Of Agama, Tudungs And As
The day before, my balls were shaking.
I was dead scared of my agama paper for spm.
Out of all the papers, the only one that i have the highest
probability to flunk is Agama, or should i say Pendidikan Islam.
Its not that im not religious,
Its not that i dont know anything about it..
Its just, the education system has ‘malaysian-ized’ the whole religion.
Where everything is all about memorizing facts,
and regurgitating it all out on paper.
Sad to say, but it has taken the interest out of the whole subject.
Though i fail (or pass by 2 marks) the paper often,
I would proudly claim that i have more in depth knowledge
of my own religion And also other ones,
than the many others over here in Malaysia.
I just can’t help but to be appalled by the people who just study,
for the sake of exams, especially when it comes to
religion and history.
Yeah, sure, you score brilliantly, but you dont understand and fully appreciate the concepts it has to offer.
As i recall back my ‘religious studies’ class back in Mayfield (UK),
i learnt about all of the religions actually.
And in these classes, its not about memorizing who’s the
‘tokoh cendekiawan’ or ‘tokoh ilmuan’ or whatever…
Its about whats being taught in the religions.
Whats it all about..?
How did it came about?
What makes it so good that up to millions of people follow it?
How did it last for centuries in this ever-changing world?
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I absolutely hate the narrow-minded Malays who think that its
wrong to learn / know more about other religions.
Who think that its a sin to ‘look away from Islam’.
No offense, but i have to specifically mention
the tudung girls, and the songkok boys.
A headscarf that covers your head means nothing,
When you dont know shit about whats important,
and what you’re supposed to do and learn.
I wish to not stereotype.
But some things just gets on your nerves, at times.
You learn about others, so that you can apply the concepts as well.
It is for the better understanding of the world around.
At the end of the day, you’re gonna end up working with different people from different backgrounds.
Its that Malay saying, "katak bawah tempurung".
We all know it, we all use it in our essays, but, yeah..
Wake up and smell the coffee!
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Okay, whatever lah.
The funny thing is, though im petrified of the paper,
I only studied 30mins before the actual exams.
And i used up the night before to study for chemistry and physics.
Lets see what i’ll get when the results come in around March.
Its that concept lah,
Kill one paper, and save the other two important ones.
