In commie country, govt OWNS the company, not link with company. The only way for govt not to own the company is if you jilat some commie leaders didi, give him a shitload of under table money, and maybe even allow them to tiap your wife then you get to own your own company.

I was told stories that lecturers at your place were instructed to regrade student marks based on bell curve. That happened many years ago.

SINGAPORE - A professor's attempt to give all his students an A grade has received an F.

The Singapore Management University (SMU) had to review the grades for a module taken by 169 business students, most in their final year, after it found out that the lecturer, Professor Stefano Harney, had given all of them an A grade with the same numerical score.

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SINGAPORE -A professor's attempt to give all his students an A grade, has received an F.
The Singapore Management University (SMU) had to review the grades for a module taken by 169 business students, most in their final year, after it found out that the lecturer, Professor Stefano Harney, had given all of them an A grade with the same numerical score. SMU, which had described the grades as "bogus", told The Straits Times on Friday (May 24) that this was the first time this had happened. "The university has in place strict protocols with regard to grading and takes a serious view when protocols are not adhered to," the spokesman added.
But Prof Harney defended himself. The Canadian, who was informed in April before the incident that his contract would not be renewed, told ST he wanted to spare students the pressure to achieve high grades and did not want to "artificially" restrict the number of As through a bell curve. Given that he was due to leave the school on June 30, this gave him "the opportunity to teach the course and grade it in the way I thought would be best pedagogically, without fearing the consequences from the school".
The 57-year-old, who graduated from Harvard and has a doctorate from Cambridge, has been at SMU since 2012 and is the professor of strategic management at its Lee Kong Chian School of Business. He taught and graded a module called The Capstone: Studying Business Through the Classics, which involved two essays which made up 40 per cent, and a video project which made up the rest of the grade. Generally offered in the fourth year, the module helps students see connections between humanities, for instance works by Karl Marx and Sigmund Freud, and business.
But when students across his four classes got their grades earlier this month, the grade for Prof Harney's module was missing. A few days later, SMU notified them it was recalculating their grades. A senior professor who "taught the same version of capstone right from the very start" was called in to help with the re-grading.
SMU associate dean (undergraduate programmes) Michelle Lee explained in an e-mail to students: "There is no variation to the scores he (Harney) assigned, even though the variation in work submitted is plain to see."
Each student could choose whether to keep the adjusted grade or have "pass" reflected on the transcript. The latter option would not impact their grade point average. SMU would not reveal to The Straits Times how many students got a grade lower than the initial A.
The SMU spokesman said that while the university does not use a bell curve, there are guidelines for faculty members to refer to when grading. This is to ensure "fairness and consistency".
Prof Harney said the guidelines "are really rules - that no matter how many students do well, the number of As is strictly limited to a third of the class". And "artificially restricting their grades on a bell curve" was not his style of teaching, he added.
"These are fake ways to make your course seem serious. The real way is through deep engagement with the materials, ideas, and ourselves."
SMU students ST spoke to said he was well-liked and was known to be "chill", or laid back. A 23-year-old student who declined to be named said: "In the first class we attended, Prof Harney said he believes that all students should be able to get an A if they put in hard work, and he feels that it shouldn't be a competition."
The undergraduate was given a B+ after the adjustment, and chose to retain the grade.

Lol

Orang meritocratic tak nak ikut, orang tongkat mau ikut

This is nothing to do with tongkat or quota, jangan ingat dunia ni bodoh, malas dan tamak macam Malaysians

LEL triggered

Look at yourself with all the hatred.

All of which is very familiar too no?

Our Govt does have significant holdings through MOF. Who controls (or at least is the dominant player) in the rice industry? Agriculture? Car? Heavy engineering? Defence? Telecoms? Not to mention the obvious - petroleum.

Govt dipping its finger into some industries does not make it a socialist economy. Most businesses are privately owned. You're making the mistake of thinking the exception is the rule, it is not. E.g: just because there's Obamacare does not mean the US is a socialist country. Get it?

Sure

But the question of whether an entity is capitalism vs socialism is not absolute; it is measured in degrees. A capitalist market is not 100% free, nor is a socialist market 100% command

Even the USSR at the very height of Communism obviously had some small degree of capitalism - there was still a system of buying and selling and investment in small mom and pop businesses

And even the USA, arguably world leader in free market capitalism, has some Govt owned businesses such as the infamous Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae, and the US Post

And social welfare support of all types is socialist in nature. The more social welfare is provided by the Govt (paid for by taxes), the more socialist it is. See for example the famous Scandinavian country model.

So where does Malaysia lean to?

In terms of economy, well the Msian Govt is the single largest shareholder in Malaysia. It is a monopoly or effective market leader in several industries which I highlighted above. Through tight fiscal and regulatory policy it dictates who the players are and very strongly influences movement. It is not merely "dipping a finger" at all.

Plus of course for nearly all of Malaysia's history we have pursued a national policy of transferring wealth from the perceived rich to the perceived poor. Exactly as dreamed of in the Manifesto.

In this regard we are quite strongly a socialist country.

Converted from SGD to MYR. of coz.
But still not Top 10 QS Ranking

Not really a standard bell curve. A weird curve the president championed.
Max 15-20% below 40 marks, depending on the subject.
Average marks 55-65.
Standard deviation between 8-12.

Re-mark until you hit the stats.

For the SMU guy, I think it's the lecturer's prerogative if he feels all students deserve an A, but if they all get the same marks then it probably means he wasn't doing his job. Show proof of marking and the grading scheme.

http://worldpopulationreview.com/countries...list-countries/

See for yourself.

A source must be reputable. Ideally it should also show how it derives the information.

What measurement is this ranking based on? Don't know

Who is "world population review"? Don't know

What makes this website more trustworthy than any Tan Din and Harith? Don't know

A source must be reputable. Ideally it should also show how it derives the information.

What measurement is this ranking based on? Don't know

Who is "world population review"? Don't know

What makes this website more trustworthy than any Tan Din and Harith? Don't know

Well he, you and others are correct to point out that the system is flawed. But that's the nature of things. There are pros and cons to everything. At this point, despite the cons, bell curve is the best possible method known to mankind, all said and done. Which is why it is also the most used method in employee performance appraisal.

But the way he protest in the end only brings disappointment to his class. He is just making a public protest which has no hope of success, and in the process his students' grades are delayed and they have to go through re-marking, there is emotional disappointment, etc.

Meanwhile he isn’t affected because he is leaving anyway and doesn’t care any more. And obviously he knows his future prospects are not affected by this stunt, that’s why he dares to do it. Plus he gets famous as the Great Rebel, the one who dares to speak up, and he gets the praise for it… at the expense of everyone else of course. Which is super selfish of him because he is the only winner in this story and everyone else is the loser.

Including his students he supposedly "cares" for.

In reality they are sacrificed so that he can get a cheap shot at glory.