Cure For Insomnia

I came into this sudden realisation that we are all a very lucky bunch of people. We have food to eat, a place to call home and all other basic neccesities like education. For that, we all owe a debt of gratitude to our parents.

Now, spare a thought for the less lucky people. Whom are all born after 2000. If you are born anytime between 2001-2007, stop reading this and start thinking of a way to escape this country.

Why the rush? You see…

As if our current education system isn’t bad enough already, the Zany Ideas Departmen… Excuse me, i mean the Malaysian Examinations Syndicate (MES) are thinking of ways to, ahem, mess it up even more.

They are doing their job well: their recent proposal involves the abolishment of PMR and SPM, replacing both exams with something called "standardised assessment".

This "standardised assessment" will consist of five: 1) School assessment, 2) Central assessment, 3) Psychometric tests (what the hell is this?), 4) Forgot and 5) Can’t bother to remember.

All these sound a bit overwhelming, don’t they?

Especially the first one… How does school evaluate us?

Maybe the canteen fella will observe students and ‘potong markah’ everytime a student ‘potong barisan’? Or the cleaner minus our marks if we didn’t flush, wash hands, etc.

No, Readers, no! The truth is a lot worse: students will be assessed by teachers! Yes, teachers will be given the power to evaluate you.

To give you marks… or goose eggs.

This would’ve been acceptable if not for the fact that most teachers come across as power-hungry people. "You want marks? Lick my boots."

The MES also neglected a common problem: Most teachers are always not around, most likely because they " sedang menghadiri mesyuarat", "MC" and the ultimate favourite…"Busy attending KURRSUSS."

Let’s face it: How can you be assessed by people who are not there?

In a perfect world, this proposal would be torn apart, shredded to pieces, burned and any remaining ashes burned again (just to be sure.)

But this is Malaysia, so it’s just a matter of time before it is approved. Dang.

At least, if the proposal is REALLY given the green light, it will only be inforced in 2012 (UPSR) and 2015 (PMR) respectively.

By then, you’ll already be aboard a plane to somewhere far, far away.

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All of you should have got used to lame jokes already, having viewed my blog so many times.

Still, you must be shocked to hear what two of our MPs said during a parliamentary debate, as they thought that it’ll be funny to point out that women "leaks once a month."

Unfortunately, the only ones who laughed at that ‘joke’ were other Barisan Nasional members.

My, doesn’t the ruling party have a weird sense of humour? Mocking the female reproductive system, the very reason they exist, the same ones women al around the world go/went through.

In a perfect world, MPs who make this statement would most likely be facing unemployment or banishment to Antartika.

But this is Malaysia….

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