Wednesday, 20 April 2016

HELLO PREACHERS

One of my students was doing some comprehension exercises. i told her to read the text aloud. As she came to the number 2002, she paused. i asked her what the problem was. She said she did not know how to read the number. The text was in Malay. She is in year 5.

I tested my other kids to read numbers in Bahasa Malaysia. Most of them did not know. Those in Form One are still learning the numbers in Malay. It's April now! Shouldn't they be starting with more important topics like integers, negative numbers, which is a totally new zone for them?

Who created this wonderful idea of learning Mathematics and Science in Tamil? Are those people trying to bury our kids alive?

Why kill the kids' future in the name of saving the mother tongue? Be confident with the Tamil language that is being taught, people. just strengthen that.

Our students are suffering in silence. They become timid and lack confidence to gain education in the secondary school. They are much backwards compared to those from the other types of schools. In other words, most of our students are drowning.

Since the uproar some people caused after my letter 'Terima hakikat kelemahan SJKT' came online, i have been quietly keeping busy helping as many Indian children with improving their Bahasa Malaysia. 

i remember being called a traitor to my community. for condemning the Tamil schools' silly administration. So what happened with all those big noise makers? hello! where is everybody? Where are the big time preachers? I want the best for my children. How are we going to change this situation?

Were there any changes made? Where are the workbooks for Mathematics and Science in Tamil language. It's mid April and there's only one set of workbook!

As it is the UPSR this year is almost as messy as the PT3 in 2014. 14 subjects for a 12 year old! Utter craziness. With all these mess, we need to contain ourselves with lack of books issue. 

After that chaos are put aside, they need to walk into form 1 and become shocked with vocabulary such as photosynthesis, chlorophyll, oxygen, cells, 'nombor perdana', 'nombor tunggal' pecahan, 'peratus' etc.

Some manage to struggle and try to survive while the other weaker, ignorant ones divert and drop out. 

Those who are busy safeguarding the mother tongue are the ones destroying the mother tongue's future generation.

If many Tamil school leavers become dropouts to whom shall we deliver the duty of safeguarding this ancient, majestic language? 

Long live the Tamil language but remember its extended lifespan is at the expense of its own children.



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