We have completed one cycle of PPSMI. In 2008, the pioneer batch that was taught Math and Science entirely in English finished their Year Six.
Yet last year, only 31.1% of Year Six pupils elected to answer the UPSR Science paper fully in English, while 68.9% opted to use Malay, or vernacular (Chinese/Tamil) or a combination of three languages (English-Malay-vernacular). Good grief! We’ve formally brought the Malaysian rojak culture into the classroom.
National laureate A. Samad Said who is 76 years old choked on teargas at the ‘Daulatkan Bahasa’ gathering to uphold the sovereignty of our national language. Police fired volley upon volley of teargas; some reports said up to 200 rounds. Pakciks, Makciks, Uncles and Aunties, undergrads and students were smothered by the stinging gas too.
Gerakan Mansuhkan PPSMI (movement to abolish Pengajaran dan Pembelajaran Sains dan Matematik dalam bahasa Inggeris/PPSMI) had organised the rally to urge a reversal of the misguided policy to teach Math and Science in English.
In tandem with the rapid fire developments in Perak, the media itself is also being cast an intriguing role. Even whilst it reports, it has become a topic reported about too.
The Home Ministry seized almost 20,000 copies of Suara Keadilan which frontpaged the Perak constitutional crisis, PKR information chief Tian Chua told a press conference yesterday.
Copies of Harakah bearing the banner headline ‘SPR memihak BN’ (Election Commission sides with BN) were seized in a few states as well. Malaysiakini reported that distributors have been warned not to sell the PAS bi-weekly newsletter.
The Home Ministry confirmed that it launched an operation to seize the publications – a move questioned by Tian Chua who challenged: “Tell us why. You can’t just go around confiscating from distributors???.
In response to Umno Youth mobbing Karpal Singh in Parliament, Umno information head Muhammad Muhammad Taib said the DAP chairman displayed the behaviour of “an old man who refused to understand Malay culture and customs???.
Mat Taib, also a federal minister, claimed the words ‘celaka Pemuda Umno fellow’ uttered by Karpal is a grave insult in Malay culture and provocative. He said: “I want to stress that Selangor Umno is behind Selangor Youth. We will foot the legal fees of Gombak youth chief Megat Zulkarnain Omardin and Serdang youth chief Ungku Mohd Salleh Ungku Abdul Jamal and others who were involved in the scuffle???.
The current information overload and images overkill on Gaza has inevitably raised public awareness, even mine and I am highly resistant to mainstream media influence.
I've just come to know that a Qassam rocket is roughly the height of a tall Caucasian man and it can carry a payload of 10-20kg explosives.
We have completed one cycle of PPSMI. In 2008, the pioneer batch that was taught Math and Science entirely in English finished their Year Six. 
The current information overload and images overkill on Gaza has inevitably raised public awareness, even mine and I am highly resistant to mainstream media influence. 