Moral Studies, Useless Yet Important
Moral being a subject which is compulsory in SPM. I’d think it’s rather nonsense. What do we do in that subject? Here’s what all the student are force to do:
- Memorise all the moral values with the exact definition.
Ok, Moral might be one important subject, but memorising the moral values?
Is it like, when I did a good deed, then I would say, “I’m being bertanggungjawab today. I finished my homework.” Or maybe something like, “I just celebrate my Mom’s birthday. I have kasih sayang terhadap keluarga.”
I’ve been in secondary school for 4 years (this is my 5th year), and I always have to waste my time to memorise all those stupid moral values and the exact definition.
The Moral Studies paper consist of 8 question in part 1, and 3 essays (answer 2) in part 2. Part 1 is pretty ridiculous. They give you a situation, and there’s always a “must” question, which is:
- Apakah nilai moral yang diamalkan oleh Ali/Abu/any name?
Moral Studies would be better if they focus on the current issues about teenagers and their problems, where most student might face, or had face. We should be asked on how we must handle this kind of situation.This subject should make us (as student) think further and the consequences on teenagers’ issues. That’s a more meaningful Moral Studies.
Currently, Moral Studies is a compulsory for non-islam student in SPM. Useless as a subject for student to study, Important for SPM to score SPM.
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January 10th, 2005 at 10:02 pm
how true indeed. i guess they are hoping that some of the things one memorizes would stick and be useful in the future
Cheers!!!
January 10th, 2005 at 10:56 pm
When you go to college, you got a big shock coming … you have to do Moral Studies in college!! Ask YingKs, he’ll tell you.
January 11th, 2005 at 9:39 am
I always believe that pratical utilization of the values are better off than just rote. How many people who score on the paper are actually moral or is it that they are just good memorizers. Plus then rigid marking means rationalizing and proving your assigned value is of no use unless it was the one stated in the marking scheme. I would argue that community service programmes and merit systems (such as volunteer service work given weightage for uni entrance) is a better system than exams for this subject.
January 13th, 2005 at 10:36 pm
Wah.really agree with you.Pendidikan Moral is really waste of time.Memorizing all those values will make us good? haha
Some questions are really silly too.
I was very suprised coz i got A1.Then my friends who actually behave better than me practically, got sumthing like C6 or P7.
I guessed i wrote watever ‘nilai’s i know into those tiny 3 or 4 line answers.Hentam saje la..
May 19th, 2005 at 11:59 pm
Moral may seem as a rather ridiculous subject. But it helps us to get along with friends.
With the new format, there’s an approximate of 16 NILai.
With proper formula, one can surely remember and do well. But still, I didn’t not agree with Moral subject to be introduced.
But still, what to do? We’ve got to make the best of it..
Life may be challenging, but still by a twist of fate, it can proof to be wonderful.
To tell the truth, i really sucked at Moral.. i got D7 for the past exam
June 15th, 2005 at 8:56 pm
i actually really enjoy reading moral. i heard from my school teacher that moral in spm is 100% base on our textbook. so if you read the textbook definately you can score. it may look boring but my technique is to read it in between other subjects lol.
actually listening to teacher in class also really helps( that is if you have a good moral teacher):lol::lol::lol::idea::smile:
May 24th, 2006 at 10:34 pm
eyh… I very glad that we JUST NEED TO MEMORISE THE MORAL VALUES only..make my life MUCHH MUCH MUCH MUCH EASIER.. Im in science stream anyway… lot of stuffs need to remember… so… Memorising moral values is easier for me 2 score.. not need me to read a lot of things in order 2 solve the problem given.. INsert the nilai.. and off I am… questions done… Everybody is happy.. lol..btw, how many nilai u actually have 2 memorise?? not much… if u have really okay memory.. u wont feel anything… come on man… lol… no OFFENCE
May 24th, 2006 at 11:46 pm
Hahahaha, xian. I don have a good brain as good as yours. Seriously, I think that moral studies in our SPM syllabus is bunch of bullcraps and nonsense. It’s useless. Memorizing it useless too…
July 29th, 2006 at 9:53 am
that is so true, learning moral values are good but the way you describe learning its like its a brag, doesnt your teachers disscuss on the moral values at hand, if he or she doesnt i feel for you. hell if i were you free period
September 10th, 2006 at 5:43 pm
Lol…i absolutely agree with wat u said…P.Moral is totally useless by just memorizing all those so-called “nilai-nilai murni”…I passed my Moral with a B3 in my SPM last year…I still felt i could have gotten an A…anyway, i thought the Moral nightmare was over till i went to college…Man, its even more useless than the SPM’s version of P.Moral….Known as Moral Studies, week after week u hv to present hopeless topic such as “Definition of moral- i) Define the Normative Statement. ii. What is Basic Concept of Values” , or even “Explain the Comtent, Form, and Dimension of the Moral Being”….
I was left clueless as on how to start doing my presentations…Well, me and my course-mates feel that this Moral Studies are nothing more than to gv the Malaysian MOE something to do rather than lazying around….No offense to the Malaysian Education System. :noworry:
November 9th, 2006 at 8:32 am
yes u r right!! tis stupid subject is wasting our time!!! It is meaningless to memorising the moral value without doing it!!! many ppl jz memorising it n didn’t even understand the meaning!!!!
July 17th, 2007 at 11:11 am
Moral is really fun, honestly.Believe me.
May 6th, 2008 at 10:31 pm
Hi,i’m student from malaysia too.
Personally…i think what you said is……damn right.What’s the point to memorize all this moral values(nilai-nilai murni). I got a Moral A student is my class who wont even stand up when greeting the teacher when the teacher comes in or out.The question is: What is the point ?
They make us study and study and memorize and memorize.What is the point of memorizing the moral values when it is not incultivated into our daily life ?Wat’s the use when i always dun pass up my work while i know the definisi for bertanggungjawab,kerajinan ?
It was like…WTH.Summore need EXACT definition,again,What’s the point ? Don’t i know the meaning of a single malay word after years of malay education ? Then might as well fuse it into BM ?Lolz…sarcastic.
And i dun think it simply play ANY part in the later stage of our life. Because i believe how somebody behave,will not be (sarcastically) determined or affect by malaysian education system.Yes,i dun deny exam oriented education system is not a good education system,look at singapore,they are way more further than us in the education field.But…malaysian exam oriented education system is like………..crap.
And finally,does you all know why i written so much and how i found this blog ?Because i will be having my moral paper tomorrow and i was searching through the net see whether SPM Pendidikan Moral rings a bell…or not…
September 10th, 2008 at 3:56 pm
I HATE MORAL!!!
It’s a waste of time… not like as if when i score with flying colours for it and “Saya seorang yang sangat bermoral la” gee~ i can do much productive stuff den memorizing those useless nilai tht would probably be forgotten after form 5… swtlll=.=
September 10th, 2008 at 8:20 pm
I agree, even an extra “yang” word in the definisi will cause 2 marks down the drain…
September 16th, 2008 at 8:21 pm
Totally agree with you man. And guess what, MORAL STUDIES IS COMPULSORY IN COLLEGES! And if you are in an expensive-feed college, you have to PAY for it! PLUS: if you don’t get a pass, you’ll won’t be able to graduate from the college…
it’s worse than SPM.
Anyways… when you’re in college, you’ll have to sit for another subject called ‘Malaysian Studies’ as well… Don’t know about other colleges but my college is compulsory.
Fail either one of these = NO GRUADUATION
September 22nd, 2008 at 5:53 pm
Moral sucks …. i don’t know why the hack i’m doing moral….o wait a minute it is because its compulsory. Moral is just a waste of time. I tought my days of moral was over after memorising all the 36 value from form 1 till form5 and here i am still doing moral in college. I really do wish that the goverment will abolish or at least change the method of teaching for moral n malaysian studies.. Not only moral studies sucks but the teacher teaching it is also lousy n boring. Moral studies will be over for me after this sem n i want to wish all the best who are still doing moral….
November 2nd, 2008 at 2:17 pm
agree with all..im a college student now.i visit this side, because im serching for my moral project.the project title is
” the methods of teaching and the syllabus of moral studies at school and colleges are rather outdated and irrelevent in their context. propose the reason for this and suggest ways of makiing this subject more relevent in light of weanting to achieve vision 2020″
y we need to do a project like this.will they really change for the vision 2020?
no point..
May 22nd, 2009 at 12:43 pm
ya, i agree that moral education is a useless paper for SPM. however is just a waste of time of memorise. Malaysia still very far to improve our education. To improve with hacve to get rid of those stupid subjects. hopefully, all the subjects will change to Englsh such as Science,Mathematics,History,Geography,and others. to improve our english vocab. language of Bm does not use in overseas so what is the point of study Science,Mathematics,History,Geography,and others in malay. Is Just waste of time.
October 16th, 2009 at 12:47 pm
how are the moral definitions going to help us in life??? Moral is a stupid subject made by the Government to make life difficult for Non-Muslims. That’s the only purpose of this useless subject!!
October 23rd, 2009 at 6:45 pm
pendidikan moral doesn’t help me to be a good person.
FUCK MORAL
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I just wanna scream Fuck !!! when I study pendidikan moral
June 2nd, 2010 at 6:26 pm
Looking back at my SPM days, I realise Moral did help me.
I am a medical student now, and part of the medical syllabus in Australia involves abstract phylosophical concepts and clinical skills (ie, we need to be able to answer questions based on those themes). I realised that P. Moral helped me in a way. It gave me the answer structure I needed. This came about because we had to answer PMoral papers according to the answer script. I used the answer structure I learnt from PMoral in my medical course.
In short, no knowledge is useless knowledge. Learn it with an open heart.