10 SUBJECTS FOR SPM IS GOOD

Mr. Mohideeen Yassin's suggestion for limiting the number of subjects taken for the SPM exam is really something to ponder over. in my opinion it is what precisely warranted to solve all the ruckus about the PSD scholarship awards not being fair. how else do you intend to judge the qualifications of a group of students who are at the same age, studying in the same school under the same educationoal system if not by providing an equal ground for competition? does it really mean that a student who got 10 As is not as smart as a student who got 15 As or even 21 As. that's total rubbish. why do you ask? let me tell you why..
these super geniuses' that we all hear very often popping out in the newspapers after the resuts are released yearly disappear as soon as they showed up. where did they all go? transported into the twilight zone for the super intelligent or secretly employed by the government to work in some underground scietific lab, all set to build Malaysia's new and most powerful atomic bomb? yeah, right. that's in movies man. the answer is these students got bitten by reality. you thaught what, 20 As in SPM supposed to make you into an Einstein? wake up. our education system is not designed to create Einsteins. Believe me it never will. Has anyone looked at the Spm exam papers nowadays? The questions are becoming easier and easier. Even the once dreaded STPM exams. in my time the Technical Mathematics paper which was once regarded as a nightmare for the students comprised of three sections which were kinetics, dynamics and statistics. The latest format had removed the kinetic and dynamics part totally and only statistics questions are asked. for what? i dont know. these 2 sections of the subject were the essentials of Physics in engineering. the exposure the students get at the Form Six level were very useful to the engineering student in universities in their first years. why remove them? to make the exam easier for some of the dumb students to get an A? is that what education in this country all about? getting all As? how many do you want? 10 As? 16 As? 20 As? how many is enough?
the number of As is not going to make you into a genius. anyway the whole exam itself is not recognized in any other country. so what are you trying to prove? a genius is a person who has taken the knopwledge into his heart and mind and has assimilated it so well that an intuitive force then aids creation of ideas. thats a genius. not some joker who gets As in Geography, then Biology, then Chemistry and History. education without a direction.
most of the time these smart, at least the ones who think that they are too intelligent just want to show off. just read the comments they give in the press. one gave the reason for his success as " i ate alot of vegetables" does that ring a bell? another clown said he only studies about 2 to 3 hours a day. The best was this joker who said he got plenty of As because he ate plenty of 'dates'. Can you believe these nuts? these are examples of childish teenagers who are just too kiahsu.
you dont need too many As to be successful. come down to reality. i am a doctor who got 10 A1s in my SPM. then i got all As too in my STPM. i was one of the best students in the state of Selangor in 2000. I am now only driving a Proton Iswara after 3 years of service. My school mate who failed his SPM, and who became a 'tauke buah' in Pasar Borong Selayang is now driving a BMW and owns two bungalow houses la man. i havent bought even one. DONT CONCENTRATE TOO MUCH IN NUMBERS. PLEASE FOCUS IN THE QUALITY.