Re: [ossig] (Fwd) an email from a malaysian chinese from australia.

[Seah Hong Yee <hongyee@polyscientific.com.my>]

On Monday 03 November 2003 05:01 pm, kiawin wrote:
> well well... i am from UPM.. maybe i can enlighten this topic a bit....
>
> few question i need to throw out to see the current IT related education
> scenario in Malaysia...
>
> 1) how many percent of the IT related student are really into IT... or just
> merely joining the wagon to earn big bucks? (yeah... not very big already
> la :)
>
> 2) how many percent of the IT students are self initiated and learn more
> than what they are taught? (yeah... we know we are taught this way... but
> hey... IT field is cool... you can read up things and learn yourself...
> just the matter you want or not... oh yeah.... too busy...
> mamak...tgv...astro...football.... *endless*)
>
> 3) how many percent of the IT students buy IT related books else than their
> course-required texts? (yeah... we know the imported books are
> expensive.... we student poor and rarely have chance to earn money.... oh
> yeah... btw... we know color screen handphones are expensive too :P)
>
> 4) how many percent of the IT students check their email daily, or rather
> do they spend time with their own computer more than just mp3-ing and
> gaming daily? (oh yeah.... games is good and release tension ma....
> right... but oh yeah.... how to install windows xp ah?)
>
> 5) how many percent of the IT students know the hardware technical aspects
> of their own computer? do they know their own computer's configuration? do
> they know how the hardware works? do they actually spend time dismantling
> their computer and found out duno how to fix it back? (oh yeah... is
> dangerous.. computer is expensive stuff... but oh yeah... computer student
> don't even know what's happening inside the casing?)
>
> 6) how many percent of the IT students know the software technical aspects?
> do they know how to format HDD? do they know how to install windows (don't
> even need to talk about linux and others)? (yeah.. is serious stuff... it
> may make your data lost permanently... oh yeah.... IT student send their
> computer to computer shop for service?)
>
> well.... don't talk about the education system and the provisioning of
> knowledge from our own lecturers. how much IT related students here.. no
> matter in local UNIs, private UNIs, and even private colleges.... that can
> fulfill the 6 points mentioned above? how much effort being placed into
> learning such competitive and fast-pace knowledge?
>
> football results can know immediately... latest game can pickup the
> technique to play just in few days time... latest handphones and music are
> at our finger-tip...
>
> unfortunately... how ironic is it?
>
>
> as a conclusion... what i am trying to point out here... is not the matter
> how good is the facilities and opportunities that makes us good... in
> computer/IT field... is up to our own initiative and determination to
> learn. blame all you can, but it doesn't help anything. how good the
> facilities and learning opportunities, with such attitude carried by IT
> students... dream la....
>
I think that pretty much true for anything.  Not just IT. You probably don't 
want to see a doctor who don't keep themself up to the latest medicine or 
know what is going on inside your body. 

>
> regards,
> sian lerk @ kiawin
>
>
>
> oh yeah... 1 more point eh....
>
> 7) how many percent of the IT students read their text? buy their text?
>
 	I thought people usually copy notes and old exams from the previous 
semester. As for text, I believe a lot of people simply photocopy them from 
someone who made a poor copy from some other copy of an edition that since 
obsolete. 


> oppss... don't kill me :P
>
Since I was never an IT student.  Why would I. 


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