The way this is being discussed is stupid. While it isn't the biggest problem the nation is facing, it is certainly the most contentious.

Firstly there are people asking for UEC recognition without telling us what the benefits are. Then there are individuals arguing against it on the basis of fear. Then there are those who use personal anecdotes that UEC graduates kenot speak Malay worth a damn. Liao our PM bring out the most hypocritical justification against it.

Almost nobody had addressed the real matter.

Let me tell you this : Any institution of learning is made up of talent, material and equipment. If you want the best university, then you'll have to have the best teachers, the best knowledge, the best labs and most relevantly to this topic, the best students. That is why there is a selection process for student admission. That means individuals with the intellect and motivation to learn and use their knowledge to create something better. If you do that enough times, someday we'd have our own Einstein or Jensen Huang.

Meaning that we will have exceptional individuals that contribute to our nation intellectually or economically in a big way. We don't have to look from afar and say this guy was born in Malaysia as though Hock Tan running a giant company that pays tax and hires tens of thousands outside of Malaysia is beneficial to our society.

It is rational to think that there are individuals among any demographic that fit the criteria, including UEC graduates. The fact that we unquestioningly exclude this group means that we are knowingly reducing our chances of having an Einstein or Jensen Huang.

To be clear, my statement does not mean to say that every UEC student or graduate is smarter, and it is just as true that not every matrikulasi or asasi student is dumber. It just means that casting the net wider gets you more fish.

Politically, the act of excluding an entire demographic from your society's education system goes against the very idea of nation building.

There should be a more mature discourse about this, and the proponents of UEC recognition should gather some statistics as to how much value UEC graduates have created outside of our country and that would be quite compelling to make everyone realize that bringing them into the fold would add value to our nation.

Instead, we have elected representatives arguing for and against it in slogans. Which is kind of big bright signboard with speakers on showing that our society is excellent in bringing out the stupid by not bringing in the smart.

Lagi satu, last mia, do realize that this debate is manufactured for the sole reason of fishing for your votes and has got nothing to do with making our society better. Deswai ayam retrospectively regret using minutes of my life typing this.

This post has been edited by hotdayum: Yesterday, 12:50 PM

Do you have video of yourself running nekkid 7x7=49 laps around KLCC holding up your IC?

Manatau muka u hensem kasi up KLCC price