Form 1 English is way TOO Easy!!
7 February 2009
My one and only brother, Jeremy is no longer a small boy. He is moving into his teens. Stepping into secondary school means an all new era for him.
As I was browsing through my brother’s English exercises, I almost fell off my chair.
Seriously, no joke.
Let’s look into his English Comprehension/ Summary exercise book.
Wait, Jeremy is in Secondary One. Not Primary One!
Why is he learning matching pictures with words? Don’t they learn what’s charcoal and fire when they are in Primary school??
You mean they don’t learn how to construct sentences in primary school? Shouldn’t they be learning how to write longer essays at this age?
What has happened to our dearest Malaysian education?
Can someone please tell me why is the standard of Secondary 1 English has dropped so much compared to our era?
I can’t believe this!
No wonder I still find conversations like this; “Excuseeee me, miss. I want a letter signature from your boss by your company and you cannot forgotten to fax to me, you know?”
Buat aku pengsan terus!
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Posted by Grace at 11:59 pm
Categorised as Malaysia Boleh & Poli-Circus!!
February 8th, 2009 at 8:22 pm
LMAOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO OMG.
so terrible!!!!!!. aduh. mau mati… hahahaha. thank God i’m way past that. lol… chinese school or normal public school? lol..
February 8th, 2009 at 9:19 pm
Madonna: Sekolah Menengah Kebangsaan!!!!!
February 8th, 2009 at 9:54 pm
maka dengan ini, standard penggunaan bahasa inggeris di negara ini semakin “meningkat” kerana % lulus telah naik!
February 8th, 2009 at 10:26 pm
OMG !!!!!
i pity yr brother la
I meant when i was in form 1 5 years ago we learned harder english..Sheesh what is wrong with this !
shocking
@_@
February 9th, 2009 at 12:55 am
hmm i don’t remember it being that simple. tsk tsk tsk grave times we live in, sister. The end is coming when you find that Engrish is spelt with the R. sighhh XD
February 9th, 2009 at 10:35 am
kev: mari kita teriak “Malaysia Boleh”!!
joy: the education system is haywired..
kana: exactly. it’s going to be engrriisshh….
February 9th, 2009 at 1:47 pm
lol…im just glad my parents stuck him into a bantuan school. uffufuff. wat is going on man…terrible la.
February 9th, 2009 at 3:01 pm
that looks like my standard2 schoolbooks lah!
February 9th, 2009 at 9:38 pm
oh my oh my, i don’t dare to imaging what would happen if they are in university with this type of standard.
February 10th, 2009 at 8:04 am
OMG…LOL
no wonder he’s so free at home…hahahah
February 10th, 2009 at 8:12 am
Madonna: Exactly! I felt extremely terrible…
AshleytwoFish: Precisely and I wonder what will the Std2 students learn… ABC? A for Apple… B for Ball???
Lizze: You don’t need to imagine. There are already ppl with this type of standard in the working place, what else more in the uni?!
Gerald: Now u know leh…. Now u know why I am screaming at him all the time if he wastes the precious time at home..
February 10th, 2009 at 10:22 am
now now, all msians procrastinate. its in our blood.
February 10th, 2009 at 10:39 am
what to do? the culture is embedded deeply into young malaysians.
February 10th, 2009 at 8:37 pm
i think the schools intend to teach english using the maths and science subject, hence the cincai-ness in the english subject itself..
February 14th, 2009 at 9:50 am
i think d education system sucks. and i don wan to kena ISA.
February 14th, 2009 at 10:17 am
malaysian education memang sudah jatuh ke tanah….
February 15th, 2009 at 7:15 pm
Well, there goes our English. Have u read “Karangan terbaik UPSR 2007″?
Yeap, Malaysia memang boleh.
February 15th, 2009 at 8:59 pm
What to do? Malaysia selalu Boleh….kan?
February 15th, 2009 at 9:05 pm
Mana boleh? Bodod ade lah, it boleh boleh semua angin saje
April 10th, 2009 at 5:02 pm
I’m just curious…is your brother in the best class?
February 5th, 2010 at 12:06 am
Dont simply blame educators which trying their best educate ur brother.His teacher teaches his/her students depending on students’level in diff classes but still referring d same syllabus. Nowadays,they do researches to enhance students’ fluency n accuracy in English. especially grammar. Simple mistake in grammar will affect their marks in essay writing…summary… oral test… MUET… Dari tahun 1 until university… we learn d same English dear.. but d level akan up2 lg ma….
February 7th, 2010 at 11:19 am
i just read the comments posted above, WELL, Grace, I’M ALSO CURIOS..IS THAT UR BROTHER IN THE LAST CLASS?!..for ur information, english teachers sometimes really have to go down that english standard u talking about…just because the students can’t even read or pronounce the English words..
so that, from knowing nothing…nowaday, students know how to say ‘thank you’ to someone..
February 23rd, 2010 at 7:54 pm
Fen Fenny Daffodils
My brother is definitely in the best class. I have no idea why the standards have been pulled down drastically, but all I know is, if we keep doing that, we will never be able to compete with the developed nations with the incompetency of the English language in our country.
A friend recently told me how a graduate failed in her interview. My friend was the HR director of a well known bank and she almost fell off her chair with the answers she received from the fresh graduate.
Graduate: This is my resume (she pronounced resume as if it’s the meaning of continue).
Interviewer: How can I address you?
Graduate: My address is Jalan Pinang, blablablabla…
March 6th, 2010 at 11:43 pm
hi, the exercises that your brother did, was actually a programme called OPSME.Orientation Programme For Science and Mathematics in English.This programme is compulsory to all Form 1 students regardless their level of proficiency(perhaps some of the students in your brother’s class are weak)…the main objective of this programme is to introduce students with simple scientific and mathematical terms for students..the programme is made to fit all types of students..you have to bear in mind that not all students in Malaysia are familiar with English especially in rural areas. Please don’t just simply bombard the education system without simply know the real situation.