Mandarin and Tamil teachers may be made compulsory

Mandarin and Tamil teachers may be made compulsory

If this does happen, then 'sekolah jenis kebangsaan' should be abolished because i thought the purpose of such school was for Chinese and Indians to maintain and sharpen their Mandarin and Tamil language. They can do it at home among family members and relatives but i guess schools are to sharpen their language more. It's the same as the Malay language. The Malays do know how to speak Malay just by communicating in that language with family members but yet they still need to be taught the language at school because at home they don't use the proper grammar. Thus, that's why you still can see Malay students getting grades like D,E or even F for such language. The reason? Not that they can't speak Malay but they are LAZY TO LEARN.

But really, is learning other races language in Malaysia necessary to create racial unity? You see, the main languages here in Malaysia are Bahasa Malaysia and English. First it was called Bahasa Melayu before it was changed to Bahasa Malaysia, because some think it's unfair, perhaps because those who speak Malay doesn't necessarily have to be Malays, which is true so the accurate term is Bahasa Malaysia. So Malay is the national language and those calling themselves Malaysians should be fluent in speaking Malay.

In Malaysia, every Malaysians should be able to communicate in Malay and English with one another. You have 2 languages which you can communicate among races yet the racial unity isn't that strong. Why? So what if you learn other language? If i learn your language, will you be more keen and excited to accept me, as if i am one of you? It saddens me how people use language to "bitch" about others because they think others won't understand what they are bitching about. So the bright side of learning other language is you will understand whether people are bitching about you in other language.

Language isn't the key to racial unity. I think there should be "Malaysian Culture" class. What does this class do? Teach you of the main races that exist in Malaysia like Malay, Chinese, Indians, Singhs and the bumiputeras in Sabah and Sarawak etc. You learn about these races' religions, beliefs, cultures etc. But most importantly, this class will teach you how to respect other culture and races and not to behave in a discriminatory manner to others that are different from you. The idea is to teach people about RESPECT. I know subject like History which is being taught in schools covers this but i don't think it's comprehensive enough, and it doesn't teach things like don't speak in a language to another which some of those surround you don't understand when you are capable of speaking in a language which others can understand you. This is like race etiquette or something. Many don't realize that this is RUDE because many aren't blessed with common sense and consideration. Why do you think we have bad drivers in Malaysia?

As a Sabahan, sometimes i feel insulted at the level of knowledge of Sabah and Sarawak that the West Malaysians have. They think we live at trees or eat weird stuff like worms. Sabah may not be as advance as KL but we are not that back dated either.

What's the point of learning another language if you don't understand the meaning of respect? Or you are ignorant of other people's culture. I've seen non Malays who are very ignorant of the Malay's culture and religion despite the fact that Islam is the country's national religion. You don't need to know in details, just the basic stuff. And vice versa for the Malays who are also ignorant of other races belief and practices. Just because you are the majority doesn't mean you should be ignorant of those non majority.

Racial discrimination also arise because from home, hatred is being taught to children by parents who are not happy with other races. When the children sees this and hears what bad things parents have to say about other races, they will behave in the same manner, bring such bad behavior to school and later in life. The hatred intensifies when these people are surrounded by their own race, thus give more opportunity for them to vent out their anger and bitchiness to other races.