Well, I did get a taste of the tear gas….but not even half as bad as some of those in the video did. Seriously.
The dogs in red helmets, enforcing their master’s will.
Yes, I was at the protest and I just got back. I am alright, even though I had to contend with a chokeful of tear-gas during the march, causing most of the participants to disperse. Getting the gas into your eyes and lungs is not something which you want to do. Seriously.
But I was proud to be there and battle-weary as I was, I think the GMP protest march did manage to meet its objective: to show the Western-influenced Barisan Nasional government that their implementation of the policy to teach English in Science and Mathematics is rejected by a significant majority of the masses.
I will be at Istana Negara tomorrow to attend the Gerakan Mansuhkan PPSMI gathering. It is a real insult to my intelligence if someone were to tell me that improving your command of English and scientific progress can only be done via the teaching of English in Mathematics and Science. Countries like Russia, Japan, France, Germany and South Korea have been doing otherwise, and you don’t see their status as scientific powerhouses to be affected. Such excuses is one promulgated by those who never understood the fundamentals of the English language in the first place anyway. I have a good command of English and today I work from home via my internet company. And I was the product of the Bahasa Melayu education system, plus I was in Science stream too.