The MOST IMPORTANT Subject EVER - Pendidikan Moral

The government introduced this awesome subject not because the Muslim students have to sit a compulsory paper (Pendidikan Islam). Not because the government is too stupid to think of a better subject. Not because they have to balance it. But because they know what we need, and we need Moral.

We all know that Pendidikan Moral is a compulsory subject to take for SPM, and we all know that it has 36  extremely good nilai that you have to memorised word for word.

It is so important that we do memorised word for word as, if you accidentally forgotten a word, the whole point of studying the subject is GONE. Like there's no use of studying the subject if you forgotten one word. 

So let me tell you why this subject is the MOST important compared to the rest of the the subjects. 

Say an old woman approached to you and asked for directions, you happily helped her. Why did you do it? It's because you learnt nilai - Kasih Sayang, Bertanggungjawab etc. It is because you menghayati each and every word of the definition, therefore you helped.

What if we did not learn Pendidikan Moral? Poor old woman couldn't have found her way because you would be too busy calculating the speed, distance and time she would take to arrive her destination. And you would not be human enough to help her. Because our parents never ever taught us manners. Never once in our life we have been taught to help elderly.

And because of Pendidikan Moral, one day when I grow up, I'll contribute to my country. I'll work my butt off and pay tax to help develop the nation while 80% of people in Malaysia don't pay tax. It's okay because I learnt 'Rational' and 'Cinta Akan Negara' in my Pendidikan Moral. Which means I have to think about the others and I will always put my country ahead of myself. Not because that the government will chase me down if I don't pay them, it is because of Pendidikan Moral.

Because of Pendidikan Moral, I will never ever take bribe in the future. The nilai 'Keadilan' and 'Bertanggungjawab' tells me not to. It is not because that I have read enough of articles about bribery in my life to know that bribery is bad for the nation. NO, it will be useless if I never learn the most important subject in the world, Pendidikan Moral. AND you wanna know why the politicians in our country are so corrupted? Because during their time, Pendidikan Moral was not a compulsory subject in SPM.

I've been on this planet Earth for 18 years. And learning Pendidikan Moral has been the best thing that ever happened to me. With this subject, I've learn not to cheat in life, to love the government, to say no to drugs and smoking and so much more.

So how much have this subject helped you in your life? MORE THAN ANY OTHER SUBJECTS YOU HAVE EVER LEARN. PERIOD.

They think, you think. Comparison and comparing

We teenagers are part of a maturing and growing up process where our emotions are rather unstable which means we get frustrated easily over the smallest thing. And why does this happen? Because growing means growing in ego as well. We don't want to be at the wrong. We hate it in fact.

 One of the main things we all hate is comparison and being compared to. Say for example your parents compare you with your cousin in terms of academics. You would feel extremely annoyed because your defence would be both of you are two different individuals. That's what you see. But from your parents point of view, they have been raising you since you were a kid so they saw and still do see the potential in you that you overlooked

You don't spend a second to think that they may be right but instead you start answering back and even worse you would scold them for having a vision of how they want their own child to be. Unfair, no? What if you were in their shoes? When you have a kid in the future, wouldn't you want what's best for them either? 

Though, I got to admit at times the comparison is too far fetched. Because we can't compare a Ferrari with a Kancil. Certain comparison is unfair, but we gotta always strive for improvement. They might compare you to Mark Zuckerberg but you know you have the slimmest chances the world to be like him let alone half of the man he is. But there are things which you could take out from him and make yourself a better person. 

Being a teenager I know how it feels, but you will reach to a point where you really matured and you would see things differently that your parents were right most of the time. While we think that our parents only do comparison because they want to show us how lousy or useless we are compared to whatever we are being compared to. But no, their intentions are always wanting us to be better. Not to be who you are compared to, but to be better.

You probably don't realised that your parents' pushing has been really helpful in your life. They moulded you and made you a better person. One day you will realised it. They say it's better late than never. I would say if you could do it now, why wait for later? 

"it's never too late". I beg to differ, I'm afraid there is too late. Nothing last forever, which means whatever you have today, you might not have it tomorrow. Don't be too late to cherish what you have today.

This post may not be applicable to everyone as we are all raised differently. But if you could relate to those, let me know what you think :)

Til my next post, have a great day people.