YOURSAY | ‘You can teach religion but you cannot teach intelligence.’

Pregnant teen shelter regrets 'lewd' Form 4 literature text

Doc: When I was in school, our literature material included reading ‘To Kill a Mockingbird.

This book was to install the readers with the knowledge that racism is wrong and people should fight against injustice; no matter the colour, race or religion.

Also the book's perfect English was an important factor for the readers to appreciate the language.

The second book that was discussed in class was ‘Anne Frank's diary’. This book educated the readers on the negative effects on racism, war and anti-Semitism. It also places importance on the human nature of ‘hope’.

I guess both these books would be banned in secondary schools today because:

1) Umno's government is anti-Jews.

2) The English language level has deteriorated to the point that many students in secondary schools may not be able to get past the titles of these books.

3) BN and Umno live by the divide-and-rule policy of racism.

4) No sex involved.

These days ‘Pantai Kasih’ is standard reading material. No wonder, Malaysia has the worst education standard in South-East Asia.

HaveAgreatDay: Petubuhan Kebajikan Darul Wardah (Darwa) chairperson Hazlina Abd Razak, do you only want to talk about the birds and the bees in Form 4 to the schoolchildren?

Darwa and Hazlina must be living in delusion to believe that hiding the facts of life from teenagers will prevent teenage pregnancies.

SSDhaliwal: You can teach religion but you cannot teach intelligence. Just imagine incorporating Macbeth as part of literature at school.

Shovelnose: I agree that sex education should be introduced in school but only to liberate and empower.

What this smutty, dime a dozen so-called literature does is more damaging and demeaning than making such discussion taboo as in the past.

That's the problem with the education system, totally broken down and unable to discern what's right or wrong.

It's showing that the socio-cultural attitude of the day is to suppress and lord over, to condition the young minds to resist the pressure of carnal pleasure is the norm.

This is disgusting, not because of the topic of discussion, but the brutal instinct to control.

Anonymous_1388671118: The book looks like a rip-off of ‘Grey's Anatomy’, with a fake glitz. No wonder every teenager wants to be a doctor in Malaysia.

Prescribing this smut to kids must be another way for the BN government to dumb the citizens down even further.

Paul Warren: This speaks volumes of the kind of mindset that is leading our education. Compare this to the times when we had to read Shakespeare and Jane Austen or Mark Twain’s ‘Tom Sawyer’.

Saya Pun Nak Cari Makan: Too much inhibition is to be blamed. They are forbidden to do so many things. There is no freedom to express themselves freely.

Yes, if they can just find a short moment of freedom, they would make the utmost use of it. The short moment is precious.

As such, fearing the next opportunity would not come so soon, the boy and girl would do the ultimate, without a care of the consequence of getting pregnant.

Blame not the textbook. Blame it on the extreme inhibition. Remember that forbidden fruits taste sweeter.

Johor prince: I copy, yes, only to improve our football

Visu: Tunku Mahkota Johor (TMJ) Tunku Ismail Sultan Ibrahim is an incredibly capable person.

The Malays, especially those in Umno, are suffering from a major inferiority complex along with a very shallow understanding of the world.

Instead of being proud and elated by a very intelligent, progressive thinking TMJ, whom all Malaysians are proud of, these insecure Umno Malays bring him down like the crabs bringing down others trying to climb out.

Maplesyrup: The Japanese economy was built on being a copycat and look where they are now? What is important is that progress and improvements are made.

What is the use of not being a copycat and staying stagnant or worse, getting left behind through the course of time?

Gary Nair: Thank you, Your Highness, you are doing what is best for Malaysian football.

You are taking good care of your players and officials, providing the best training grounds and ensuring that there is no racial discrimination whatsoever.

Your Highness also comes down hard on indiscipline players regardless of who they are. You even dare take the Football Association of Malaysia (FAM) to task on the lack of integrity and corruption.

Tuanku, not only Johor but the rest of Malaysia needs a person like you.

SadMsian: Thank you. We need to learn from those stronger to progress. Whether it's a copyright issue, let the court judge it.

Frankie: Fortunately, not all Malaysians or for that matter, Malays, are condemning your idea of copying from the successful. It involved only a handful of bloggers at the dispensation of Umno.

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