A's & more A's

* Sigh * talking about educational reform - what reform?

Looks like the thinking is how to grade the students better after giving out As like nobody's business. Now we know when the MOE goes and plan this is what comes out.

Check out The Star

New grade of A+ for SPM

By KAREN CHAPMAN

PETALING JAYA: A new grading system for the Sijil Pelajaran Malaysia (SPM) will be implemented from this year.

Education director-general Tan Sri Alimuddin Mohd Dom said the change would provide a detailed breakdown of excellent candidates who obtained grade As in the examination.

“The change means there will now be a new grade of A+. Previously, the highest grade possible in the SPM was 1A,” he said in a statement yesterday.

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Dining in Ipoh (updated)

I always enjoy dining in Ipoh (and other smaller towns and cities for that matter). Why? Firstly, Ipoh food is GOOD and very reasonably priced.

More importantly, I like the family environment. Yes, restaurants may be noisy but I saw something unseen in KL - nil presence of maids. There were no maids to take care of children, yet children were better behaved. No stress, no screaming! Happy, noisy envionment.

I did not see a single maid in the restaurant among the customers. At the table behind us, a mother was even reading to her child while waiting for food to arrive!

Perhaps people in Ipoh and other towns believe that things can work out without a maid. Good to know many still believe in themselves as parents (and grand parents)!

BY the way, some might enjoy the food at SUN MARPOH Restaurant in Ipoh Garden (on same road with the Maybank Ipoh Garden Branch)