System Gone Crackers

Aqueduct - The Suggestion Box

Thank God for the three days of rest.
I'm pretty sick of the school hall.
I sit just a stone throw away from the doorway.
And boy, do I get a free sun tan from 11.30am onwards till I'm melting like a Popsicle stick.
Not to mention, for those of us who have to go through the Taman Megah quadruple traffic lights to get to school,
that idiotic traffic system easily tests your patience for 3 long minutes (3 mins is friggin long for a traffic light wait)...
we have no time to go home for a quick shower!
Imagine being stuck in your stinking uniform...

Quoted countless ranting students : "Where got mood to study now HAH? CB..."

Wednesday was hilarious cause everyone was debating whether to flee home for a bath...
Sejarah paper 2 was after lunch break, and obviously there's no time for a nap during that stinkin' paper...
And of course, this coming Tuesday would be another big Hoo Haa!
After all the complaints and issues posted in the papers, they shifted the Moral paper 30 minutes later...
Just brilliant!
Now our beloved time in school is extended half an hour longer.
Just great!
And you would think that people would keep complaining right?
Nope, everyone just shut up.
I believe it was a silence due to utter disbelieve!

Seriously, I strongly dislike our education system.
It's just built up in the way to push us to our boiling points.
Studying is fine.
Sitting for exams... fine...
Sleep deprived.... okay... fine...
MOVIES deprived.... hmph... *groans* fine...
But three full weeks of papers, practically all based on memorizing?
You've gotta be kidding me...

And if you would say...
"Oh, come on! There's only three weeks of sacrifice. It'll all be over in a blink of an eye."
Yeah, but it was 11 years of hard work that all comes down to this point...
So, the issue isn't about the three weeks... Or one to two months of preparation so to speak.
It's backed up all the way to the stage of UPSR and PMR.
The countless brain cells we've killed.
If it's all for a good grade. Then, yeah... I guess that's the way it should be.
But what does 10, 12 or even 13A1 mean nowadays??

Read today's newspaper, Views section page F31
Or just read it here

Wong Chun Wai hits right on the glitches of our country's education system.
The examination bar has been lowered to bar none over the past three decades...
So really, for those who strived so hard will be in par with those who were just plain "lucky".
Is that fair?
Even colleges are now only offering full scholarships to those with a minimum of 11 A1s.
So there goes those of us who takes only 10 subjects.
Bear in mind, to take an extra subject, the school requires a comfirmation from a private tutor to allow you to sit for that extra subject during SPM.
How bout those who can't afford anymore extra classes?? (Both money & time)

It's the enigma of getting straight As that's really perplexing.
My brother came home the other day in tears when he got his UPSR results back.
He was only one A short.
I would totally understand the pressure he's on...
Partly because of sibling rivalry and to impress my parents.
But I think the whole lot is because of the school.
They pratically chant and sing songs emphasized on "5A! 5A! 5A!".
Drilling the minds of 12-year-olds to be competetive in a wrong way.

Back to the point, getting straight As is not a rare deal anymore.
I know some of us who looks at SPM and ask, is it really important?
Since it's not a big deal to those who have obtained 13As when compared to the ones with 16As.
Most jobs requires more than just a paper to impress...
So do we really need it?
I think the main question is : Is it worth it?
Well, in my opinion, no it's not worth it...
But you know what? We have to live by it.
The system is set in this way, and we have to abide by it no matter how much the anguish.
We just have to adapt to it...
By the end of the day, the PAPER is the first key to entering the gates of higher studies.
So no matter how pointless the PAPER is, no doubt we still need it.
At this point when we are already three quarters way into the education system...
we just have to work hard for that piece of PAPER,
and later on ponder about the importance of skills needed for entry across the sea.

I think we can only hope that by the time the younger generation (not that we're old xD) gets to this stage, the system would be reviewed and polished.
I'm really extremely worried about my brother...
He's already so devastated over his UPSR results, and it's only a tiny step into all these examination screw ups.
Can't imagine how he'll cope later on.

Damn it...
I should have chosen the topic "Examinations : Good or Bad?" in the English Essay paper.
That was the perfect place for students to rant and lash out their opinions.
Damn it damn it damn it...

Better scurry off now...
As said, it ain't over yet, kiddo...

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