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Dear blog

11th of July as our 1st class, my 1st class, my 1st formal training course, subject of world of ICT. This shall be my doorstep to world without boundaries! we discussed about things, i really mean THINGS..its a lot for a new kid on the block like me...wuu!

give me B....Give me L.....take that O.....throw that G.....BLOG!!!but.....why blog?whhhhhhhy???????

mm..for me,i shall put this 'blog' in par with, ‘Smart Tunnel’, 'Pak Lah's wedding', 'me as an undergraduate student at University of Malaya' and 'Perodua Viva'.....guess what? Its new and interesting!

Fresh ideas of blog roam into my life from that fluent and sound-sweet-as-song mouth of Prof Maznah. She said that blog can do you many things, may do you little harm (if it is wrongly utilized) but surely come in handy for a teacher-to-be like me..

Gossiping, advertising products, making announcements and self reflection are some of the wonders that four letter word (don’t you dare think about anything else than BLOG,ok?) can do. I did realize that blog is so much like a diary, but it goes beyond normal diary can do.

For rest of my life (before) I thought everything that is free must be cautiously accepted, since it can bring you more harm rather than good things. but, at once, I confidently say that FREE website of 'www.blogspot.com' which offers FREE BlogSpot should be accepted with arms wide open, no precaution measure should be taken since it offers you no impairment...

I can use my blog for voice out opinions and ideas. As for example, if I don’t agree about PKEY1301 being core subject for this semester, I can voice it out in the written form of blog (but why should I do that?) and lets imagine what can Martin Luther King can do with blog if he is in our era? that magic 'I have a dream' phrase will surely overtake popularity of Mawi, emulate David Beckham, and being talked more than George Bush's claim of so called 'weapon (that never found) of mass destruction in Iraq'

I found blogging as an essential part and vital component of a teacher may possess. it can be so useful for teachers and will certainly help a lot in terms of academic, reputation, public relation and confidence. i believe that all teacher must at least being talked through to this idea of blogging so that they may see effects that a simple blog can bring.

We discussed many more things such as PoEiT (pedagogy of engagement integration technology), MYcd, school experience programme (SEP) and scenario of ICT.

One of the discussion is regarding things that is the most difficult to change in school, really caught my attention. We relate our discussion with our previous SEP programme and plus Prof Maznah’s pond of experiences as well. The culture, the beliefs, and traditions should never put in context of ‘things to be changed by a teacher’. It is everyone’s right to practise those things.

But, one example from my classmates has really caught my attention. It is regarding bureaucracy and favouritism in education system. One of my friends said that her school was badly damaged by thunderstorm. The roofs were nowhere to be seen, the tables and chairs are everywhere and class are filled with water. The school headmistress has filed in report, together with the pictures as proof and relevance documents for the Ministry of Education to go through and act on it. But, it takes them more than a week to receive reply from MOE and necessary actions are said to be taken ‘as soon as possible’. Can you imagine how will the school cope with the lost of classes and where should they place the effected students in?

On the other hand, another school which is also experienced the same damage, has been approved RM80 thousands only the day after they submitted the report and repairing works are set to be started in less than 3 days. We were informed that it is because one of the students there is a son of Minister in cabinet.

I really think that this is due to bureaucracy and favouritism. Such case needs immediate attention from the authority (MOE) but bureaucracy delay has taken its toll on the effected school while on the other hand, special privilege has been given to the latter school and element of favouritism is ubiquitous. I don’t think this kind of things is healthy because both school are entitled to fair and same treatment from the MOE


So, that is all I can write to this time. What more can I say about this class? It so interesting that I can hardly feel any slight sleepy element, any boredom syndrome or any dislike factors. Thanks a lot to Prof for that moment, worth of 3 hours of keeping attention and focus. Pen off an see you in my next blog, cheers!