CHORAL SPEAKING 2012 TENTATIVE SCRIPT

SMK SERI PATIAMBUN, LIMBANG S DREAM TEAM 2012

Syukri: HI EVERYONE! All: GREETINGS MALAYSIA! Sectional: Ladies and gentlemen. Sectional: Boys and girls. All: We All: Are proud to present All: OUR WISH LIST All: Swoosh swoosh Luther: (With evil laugh) Rub the Aladdin lamp Luther: (With evil laugh) Grant us three wishes All: Wish oh wish Whitney: I wish I don't have to wear school uniform! Whitney: Can t we just be like the celebrities? Whitney: Wearing things they love to wear (smiling) All: WOW! THAT IS INTERESTING! Hey! What about tablets? WHAT?! YOU MEAN PANADOL TABLETS?! ARE YOU OUT OF YOUR MIND?! (Girls) HEY! NOT THAT TABLETS! (Boys) I mean gadgets (OOO gadgets Fiuuuhh!) Gadgets such as iPad, Galaxy Notes, Playbook Swish! Swish! Swish! WOW! THAT IS AWESOME! Solo: Hey! Hey! Hey! I have a wish! I have a wish! ALL: WHAT! Solo: Me! Me! I want pretty teachers Boys: Phewit! (whistles) Solo: And and and GORGEOUS MALE TEACHERS! Girls: Hmmmm (smiling while imagining) Solo: STOP! ENOUGH! (rough) Girls: Huh?! Boys: STOP DREAMING! THOSE ARE NONSENSE! Solo: 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 IS GOOD FOR US. All: So pleeease listen to our wishes All: As stated in our WISH LIST Solo 1: Hah? WISH LIST?! All: Yes! It is a list of what we wish to see in schools. All: LET S SAY THEM OUT Girls: Our first wish is: ALL: SCHOOL EXAMINATIONS SHOULD BE ABOLISHED! Solo: No more exams? Are you kidding me? All: YES! NO MORE EXAMS. All: EXAMS are not important. Solo: What is important then? All: WE ARE IMPORTANT. All: OUR MENTALITY is IMPORTANT! All: WE DO NOT WANT!... Solo 1: Robotic teachers Solo 2: Robotic students All: WITH ROBOTIC MINDS! All: MEMORISING FACTS ALL THE TIME Sect 1: JUST BECAUSE OF THE AIM OF PASSING COUNTLESS EXAMS Sect 2: GETTING DEGREES All: THEN OUR RICE BOWLS All: WITH NO PRACTICAL KNOWLEDGE IN OUR MINDS. Solo: 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! Solo 1: How can things be done without grading? All: WHY NOT? All: BEAR IN MIND, All: GRADES LIKE A, A+, A- ARE MOTIVATORS, Solo 2: 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 always have fun during lessons!

SOLO 1: PROJECT-BASED TASKS SOLO 2: EXPLORATORY ACTIVITIES SOLO 3: DISCOVERY SESSIONS All: WOW! WE WOULD DEFINITELY LOVE OUR CLASSES! All: TO OUR DEAREST TEACHERS, All: LET BYGONES BE BYGONES All: AS SETTING EXAM QUESTIONS BECOME A HISTORY Sect 1: MARKING OUR SILLY PAPERS, Sect 2: WORRYING ABOUT OUR RESULTS All: AND TO MAKE US ALL HAPPY All: JUST GIVE US SOME ENCOURAGING WORDS All: AS OUR REWARDS Solo: AWESOME! Solo: GOOD TRY! Solo: GREAT STUFF! Solo: NICE GOING! Sect 1: NO EXAMS IN SCHOOLS Sect 2: MAKE YOU AND ME FEEL GOOD! Boys: Wish number 2! Girls: WE WANT TO BE CREATIVE AND Boys: PROACTIVE Solo: Hmm Anyway, how to be crea-tive and proac-tive? All: BEING CREATIVE MEANS All: ABLE TO IMAGINE All: ABLE TO INVENT All: ABLE TO TRANSFORM Solo 1 (in a naughty tone): Ahh! A zebra sitting on top of a gorilla doing algebra! (gorilla s sound effect) Solo 2: Ridiculous Sect 1: HEY! THAT IS CREATIVE Sect 2: 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. Sect 1: LEARN TO UNDERSTAND INSTEAD OF MEMORISING Sect 2: LEARN TO PRACTISE INSTEAD OF FOLLOWING

Sect 3: 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! SOLO 1: PROACTIVITY ! SOLO 2: BEING PROACTIVE YOU MEAN? All: YES! BEING PROACTIVE. All: IT MEANS Solo 1: TAKING CONTROL INSTEAD OF BEING CONTROL Solo 2: That is the way to make things happen All: INITIATIVE! INITIATIVE! NO WAITING! Girls: AND Boys: BEING ACTIVE! NOT PASSIVE! All: YES! YES! WE WANT TO BE PROACTIVE All: PROACTIVE! (3X) Solo BOY: Wish number 3: All: WE WANT TO BE UNITED! Solo1: United States of Malaysia? Solo2: Be serious boy Solo1: Oops! sorry. Solo: How to unite all Malaysians? We are different! Solo: I am a Malay, you are an Iban, and she is a Chinese. Solo: PA KHABAR TEK? NAMA BERITA NUAN? 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 Boys: LIVING IN THE SAME LAND Girls: ENJOYING EQUAL RIGHTS All: SHARING THE SAME PROSPERITY. All: SO All: WHY ARGUE? All: ON RACE? All: RELIGION? All: AND LANGUAGE? All: THOSE ARE NONSENSE!

All: WE JUST WISH TO KNOW All: WHO WE ARE AND WHAT WE WANT All: REMEMBER, Boys: UNITED WE STAND, Girls: DIVIDED WE FALL 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 All: TOLERANCE! All: RESPECT! All: LOVE! Solo 1: Saya sayang kamu. Solo 2: Aku sayau ka nuan. Solo 3: Wo ai ni. All: FROM THE BOTTOM OF OUR HEARTS All: WOW, BRILLIANT! Girls: AWESOME! Boys: SUPERB! All: YES! THE GREATEST OF ALL IS LOV8E! All: IN CONCLUSION All: THREE MAIN WISHES IN OUR LIST All: FIRST! Solo 1: SCHOOL EXAMINATIONS SHOULD BE ABOLISHED All: SECOND! Solo 2: BE CREATIVE AND PROACTIVE All: THIRD! Solo 3: BE UNITED! All: YEAH! YEAH! All: THANKS FOR GIVING US THE OPPORTUNITY All: TO SPEAK OUR MINDS All: THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME All: TO LISTEN TO OUR TINY VOICES All: HERE WE ARE All: STANDING AS THE HOPEFUL YOUTH All: OF THE NEW GENERATION Boys: DELIVERING OUR HOPES AND WISHES Girls: FOR A BETTER FUTURE All: TO ALL MALAYSIANS. All: THANK YOU!