PPSMI

Again, its about the PPSMI.

First and foremost, I stand my point, I am with the PPSMI.

After compelling strains and pain that the governments, open-minded people and especially Dr.M had made to make the 'stupid' to realized the importance of PPSMI is seems to come to a disheartening end. BUT, this is not final yet until the time comes to prove that PPSMI is actually the right thing for everyone.

I have so much points to heartily agree with this program, though I do see some cons that comes along the way. Needless to cry, the cons are just for temporary, but we WILL see the great outcome as time passes by. I can bet on this. This is not a gamble for the future of our nation, but it's the vision of our dreams.

Last night, in my FB status, I posted my disappointment after reading The Star online on the government's agreement to evict the PPSMI in the year 2012. Somewhere in my unfathomable heart cried out loud while somewhere behind my mind is screaming in despair. If this really is happening, I see my own people jeopardizing their future, I see my country in a yawning dejection where people are living in a desolation of the globalization, we're then slogging our way out before we finally realized this mishap, but then it will be too late for anything.

I am not re-typing my ideas of standing up for this PPSMI again after a nerve-racking moment last night that lead me to a psychological diarrhea at 3 a.m. Nevertheless, I'm copying my ideas here of what I have said to my respondents as they were much in argument with me :

"when it comes to globalization its all about competing and (at the same time) to value ur tradition/country/mother tongue or whatsoever. but i dont see the importance of learning in our mother tongue can help us communicate and compete and thus survive the globalization and become success.

this aint about whos going to score better in pmr/spm and get scholarship from the government. this is about OUR future, u, me, the org asli, org kampung, org bandar, everyone!"

-11.22pm

"im not degrading kampungians, i mean THOSE who thinks that learning s&m in BM is better is stupid then, even if org bandar think that way, than they r stupid too! but 1 of the reasons that the gov is re-considering about this matter is MAINLY bcoz of the org kampung/org asli/org hutan who have tOooO much trouble adapting to this new system. and bcoz of these troublesome ppl, then every school students in msia is affected and the long term effect is very depressing.

these troublesome ppl, they dont think of this long term effect, they just wish to get over with school and their spm and get scholar. if they get scholar to overseas then...? HAHAHA"

-11:36pm

"if ur learning in the indon regular class, u'll see the difference. their english is embarassing and they dont have much confident to let out their brilliant ideas to the world tho they are super genius just bcoz their communication medium is too limited.

and they use references from limited bhs indon books which is much less than english references. whats important in this science and technology world is an effective COMMUNICATION. and i bet then they'll wish how the irish or the tibetian or the icelandic could understand bahasa MALAYSIA..."

-11:48pm

"siapa yg nak dia dpt..

majority human ada perangai : dia nak, tp malas + kena paksa.

so our gov dah sgt berbaik hati to PAKSA all these youngsters to study S&M in english coz once they already master it, they'll have confidence to face the real world.rather than if they r really good in S&M (in bm), but they have very poor english, soon they'll have problem adapting. better adapt english dari kecik, drpd nnt dah besar, dah tua, baru terhegeh2 nak translate2, buang masa! dkt world conference nak bawak bilanguage dictionary ke? nak hire translator ke? MEMBAZIR!...

so again, siapa nak, dia dpt. but as proven, belajar dari usia awal itu adalah lebih baik..."

-11:57pm

"for japanese, its not about the language that matters, its their attitude and kiasuness that brings them where they are now. ask the school pupil, they dint even complain much about this.

if these adults want to talk politics and jeopardizing the future of the kids, let me tell u, Dr.M's IQ is highest among the other PMs and Menteris we'v ever had. and his ruling era is proven to be the most success.

so? ikut la idea bijak dia!"

-12:37am

"utk budak2 skolah, sbnarnya takdelah besar sgt masalah ni. mcm kita suruh dia blaja geografi/sejarah/kh/muzik, dia taktau pun betapa pentingnya pelajaran tu, tp dia tetap blajar je and sentiasa berusaha utk nak dpt markah bagus. dia tak kesah pon!

sama la halnya kita suruh dia blaja S&M in english. dia pasti akan buat yg terbaik & pasti akan usaha utk fahamkan jugak! susah tak susah, dah kata belajar...

yg penting kementrian dah arrange kokurikulum yg COMFIRM akan bermanfaat utk hidup dorg sooner or later.

yg kecoh2 ni sbnarnya... tok nenek dorg yg sebok berpolitik, smua apa yg kerajaan nak buat, dia bantah!! menyampah!"

-12:48am

"apa buruknya blaja s&m in english? klau susah nak kuasai, BELAJAR LEBIH RAJIN, mcm ORANG JEPUN. org jepun mmg rajin & penuh semangat walau susah camne pon. panjat gunung pkai kimono pon boleh!

klau nak pertahankan martabat melayu, kite ada byk subjects lain yg dlm BM. s&m are just very small fraction of our live. klau betul nak smua murid skolah tak lupa budaya, buatlah subjek tarian melayu zapin, makyong, kuda kepang, wayang kulit & main gasing/congkak/batu seremban & nyanyi lagu2 melayu tradisional.

ni baru nak sruh blaja kira2 dlm english, dah terkencit!

isu ni suatu agenda yg digembar gemburkan hanya utk menjatuhkan kerajaan? pihak pembangkang mmg melakukan tugas membangkang dgn 'hampir' berkesan skali!

walaupun perkara yg dibangkangkan, saya anggap suatu yg merugikan dan mereka sgt bodoh dlm membuat keputusan yg hanya menguntungkan pihak mereka buat seketika ini, tanpa memikirkan masa depan negara."

-1:07am

"nway, knp isu ini ikut pendapat geng sastrawan & para 'genius' yg tak terlibat langsung dlm proses pembelajaran budak skolah?

dr penelitian nilai ujian pmr/spm ada peningkatan mendadak sejak PPSMI dan sentiasa meningkat. ini maknanya budak skolah sudah mula menguasai pelajaran ini sb mereka telah berusaha dgn EXTRA kuat sb pada awalnya mereka anggap susah, tp ternyata usaha gigih mereka berhasil....

jd dah ada 2 pencapaian 1) lebih menguasai s&m and 2) belajar utk jadi lebih rajin & gigih & tekun.

dr survey yg sahih yg pernah saya ternampak, majority student luar bandar ckp PPSMI susah, tp.. amazingly, nilai ujian mereka membaik. ini bererti kemampuan ssorg tu bukan tergantung dr apa yg mereka fikirkan sblum mrk tau kemampuan sbnarnya mereka. dan.. bersusah2 dahulu, bersenang2 kemudian, tak gitu?"

-1:23am

"oh, ada pulak hati nak ckp psl TECHNOLOGY.

if u want it to be all cultural & traditional, why must seek for techonology?

nak masak nasi, pakai je kayu api. rice cooker tu made in japan, instruction dlm english, tak paham nnt rosak pulak.. press the ON button - tekan butang atas? ntah butang mana nnt ditekannya, tak masak plak nasi tu nnt, kebulur satu family.

nak buat handphone buatan malaysia ke? mane la nak cari 'cara-cara membuat telifon bimbit', sampai 739 generasi alexander graham bell pon blom tentu dpt cari instruction yg dlm bahasa ibunda kita.

konon nak hantar pak cik X pegi germany, blajar buat krete sehebat merc benz, baru smp airport nak cari TANDAS pon tak jumpe, terlepas lah dia dkt situ.

last2, anak makcik K yg rajin baca kamus yg dpt byk kerja & jd org plg kaya, sb asyik keje mentranslatekan bhs bm ke english dkt congres2 international & inventor exhibition.."

-1.45am

"masa I dkt matriks bljr s&m in english, baru rasa thrill and that thrill is actually fun! sb kite dpt aplikasikan dlm kehidupan seharian, tgk CSI bole faham, surf dkt internet senang dpt..

s&m ni bukan subject sebarangan yg senang2 kite boleh suke hati datok nenek nak translate eng-bm-eng! TERMS tu yg penting.

example : harddrive - pandu keras?

softcopy - cetakan lembut?... Read More

tripod - tungku kaki tiga (sgt la kelakar! mcm air badak cap kaki tiga! haha)

capasitor - pemuat

resistor - perintang

reostat - penampang boleh laras (HAHAHA)

decelerate -menyahpecut (aww~ haha)

defecation - menyah tinjaan (tp sb kelakar sgt, tukar jadi defekasi)

pls la, KELAKAR okay nak translate2 camni.. ketawa lebih tak masuk ilmu

pastu nnt last2 english akan di bhsmelayunisasikan sb tanak bunyi kelakar sgt

exmple : ebullition - ebulisasi (padahal sama je taktau pon maknenya apa)

saponification - saponifikasi

titration - titrasi

sama je bljr english! lagi masuk akal!"

-2:52am

"and another thing.. as for me yg bljr medic in BI (bhs INDON), i missed to learn a lot of medical terms in english if i dont read english text book (e.g pembuluh darah - klau bodoh sgt nak direct translation boleh jadi 'blood bamboo' or 'buli-buli' which is suppose to mean 'urine vesicle' could be translated as BULLIES).

this is what i mean by TERMS yg tak boleh tawar menawar dgn bahasa, ada ke kamus sains dwi bahasa? klau ada, byk ke? murah ke? senang ke nak cari?

cuba klau nnt tersalah translate depan matsalleh2, habis la kite di ROFL/LOL/LMAO oleh mereka. habis malu seluruh bangsa & negara.... Read More

jd skrg mana nak di prioritykan? biar malu sebab bodoh bangang taktau english?

bukan saja dlm hal medik, tp sama juga hal nya utk subject science lain. harap maklum!"

-3:09am

"itu pendapat sastrawan negara, apa pulak pendapat scientist negara? no wonder malaysia byk sastrawan yg sgt hebat compared to scientist and mathematician...

those percentage only pictured the initial results of this program. takkan la nak expect high numbers kot! its LONG TERM we're talking about here..

NOW bahan belajar byk dlm english, all the references, specialist and world's most brilliant beyond brilliants are all in english. so we gotta learn by their way and not expecting them to teach us OUR way or even worse we as the not-as-smart to learn by our way, with our people in our own language. i dont see we're going anywhere!!...

If u'r debating this under the name of the SASTRAWANs, and poorly let ur mind be under influenced by these 'smart and brilliant' people which i think not as smart and brilliant after all coz they are instead putting their ideas so superior (coz they thot thy r sOoo smart&brilliant) than those world's proven geniuses.

malaysia is so much in denial.."

-2:30pm

"and u guys saying that english teachers boleh balik kampung...

while i say, the org bodoh, org selfish and orang-yg-nak-everything-to-follow-their-way-n-their-style-n-their-culture-and-language... well u guys, can dig a hole, bury ur brain and keep ur heads under the world's feet or better said live a house of a coconut shell coz not even our neighbour the thailand people can understand what 'penampang boleh laras', 'tungku kaki tiga' and 'jangjang geometrik' are!

don't dream to be leader if nobody can understand u...

PPSMI is not only to make/force the youngsters to study in a hard way (coz konon2kan dorg kan rasa SUSSSAH sgt), but also to prepare them to be understood by the world so they are free to share ideas on this very super highspeed highway of on growing technology and globalization."

-2:45pm

"as for nadia's idea..bukan english teachers yg kena blaja science and maths, but m&s teachers yg kena blajar englisH!!

which i think is not a problem bcoz there are redundant of s&m references in english which are wayyyyyy so much better and often updated than those in BM yg update ntah brp kali seabad.

u must think that i sound so much like degrading my own race and country, but instead i felt so pathetic of these poor people are not only helping themselves to survive, but they are actually REFUSING!! dah bodoh, nak sombong pulak.

For suhail, i know u read much of what the sastrawans have to say on repudiating this program, they are SASTRAWANs for god's sake! mesti la everything they said SOUND so good, smart, brilliant & influencing! tapi.. they are too much fictions and imagination and too judgemental too u know!"

2.55pm

These were my replies to all my negative correspondents. I do not include their replies as I found that their ideas are too selfish and unwise to be filled in my blog.

And here is what Dr.M our brilliant beyond the most brilliant former PM has to say : PPSMI