well,
it's been a long time that i've not posting anything here
one reason is: busy
another one: lazy...
oops
let's get to the point
the story happened yesterday
my friend, went for spm english oral test
as we are chinese independent school students
and we are registered as private candidates
so she had to go to SMK Anderson Ipoh to take the test
she got the title "POLLUTION"
and she was quite relieved
as we did a presentation about this in class recently
and she still have some impression in her head
when it's her turn
she walked in
greeted the teachers
and began her speaking
she started with introducing the kinds of pollution
Friend : blah blah blah..............air, water, noise, ....., and LIGHT pollution.
(until the particular point "LIGHT pollution")
and the examiner stopped her and asked if there's a kind of pollution called LIGHT polution
my friend said yes and explained that it's according to our findings through the internet
especially WIKIPEDIA(which is a more reliable source of info)
and some science magazines
however both teachers kept denying and chose to disbelieve her
at the end of the session they said that they will check it out later
my friend said
"the examiners seemed unsatisfied with my performance"
(judged through their facial expressions)
when she told me this
i could see disappointment and worries in her face
this had caused her to be a little unconfident
okay
this is not a critic about a particular person(teacher) or school
it's just my feelings about the situation
it's pretty fair and normal for O Level(although SPM is not as hard, but still considered as this level)
oral exams to have such type of question
but please be sure that teachers are experienced enough
and of course
with better attitude
before they are appointed to be examiners
as it is very important to give candidates fair marks
well actually
what i'm angry about is not the teacher isn't acquainted with specific knowledge
(where english teachers are not specialized in teaching science but language)
but
i'm not happy with their attitude for denying my friend's explanation
without letting her finish
well
maybe my friend's speaking is not that fluent
or might have mistakes(whether grammatical or vocabulary)
but
her points are correct and scientific
hence
the examiners should be more open-minded
and shouldn't be prejudiced to students whose english aren't that good
it doesn't mean students with weak english can't learn science well
and student whose language proficiency is strong isn't good in everything
i hope that this post won't cause any anger or hatred in anyone's heart
and i do hope if students meet this situation
do voice it out to let teachers know
and teachers should respect students' voices
no one is perfect
if we help each others to improve,
all of us will be benefited
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