I may not know much about the world, but this is what I know.
When I was in Year 3 (9 years old), we had to sit for PTS examination whereby we get the option of skipping Year 4 if we pass the exam. Only 5 students were successful, and all 5 were Chinese.
When I was in Year 6, a total of 13 students got 5A’s for UPSR. Only 3 were Malays, the remaining 10 were Chinese and Indians.
When I was in Form 1, the top class consists of 40 students. Only 3 were Malays, the remaining 37 were Chinese and Indians.
When I was in Form 2, I was going to receive the Best Student Award for the subject Pendidikan Islam. I went for the rehearsal and realized all the other 9 recipients were Chinese, including the recipient for Bahasa Melayu award.
When I was in Form 3, around 30 students got straight 8A’s for PMR. But only 5 or so were Malays whereas the rests are mostly Chinese.
Throughout Form 1 till Form 4, the school’s Head Prefects were Chinese consecutively.
My school’s English debate team, which were represented by 3 Chinese, 1 Malay and 1 Iban, won the National Debate competiton. On the other hand, the Malay debate team, which consists of 5 Malays, lost as early as District Level.
When I was in Form 5, 80 students got straight 9A1’s, but less than 10 were Malays and the remaining were Chinese and Indians.
Here comes the twist. After SPM result came out, 4 students were offered Petronas Scholarship but only 1 of them is Chinese, whereas the remaining 3 were Malays (I’m one of them). 30 people or so were offered JPA scholarships to study abroad, but less than 5 are Chinese. The remaining were Malays with B’s and C’s in their SPM result slip. The remaining Chinese students with outstanding SPM result had to either apply for Form 6, or if their parents could afford it they would go to private colleges like Taylors College and Sunway College and paid at least RM30,000 for it and further their studies abroad at the expense of their parents.
How would you feel if you are in their position? I would probably just migrate to another country where my effort is acknowledged and my troubles are worthwhile.
To my dear Chinese and Indian schoolmates, I am sorry that you had to go through all this. You deserved more than what you get today.
And thank you to our beloved Nicol David and Lee Chong Wei, you have done us proud. And congratulations to my ex-classmate Darren Ong for your published Mathematics journal. You are the one who is truly Cemerlang, Gemilang and Terbilang.
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