tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8760307254603261893.post5018964356147955986..comments2023-07-30T21:23:49.509+08:00Comments on Because I say so...: The Fantastic IdeaCorneliushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08049388322332876859noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8760307254603261893.post-54590274417833764522010-06-27T20:25:17.391+08:002010-06-27T20:25:17.391+08:00It's been quite a while, Socrates29, but I thi...It's been quite a while, Socrates29, but I think the "Look East Policy" is more like "Look to Japan Policy". That's a bit inevitable because as we all know, Tun Dr M has a strange resentment against the Western countries, especially the superpowers like the Americans. There's just no where else to look to but the east.<br /><br />Not sure if we're still looking to the east these days. After all we have a new PM now, and as you know every PM has his style of running this country.Corneliushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08049388322332876859noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8760307254603261893.post-48843826423820963892010-06-24T17:34:13.579+08:002010-06-24T17:34:13.579+08:00Those of us who are Malaysians who have gone throu...Those of us who are Malaysians who have gone through the 60s, 70s,80s and 90s will only say "here we go again!"<br /><br />We have seen how many times the Government have tried to change the education system throughout the ages.<br />All I can say is,they have been experimenting all this while with every change of education minister.<br /><br />I totally agree with you that nowadays it is more or less a case of memory capability.Students are using their memory to pass exams through sheer memory power by answering what they have been taught to answer in the classroom rather than using their minds to think outside what they have been taught.<br /><br />Let me give you my own personal experience why answering from memorizing words for words actually works.<br />Back in the 50s when I was in Primary 3,Chinese was my worst subject so every time we had a Chinese test,I was 100% sure to fail miserably.<br /><br />Our Chinese teacher had an ingenious way to make us study by dangling a carrot before our class. If everyone passed her written Chinese test, she will give sweets to all of us.The condition is that all of us must pass so even if one of us did not make it,no sweets for the rest as well.<br /><br />Everyone turned to look at me and you can know from their body language that they are all counting on me.<br /><br />Having no heart to disappoint my classmates, I resorted the next few nights to memorizing every strokes of the Chinese characters from the text which the dictation was to be given.<br /><br />Everyone of us passed, to the surprise of the Chinese teacher who sportingly gave each of us a sweet while looking at me suspiciously and I am sure, wondering whether how I managed to do the impossible!<br /><br />From this particular personal experience,I can vouch that it is possible for one to pass exams and test by sheer memory power.Sad to say, nowadays this is what is actually happening in the classrooms and exams. <br /><br />Education aside and now touching a bit outside the subject on work ethics. Remember we also used to have the "Look East (Not West) Policy"? Are we still practicing it?Socrates29noreply@blogger.com