Hi everybody. Quite a long pause from me this time, so I feel I need to update. Thank you Mas for calling this morning, I realize that I have been very quiet lately. The first most important thing is I should mention is that I am with child. So, the sickness, the tiredness, the business of a working and studying life does effect my health. First time in my life I got a lot of MCs. Secondly, I started my formal education as a paying student for semester 1 in UKM, hence labwork results should be presented in 5 weeks time. I have no idea how to do that since the lab is going to be renovated for two months starting next week! Third one, I have started teaching chemistry for pre university level since mid June, it is fun but very time constraining. Each class is only 1 hour and there are usually 7 application and mathematical questions to be discussed. And the student are not cooperative nor responsive except for some. In my opinion, this batch is really different from the previous ones. And they lack communication skills. I have a student came to me and use Kelantan dialect to ask question assuming that I understand her. I found it rude because I never speak to them in Malay, let alone Malay with certain accent. They dont know how to speak to people other than themselves. Shy is not the word, its ignorance. They ignore the society. They ignore other people. They refuse to think about how well they should blend themselves in public. I dont know. We were taught to be self centered, so dont mind the surroundings. If your neighbour is sick, dont bother. If your neighbour’s car broke down in the early morning, just ignore it and do your thing as usual. If you help them, you will be troubled. We just dont mix around, let alone going to the surau to perform all 5 prayer in jamaah. Jauh sekali! We are more attached to the computer than to our mother! Ask ourselves all these questions…..
salam k ruby
i’m also having the same problem.with malay students which are really ignorant and perasan bagus.students nowadays….
fyi i’m at uitm s alam.
I dont know which is worst, UiTM or USIM students. They dont have to compete with the non Bumis. They take things for granted. One students today asked me in lab; “Nak tanya skit. Ni betul ke?” I am sad and heart broken. Happy teaching to you Mija!