borders to trade and modernization.
They lack the foresight to understand and see the world around them, choosing to concentrate instead within the narrow tunnel that is only those affected, fanning flames that simply cannot stand on their own. It's sad really, to have to live in such anger and frustrations.
Finally, as a personal interest to humiliate and poke fun of people like this (for personal enjoyment)...
Furthermore, all you care about is FOOD. The Chinese are such PIGS. Eating all the time!! Contesting among yourselves to see who can find the BEST restaurant. Let me tell you this, regardless what you eat today, be it a $1 pack of Nasi Lemak or a $1,000 slice of Abalone, it still will come out tomorrow morning as SHIT !! Unless of course, you have constipation. But then again, you anal-retentive Chinese maggots don't really care.So does shit, but I don't see you putting that in your mouth. But then again, I'm sure you big-shots are full if it by now.