Poor you! Ya, I can imagine how you felt…a lot of my guy-friends also kena in front of the crowd as well…This is seriously crap! If you are given the chance to get the hell out of here, just don’t return. This country sucks to the max!

Back in the States, students and teachers are like friends. They share their knowledge and life. But here, it isn’t. I am an educator myself. I find it very amusing and simply nonsensical at all. I know that there are some teachers out there who tarnish their reputations by having affairs with their very own students. But, let’s be clear about why is such shameful scenario taking place in our community far more than others.

Real reason lies in our very own philosophy and etiquette in whatever things we do. It is not the clothes that count but the morality and honesty. By setting up nonsensical rules and regulations as such discussed earlier will not have any whatsoever effects on students’ well being and development in studies. In fact, the issue of comfort is the most important factor of all that needs to be looked upon. Students should be comfortable with the place and the system. Then only we can produce excellent people out of it. Let me put it this way, you own a factory but your workers are hungry and unhappy, you do the maths. Why do people in western countries excel more than us? Have you guys ever thought of that? Well, these people need not wearing scarfs and fully covered clothes whenever they attend lectures or tutorial classes. Some of them can be clasified as half naked… but these people score big. Better than some of our so called ’standard’ students here. They are comfortable and happy with the place and the system.

My point here is, there are other important issues that these people should pay more attention than creating hatred between students and university. As I could recall, my university years were always be the best time of my life. The most memorable time of all, in fact. I enjoyed my studies and little that I could complaint about. Why is that so? I guess we dared ourselves to voice out our opinions and critiques, should we find it logical and sensible to do so. Each and every student has rights to suggest and to complaint.

So Clare, my suggestion is someone has to voice it out loud. For 50 years now, Malaysia was not built by sympathy nor out of someone’s courtesy. We fought for this piece of land. We are building it till this very second. I am sure our future will never be as bright and glorious as we’ve planned if our students today are nothing but the ‘living dead’.

Ramon

I like your comment. Your comment alone can make a post for me…LOL! Yeah, allow me to do it…

“Some things change, but some things never do.” quote from Morpheus from The Matrix Trilogy. And our edu system it seems….. tepuk dada tanya selera. Love your article Clare. Well done!!!

Even if we are studying in a fully air-conditioned lecture hall, it is only for that hour and once we are out of there, we’ll be in the Sahara already. They are trying to suffocate us by asking us to cover from head to toe, aren’t they? We are no less intelligent even if we wear t-shirt and jeans…

I logged in, I saw and I read. I know what you guys feel about all of these idiotic rules and regulations. Trust me friends, this is just nothing but a silly way to show its so called uniformity. I am so glad that I managed to leave the country back then and skipped all these crappy rules in which do not reflect anything wise about the university itself. Friends, like Malay proverb says…”Hangat hangat tahi ayam”. This won’t last long. Let me tell you guys one thing what we’re missing here. We’re missing the freedom of speech. Students here can’t complaint. They can’t say what they feel. They train all of you guys to learn how to OBEY. No offence for those who are wearing tudung or scarfs and all, but the truth is some of them are far worse than those who are not wearing. About the issues of renting cars, or even going out of the border for so called “released tension” idea, is commonly done by those who pretended to be good and pious. People, get real! I pity those who are smart and intelligent. You guys are wasting your time learning with some idiots. I thoroughly understand your situation. I hate people putting up nonsensible rules and regulations. All in all, that reflects their maturity and intelligence.

Ramon

Yes, we are brought up in such a way that we shut up and accept everything that is implemented, whether or not they are beneficial to us. I am tempted to put the link to this post into the university’s public forum. Thinking about the consequences, I might be suspended because the people who put up the rules do not have the nuts to admit mistake or simply said, too ego. I only have another year here before venturing into a new phase of working life.

*nod nod* They ignore what they are supposed to pay attention to AND make a big fuss on petty matters. They don’t know how to prioritize.

Yes, they are!

Annoying, isn’t it?