Posted by EngineeringProfit > 2020-02-01 16:36 | Report Abuse

Intense prayer — "which has, as its most fundamental concept, the surrendering of one's self" — reduces, suppresses and diminishes the activity in the prefrontal cortex and the frontal lobes connected with it, as well as the activity in the parietal lobes.

The prefrontal cortex is traditionally thought to be involved in executive control, or willful behavior, as well as decision-making. So, it would make sense that a practice that centers on relinquishing control would result in decreased activity in this brain area.

Posted by EngineeringProfit > 2020-02-01 16:39 | Report Abuse

A study published in the journal Neuropsychologia recently has shown that religious fundamentalism is, in part, the result of a functional impairment in a brain region known as the prefrontal cortex. The findings suggest that damage to particular areas of the prefrontal cortex indirectly promotes religious fundamentalism by diminishing cognitive flexibility and openness—a psychology term that describes a personality trait which involves dimensions like curiosity, creativity, and open-mindedness. (Danger of letting the school children immensed in playing with fire in schools)

Posted by DickyMe > 2020-02-01 16:46 | Report Abuse

" Posted by chinaman > Feb 1, 2020 2:54 PM | Report Abuse
But, there is one last idea by Mr Bean by abolishing streaming at school by allowing students choose mix of all subjects. i guess this Mr Bean's idea is great. going into 21st century- one must equipped with multiple diverse knowledge."

Personally, I support this last proposal by Mr.Bean.
It is an excellent idea to let students choose their subjects relative to their aspirations. But the biggest issue is the quality of teachers.

In some schools there is no Geography or Additional Maths teachers.
The teachers are provided with worked example with solution. They just spit some of these examples without explaining the use of the formula or concept and expect student to pass. It is no different in other subjects.

There is a serious quality issue. It was during Abdullah Badawi's reign that KJ filled the teaching professions to solve unemployment among so called graduates from the degree mill.

Posted by EngineeringProfit > 2020-02-01 18:50 | Report Abuse

Posted by DickyMe > Feb 1, 2020 4:46 PM | Report Abuse

There is a serious quality issue. It was during Abdullah Badawi's reign that KJ filled the teaching professions to solve unemployment among so called graduates from the degree mill.

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Inflated the number of civilians, reducing the ratio of civilian to population and emptying gomen coffers

Posted by EngineeringProfit > 2020-02-01 18:56 | Report Abuse

And 90% of them have poor command of English. One of the taught my great granddaughter:

While pointing to a picture of a big and small cow, he said to the class (Standard One)

*Big cow. Small cow."

And guess what? She corrected him instantaneously (to his embarrassment)

It was an English language class and was meant to be read out as " A cow and a calf"!!

Posted by EngineeringProfit > 2020-02-01 19:02 | Report Abuse

One of the current education scandals include gomen funding and promoting scientifically-flawed falsehood to school children. And mamy of these degree mills' 'defective' products aggravate the situation.

A school must be a place conducive for children to explore new ways of thinking, as well as, facilitate them to synthesize a new model of world perspective. Yet, they must be neutral enough when comes to religiosity, creeds and belief systems.

Posted by EngineeringProfit > 2020-02-01 19:41 | Report Abuse

Students' English command has to be good enough to read and understand the technology and history of Mercedes:

A Tale Of Pak Pandir's and Si Lebai Malang's Lust For Mercedes (Ignorance s bliss)

Siegfried Marcus was born in 1831 in a tiny town that now lies in northern Germany. His parents Rosa and Lippman, leaders of the town’s Jewish community.

Marcus was a one-man patents office. During his life, he worked on many projects in the fields of mechanics, electronics, lighting, ultra-mechanics, and the development of artillery employing electric ignition. As many as 131 patents were registered in his name. The collection included eclectic inventions: Light bulbs, triggers for underwater mines, a printing instrument, a whale-hunting knife, a distributor and carburetor for an internal combustion engine, and more.

As significant and original as these inventions were, they were nothing compared to Marcus’s opus vitae. In 1870 (some say as early as 1867), the ingenious inventor installed a gas-fueled internal combustion engine in a simple hand wagon. Marcus was able to ride the makeshift vehicle for 15 minutes before seemingly alarmed local police arrested what appeared to be an approaching alien. That feat made him the first man in history to drive a fuel-powered vehicle.

In 1887, Marcus began to collaborate with the Märky, Bromovsky & Schulz motor company. That collaboration gave rise to what would be called the “Marcuswagen.” People were finally knocking on the scatterbrained genius’s door. The automobile was displayed in the Technisches Museum Wien (Vienna’s museum of technology) and ASME (the American Society of Mechanical Engineers) officially recognized him as the vehicle’s inventor. Karl Benz, who upgraded Marcus’s motored carriage to a real motorcar with a cooling system, brakes, a stable frame, and everything necessary to drive longer distances, patented it. That would eventually become the first Mercedes, which was named after a Jewish girl.


Promoting And Immortalizing Jewish Glory: A Luxury Car's Namesake Is Born

September 16, 1889, is the birthdate of “Mercedes” Adrienne Manuela Ramona Jellinek, the third child, and first daughter, of Emil Jellinek (1853-1918) and the former Rachel Goggman Cenrobert (1854-1893). Emil’s father was Rabbi Adolf Aharon Jellinek, was not only probably the best-known rabbinic orator of his day in Vienna, but also a scholar of midrashic and mystical literature.

The nickname Mercedes, meaning “mercies” in Spanish. Emil spent the winters in Nice, on the French Rivera, where he liked to race cars, calling his team by his daughter’s nickname. In April 1900, Jellinek and Daimler agreed that the company would design a new engine, which would be called “Daimler-Mercedes.” By 1903, Emil Jellinek had legally changed his surname to Jellinek-Mercedes.

Posted by EngineeringProfit > 2020-02-02 09:23 | Report Abuse

The purpose of education is to liberate, yet local students have been groomed by a system that sows seeds of fear within them, so that by the time they are adults, fear has become part of their daily lives.

Be honest. How many of them are afraid to communicate their opinion for fear of being judged or sounding stupid?

One of the taught my great granddaughter:

While pointing to a picture of a big and small cow, he said to the class (Standard One)

*Big cow. Small cow."

And guess what? She corrected him instantaneously (to his embarrassment)

It was an English language class and was meant to be read out as " A cow and a calf"!!