SK YONG PENG CHORAL SPEAKING 2017 SCRIPT ‘OUR WISH LIST’ Amani: HI EVERYONE! All: GREETINGS…MALAYSIA! Right Section: Ladies and gentlemen. Left Section: Boys and girls. All: We… All: Are proud to present All: OUR WISH LIST All: Swoosh swoosh… Madhi: (With evil laugh) Rub the Aladdin lamp All: Swoosh swoosh… Madhi: (With evil laugh) Grant us three wishes… All: Wish oh wish Danish: I wish I don't have to wear school uniform! Dhia: Can’t we just be like the celebrities? Wearing things they love to wear…(smiling) All: WOW! THAT IS INTERESTING! Putra: Hey! What about tablets? Right Section: WHAT?! YOU MEAN PANADOL TABLETS?! ARE YOU OUT OF YOUR MIND?! Left Section: HEY! NOT THAT TABLETS! Putra: I mean…gadgets! ALL: (OOO…gadgets…Fiuuuhh!) Putra: Gadgets such as iPad, Galaxy Notes, Playbook…Swish! Swish! Swish! All: WOW! THAT IS AWESOME! Danish: Hey! Hey! Hey! I have a wish! I have a wish! ALL: WHAT! Danish: Me! Me! I want…pretty teachers Boys: Phewit! (whistles) Hashmeeta: And…and…and…HANDSOME MALE TEACHERS! Girls: Hmmmm…(smiling while imagining) Boys: STOP! ENOUGH!(rough) Girls: Huh?! Boys: STOP DREAMING! THOSE ARE NONSENSE! Irfan: We are not qualified to voice out at this moment. Girls: Hey! Who says we are not qualified? ALL: WE HAVE THE RIGHTS TO EXPRESS WHAT’S GOOD FOR US. All: So…pleeease…listen to our wishes… All: As stated in our WISH LIST Sayyidah: Hah?WISH LIST?! All: Yes! It is a list of what we wish to see in schools. All: LET’S SAY THEM OUT! Row 1: Wish number one! Putra: Ting! ALL: SCHOOL EXAMINATIONS SHOULD BE ABOLISHED! Sakinah: No more exams? Are you kidding me? All: YES! NO MORE EXAMS. All: EXAMS are not important. Hani Hafzhan: What is important then? All: ‘WE’ ARE IMPORTANT. All: OUR MENTALITY is IMPORTANT! All: WE DO NOT WANT!... Aleya: Robotic teachers Imani: Robotic students All: WITH ROBOTIC MINDS! All: MEMORISING FACTS ALL THE TIME! 2nd & 3rd Tier: FOR THE SAKE OF PASSING COUNTLESS EXAMS 1st & 2nd Tier: GETTING DEGREES, All: THEN…OUR RICE BOWLS! All: WITH NO PRACTICAL KNOWLEDGE IN OUR MINDS! Imani: How are we going to know our academic standing then? Without A, A+ or A-? All: NAAAA…DO NOT WORRY ABOUT THAT. All: DO AWAY WITH THOSE GRADES! Hakim: How can things be done without grading? All: WHY NOT? All: BEAR IN MIND, All: GRADES LIKE A, A+, A- ARE MOTIVATORS! Izzuwan: But what about D, E and G? All: THEY ARE ‘DE-MOTIVATORS’! All: SO… All: FORGET ABOUT GRADING All: More progressive evaluation All: Less summative evaluation All: WE WILL HAVE FUN DURING LESSONS! Aleeya: PROJECT-BASED TASKS Dhia: EXPLORATORY ACTIVITIES Murni: DISCOVERY SESSIONS All: WOW! WE WOULD DEFINITELY LOVE OUR CLASSES! All: TO OUR DEAREST TEACHERS, All: LET BY GONES BE BY GONES 1st Tier: MARKING OUR SILLY PAPERS, 2nd Tier: WORRYING ABOUT OUR RESULTS… All: AND…TO MAKE US ALL HAPPY All: JUST GIVE US SOME ENCOURAGING WORDS Sayyidah: AWESOME! Keishinie: GOOD TRY! Molly: GREAT STUFF! Afiqah: NICE GOING! ALL: NO EXAMS IN SCHOOLS…MAKE YOU AND ME FEEL GOOD! Dhia: I feel good…! All: Tududududud… Dhia: I know that I would now…! All: Tududududud… All: SO GOOD, SO GOOD, WITH NO EXAM!!!! 2nd Tier: Wish number two! Hafizul: Ting! ALL: WE WANT TO BE CREATIVE! Dhia: Hmm…Anyway, how to be crea-tive? All: BEING CREATIVE MEANS… All: ABLE TO IMAGINE All: ABLE TO INVENT All: ABLE TO TRANSFORM Madhi (naughty tone): Ahh! A zebra sitting on top of a gorilla doing algebra!(gorilla’s sound effect) Aleeya: Ridiculous! Left Section: HEY! THAT IS CREATIVE Right Section: YES, NOT ONLY ONE ANSWER TO ONE PROBLEM! All: WE NEED TO USE/BOTH LEFT/AND RIGHT BRAINS! All: TO THINK CRITICALLY, All: LOGICALLY, All: AND PRACTICALLY! 1st Tier: LEARN TO UNDERSTAND INSTEAD OF MEMORISING 2nd Tier: LEARN TO PRACTISE INSTEAD OF FOLLOWING 3rd Tier: LEARN TO SURVIVE INSTEAD OF REVIVING All: SO THAT All: WE CAN COPE WITH OUR LIFE’S CHALLENGES All: AND ACHIEVE OUR LIFE’S AIMS All: YES! 3rd Tier: Wish number three! Danish: Ting! All: WE WANT TO BE UNITED! Hakim : United States of Malaysia? Girls First Row: Be serious boy Hakim: Oops! Sorry… Imani: How to unite all Malaysians? We are different! I am a Malay, you are an Indian, and he is a Chinese. Madhi: APA KHABAR? Molly: YEPIDI IRIKIRE? Arif: NI HAO MA? All: YES, WE ARE MULTI-RACIAL! 1st Tier: MULTI-LANGUAGE 2nd Tier: MULTI-CULTURE 3rd Tier: MULTI-RELIGION All: BUT…WE ARE Right Section: LIVING IN THE SAME LAND Left Section: ENJOYING EQUAL RIGHTS All: SHARING THE SAME PROSPERITY! Dhia: Padapapapa…I’m Lovin It! All: SO?! All: WHY ARGUE? All: ON RACE? All: RELIGION? All: AND LANGUAGE? All: THOSE ARE NONSENSE! Madhi: REMEMBER! All: UNITED MALAYSIA STANDS, DIVIDED MALAYSIA FALLS All: SO All: TO THOSE CONCERNED… All: PLEASE GUIDE US WELL All: THROUGH THE CHANGES…IN EDUCATION! All: TEACH US Sayyidah: TOLERANCE! Hani Hafzhan: RESPECT! All: and LOVE… Molly: Saya Sayang Kamu! Aleeya: Na Unne Kadilikire! Madhi: Wo Ai Ni! All: FROM THE BOTTOM OF OUR HEARTS All: YES! THE GREATEST OF ALL IS LOVE! All: IN CONCLUSION All: THREE MAIN WISHES IN OUR LIST All: FIRST! Keishini: SCHOOL EXAMINATIONS SHOULD BE ABOLISHED! All: SECOND! Hashmeeta : BE CREATIVE! All: THIRD! Arif: BE UNITED! All: YEAH! YEAH! All: THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME All: TO LISTEN TO OUR 1st Tier: tiny 2nd Tier: tiny 3rd Tier: TINY… ALL: VOICES! All: HERE WE ARE. STANDING AS THE HOPEFUL CHILDREN. All: OF THE NEW GENERATION Boys: DELIVERING OUR HOPES AND WISHES Girls: FOR A BETTER FUTURE All: TO ALL MALAYSIANS. All: THANK YOU!