Don't you speak english? You're teacher never thought you how?

Hello Darlings,

Was browsing around town and getting my Christmas shopping done where unfortunately, I came round a shop where I saw something delightful but when i inquired the sales assistant as to the availability of the item in a different colour, she looked at me point blank and proceeded to speak to me in Mandarin and I was like staring at her and went, do you speak hokkien and she proceeded to reply me in Mandarin some more!!! Ditto when I tried with Bahasa Malaysia!!!!

I was completely exasperated and basically walked off the shop without the item that I wanted!!!

This made me fuming mad and then I recalled a few days ago, when I called up the CID department to speak to an Inspector and the person on the line basically said she does not speak English and ask me to speak in Bahasa Melayu and I was like, hellooo!!! If I can take the time and trouble to learn Bahasa Melayu here in Malaysia, can't you have the decent courtesy to learn english!!! I mean, I thought it was a compulsory subject in this country's public examination and yet this people can't seem to speak or understand a single word of English and I wondered how in the world did they manage to pass their exams?

This led me to a question, is the standard of education in Malaysia deteriorating that those who are unable to converse in English can still pass the public examination and to make matter more interesting, can become an officer in the police force?

Is the standard really that poor or do we have really lousy English teachers in school whose main aim is to sit there and basically "makan gaji buta"??

I have heard of some teachers who are more interested to do "side" business in schools, where they sell books and other stuffs to students and teachers alike, rather than taking an interest in the students!! I have also heard of teacher's having an open affair with fellow teachers in school but surely, isn't the main aim of teachers in school are to teach the kids? and not off to peddle stuff for side income's or getting involved in extra-marital affairs? Or are they soo free that they can actually do that?? How can I forget of some cases of some teachers who utilise the school's free Internet access to access into blogs and other none school related stuff and some even surfed the Internet for porn during school hours!!!

So, are the students really that dumb that they are not able to function as normal human beings with a certain amount of language comprehensibility in their restricted brain or are the blame to fall on the teachers who are truly uninterested to take the affairs of the students to heart and teach them as true dedicated teachers that they are supposed to be?

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