How should we judge a government?

In Malaysia, if you don't watch television or read newspapers, you are uninformed; but if you do, you are misinformed!

"If you're not careful, the newspapers will have you hating the people who are being oppressed, and loving the people who are doing the oppressing." - Malcolm X

Never argue with stupid people, they will drag you down to their level and then beat you with experience - Mark Twain

Why we should be against censorship in a court of law: Publicity is the very soul of justice … it keeps the judge himself, while trying, under trial. - Jeremy Bentham

"Our government is like a baby's alimentary canal, with a happy appetite at one end and no
responsibility at the other. " - Ronald Reagan

Government fed by the people

Government fed by the people

Career options

Career options
I suggest government... because nobody has ever been caught.

Corruption so prevalent it affects English language?

Corruption so prevalent it affects English language?
Corruption is so prevalent it affects English language?

When there's too much dirt...

When there's too much dirt...
We need better tools... to cover up mega corruptions.

Prevent bullying now!

Prevent bullying now!
If you're not going to speak up, how is the world supposed to know you exist? “Orang boleh pandai setinggi langit, tapi selama ia tidak menulis, ia akan hilang di dalam masyarakat dan dari sejarah.” - Ananta Prameodya Toer (Your intellect may soar to the sky but if you do not write, you will be lost from society and to history.)

Monday, May 03, 2010

The English Native Speaker Project in Holland

... organised by the charity organization, Hart voor Amsterdam. It was designed with expatriates in mind – especially those fluent English speakers but not necessarily proficient in Dutch.

Cheng's email to us:

'If you remember my short stint volunteering for English conversation classes at a disadvantaged school in Amsterdam, here is the soon-to-be extension of it in Maastricht :


My comment:

Many people did not realize that learning is a two-way process - what appears to be one-way: teacher teaching the student is likely to be both ways. It enriches the teacher's experience as well as learning something in the process too. That's why I frown on those 'kiasu' parents who tell their children to learn from others but not to share what they know. This can only be a short-term success, if any, at the next test or examination. But life after school and university is much more than that. Selfishness will show and nobody likes selfish and self-centred people.

The very act of showing another person how to do something will increase his or her knowledge of the subject matter, and is likely to reveal any lack of understanding of it which would otherwise be unknown.

In the case of the English Native Speaker Project, by imparting knowledge of English to the Dutch students, the volunteers are actually learning Dutch with native speakers and this is probably the better way rather than merely relying on modern audio-visual aids. At the end of the day, what good is your language ability if not to be able to converse with the natives?
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