Comments on: An open letter

By: ex resident

ex resident — Thu, 07 Jun 2012 17:30:09 +0000

I am appalled to learn of the ridiculous management of 6th college. Her attitude is utterly unacceptable and i'm equally shocked that no action has been take thus far. She is a disgrace to the rest of us who are or ever were there! She is breeding ill will, racism and close mindedness. She has taken advantage of the students' vulnerability and instilled fear so much so nobody there can speak their minds. And varsities are where one supposed to nurture young minds. She definitely needs to step down ASAP! I understand that u have asked students to abide by the current rules for now. While this may help the student retain his/her place in college, it breeds hypocrisy and goes against one's principles. I'm do not mean to complain, u have indeed done a lot for the faculty and college, but just maybe there is another way? I'm afraid that by abiding by he oh-so ridiculous rules, she may just go on imposing more of this communism!! Last but definitely not least, thanks a million Tim for all u'r doing for your alma mater, ur courage and initiative is much appreciated!

By: ernie

ernie — Thu, 07 Jun 2012 07:24:54 +0000

what is the education minister doing about this? why the silence????

By: Tak puas hati

Tak puas hati — Sat, 02 Jun 2012 15:50:25 +0000

" if Prof.J find out who am i, i will be certainly kicked out of college with some reasons"
The above statement is so true, it's not safe to comment on anything online anymore. She'll either have her own students that support her, or maybe students that are 'forced' to support her, keeping an eye on our activities online. Something like a spy. Any comments or posts deemed unfavourable by her, she'll take action using whatever reasons she can find.

By: 6th college resident

6th college resident — Fri, 01 Jun 2012 19:02:42 +0000

Sorry, i could not let you know my identity, as almost everyone in college know if Prof.J find out who am i, i will be certainly kicked out of college with some reasons. I dont have solid evidence to support this statement, but like i said, almost believe this will happen if i do so.
I just wanna add 1 thing, we did try to discuss some stuff with her, but eventually she will say if we dont satistified with the college, we can always choose not to stay inside the college.
And can you imagine how are we gonna continue the disccusion after she said that?

By: timc88

timc88 — Fri, 01 Jun 2012 09:21:55 +0000

Sorry who's this?

By: Lynn Cheang

Lynn Cheang — Fri, 01 Jun 2012 09:03:52 +0000

Hi Dora, I understand and accept that Muslim women have a different dress code but it MUST NEVER be imposed on non-Muslims. You are very kind but there is no need for you to apologise for that Ustazah, otherwise you would have to be apologising for a lot of ustazahs …. as I understand that it is quite common for them to impose their Muslim dress code on non-Muslim female students in government schools. Maybe one of the reasons why almost 90% of nons attend vernacular schools these days.

By: Aston Paiva

Aston Paiva — Fri, 01 Jun 2012 06:38:29 +0000

Timothy,

I applaud you for your courage, what more when expressed with so much sincerity.

To me dress codes are repulsive. It is bad enough that they make you think alike, worse still if they make you look alike. And no, it doesn't matter whether it be a Muslim, Hindu, Buddhist, Christian or Jew, nobody should be telling anyone what is modest, appropriate or proper.

This "professor" June ought to resign. Everyone in UM is stupider because of her existence.

By: H2o

H2o — Fri, 01 Jun 2012 00:16:27 +0000

Tim!!! This is awesome!!! I hope TNC will take action as soon as possible…

By: anonymous

anonymous — Thu, 31 May 2012 13:45:38 +0000

hye tim,no need 2 puzzle much about me,i was sixers,expelled for some good reason. i was there,working with 3principles,from prof rohana punye zaman. she is awesome. i took part in one of d colge event and i was too tired to attend next day class(it was prof rohana class dude!). and u know what,she understand how hard i work for the colge,and she cal me next day to her ofice just to teach what i missed during d biochem class. thats what i call understanding. d next principle want me to fail in exam(which i managed to pass with or without her) and d last one prof J- i prefer to remain silent about her. 6th now is reversing Darwin's, and no more home sweet home for me. thats why i never apeal last time n prefer staying outside,but instead i still prtcipate in games-handball,hockey etc. dude,6th during prof rohana is totally a heaven! i really miss d moment. anyway,good effort to reset everthing to default, because that college is where most top specialist/consultants were grown up,thrust me,they really miss 6th clge.It has it own tradition,try to preserve it that way dude. oh,nice letter,i wonder how ur love letter would be:-)

By: pangi anti perkasa

pangi anti perkasa — Thu, 31 May 2012 04:26:20 +0000

"time to go prof june"
epic banner is epic!

By: Dora

Dora — Thu, 31 May 2012 01:13:18 +0000

Dear Timothy,

this is truly an audacity of hope.. i empathize you as some of the examples above does occur at other universities. but i disagree on the way she abuse her power and doth verdicts w/o proper discussion nor prior notice. i wish you all the best in solving this.

By: Dora

Dora — Thu, 31 May 2012 01:08:17 +0000

Hye Lynn,

i think the dress code is necessary but it is only deemed fit for Muslims.. Muslim women are actually compulsory to cover their outer garment. However, i do concur with you that the non-Muslims were force against their will to adhere to this ruling.. As i said; it supposed to be meant for Muslim women only…

regarding the Ustazah that asked your daughter to lower her hemline, as a Muslim, i would like to apologize on behalf of the Ustazah…. Again; this sounds like another shallow mind in compromising with other race and religion.. Not all Ustazah would reckon that to non-muslims, unfortunately your daughter encountered a bad apple at that time..

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Wed, 30 May 2012 17:51:51 +0000

'train residents to write convincing appeal letters'
LOL, she actually said that? This is like attacking someone and claim that actually wanna train the person's reflex towards dangerous situation?
Anyway, UM admin should look into this issue, at least a meeting between the resident and them should be done without the presence of the pengetua.
Since the university always want the ranking to get improved but the ways of managing a college got so much problems, you think is possible?

By: Antares

Antares — Wed, 30 May 2012 16:00:53 +0000

What do you call a female Little Napoleon?

Little Soiled Nappie?

Utterly shocking and reprehensible that so many bureaucrats in Malaysia have opted to be heavy-handed authoritarians.
Is it their downbringing? Or just the tendency to overcompensate for deeply ingrained feelings of inadequacy?

By: pepperlim

pepperlim — Wed, 30 May 2012 15:34:19 +0000

Nice!

By: Lynn

Lynn — Wed, 30 May 2012 13:00:47 +0000

Hi Timothy, thank you for this open letter. Without it, Malaysians would not know of such a ‘dictatorial’ college head. I am a non-Muslim and I am indeed furious that her dress code for students disallowed skirts and short pants above the knee. I remember my daughter pleading for me to lower the hem of her secondary school uniform years ago because her school’s uztazah said female students’ hemline must be below the knee. I told her to tell that uztazah to call me and repeat it in my face. I feel all rational and thinking Malaysians must rise and stand up to civil servants such as this ‘professor’ who think she is god sent to mistreat her adult students.

By: Lynn

Lynn — Wed, 30 May 2012 13:00:05 +0000