I shall go straight to the point.
There are some people, whom when I mention I would like to drop BC in my SPM to, would invariably say :"Oh, but you are Chinese, taking BC is your responsibility! We Chinese have to preserve the language! The culture! Our former Chinese leaders sacrificed so much just so we could receive a Chinese education! How could you even considering dropping BC! China is opening up now blah blah blah" And they get more and more agitated and upset.
There are even some people who accuse me of "betraying my own race" for not taking BC. These people are just ridiculous. Chinese must take BC eh? I know some people are just worried that the school may not be able to produce the minimum 15 students needed to establish a BC class, and some people may accuse me of being selfish "and not thinking about the whole picture" i.e. whether there are enough students for BC class to be set up. But let me clarify, yeah, that my school has more than enough students taking BC to sustain the continuation of a BC class. So I really don't see the problem of me dropping BC. But even if it doesn't, I don't see the point in taking BC just so that the panda huggers can. Blame me for being selfish, eh? Have you considered the fact that maybe YOU are the selfish one for wanting me to compromise my SPM results for your taking BC?
Recently I came across a comment on http://forum.lowyat.net/topic/1214747/all that I simply find hilarious. Since I don't know how to do the screenshot thing cause I'm a computer idiot, I shall just copy and paste said comment below. It goes like this:
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"in my
opinion,as a chinese,u have to take bc,no matter it is hard to gt an a
or not.bc is not just a subject to you anymore,it is ur DUTY to take
it.account...if u want to be an accountant or wat in the future,u study
it afterwards.i have many friends who do not take account in their
higher form but still tend to score like hell in their pre university
study for account.hence,u should take chinese just because you are a
CHINESE."
Also, I stumbled upon this comment from the same portal :
" like what i have said,don't think about scoring,it is ur DUTY to take
chinese.if u didnt take chinese in spm exam,i can guarantee you that ur
chinese level will deteriorate because you will think like:"i dont take
chinese,what is the point for me to put in effort?"can speak,can
write,really enough?if everyone thinks like that, there will be no
chinese good in chinese and our future generation chinese level will be
worsened.if we chinese dont take chinese in spm,who are you expecting
for taking chinese?a malay or an indian?what a shame!like what i have
said,dont take chinese as a subject.it is your MOTHER TONGUE unless you
bleach your skin or blacken it."
Again, RIDICULOUS. Especially the last line. It's as ridiculous as saying that Chinese people can only eat Chinese food. It is MY choice, ok. MY choice, MY decision. YOU can go kneel in front of the Chinese embassy. Seriously, i should take chinese just because I'm a CHINESE? Wtf is this man, you're worried that the chinese language will become extinct izzit? Well, newsflash, buddy. There are 1,344,130,000
people in China as of the year 2011 (source : World Bank) and I
seriously doubt that Mandarin is going to go extinct just because some
Malaysians are dropping BC in their SPM.
Also, notice how bossy and authoritative the second comment sounds. I don't mind the first comment much as IT IS her (I'm assuming it's a her since most people who go up in arms over dropping Bc are females.idk why though) opinion, and I respect that. Actually the more I think about it, the more the 2 comments sound like they're from the same person, but I digress.
Let me set something straight. I do not hate my race. I do not 崇洋 (can be literally translated into worshiping the west), although some people say I do. I love Chinese food. I like the fact that I can tell my friends a secret loudly in public because other people who don't understand Mandarin won't understand what I'm saying. I think the Chinese language is beautiful, believe it or not. Oh, what the heck. You can disbelieve me if you want to, what do I care? What I hate, though, are moralistic retards acting all holier-than-thou whenever I mention my desire to drop BC. Yes you are entitled to your opinions and I am entitled to mine, so screw off. If I choose to drop BC, I shall live with the consequences even if it means "not being able to get a job in the prospering and economically powerful China", as how my family members would put it. What the heck,man. I don't even want to live in China. Their public order is terrible, you'll get food-poisoning every time you eat out, and the people spit wherever they feel like it.
That said, you might be surprised to hear that I actually AM taking BC in my SPM. Only because my chinese-culture-championing parents won't let me drop it, and well, I want to have an advantage over others in the future.( I still don't want to go to China, though) But also, I must say that imho, what we're learning in Chinese class(名句精华，古文，etc) has no relevance whatsoever to any Chinesey stuff we're going to use in the future.
BC SPM is only 5 days away! I can kiss my straight As dream goodbye. This BC certificate better be of use to me in the future. |
