Affiliate
Our Graduates
Yes, we do have coffee talks now and then. A recent discussion centered around University graduates. Some say Malaysian graduates are way behind foreign graduates in terms of being ready for employment. Some truth but generally blinkered thinking. You see we are all molded by the way we are brought up. Not only will school experience nurture you, what you do at home and in your spare time also makes you. Even if your mother tells you that she brought you up exactly like your elder siblings, do not expect to also be exactly like your elder siblings!
You might think, "Why?" Well what we do not see is what happens in the brains or more accurately in their minds. The mix of environment, genetics, etc. makes all the differences among siblings.
So, back to University graduates. I have met Malaysian University graduates who speak as well or even better than those trained in the United Kingdom or United States. What actually differentiates them is how they use their mental capacities and their experiences to make their decisions. Decision making is never taught in schools and everybody learns from their experiences.
So friends, the exposure obtained overseas may have made many Malaysians more open minded, but it really is up to the individual how he or she looks at life. Really we cannot predict how a person grows up to be, nor can we say foreign graduates are better trained for life after University.
Maybe, foreign graduates are a different group of people as their background has already been better than the average Malaysians.
What do you have to say?
Comments
Ralph Waldo Emerson once
Ralph Waldo Emerson once said, “What is a weed? A plant whose virtues have not yet been discovered.”
I believe this to be true particularly in terms of human resources, as in my 32 years of industry experience, I have seen many cases of staff who were put in ‘cold storage’ but later became fantastic leaders of the corporation. Everyone is thus useful as is every plant on earth. For human beings it is just finding the right key to unlock the hidden good. GOD made everything useful in this world, it is only HUMANS who mess things up.
Ralph Waldo Emerson should know better as he was one of America’s most respected poet and essayist.
What do you say?
Post new comment