Today, I sat for my final Pendidikan Moral exam. Yes it's the SPM one. Now I'm not gonna brag about how the paper was because to me, it's all the same. But while doing the paper and upon re-checking it, I thought about something. Something that needs to be done but somehow, people failed to realise this.
The point of learning Moral. That is the big question. Many people asked the ministry, "Why is Moral a compulsory subject?"
And they even dare, DARE to even explain about how the crime rates are going up and how moral needs to be exposed to children at a tender age. But honestly, did that really worked?
If really, MORAL was an inspiring subject, the crime rates would have dropped miraculously, leaving just the good people to die for. Does this mean we have to study all 36 moral values and burn them into our brain till we're old and grey? The only thing people remember from this exam paper is how bullshit it is.
I am not insulting my country's education system but I'm actually questioning them about the education system they're revolving around. It is something we learn through experiences, life threatening moments, memories, exposure but not through books. Books, I believed are inspirations which you can learn from and it will last forever. Like Mitch Albom. He doesn't even need to list out 36 moral values and yet he made a big impact to readers who are just awed by his simple language but yet, beautiful sentence construction and choice of words.
But what about our Moral textbook? Moral values? We gruel them everyday, for almost two years and in the end, we get nothing. Why?
That's because, it's an examination.
An examination to test your moral values? I beg to differ. I can laugh my ass all the way to college saying, hey we have an exam for moral! And it's a compulsory one!
Aren't moral values something we learn through the little things in life that makes it so imperfect? Aren't moral values something that we do not need to know it's definition but know the depths of reaching out to people who need them? Aren't moral values the teachers instead of the books being the teachers and teaching us about moral values? Aren't moral values something that we cannot absorb and study hard for it but something that we have learn through the everyday things that we encounter?
Why do we even have to memorise so much and yet in the end, we don't apply these rules to the principles of life? Why is it that those who scored 17 A1's but apparently, failed entrance exams in high standards and means of college exams internationally? Why is that even high school drop outs are prancing into fame without even studying that much of their school life and yet they make it to the top?
Why is that you are choosing for us? Aren't we a democratic country? Can't we students, choose on how we live our education life instead of spoonfeeding us with bottles of information and all we just do is apply to our exams and forget them in the afterlives?
Why can't we choose?
Are we your guinea pigs?
You're not the one who's going to college. You're not the one who's going to have their next career up in their line. You're not the one who's going to live our lives. Aren't we the future?
Do us, ALL OF US a favour.
Stop messing with our education and get it right. Do what's best for the country. Think before you even decide. Do what's best for the love of our Motherland. Make this country, Malaysia a better place for us to live in, even without the moral values that we need to memorise, we still can make a difference if we all work together. Stop being a bitch and start thinking of the future of our country.
And lastly.
stop messing around with the education system.
