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What another U turn? What you speaka no the english?

It is simply shocking! The cabinet decision making a U turn on English being used to teach Maths and Science is absurd. I really feel for the kids,parents and their teachers. It is going to be very confusing yet again in Bolehland.

I must confess that I was very happy when English was chosen to be the medium in all schools for the two subjects. This is one policy by the former PM Mahathir that I truly supported. Face it, without a strong command of the English language we are going to be left far behind. The world is developing at such a "formula one" pace that it would be virtually impossible if we are going to now retreat under our coconut shells! The new age is here. Speed is everything. And the fact is almostl everything is in English. How are we going to cope if we are not going to be well versed in the language that is the de facto lingua franca of the world?

The new Education Minister said that the old man Mahathir was consulted and gave his blessings. Strangely the old man says he is flabbergasted by the U turn made. I wonder if the parents, teachers and students were really consulted before this U turn was made?

Anyway all I know is that there are definitely some people who are very pleased with the decision. Think about how much money the people who supply books, teaching materials, computers and the like are going to make from this reversal in policy! I think the figure would be in the billions! Teachers have to be retrained and in fact just about everything has to be revamped. At the end of the day it is all a question of dollars and cents. Hard earned tax dollars wasted the last few years and more hard earned tax money to waste with this reversal.

You say I am upset? No lah..........I am pissed mad!

M V Nathan