500 just ain’t enough
The Volgo League in its last week, had to take a back sit, people greet each other with “500 cukup ke?” (works for RM and USD), instead of Happy Deepavali.
It has been quite awhile since a topic as juicy as this spiced up our quite boring lives, other than those creatures with perfect legs and bottoms prancing around in heels and colourful boots of course.
I’ve got to admit, it was fun. It was an opportunity to see how people around us are and how willingly they make a joke out of themselves.
Why fun? The Q&A plus commentary session with the MMC turned into a session littered with silly irrelevant questions and it created the mother of all arguments, the topic of the week, the source of quotations, the butt of jokes, all from the matter of scholars’ allowance.
During the session itself, the bickering erupted !
Why? Not hard to understand.
Privates: know how much scholars get and how much it takes to live in Volgograd.
Scholars: want the allowance to cover everything, plus winter holiday’s expenses, new hand phone every year, digicams, and branded clothes.
Face it people, if private students were in scholars’ shoes, and scholars were in privates students’ place, nothing would have changed, not a bit.
We can’t blame scholars for being a little greedy and upset. Some do come from not so rich families. And some were actually ashamed when the issue was brought out too.
Nor we can blame private students for being a little jealous. Some are in fact more qualified than scholars on merit and they are sure to be upset if some scholars deemed unqualified in the first place are still asking for more.
But these are mere peanuts, insignificant, not worth to choke each other for. Because at the end of the day, increased or not, scholars wouldn’t die of hunger and private students don’t get anything after all.
You might have missed out that:
- There is one MMC representative on the Accreditation Board.
- He is Dr. Yeoh something something.
- The board recognizes and derecognizes medical universities by taking cue from MMC.
- Meaning, the MMC actually, unofficially decides all the medical universities’ fate.
- And, Dr. Yeoh says that MMC are satisfied with us and dropped clear enough hints that the status isn’t going to change, at least not for now.
- Plus, to derecognize a university, a trial period lasting years will be given before a final decision is made.
- Plus, we have 2800 students in Russia by now, no government, pro-Najib or pro-Anwar would be stupid enough to rock the boat and become their opponents’ free punching bags.
- Big conclusion, we are safe, at least for the near future.
Now for some questions:
Would you private students rather see scholars’ allowance maintained and to sit for the exam?
Or would scholars rather have a raise and willingly sit for the exam?
If you went for the rathers, I am sure you would get a HO extension due to mental health problem or, you are too selfish or, you are too greedy!
So now that the shadow of disaccredition is gone, the haunting, dreadful possibility of having to sit for and failing the exam and selling pisang goreng by the roadside with a Diplom hanging from the tree fades away, and having our prayers answered, why are we bickering?
Why bicker over some anchovies when we have all landed the largest, most meaningful catch we could?
So, check your rod, be it big or small, make sure the next time, you don’t miss out on the catch.
And stop blaming XzzAT and KoXAn (censored by Editor), humans are humans unless you are enlightened or a saint. Try thinking why they did so, instead of jumping to conclusions and making all sorts of assumptions. Thank you.
“a grateful person is a happier person. “
P.S. Editor’s note: All opinions expressed belong to the author alone. We do not wish to promote unrest among Volgograd students. I think the author meant to advise us to not overlook the more important thing we gained from the meeting with MMC and relevant government representatives and stop bickering due to individual opinions and principles that uniquely define each of us.
October 29th, 2008 at 11:19 pm
the university might have survived the whip.
But it doesnt mean that we can lack.
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October 30th, 2008 at 2:59 pm
Both parties cannot be blamed in this case, although I am ashamed that those two persons with censored names brought up that sensitive issue in the first place.
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October 30th, 2008 at 8:50 pm
ha ha, well said, well said. i must say this site is getting more amusing by the day.
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October 31st, 2008 at 1:53 pm
This, I find, is a highly offensive article to privates, or at least to me. Our only argument, according to Mr Lxi, is that we are jealous. Eventhough, certain parties in the privates’ camp are jealous, everybody keeps forgetting that it’s the TAXPAYERS’ money that’s paying for this proposed increment. Our parents’ and, once we start working, our money is going to the european traders of overpriced keychains.
I wonder how not even finishing my sentence made me into one of the greatest villains in Govvie’s history. Bangga juga.
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November 3rd, 2008 at 5:29 am
I totally agree with the argument saying that TAXPAYERS money are being ‘overspent’ here.
Lets face the simple, logic, earthly fact.
Since most of the scholars are staying in the hostel, (even if you stay outside, the some given is more than generous to pay the rent)USD500 will NOT ONLY cover all the necessities, but also all the extra un-necessities like the iPods, cameras, branded clothes and the Euro trips.
Add more to the allowance, and who knows, we can even see students arriving to class in style in their new VW Golfs.
Instead of pampering the scholars in a life of luxurious techno gadgets, stylish clothes and groovy trips, the money could be put to better use by improving the life of the REALLY NEEDY, and deserving people suffering back home.
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November 7th, 2008 at 5:35 pm
waa..
as if ur dad n mom’s d ONLY one paying tax in msia is it?
i dunno y such small thing can be this big for us all WELL EDUCATED-to-be doctors!
“Some are in fact more qualified than scholars on merit and they are sure to be upset if some scholars deemed unqualified in the first place are still asking for more.”
==>if u think u’r too qualified to get the scholar,then why not try for atma,petronas,shell or even bank negara’s?Good luck aite..
Author dearie,there r things that u should think first b4 u said it out loud,u might not have heart but others do esp about the rich n poor thing.
Enough said!!!!
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November 8th, 2008 at 2:36 pm
My views:
1. This post is supposed to encourage us to look at positive points gained from the meeting with MMC representatives.
2. I agree that author did not enumerate all possible reasons why scholars want a raise and why privates think they do not need a raise (as opposed to thinking that they don’t deserve a raise). Look at point no. 1, maybe the thing about “cukup kah?” is just a filler for his main points?
3. Not all privates are opposed to the raise. Some of us just don’t care, so don’t categorize each of us as being jealous of scholars getting a raise.
4. Apparently there are some privates who are not jealous yet opposed the raise (for more noble reasons like taxpayer’s money must be spent responsibly). If scholars have problem with such groups of privates, feel free to settle it between yourselves, do not bring the argument here please. A forum should be set up in due time and perhaps you can debate there all you want.
5. Not all parents of privates are rich, some parents of scholars are richer than that of privates. So there is no debate of which of us have a more comfortable “bukit emas” to fall back on.
6. $500USD is enough to survive “di bumi Volgograd.” I don’t think RM500 is enough for me, though. So, don’t worry, most of us won’t die of starvation, and in case when the risk is real, “boleh mintak daripada mak bapak.”
Oh by the way, I have restricted further comments for this post, indefinitely. At least will maintain it that way until everyone has calmed down and read my points above.
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December 7th, 2008 at 3:01 pm
“boleh mintak daripada mak bapak.”.unfortonately not everybody can do so
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