education of tomorrow

It is most alarming that many Malaysian schools teach our children the wrong things. I mean: Can the children really apply what they are taught in school later in life?

For example,can you imagine a mathematics question in a recent examination as follows?

If an egg costs fifty sen, and if you buy 1/5 of the egg, how much would

you have to pay ?

Who in Heaven's name will want to buy 1/5 of an egg ?

Yet, this is how they structure the questions in Malaysian schools.

Why not pose questions that would be more useful later in life when you

go out into the world to earn your living ?

To help Malaysia's Ministry of Education to better face the realities of life, we are suggesting some questions they could use in their

classrooms.

QUESTION 1.

If your father drives from Kuala Lumpur to Penang along the PLUS Highway

and there are four speed traps along the way and if each speed trap could

cost him RM300.00 in fines, how much in fines would he accumulate by the

time he reaches Penang ?

ANSWER (Multiple choice):

1. He would not suffer any fines as oncoming cars would flash their

headlights and he would slow down before getting to the speed trap.

2. He would pay only RM80.00 as RM20.00 bribe would be sufficient at each speed trap. Raya time, maybe a little more.

3. My father would not be stopped as he is an UMNO Wakil Rakyat,so he is

exempted from speed traps.

QUESTION 2:

If a Bumi company is awarded a RM150 million government contract,and they

make a 20% profit, how much profit would be at the end of the contract

period ?

ANSWER (Multiple choice):

1. There will not be a 20% profit as they would have to pay the Minister

10% and UMNO 5%.

2. They would make a 30% profit, which is the progress payment they

receive, after which they will abandon the project and let the government call for re-tender.

3. The company will not make any profit at all as the MD will siphon out

all the profits and show a loss to avoid paying corporate tax.

QUESTION 3.

If the national petroleum company, Petronas, makes 5 billion ringgits per

year, how much should Petronas have in the bank after 25 years?

ANSWER (Multiple Choice):

1. Nobody is supposed to know as Petronas need not show its accounts to

anyone except the PM and this information comes under the Official

Secrets Act.

2. Petronas has nothing accumulated in the bank as all the money will be

spent bailing out companies and cronies of the PM.

3. Who cares? The rakayat doesn't see any of it anyway.