kenapa PPSMI dimansuhkan?

Kenapa PPSMI dimansuhkan selepas enam tahun ia dilaksanakan? Mungkin atas sebab politik? Atau sebab tekanan dari rakyat? Atau sebab kerajaan memang prihatin atas masa depan pelajar-pelajar? Atau sebab cikgu-cikgu yang tidak mencapai tahap yang dikehendaki bagi menjayakan PPSMI ini? (cikgu juga yang menjadi scapegoat. Selepas ini beban beralih pula kepada cikgu BI??). Yang pastinya,tiada kata maaf dari pihak pelaksana itu sendiri.

Aku teringat temuramah antara Astro Awani dengan seorang Prof di UM. Beliau berkata "PPSMI adalah kesilapan terbesar yang dilakukan oleh kerajaan dalam sistem pelajaran Malaysia". Errmmm...PPSMI dah mansuh, baru berani bantai kat tivi?

Yang aku dapat simpulkan ialah berkemungkinan menteri atau pegawai-pegawai di Kementerian Pelajaran Malaysia membuat keputusan setelah membaca buku yang bertajuk F in EXAMS ini? Agaknya...

Buku ini juga membuktikan bahawa tahap kecerdikan seseorang itu tidak bergantung kepada tahap penguasaan bahasa inggerisnya. Bahasa Inggeris ialah mother-tongue bagi pelajar-pelajar di UK, tetapi ia tidak bermakna mereka cukup 'terer' dalam subjek Science dan Maths.

Buku yang ditulis oleh Richard Benson (bukan Richard Branson tokey Virgin) ini penuh dengan contoh-contoh jawapan yang kelakar atau kreatif berdasarkan situasi yang benar-benar berlaku di UK. Antara petikan yang menarik dari buku tersebut ialah:

Subjek:Chemistry
Q: What is a nitrate?
A: It is much cheaper than a day rate.

Q: Give a brief explanation of the meaning of the terms 'hard water'?
A: Ice

Q: Describe the chemical differences between H2o and Co2.
A: H2o is hot water, Co2 is cold water

Subjek: Biology
Q: What is the highest frequency noise that a human can register?
A: Maricah Carey

Q: Adam cuts his arm. Blood gushes out and is red in colour. What does this show?
A: He is not a robot, he's a real boy.

Q: What does 'terminal illness' means?
A: When you become ill at the airport

Q: Give an example of a smoking-related disease.
A: Early death

Q: How is oxygen loaded, transported and unloaded in the bloodstream?
A: By forklift truck

Subjek: Physics
Q: Explain the word 'momentum'
A: A brief moment

Q: Many people don't like eating radiation treated food. How could a food scientist prove thtat radiation treated food is safe?
A: By eating some!

Q: Give the names of two gases that might contribute to a global warming.
A: 1. bottom gas
2. cow burps

Subjek: Geography
Q: Define the phrase 'commercial farming'.
A: It is when a farmer advertises his farm on tv to get more customers.

Q: Explain the meaning of the word 'magma'.
A: Japanese cartoons

Q: The race of people known as Malays come from which country?
A: Malaria

Q: Name six animals which live specifically in the Arctic.
A: Two polar bears. Four seals.

Subjek: Maths
Q: Change 7/8 to a decimal.
A: 7.8

Q: Write two hundred thousand in figures.
A: two hundred thousand in figures.

Q: Expand 2(x + y)
A: 2(x + y)
2(x + y)
2(x + y)
2(x + y)

Q: What is conditional probability?
A: maybe, maybe not

Q: You are at a friend's party. Six cupcakes are distributed among nine plates, andthere is no more than one cake per plate. What is the probability of receiving a plate with a cake on it?
A: Nil, if my sister is invited too.

Subjek: Psychology
Q: Describe what is meant by 'forgetting'.
A: I can't remember

Q: Explain the 'phycho-dynamic approach'.
A: Using your mind to move things, like a Jedi.

Q: Express the term 'stereotype'.
A: It is what kind of cd player you own.

Subjek: History
Q: Where was the American Declaration of Independence signed?
A: At the bottom

Q: Name one of Abraham Lincoln's greates achievements?
A: Having his face carved in rock.

Q: Explain what is meant by the word 'dictator'.
A: someone who reads out loud

Q: What did Mahatma Gandhi and Genghis Khan have in common?
A: Unusual names

Q:Name two of the classes which existed in Medieval England.
A: History class and Geography class

Subjek: ICT
Q: What is a CD-ROM?
A: an album of romantic music

Q: What is a hard disk?
A: it doesn't break when you put in the dishwasher.

Q:Suggest an advantage to video conferencing.
A: You can't smell bad breath via video.

Subjek: English
Q: Use the word 'judicious' in a sentence to illustrate its meaning.
A: I am using 'judicious' in this sentence to illustrate its meaning.

Hahaha!..
Banyak lagi jawapan yang lawak-lawak dalam buku ni. Tak larat aku taip. Pi beli sendiri la ya...

Nota:
-Terimakasih kepada TT kerana sanggup menghantar (maksud aku mengepos) buku ini dari Ireland. Preview buku ini juga ada ditulis didalam blog tuan tanah.

-Takde ke cikgu-cikgu di Malaya ni nak tulis buku yang lebih kurang sama, atas pengalaman menjadi pemeriksa kertas Maths n Science. Boleh la letak tajuk "F in Exams: Blame on PPSMI" atau "F in Exams: Blame on CheDet"..hehe!

- Che Det buat poll di sini