QUOTE(IMUstaz @ Apr 19 2008, 12:17 AM)
u all phailed. look at yourself now before critic people. how much u earn now? if less than 20k/mth, then u phailed...
start a new acc to post meh... at least put a better nick
QUOTE(happy4ever @ Apr 19 2008, 12:33 AM)
You forgot YTL.
Regardless of being educated or not, one ought to have the drive to succeed, and the initiative to implement it.
Without these, one would never be successful.
The difference in being street smart is knowing HOW to implement their knowledge.
Book smart people is only competent in theories.
gone are the days where you monopoly an industry and get rich... maybe you still could if you have political backing but that's not sustainable...
YTL? who is managing YTL now? francis yeoh... u think YTL will let his son manage his company with no education... look at the top 10 riches in msia.. even if he/she dont have any qualification... look at what they want their kids to be?
why not be both street smart and book smart? no knowledge... what's there to apply?
QUOTE(Jaroque @ Apr 19 2008, 12:37 AM)
people getting good grades is for getting scholarships only....dats all...after that your good grades is nothing liao de..... Getting good grades is for scholarships only and scholarships alone. That, is the main definition of good grades. The showing of part is a bonus for a short period only.
no.. good grades show you are among the top... scholarship is what you deserve... yea.. msians definition of good grades
QUOTE(zeist @ Apr 19 2008, 12:40 AM)
My neighbour....
28 years old chap, married, 1 child.
Bought a RM400K house, own a EVO7 and a 4 door Civic.
Opposite neighbour....
30 - 35 years old, married, 1 child
Bought a RM400K house, own a 5 Series and a Camry.
They are not English speaking people, do you guys know what are their daily work? You guys will be shock to hear this.
if you manage to do that then you have all the bragging rights.. if not... dont brag.. you dont know how hard they work
QUOTE(empire23 @ Apr 19 2008, 12:44 AM)
Not everyone wants to be an academic.
Everyone has their reasons for doing things, and academia isn't the achievement in life, like everything else it's just a ticket. What ever it is an achievement should be practical. Wanna do well? Fine, don't need to defend it like you're defending the last of the species.
Alot here make a valid point. My old man graduated with a 3rd from UCL , and he hires first class graduates to do his dirty work, yeah, he pays them well, but at the end of the day, who's making the real money?
Same with my neighbour who runs a firm, they pay their engineers well, but his english and his writing skills leave so much to be desired it numbs my brain. At the end of the day, he's living in that 3 million dorrar house which he paid for in cash.
If you talent is in academics, then fine, but no one owes it to you to recognize your skill. Who cares about my CGPA of 3? Nobody does, especially when it comes to academics, coursework has to be the most banal of achievements if it ever was one in the first place, sitting down and doing research for mankind now that's something, making money for yourself, now that's something and so on.
In retrospect, you have acheived nothing for being able to memorize a few reams worth of material. Academia doesn't entitle one the right to sit in an ivory tower, contribution does.
f*** i ran out of fags.
academic grades dont mean much... i agree... but if everyone thinks like that... how is society going to advance? there's the capitalist class and the middle class.. it is a piramid... the capitalist will be usually around top 5% of the population, middle 30-40 and the rest are the lower class... how many from the lower class will be able to make it to the top?
Apr 18 2008, 12:54 AM, updated 18y ago
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agree... eventually we will lose out to the emerging eastern tigers... 
but when u ask them somethin, they know nuts 
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