Teacher and Student

A boy was in the process to be expelled from school for several discipline problems. He is in form 2and only 14. What mistakes could a boy of 14 done to deserve this punishment? I summon the boy to my office. He had list of bad records, beside "ponteng" class, fighting and smoking, he also broke the school fence with the other fellows to escape from the extra mural activities.As usual, in school we have RULES and Regulations that purposely set to be obeyed by the students. Or other wise these students never learn to be discipline.
"Why you did all these? " I asked him. This is what he told me, " No use to be good,nobody ever appreciate me, even if I changed." "What make you think so? What is the prove?" He said, " I tried to be good but the teacher never even looked at me. She never called my name, never asked me a question or told me to do something. So whats the purpose of staying in the class? " You mean all the teachers did that to you?", " No only Cikgu Zu. " " Well do you think this is a good excuse to give up your future?" He frowned, "No.." "There must be a reason why the teacher ignored you, do you think so?" "I never paid attention while she was teaching.."
This is my comments about the whole matter. To be a teacher, you must have a big heart, heart of a mother. Sometimes we failed to identify the course of evils. If the students are all good, well behave, obedience, then teachers no need to go for training, no need to learn the methodology, adolescent psycology etc. Why we need to qualify to be a teacher? Because we are expecting our clients are "problematic" in the process of growing. Yet we forget about all these. we only punished them.

Al Kisah Lembu

Akhir-akhir ini isu lembu telah mengemparkan rakyat Malaysia dan negara-negara jiran. Nescaya isu tersebut telah menjadi bahan ketawa para member kedai kopi. Walau pun isu ini nampak kelakar, tetapi kita tidak seharusnya memandang remeh tentang perkara tersebut.
Pertama, maruah negara telah tercabar.Lembu yang dilambangkan sebagai 'Bodoh'bagi orang Melayu, mungkin kerana setitik nila rosak susu sebelanga. Negara jiran kita angkap orang Malaysia betullah bodoh.Orang lain sedang sibuk gawat ekonomi tapi orang Malaysia tidak habis-habis dengan isu lembu.Balai polis pun sibuk dengan aduan dan saman oleh kerana lembu. Kes ini hampir sama hebat dengan kes Bush kena lempar kasut, diserata dunia orang orang berkenaan telah menghimpunkan kasut, melukis kartun kasut, melukis poster kasut dan lain-lain.Sejurus, rakyat jelata agak terhibur dengan "kasut".
Kedua, ada setengah pihak masih anggap rakyat Malaysia masih hidup pada zaman purba di mana apa yang diperkatakan oleh "Ketua" pastinya benar. Mereka telah lupa bahawa ramai orang yang telah dihantar ke MARA, telah graduat dan jadi manusia berkepala otak geliga.Mereka mampu membuat analisis tentang apa yang berlaku. Siapa betul-betul rasuah dan siapa buat-buat rasuah. Mereka juga dapat bezakan nilai rasuah lembu dengan nilai 5 million yang mana harus diutamakan.
Berikutan dengan itu jelas kita dapat lihat bahawa orang yang dengar cakap lebih berpeluang untuk naik pangkat dibanding dengan orang yang layak. Isu ini telah mencabar martabat dan kewibawaan seseorang menjalankan tugas yang dimandapkan oleh rakyat.Oleh yang demikian, rakyat bertambah keciwa dan kesal, malah takut dan sangsi dengan orang-orang tersebut tadi. Manalah tahu, bila giliran kita pula jadi mangsa.Bukankah mereka diberi kuasa muklak? Tanya tuan-tuan. Ya, tapi kakitangan kerajaan tidak terlepas dari"Saya yang menurut perintah". Pepatah Cina ada berbunyi,"Anjing yang selalu makan tahi akan makan tahi juga walau pun diberi nasi.
Mungkin apa yang diperkatakan tadi semuanya tidak benar. Isu ini timbul kerana satu kesilapan iaitu ada orang tak sabar-sabar nak "jet" menteri,manalah tahu kok kok boleh dapat Tan Sri...hasil dari"Kecekapan" beliau menjalankan tugas. Beliau tidak sangka hal ini telah menjadi isu. Oleh sebab itu orang tua-tua kata "jangan main api, nanti bakar diri!"
Sebenarnya orang politik bukan semuanya jahat.Orang yang nak join politik mestilah orang yang berpersonaliti jenis sosial dan suka menolong.Orang yang betul-betul berwibawa, membela rakyat, membantu menyelesaikan segala masalah dengan tidak kira masa atau wang ringgit. Tetapi oleh kerana wujudnya isu-isu seperti isu lembu tadi, orang-orang ini telah menjadi mangsa. Mereka dihukum oleh rakyat sama dengan hero "lembu" tadi.

Why Kids nowaday got no sense of responsiblity?

It was The School Sports Day. I had selected the house representatives to run in the selected events. The sports was going to start soon but those 'bunch' not yet visible anywhere in the school compound. At last I couldn't wait any more, I had to sent the reserves instead. I called up those fellows and 'screw' them, this was the answer, " I couldn't wake up...Last night game till very late" I think I need to used the worst BAD words to curse those fellows! By the way, I don't think their parents knew that their kids was selected to represent the house in the sports events. THEY just didn't talked about this matter. Those days our parents were equally excited when we were selected as representatives. We felt honoured to be a representative. If we needed a costume, our parents would take all the troubles to make one for us. The parents in fact ,were involve too, there was an event for "IBUBAPA". But what a tragic scene I saw today at the Grand Stand.Beside the Principle and the VIP from the Education Department, There were handful of parents with the empty chairs, 99% were Malays and none Chinese.This is not a racist matter but when the Chinese kids go to secondary school, this is exactly is happening. The Chinese parents are FOREVER BUSY!!! As though nobody else except them, are working, even on Sundays.They not only not supporting what ever programmes organised by school, if possible, avoid it! What they don't understand is that the "Couldn't be bordered" attitude they are showing to their kids have cultivated the 'IRRESPONSIBLE" attitude in their children, which later would become worsen till they premature left school before graduated. Why? They couldn't be bordered even their own future. No need the quota system to kick our Chinese kids outside the university doors, its their own attitude! The 'couldn't be bordered' attitude that cause them to lose all the opportunities; until one day they realise 'THE IMPORTANCE OF EDUCATION' OH, NOT THEIR FAULTS, ITS THE GOVT THAT BIAS.............

Live a Life for Today

Sometimes I felt very sad listening to the old songs or passing through places I once been. The old memories came back but the people in the memories were no longer there. I just lost my childhood best friend of cancer who lived so near yet lost contact for years. I was too busy to make contacts until her family found me because it was her last wish to meet me again. She held my hands and tears rolling down, unable to speak. Just 3 week later she passed away. Most people never prepared to die until death comes. This is how most people live, chasing after tomorrow and never enjoy whats we are today. When we were in school, we wished we graduated quickly and get a job.When we were working, we look forward to our retirement day. When we retired, our life almost gone and we are near to grave. We never enjoy a day so call TODAY. We always tell our children to think of FUTURE. And future is infinite. We are BUSY all the times. We never stop by to just look at things around us; such as flowers blooming, birds singing, or listen to the insects chipping. BUSY is a deathly disease that strikes most of us today. 50 years past by so quickly, when I look back, I just couldn't remember a day when I was idle. My son gave me this idea when I asked him one day; 'What are you doing son?' he said," Idle...'Now I am looking forward to the day I would be idle. I had signed up for op 58, so have to add another 3 years to the day, IDLE. Let hope I won't die before this day....