Discussion: STPM just as good as A Levels - The Star

[markwongsk]

Originally Posted by Cactus

I despise the fact that you don't get to combine the subjects more freely as you could if you take STPM.

e.g. No Science subjects + Economics/languages etc for Matriks.

I think the subject combinations we have (regardless of STPM or matriks) is so career-oriented (e.g. want medicine take bio, want engineering ah, take physics la) that I personally find it a bit disgusting to have myself "in the system" sometimes.

-.- I despised the fact that you couldn't take six subjects... I wanted to do triple science double math but of course cannot because you need to do PA -.-

[AngelColdplay]

Originally Posted by Penelope

Malays are that stupid huh? Cannot even go through STPM. Ever heard of Sekolah Sains Seremban now known as Sek Tuanku Munawir.

Saser is famous in Seremban and is the top school for SPM for many consecutive years. It's an all-boys school and 99% malay. Every race is capable of soaring to great heights with the right attitude.
Logic: It's just that the population of malays are more compared to the other races, hence there are more mediocre students(protrayed to not be able to survive STPM).

[Nicholasng925]

Originally Posted by AngelColdplay

Saser is famous in Seremban and is the top school for SPM for many consecutive years. It's an all-boys school and 99% malay. Every race is capable of soaring to great heights with the right attitude.
Logic: It's just that the population of malays are more compared to the other races, hence there are more mediocre students(protrayed to not be able to survive STPM).

SASER has been topping the list as the best SBP school in Malaysia for more than 3 years consequtively now! Even my school (ASiS) also failed to beat SASER until now, although still considered as one of the Top 5 best SBP schools. There are quite a number of smart Malays during my year, and it's not really surprising.

And to add on the bold statement, most of the smart Malays would have been grabbed by the scholarships institutions after SPM, so probably would not even choose STPM in the first place, judging from the fact that STPM deemed to be the last alternative for them.

In the end of the day, only mediocre and poor Malays will opt for STPM and hence the mediocre result.