Imagine for a moment you have a son studying matriculation in Labuan. Late one night you receive an urgent sms appealing for help. What do you do? What can you do?
The father in Miri called his relatives in Labuan for help. He also called his daughter in West Malaysia. The daughter was resourceful enough to get a police car in Labuan to go to investigate. The relatives also went to the college to investigate.
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I find it incredible that a study by University Kebangsaan Malaysia ( UKM ) has revealed that most high risk girls in an ‘unnamed’ state had experienced sex before. From the 3 month study , UKM’s Children and Youth Psychology specialist Dr Khaidzir Ismail, found that 886 from 887 case studies had experienced it and the study encompassed 20 students with disciplinary problems from particular schools with ages ranging from Form One to Form Five.
Now that the issue is out in the open, we need not to shove it under the carpet but instead to examine ourselves where have we gone wrong that these young girls have deviated from the norms acceptable to our Malaysian society. Read more »
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It was reported in the Borneo Post Feb 21st edition that the RMAF ( Royal Malaysian Air Force ) has set up a board of inquiry to investigate a ’severe’ case of ragging. Mohd Nazim who is the alleged victim in this case was ordered to splash water from a drain on his face, place his head into a rubbish bin, drink his own vomit, immerse himself into a filthy drain besides other physical abuse. Read more »
So far, Benghui hasn’t asked me about sex. However he did make sounds when Colin Firth got close to Renee Zelweger in a scene. It startled me as I didn’t realize he understood the meaning of courtship rituals. It was from the movie ‘ Bridget Jones : The Edge of Reason ‘.
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Parents furious over school forms
Many parents are furious over schools requiring students to submit highly confidential information to the school with reference to income, the pay slip, income tax and other details.Those who have neither a pay slip nor a J-form must “provide an Income Declaration Form verified by the employer, Commissioner for Oaths, a Justice of the Peace, a village head” or other community head. Read more »
I applaud our beloved Prime Minister Datuk Seri Abdullah for abolishing fees for all examinations- UPSR, PMR,SPM and STPM for candidates from government schools. It is a timely move as every year, some students leave school as they are unable to come up with the money to pay for the examination fees. However this gesture of his has created unexpected implications.
Students can now register for as many subjects as they want in the hope of becoming lucky and scoring a pass or a distinction depending on the quality of the student. Certain subjects may be totally ignored or abandoned as the date of the SPM nears.
