Good grades not enough
University Malaya medical faculty dean Datuk Prof Dr Mohd Amin Jalaludin said that "Good grades in STPM (A level) do not necessary make good doctors."
I do agree to some extent. But, how would the education ministry judge a potential student who had scored 4.0 CGPA, that he will not make a good doctor, and that a lesser grade student will be a make a better doctor? Dear Prof., if that child is yours and he had scored 4.0 CGPA and is determine to take up medicine, are you going to tell him that he is more suitable for "Serat Kayu degree"?
How many children of the hundred thousands that sit for the STPM exam are able to score 4.0 CGPA, and if you are the parent, wouldn't you give him a chance to go through the process to meet his dream, or are you going to let someone in the ministry decide that your child is better off studying wood technology, biology, history, or Japanese studies???
Those who stay in glass house and big bungalows, such as those ministers and senior govt servants including university professors, are able to sent their children overseas to the elite universities. But what about those who are earning just enough to survive, including those who aren't earning enough who had determined children who studied hard, sacrifices their time to achieve excellent results in STPM, in the hope that the govt would assist and provide them with places in public universities to pursue their dream to become a doctor one day. Why crush their dream just because you think they may not make a good doctor? God forbid that you had chosen to be the judge of their destiny.
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