Friday, November 23, 2007

hello...make up your mind

i came across a title ' maths and science - to be in english or bahasa melayu' in one of the daily. After all these years they are still squabbling on whether this two subject is best taught in english or bahasa melayu.. i am one of those that grew up in the era of having my maths and science in english, in fact i was the last badge to have that privilege. I would say privilege because I get to widen, deepen and use english that it is almost my own language. I am not afraid to speak, write or wuteva i wanna do with this language, in other words i am comfortable with it. Quoting me as an example may not be enough butttt enough is enough. The more this topic is argued upon the more confuse our children will be.
english is a global language, in order to be fluent and understands the language or any language for that matter, one has to speak or use the language daily as though its their mothers tongue. i feel its only natural to begin using english whist in school to able to master it when you wanna further your studies be it in country or abroad. but mind you almost all subjects, i bet 90% of what you learn in uni or college is in english, unless you decides to study in france or germany or american latin or indonesia.. so mr minister make up your mind!

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