The difference between the Chinese stream and the Malay stream

In my secondary school, they separated the people who came from Chinese medium primary schools and public (Malay medium) primary schools into separate classes. It was probably to make administration easier, because the kids in the Chinese class had advanced Chinese classes and the Malay medium classses had to take elementary Chinese. Yes, even the Bumis did elementary Chinese.

They used this form of separation up till Form 3, and the differences between both classes were really distinct. We had the top Chinese medium class and the top Malay medium class, and rivalry was rife between those two classes. I was in the Chinese medium class for two years before transferring to the Malay medium one in Form 3, and there were so many quirky things that made my year funny.

These are the differences between both top classes:

Chinese medium

• Consists of guys and girls who study really really hard.
  
• Everyone comes from Chinese primary school, and have Chinese extra classes.
  
• The guys' favourite past times are basketball and cybercafe gaming.
  
• Everyone is so united, and groupwork is just marvellous.
  
• Clap regularly.
  
• Mainly speaks Chinese, and English is spoken with a thick Chinese accent with a few exceptions.
  
• Everyone is in tune with their mother tongue.
  
• 100% Chinese.
  
• Knows that they are infinitely superior to the next class in intelligence.
  
• Works hard to pass Chinese.
  
• Breezes through maths and science.
  
• Important differentiating factor~my old class was super kiasu. Blame the fact that most of us came from a primary school which-shall-not-be-named, where every assembly, we were made to chant "Be the best, beat the rest". It's freaky that some of my ex primary schoolmates still have that as their life motto...
  
• The popular Taiwanese and Hongkie artistes were cool.
  
• Most of them stayed for Form 6...seriously. The rest are mostly on JPA and ASEAN scholarships.
  
• Mention sex to anyone of them and they'll blush.
  
• Booksmart, street ignorant.
  
• Teachers loveeeeeeeeeeeed them.
  
• Innocent,and immature. Mention BGRs and they'll go "Eiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" If they see a boy and girl together, they'll go "Oooooooooooooohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh! Ni si huan ta shi ma? (You like her/him issit???)"
  

Malay medium classes

• Consists of guys and girls who are smart, but not everyone bothers to study hard.
  
• Everyone (save a few Chinese medium people who dropped Chinese for PMR like yours truely) comes from government primary school and mainly speak English.
  
• The guys' favourite past times are football and guitar.
  
• Everyone just minds their own business and teamwork is crap.
  
• They laugh at the next door Chinese medium class for clapping regularly.
  
• Mainly speaks English, with either an ABC or Bumi accent, though a rare few can speak Mandarin.
  
• Contains a few kulit pisangs (banana skins).
  
• Mostly Chinese, Dayak, Indian, Malay and mixed.
  
• Thinks they're infinitely superior to the next class because the next class are all nerds.
  
• Slacks off during elementary Chinese, and during my year, we had no Chinese teacher, so we goyang kaki during the free period.
  
• Breezes through English.
  
• Kiasu, what kiasu? We couldn't care less. You get 90% and get an A, good. I get 80% and also an A, also good. Oh, several people were exceptions though.
  
• Caucasian rock bands rocked our world.
  
• There are only a few of them left in Form 6. The classes won't be complete without both ends of the spectrum. And the rest of the class are either in Matrikulasi, Perth, Melbourne, KL, NZ or just all over.
  
• Mention sex and they'll laugh and go wth.
  
• Booksmart and street smart.
  
• Teachers were mostly stoic.
  
• Not SO innocent, and not as immature. Mention BGRs, and we'll point to the back of the room. *cof cof* No names here.... And here, boys and girls can be best friends and share chairs without any romantic going ons.
  

And finally, similarities...

• Both are the smartest classes in the whole form, separated only by the fact that one came from Chinese primary, the other from government primary.
  
• Both all ended up in sciences. None went to the arts stream.
  
• Both keep getting told off for making too much noise and talking too much, and we get subject to long lectures about how being the best class we should set a good example blah blah blah ladadadidada....