For most children, their dreams were about the same, becoming a policeman or a teacher. I followed suit too. It was until Primary 5 did I realise that becoming a policeman or a teacher wasn't that interesting as I used to think.
Maybe it's the Hong Kong dramas which made me see policeman as a very cool job, fighting crimes and chasing bad guys in big cities. Which also includes endless scenes of bad guys threatening the chief/inspector by attaching a bomb to the chief/inspector's loved one and how the chief/inspector managed to save his beloved from danger and caught the bad guys. Or at least that's what I thought. It was until the later years of my Primary School life did I realise that in Malaysia, the situation is totally different. Or maybe, things in television were never real, just that I chose to believe that what I saw in television were real and what we have in Malaysia is polluted. Bribery is common, bad guys escapes without being caught, policemen not doing what they're supposed to do. It's just too bad in Malaysia.
As for teachers, young children always think that teaching is a very noble profession because they sacrifice their time just to make sure their students excel in their studies. I thought it was true, until I discovered that many teachers are not good in what they're teaching. As in an English Language teacher teaching Science and a Math teacher teaching Malay Language. Besides, some of them don't teach well in school, but in their tuition classes, they work very hard. It's so different from "sacrifice themselves to make sure students excel in their studies". I understand that there are teachers who fit into the statement, but compared with the ones who work harder in tuition classes than in school, the number is negligible.
Since then, I've thought of a new profession - Medical Practitioner a.k.a. doctor. You can't bribe a doctor to make sure a surgery is 100% successful or the other way around. And in Malaysia, doctors do not have a choice but to sacrifice their precious time dealing with patients. Doctor may not be as noble as it seems, but at least it's much more challenging than repeating the same chores everyday. Besides, doctors do not have fixed working hours. We wouldn't know when will we receive calls from the hospital that we're needed. It may be stressful, but being able to help those in need is better than leaving them alone and miserable.
Unfortunately, things haven't been going along well these few years. SPM was OK but for A-Levels, my results weren't good. So far from being average, even further from being excellent. Things are going on a rocky road now. The future is uncertain. The near future, I mean. Went to apply for Medical Programme today but was told that I needed to write a letter of appeal to the Ministry of Higher Educations so that they would allow me to persue Medicine overseas. Everything's done now, am waiting for the panel in the Ministry to decide whether I deserve a chance to study overseas or continue rotting in the lands of this country.
This entry was supposed to be more about my results but it seems that it turned out to be totally different from what I initially thought of. But still, it wasn't too bad. Oh well, time to sleep. Nite!
Maybe it's the Hong Kong dramas which made me see policeman as a very cool job, fighting crimes and chasing bad guys in big cities. Which also includes endless scenes of bad guys threatening the chief/inspector by attaching a bomb to the chief/inspector's loved one and how the chief/inspector managed to save his beloved from danger and caught the bad guys. Or at least that's what I thought. It was until the later years of my Primary School life did I realise that in Malaysia, the situation is totally different. Or maybe, things in television were never real, just that I chose to believe that what I saw in television were real and what we have in Malaysia is polluted. Bribery is common, bad guys escapes without being caught, policemen not doing what they're supposed to do. It's just too bad in Malaysia.
As for teachers, young children always think that teaching is a very noble profession because they sacrifice their time just to make sure their students excel in their studies. I thought it was true, until I discovered that many teachers are not good in what they're teaching. As in an English Language teacher teaching Science and a Math teacher teaching Malay Language. Besides, some of them don't teach well in school, but in their tuition classes, they work very hard. It's so different from "sacrifice themselves to make sure students excel in their studies". I understand that there are teachers who fit into the statement, but compared with the ones who work harder in tuition classes than in school, the number is negligible.
Since then, I've thought of a new profession - Medical Practitioner a.k.a. doctor. You can't bribe a doctor to make sure a surgery is 100% successful or the other way around. And in Malaysia, doctors do not have a choice but to sacrifice their precious time dealing with patients. Doctor may not be as noble as it seems, but at least it's much more challenging than repeating the same chores everyday. Besides, doctors do not have fixed working hours. We wouldn't know when will we receive calls from the hospital that we're needed. It may be stressful, but being able to help those in need is better than leaving them alone and miserable.
Unfortunately, things haven't been going along well these few years. SPM was OK but for A-Levels, my results weren't good. So far from being average, even further from being excellent. Things are going on a rocky road now. The future is uncertain. The near future, I mean. Went to apply for Medical Programme today but was told that I needed to write a letter of appeal to the Ministry of Higher Educations so that they would allow me to persue Medicine overseas. Everything's done now, am waiting for the panel in the Ministry to decide whether I deserve a chance to study overseas or continue rotting in the lands of this country.
This entry was supposed to be more about my results but it seems that it turned out to be totally different from what I initially thought of. But still, it wasn't too bad. Oh well, time to sleep. Nite!
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