HARESH SAYS: Restore dignity in our education system
As published in Malay Mail today HARESH SAYS By Haresh Deol CRIES of “Aunty!” echoed in the porch. There stood our neighbour’s son with a dumbfounded look on his face. Lee junior, who studies in a vernacular school, came armed with a workbook, pencil box and plenty of questions. Right after he stepped into the house, the Year 4 pupil flipped open his book and zoomed in at a question — Danny bought a _______ for his father and a pair of _______ for her mother. “So is Danny a boy or a girl, aunty?” Lee junior asked my mother. The other question is about the book The King of Kites. “Who is the author?” the question read. As the young man pointed out, the book is written by Judith Heneghan and Laure Fournier. “Shouldn’t it be ‘Who are the authors?’” he asked. “I is so confused leh,” the boy said jokingly, poking fun at the literals. He highlighted another sentence in the book: “Anil’s mother i...