2009 UPSR results

The education ministry’s first Aptitude Test for Year Six students during their UPSR exams has shown that only 5.7 per cent (29,084 students) out of 509,885 pupils are skilled at problem solving and decision making, and only 34.34 per cent (175,101) in skilled thinking.
Education Director-General Tan Sri Alimuddin Mohd Dom said today that this indicated that the children needed more training on problem-solving and decision-making.

We need to take this report as a lesson for us to prepare ahead for our future training in the universities.

We can't afford to lose sight of skills in problem solving and skilled thinking.

Lets discard the habits of waiting for soalan bocor during examinations.

It destroys us.

All As in exams

4 days to go for the year end school holidays.

Absenteeism is high in my school.

So no lessons are conducted.

I have more time to do preparations for my teaching next year.

I have just analysed my lower 6 students performance in my final year exams.

They have 100% passes.

They are good SPM students.

Many of them have 1A in chemistry.

Six of them from SMKSR.

Two from Mahmud

and 1 from Lipis.

So I have high expectations of them scoring good results in STPM chemistry next year.

My targeted results is all As.

I told them this morning that they need to have habits of asking and note making.

By asking we can clear all problems in study.

By making note we are doing revision.

Chinese says: wen gu zhi xin

Facebook?

I have joined Facebook for a few months already.

I am able to make contacts with many friends especially with my past students.

It is interesting to read their chats and their undertakings in different areas.

One distinguished feature in Facebook is many of us are focusing on games and psychology tests.

I find them of no use at all. They can't bring us any improvement or positive changes in our daily chores.

We should pay more attention on communications and exchange of news or knowledge.

The viewing of photos of friends is good for us to know further about them.

Anyway it's good to have Facebook.

It's snowing in Beijing in China on last Tuesday.

I have feeling of excitement.

I am excited because it's my first tour to China on this Friday.

Beijing is a historical and ancient city in China. It offers variety of ancient buildings and ancient life styles for us to see and to snap photos. I will be going to visit Tiananmen square, ancient temples. Ming dynasty's tombs, Hutong ancient town and the emperor's summer resorts in Chengde.

The snowing is also an attraction for me. But the cold will be a challenge.

My friends told me that the Chinese businessman there are not honest.

They will cheat us on buying their fake clothes, fake medicinal foods, fake notes, and others.

I am advised not be duped into their traps of buying.

Besides they told me that their toilets are in terrible and horrible states in terms of hygiene.

I am so curious to discover such negative behaviours of Chinese in China.

1000 engineers?

Last week I was attracted to a piece of news stating that Penang Government couldn't guarantee the availability of 1000 engineers for a foreign company intending to invest in Penang.

I am surprised to know the bad situation in our beloved nation.

We have created many new universities to provide tertiary education to all rakyat.

We are planning to produce many masters and Phds within a time frame which I have forgotten.

I am sure of many engineers in our country.

Some are so experienced.

Some are not so experienced.

Some are creative.

Some are book worms.

Some are so innovative.

Some are so dead.

Some are .......................

You help to fill in blanks.

Why doesn't dare the Penang government take the challenge to look for 1000 engineers ?

I wonder.

May be you know the answer.

Hahahahaha

Tibetian Funeral

What is life?

We are composed of elements and mind.

The elements will go back to the nature when we have no breath.

Our mind will continue the journey to the next cycle of life.

So we need to cultivate our mind to be always positive.

Do good.

Avoid evils.

What is the use?

It's for our last breath.

Why Smile?

Smiling is the best medicines to cure all illnesses.

Smiling is the happiness in life.

Smiling will remove all disappointments.

Smiling will take away our miseries.

Smiling will bring more friends for us.

Smile always.

Reminder:

Don't smile sarcastically.

Don't smile crazily.

Don't smile angrily.

Don't smile to cheat.

Ramalan SPM 2009

SPM 2009 is coming very soon.

All the best to my students.

The following predictions for Chemistry and Physics are just for references only. It's only my analysis.

Chemistry

1. Electrochemistry: voltaic cells, ionic equations, observations,voltage differences. ecs

2. Chemical formula: empirical formula, molecular formula, calculation based on equations,experimens to determine empirical fromula

3. Redox: half equations, observations, colour cahnges, reducing and oxidising agents, redox at a distance

4. Neutralisation: titrations, calculations

5. Carbon compounds: chain reactions

6. Salts: analysis, preparations of salts

Physics

1. Force: equilibrium, resultant force

2. Archimedes' principle

3. Pascal' principle

4. Interference and diffraction

5. Light reflection: convex and concave mirrors

6. Electromagnetism

Anyway hardwork will pay.