<p>I don’t know if anybody else has the same problem as I do, but anyway…</p>
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<p>Does anybody at all feel the same way? The system in Malaysia is so oriented on doing things “this way” and not giving you any choice at all when it comes to courses. Either you go for the sciences, or forget about getting a decent education in Malaysia. There is no focus at all on the social studies, so to compensate, the guys who draw up the syllabus make it frickin’ impossible to study for social studies.</p>
<p>Really, who wants to study for a history exam covering three years of secondary school where one chapter out of one textbook (in Malaysia, we get one textbook per year for each subject, so studying for the exam means reading three textbooks cover to cover, again and again), covers:
- A dozen insignificant rebels whose insurgencies perhaps killed a hundred people each, on average
- Every bloody detail on each rebellion (what date it occurred, where it occurred, where each retreat ended up at)</p>
<p>And this is just one chapter. Each textbook has perhaps 15-20 chapters. And this is just for one subject. And you’re asking me to maintain the equivalent of an American 3.99 GPA to get into HYP (or not go at all to any American college thanks to financial aid?)</p>
<p>Of course, this is just my perspective. Perhaps students everywhere get oppressed like this, so I shouldn’t bother complaining and just hit the books and dump my ECs.</p>