Principal Shouldn't Utter Racist Remarks

What a sad day for Malaysia education system when a secondary school's principal uttered such racist remarks to non-bumi students during the launch of Merdeka celebration at school level. I was shocked when I learn this news from The Star. Being a school head, she should promote unity and harmony among the students regardless of their race, religion and social background. Racism should not exists in school. We are all the same as MALAYSIAN, unite and live harmoniously in our beloved Tanahair. We may have differences but we respect each other religion, culture and custom in our society. Teacher roles not only in teaching but also to nurture good values such as peace, love, respect, and unity in student life.

I have been teaching at my present school for 8 years and most of the students I taught are mainly from bumiputera, almost 98%. They are not academic-inclined and some of them are problematic. This is the main reason why their parents send them to my school to learn vocational skills. I am a chinese teacher teaching them science subject. As you know, majority of these students dislike science subject. I have to be very strict with them in their studies so that they are able to score good grade. Consequently, I was being complained by the students due to strict teaching. The whole class went to the PK HEM office demanding to change science teacher. In a particular year of teaching, there was a case where I was being labelled as anti-malay by a student's parent. I was sad but this event did not hinder me to continue teaching my students with love. I explained to them why I have to strict with them. When they came back to school to take their SPM result, they thanked me for being strict to them, "Cikgu tegas dengan kami, barulah kami boleh score".

I never blame them but I choose to forgive them. Students particularly in their teen age still haven't reach rationale and mature thinking yet. They are immature and that's why teacher plays a vital role to nurture and cultivate good values in their thinking. If I practicing racism in classroom, how my bumiputera students were able to score science subject, furthermore majority of them did not attend outside tuition class. I believe all religion forbid us to be racist. Only unethical politicians play racial card for their own agenda and survival. Religion teaches us to love one another. Let's we say no to racism whether you are teacher or student.
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Monday August 16, 2010, The Star

School head under probe over racist remarks

KULAIJAYA: Police are investigating a school principal who allegedly used racist remarks against non-Malay students during a Merdeka celebration at the school here recently.Kulaijaya deputy OCPD Asst Supt Mohd Kamil said police had received 12 reports against the principal since Saturday and that the case was being investigated under Section 504 of the Penal Code.Over 50 parents and students had lodged the reports against the principal, who allegedly described the non-Malays as “penumpang” (passengers) in the country during her speech at the start of the celebration on Aug 12.

“This is not the first time that she had made racist comments against Chinese and Indian students in our school,” said 17-year-old student Brevia Pan.She added that the principal, who joined the school early this year, would only target Chinese and Indian students.“During the Merdeka celebration, she had told non-Malay students to go study in a Chinese school or go back to China,” she told reporters in a press conference organised by Senai assemblyman Ong Kow Meng.Another student, Ashvini Thi-na­karan, 17, said many Malay students were influenced by the principal’s remarks and made similar comments and called them names.

“Before she came to my school, all the students got along well,” she said. Her father R. Thinakaran, 47, said this was a serious matter and that principals should not behave like this.“This principal has caused racial disharmony at the school,” he said, adding that if no action was taken, he would take his daughter out of the school.

Big, Bigger, Biggest,.........Really very BIG!

If you think you are very big and smart, then think about these stars shown on video. You will humbly realize that GOD is so great and magnificient with His created universe.



So, next time don't be so arrogant-lah. Be humble always. Of course-lah, teachers in school also need to learn how to be humble. Perhaps, by this way, students will respect teachers wholeheartedly. Even God is so humble to save us....

Science Form Three: Chapter 9 - Galaxy

Milky Way Galaxy

Life Long Learning....

Wow! I really salute this retired HM's determination and hard work to complete his studies in law. Even at this age of 62, it is not an easy subject to learn cause learning law needs a powerful memory. Really tabik you......! I wish I could be like him to pursue my dream to become doctor one day. This dream has been planted in my mind when I was in Form Four, but to my dismay, I failed to realize it. Now, I become doctor in healing student's result. Ha..ha...ha....What a wonderful job? Doctor earns big buck of money but teacher only earns peanut. Furthermore, people around you respect doctors more than teachers.

 

When I retire one day, I doubt whether my eyes still can function properly or not to operate patient's organ. I think I better drop this pursuit and find another area to work for. Any suggestion from you........ I want to be like him(retired HM) to pursue knowledge until my last breath. 

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Please Read the true story below:

Saturday August 7, 2010, The Star

Retired HM called to the Bar

KUALA LUMPUR: Yap Mia Lee has been an educator for more than three decades and his word was the law in the Chinese primary school where he was headmaster. After retirement, he decided to study law.He was one of two retirees who were called to the Malaysian Bar yesterday.

Yap, 62, and S. Jayaram, 59, were admitted as advocates and solicitors of the High Court of Malaya after successfully completing their law degrees, certificates in legal practice (CLP) and chambering.For Yap, who has been in education for 34 years, it was a case of following his daughter Hsu Lyn’s footsteps in becoming a lawyer.Even better, their roles were reversed when he did his chambering at her firm here, and his 36-year-old daughter became his pupil master.

“After I retired in 2004, I decided to take up law to keep my mind active and to keep myself busy. I am really happy and excited,” said Yap.
His whole family turned up for the occasion and his wife Su See Kek, 62, said she was “very proud of him”.

Science Form Three: Chapter 9 - Formation of Stars

The formation of stars takes place within large clusters of dust and gas. These low density clouds of gas in which a star is born are called nebulae.The clouds, which are mostly composed of hydrogen, collapse in on itself, due to gravity.
This slow process can be quickened by a passing star or shockwave from a supernova. As the cloud collapses, it starts to swirl. Over millions of years, more hydrogen gas is pulled in the spinning cloud. The collisions, which occur between the hydrogen atoms, start to heat the gas in the cloud. Once the temperature reaches 15, 000, 000 degrees celcius, nuclear fusion may begin in the core.

Nuclear fusion occurs when atoms fuse to form an element with larger atoms, releasing large amounts of energy. In this case, nuclear fusion will form the heavier element, Helium. This causes the cloud to glow and form a protostar. The protostar will stop collapsing at this point because of the energy surge from fusion, which flows out of core, stopping its collapse. The protostar will continue to gain mass (which varies depending on the matter available in the nebula), until it is stabilized. At this point the protostar will become what is known as a main-sequence star, which may last millions and maybe even billions of years to come.

Some examples of nebulae:

The more you give, the more blessing you gain...

Billionaires Bill Gates and Warren Buffett want other American billionaires to give at least half their wealth to charity.Gates and Buffett are calling their campaign The Giving Pledge. Buffett, chairman and CEO of Berkshire Hathaway Inc., said in a letter introducing the concept that he couldn't be happier with his decision in 2006 to give 99 percent of his roughly $46 billion fortune to charity.

Billionaires pledge $125 billion to Bill Gates charity drive

 
Forty American billionaires have pledged at least half of their wealth to charitable causes - a combined value of at least $125 billion.The offerings came at the request of some of the country's best-known billionaires, Bill and Melinda Gates and Warren Buffett. The trio worth a combined $100 billion convinced 40 families and individuals on the Forbes 400 list of richest Americans to sign onto their Giving Pledge campaign.

Included on the list of donors, which was released Wednesday, are California hedge fund investor Thomas Steyer and his wife, Kat Taylor, who were worth around $1.2 billion in 2008.Mr. and Mrs. Gates and Mr. Buffett, first and second respectively on the Forbes 400 list, reached out to between 70 and 80 of the Forbes list’s members and around half agreed to pledge. The 40 families and individuals who have joined the Giving Pledge are worth a combined $251 billion, according to recent figures from Forbes.

According to the Merrill-Capgemini 2010 World Wealth Report, North America's wealthiest donate about $200 billion annually. That figure comes from charitable contributions from people making $1 million or more.“In the case of money, you can’t spend it [all] if you have over a certain amount," said New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg, who is also on the list, and is worth about $18 billion. “I’ve always thought the best thing to do is to make the world better for your kids and your grandkids rather than just give them some money.”
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I really salute these two world's richest man and world's best philanthropist for their care about charity work. They almost donated all of their wealth to charity instead giving it to their children. Their philosophy is give enough to children so that they are able to work themselves with the available resources. 

How about us whose are not rich like them? Can we also donate something to charity? Yes, we can! We are not rich like them but we also possess talents and gifted skills. We can do charity in the form of rendering our service, time, energy and talent to the needy community. What ever good work you done, it counts in God's mind. The more you give to others, the more blessing will pour upon you. One of the way to gain financial prosperity is to give first.

Science Form Three: Chapter 9 - The Sun

• Corona and chromosphere only can be seen during solar eclipse.
• The core of the sun is a place where hydrogen atoms fuse together to form helium atoms. Nuclear fusion reaction occurs.
• Sunspots can cause extreme drought in the Earth.

Chemistry Form Four: Chapter 6 - Displacement of Metal from Salt Solution

Electrochemical series can be constructed by using displacement reaction of metal from salt solution. A more electropositive (reactive) metal can displace a less electropositive metallic ion (less reactive) from its salt solution.

For example:  Reaction between magnesium and copper (II) sulphate produces copper and magnesium sulphate.