读书，为何？

最近常常在思考这个问题，今天与同学阅读《升学情报》一刊时，蓦然瞥见以此为主体的篇章—《为什么要读书？》，顿时目光立刻被吸引住了，大伙儿便颇有兴趣地阅读，不时也深表赞同，同时更肯定了我的想法。

不知从何时起，文凭似乎成了通往理想目标的通行证。别看是那么一张极薄的纸，其作用可是无可限量，决定着我们的一生如何度过。正因如此，文凭成了莘莘学子的追求品，而读书也顺理成章地成了获取文凭的主要管道。众所周知，读书能让我们汲取知识，自我增值，开拓视野。然而，时下学生读书，真的是为了自我充实吗？

马来西亚的课程纲要及其范围日愈广泛，学生被限定在若干年之内便得掌握好所学习的知识，并在官方考试中一一从脑里将之掏出。能掏得越多并越准确，便能成为学术上的佼佼者。这样一来，学生们素日就拼命啃书，认为多多益善，甚至囫囵吞枣，不经消化便往脑里塞。这样的局面让教育的最终目的彻底地被扭曲了。教育的原则不是德智体群美劳吗？为了一张文凭，学生甚至教师仅仅重视智，其他五项全置之度外。学生即使有再高的才智，但品德与情商差强人意，将来又如何无社会各阶层人士打交道，又怎能立足社会呢？

马来西亚的学生，必须精通三大语言外，更有多项科目必须学习，而且有者是必选科。纵使升上高中后，学生能自行选择自己甚感兴趣的科目，但还有一些科目是无从选择的。为了考取佳绩，学生将教育局所规定的课程纲要牢牢地所在脑海里，考试时再把书本里的文字几乎一字不漏地“复制”，“粘贴”。虽是说读书须靠了解，并非死记，但何科不需非凡的记忆能力呢？学生领悟能力强，但记忆力就是不行，难道表示他的学习能力不甚理想吗？

再者，考试真的能评估一个学生的学习能力吗？考试，需拥有充足的准备功夫外，更被许多外来因素左右着，譬如：当天的精神状态，身体状况，思维能力与精准度等。有些学生领悟能力较弱，需耗费较长的时间方能彻底了解课文，但是考试时间却无法做出调整，因此还未来得及做足准备便得进入考场。难道我们能否定它们的学术表现?这着实对他们很不公平。

分数，真的能评估一个学生吗？这句话已耳熟能详，甚至脍炙人口，但，有多少人真正领悟其中的道理？家长与家长碰面时，无不谈起孩子的成绩，有谁会问起孩子的操行分？分数真的不是首要，为何家长还急着送孩子到处补习？分数既不能评估孩子，为何还会有精英班与后段班？明显的，人们还是重视着分数，分数低的学生将承受着被谴责或训斥的压力。或许父母是“爱之深，责之切”，可是，在教训孩子前，先得查清：孩子是否已赴了全力？读书是否是孩子的专长？毕竟孩子不是读书的料，再怎么逼他也于事无补。这就等同于要不擅丹青的孩子画一幅栩栩如生的画，不擅音乐的孩子演奏乐曲，何尝不是强人所难？尽管如此，教育政策使得分数扮演独裁者的角色，让大部分人无法茅塞顿开。

正如《升学情报》中所说的：“当成绩标青的学生受访时，他们只是分享自身的读书心得，从未有人说过‘我非常享受读书的过程，它充实了我的人生’”。可想而知，学生并非真正发自内心地喜爱读书，似乎只是背负着无从推卸的使命。“万般皆下品，唯有读书高”已在众多人的脑海中根深蒂固。书读得越多越好。于是，人人都努力念书，甚至立志取得学士，硕士，直到博士学位。这些学位都让人们煞羡不已，但学了这么多，是否全都能加以应用？若非如此，多年来的心血岂非付诸东流？况且，有一部分学子无法承受学习压力，甚至寻短一了百了。这就是教育所要看见的下场吗？智商高，情商却低，一丁点小挫折都不堪一击，这难道是一个身心健全的人吗？

学校有太多东西学习，成天一回家便是埋头苦读，但读的全都是学校课本，时事，语文及其他书籍一概不理。结果思维受到束缚，不能灵活应变，只会把课文输入与输出。将来又如何能随机应变，应付重大问题？

无可否认，学习固然是学生的职责，但以考试为核心的教育却孕育出不健康的学生一族。学习是为了充实自己，不是与他人比较，而学习也得依照个人的兴趣与能力，这样方能培育快乐的读书人，让学生不再视读书为苦差。（本篇纯属个人对读书之浅见 ^^ ）

Elated? Grieve?

My heartbeat increased gradually when my English teacher went into the class, with a pile of exam papers in her hands. Oh man! What would I score for English? I'm nt that confident with English as I think I don't have a good basic. I've known the result of paper 2 (comprehension) from Roger, still ok I think...yet I'm anxious to see how many marks I get for my essays. I could feel that my hands were trembling when I got the papers back from teacher! Immediately I calculated the actual mark. Wow! Exactly 80! That seems like a dream-come-true to me as I aim for A's in my exam! Furthermore, scoring A in English is not easy. I'm satisfied enough with my mark. I read a few essays of my friends who scored well. Theirs impressed me profoundly. Hmm...I know that I still need a lot of improvement. Guess I have to reduce the time to watch tv and increase the time to read books after the exam...

Just when I was in the ecstacy of joy, prefects began entering every class. "Students, please go out! There's a spot check now!" Reminiscing what I had put into my bag, I thought that I would be safe. Just then, Vennesa reminded me about the correction pen. Oh! I have totally forgotten that correction pen is not allowed in Lok Yuk! Anyway, I didn't have any time to put it somewhere else. So I just headed to the outside with the hope that luck would strike me today ( impossible la!). As what I had predicted, I had to bid farewell to my correction pen..Haiz..Why didn't I hide it somewhere instead of just leaving it in the pencil case? Still being a bit remorseful for my stupidity...

My Bio results quite let me down..I didn't score very well in Paper3. Well, another improvement required..Paper 2 hasn't been returned yet. In order to get A, I can just lose 15 marks out of 100 in paper2, but that's obviously impossible! So getting ready to face a B for Bio..

Feeling so drowsy now..don't even know what I'm writing about..guess I have to stop here and finish my account homework which will take me at least 2 hours.I'm lazed off by my lugubriousness these few days..Got to be resilient and proceed to my tasks again though exam is just over.By the way, thanks a lot to Karen jie jie(weird weird de^^) for helping me with my bloggy!

A Whole New Feeling

Hey guys! Eventually I've created a new blog of mine! Actually I've been thinking of creating a blog since donkey's years ago, but I just couldn't find the time to do so. Now exam is over, so I make up my mind to create a blog, letting out my feelings and sharing every single of my thoughts.

I just knew that I'm able to join the STTSS monitor training camp yesterday. How blissful I was upon thinking that I'm going to meet my friends there again! This year, I'll be participating with a different status for I'm no longer a STTSS student. I decided to transfer to Lok Yuk when I was in Junior 3 as it's more suitable for the future I desire. It's actually a difficult decision to make as it indicates that I'll have to leave my intimates, teachers and the environment I have been familiar with for 3 years. I missed everything so much initially that I was really moody at the beginning. Furthermore, obstructions will befall me as I need to adjust myself well in the new ambiance. I also have to be active and initiative to mix with new friends or else I'll be left alone. The first few weeks was akin to a nightmare to me as I felt so jittery in the new school. However, things changed after some time and even my characters changed. I talk more than I did before and I no longer suppress my feelings, especially for laughing(well, I always laugh hysterically in front of others!). Transferring is a great turning point in my life and it has taught me that there are things which are required to be put down in order to achieve another thing. I have also been trained to be tough in new environment and learn to be independent to cope with any problems and difficulties.

Today I went to Yayasan Tun Mustafa to watch the scholarship awarding ceremony with my classmates. I've never expected to bump into STTSS friends there. I was able to greet some of them and chattered a little with them. They seemed to be a little shocked to see me in my government school uniform. Well, I know that they just haven't get used of my new look, yet I have as I've been wearing it for almost half a year.

From tomorrow onwards, more exam papers will be returned and I've to get myself ready to face any possibilities that may appear in my results. Hope I'll be satisfied with it. Bless myself!