Fwd: Must read , ha, ha ,ha!!
> MALAYSIA BOLEH!!!!!! THIS EXPLAINS HOW WE HAVE STUDENTS
> WITH 20 As.
>
> A GOOD ONE .... MUST READ.......n HAVE A GOOD LAUGH....!!
>
>
>
> A Very Wise View from Datuk Dr Agoes Salim...
>
> The objective of STPM is to pass people?
>
> How do you explain the fact that 87% of the students passed
> the exams
> of the Sijil Tinggi Persekolahan Malaysia (STPM) recently,
> when during your father's time only 10% would have passed?
> Are students getting smarter? Or are STPM questions getting
> easier?
>
> Let me put things in their proper perspective.
>
> During your grandfather's time, they would ask exam
> questions like:
> "In what year did Parameswara founded the kingdom of Melaka
> ?"
>
> The correct answer was "1402", and they found that only 10%
> of the
> students managed to answer the question correctly..
> This didn't go down too well with the authorities, because
> the
> objective of the exams was to pass people.
> I mean, what's the point of having exams if people fail?
> So later, they found another way to ask the same question:
>
> "Parameswara founded the kingdom of Melaka in the year:
>
> (a) 2001
> (b) 2004
> (c) 1986
> (d) 1975
> (e) 1402
>
> Tick the correct answer."
>
> The results were better is that 20% of the students passed.
> But it was still not good enough, so the authorities tried
> a different
> tactic a few years later.
>
>
>
>
> "Parameswara founded the kingdom of Melaka in the year
> 1402. True or false?"
>
>
>
> Well, half of the students guessed "True" and the other
> half guessed "False".
> Fully 50% passed.
>
> The results were getting pretty acceptable by now but still
> not good
> enough. Most other countries would be satisfied with a 50%
> passing
> rate, but not us.
> We are a better country, because we are a boleh country.
> The
> authorities then cracked their heads and then came out with
> this one:
>
>
> Read the following sentence carefully.
>
> "Parameswara, the cousin of Proton-Iswara, founded the
> kingdom of
> Melaka in the year 1402. Underline the name of the person
> who
> founded Melaka."
>
> 60% underlined "Parameswara", 30% underlined
> "Proton-Iswara" and 10%
> underlined "1402".
>
> Yeah!!!!....60% managed to pass! So krever!
> But for some reason, the authorities were still not
> contented.
>
>
>
> So last year, they came out with this gem:
>
> "One day in the year 1402, Parameswara founded the kingdom
> of Melaka
> . Then he went home to have dinner. What did he eat?"
>
> 13% (smart students) handed in blank answers,
> 57% wrote "Maggi Me",
> 10% wrote " Kenlucky ried Chiken" and
> 20% wrote "Nasi Lemak".
>
> The correct answer was anything concerning "Food" of
> course!
>
> After the marking was over, it was found that 87% of the
> students had
> passed. 87%!!!!!............now that's pretty impressive!
>
> So it's true. So now the authorities are very happy that
> our
> education system is getting better and better and that our
> education
> ministers have all done excellent jobs to bring about this
> improvement
> and the students are indeed getting smarter due to the
> improvement in
> social economic situation brought about by UNMO.
>
>
>
> Well done Boleh-land!
> Perhaps, this is why we have a host of students with an
> impressive
> string of 'As' who can hardly construct a decent sentence!
> Neow mind, our super-duper gomen can find a job for us one.
>
> Duh??
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