I refer to the letter Conditions at MMU terrible.
I myself happen to be an MMU student and I have a point to share. It is the Malaysian student culture to be a vilifier, someone who finds places to rant at the negative aspects of life while disregarding all its positive aspects. We just love complaining.
This isn't at all suprising as complaints usually make better headlines and attract more media attention. However, as an MMU student, I believe I have a moral obligation to clear my university's name which has been severely misrepresented.
Firstly, the writer accused MMU of having a ‘tidak apa’ attitude in allowing a student to enrol into the wrong course. I do agree that this is a mistake by the university's management. But even so, the image of MMU doesn't deserve to be tarnished just because of one single student.
Mistakes do happen and it is unfair to judge MMU's performance based on a single incident. What about the other 99.9 percent who went into their respective courses correctly? We, being typical Malaysian students, always choose to look at the dirtier side of the coin.
MMU's libraries are only cramped when the exam periods draw near. I don't find this surprising as other universities also have cramped libraries during exam periods. Besides, the university has been kind enough to open up extra lecture room for students who wish to do revisions before exams.
And for a relatively small university, MMU has seven different food courts! Isn't that enough? It's sad that pork can't be brought in but that's a different issue. As for hostel facilities and dirty water backlogging into students’ room, why does this happen?
Surely the toilet bowls must be jammed. How did they get jammed? Sadly, it's the irresponsible toilet users who use them as garbage disposal holes. Even more pitiful is our saddening culture of finger pointing. These problems are caused by the students, not the university’s management. Guys, it's not rocket science here.
As for the car parks, it is not entirely surprising that the university’s rules are there for maintaining public order. It's not just MMU, but any university will issue a fine if their students treat campus roads like some jamboree car park.
MMU has anyway allocated new car parks for the students. The only thing is that you have to walk a little further to your lecture halls. Some choose to park anywhere they want, get fined, and then complain.
They've defied the rules of regulations of the university and I believe they deserve to pay. Furthermore the fine isn't RM100, it's only RM20. That's the price you pay for chosing that ‘VIP parking slot’.
Let’s look at both sides of the coin. This complaining culture must stop. |
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