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Interacial relationship

2018-12-26 07:43:11 UTC

Dhivyaa Ramesh (1171301658)
*Interracial relationship*, was once banned officially and cultural, is outdated and not considered in-line with today’s social interaction and realities. It is baseless to forbid and persecute any two people to get married just on the base of race. It’s just dividing and divisive. The ways to overcome this issue is to have a good conversation with family or friends by pointing out that mixed-race kids who are raised in loving homes and allowed to embrace all sides of their heritage don’t fare any worse than other children.

Not being able to use computers/books in exams

2018-12-26 07:44:03 UTC

Ahmad Ariff Bin Ahmad Khusairy (1121117456)
Lets be honest. Have you been told to memorize a mathematical formula, texts,etc. when you were younger. The reasoning was always "its not like you can refer to your notes when you are working" or "its not like you will have a calculator/computer in your pocket all the time". The problem is, that statement is a fallacy. The fact that smart phones allows us to access the world's information with just a click of a button proves it. Why limit our self during an examination by not using technology that is meant to increase the quality of life. The hypocrisy worsens as some students cheats during exams and scored better because of it. This problem could be easily overcome by allowing all students to bring their own reference thus leveling the playing field.

Force to attend tuition classes to get good grades in exams

1161101506 — 2018-12-26 07:58:36 UTC

Ng Wan Zhing (1161101506)
Most of the Chinese parents force their child to attend tuition class of almost every subject since primary school. The child doesn't have any leisure time, his everyday life is just study and tuition. The parents think that their child will definitely get good grades since they already spent their money on tuition. Most parents have the stereotype thinking that tuition classes are better than government school. When the child didn't meet their expectation, the child will be scolded. I think that getting poor grades doesn't mean you are bad at study. Grades doesn't justify a person.

Rule: Force to be bald for all boys and girls are prohibited for keeping long hair.

1181302472 — 2018-12-26 08:03:35 UTC

Goh Chee Leng (1181302472)
Its actually one of the rule in my secondary school in which all boys are force to be bald.
Reason for the rules? The school scared that the boys will playing their hair and keep on going to toilet to comb and check at their hairstyle making them not in the study mood. The school believe that the hair would cause the boys to show off in front of the girls and causing more trouble to the school management so, this rule has been created.
Its actually a quite common rule in most of the SMJK in Penang. At least 3/4 of the SMJK in Penang have this rule and yup, we were all forced to be bald for 5 years!!!
This is ridiculous right? Hair is a protection for head from being sunburn or something but we were force to cut it until its shorter than 2 cm.
There was a story about why this rule is so trending in Penang but I am lazy to type :P .
Back to the topic, hair, one of the protection to protect our head and even our brain from overheat shouldn't be just cut like that.
Even girls can't keep their hair long and only certain hairstyle are allow for them. They are only allow to choose to cut hairstyle which the school allow.( Nah, this one is normal.)
I think probably the chinese secondary school in Penang should ban this rule since it is a modern era right now. No point lah doing this.

Force to have a big wedding by Malay parent.

2018-12-26 08:36:30 UTC

Nursyazmin Binti Badrul Zaidi(1151303000)
It is impossible to have a small wedding without having an argument with our parent. Having a big wedding can cost you a lot. Sometimes people get loan for their wedding ceremony to satisfied their parent which are so not relevant. It is okay to have small wedding. You need to think about your life after the wedding because wedding is just one day but marriage is for life.

Hilda harshine( 1171300773)

2018-12-26 09:06:53 UTC

one of the practices that is still going on in some cultures is expecting woman to be at home and men to bring home paychecks. In my opinion, this culture is so outdated. Yes it still exist. Woman should be given the opportunity to go to work.

2018-12-26 09:17:12 UTC

In my opinion, getting married before the age of 25 for girls and 30 for guys, is considered an outdated culture. I believe that a girl or a guy should get married only when they are financially stable and prepared. Having a life partner is important but an individual should not be forced to get married.

Sellyna Ruby 1171301957

2018-12-26 09:22:22 UTC

Mohamed Hamidi bin Mohamed Saufi 1161303937

1161303937 — 2018-12-26 10:09:35 UTC

For me, the rule that it is harder to get a job or any opportunity in life after 30 years old is quite irrelevant in today's world. This is because, while there are some companies that are in need for younger people because these people have more energy than older ones, there are always opportunities that many people can utilize in their life, regardless of their age. There are companies that require candidates that have more experiences and knowledge, rather than just looking only at their age. It is up to them to get up and explore such chances, travelling to a new uncharted field to gain experiences and insights, as well as ready to take risk on unpredictable moments in life.

Yap Yee Yann 1161101328

2018-12-26 11:50:43 UTC

In my opinion, i think that the rules that one must get home before 12am is outdated. Why parents have to restrict their children having fun with their friends and think that their kid must be doing something bad and its very embarrassing to let neighbor see their kids get home late. Parents should give children more freedom instead and trust in their children.

Liou Sin Er 1131121629

2018-12-26 12:09:37 UTC

The rules of always follow elder's instructions is outdated for me. At my family, as a child they always need us to follow what elder's said, and think that is good for us, and also means respect, actually it doesn't discuss with us and ask our opinion. Elder also human being, not all are right, elder will hurt the child if the situation is not fair. if i am given mandate, i will revise them please do fair, must give child have the right to say something.

2018-12-26 12:16:07 UTC

TAN QIAN WEN 1161101324

2018-12-26 13:37:21 UTC

In my opinion, graduating with a Degree is able to get a good job and success in life is considered outdated. First of all, there are careers that you really don't need degrees to be successful. For example, online business.

Han Kun Jun 1151104606

2018-12-26 13:39:05 UTC

In my opinion, we should respect everyone's choice and culture. Many think that those people that have tattoos around the skin of their bodies are extremely “bad” or “awful.” However, this is not true at all. Instead, people with tattoos can be some of the nicest people out there. Never judge a person from appearance.

She Choy Yee 1161101783

2018-12-26 13:41:39 UTC

Those parents that forced their child to achive a good result is outdated because study is not everything. Cant deny that we have to study to gain knowledge but it is ok as long as we did our best even we are not getting excellent result. Result is not everything, parents cant forced their child to study whole day, they need to rest and having fun as well. I personally think that knowledge, experience, personality, socialization etc is much more important compared to result.

Syahirah Iwani (1171301459)

syahirahiwani — 2018-12-26 14:48:48 UTC

Outdated Customs: As in some people are saying, if you’re a CGPA holder of 3.67 and above, you’re a genius and an excellent student. Well actually that doesn’t mean everything. Some students, they done well in their studies, well because of its an exam oriented, but are they doing well in their co-curricular activites? What about their soft skills. Plus, joh scope nowadays doesnt measure only on your CGPA but also your performance in university and your other achievements

Lee Xi Luan 1142700985

2018-12-26 14:55:38 UTC

Outdated custom: marriage is a must for continuing next generation. nowadays, many young generations choose to not married because of economic instability, dishonesty of partner, etc. so parents should not force their children to married but to let their children to choose their own life.

Athirah Sophina Bt Roslan (1161100833)

athirahsophina99 — 2018-12-26 15:31:54 UTC

The perspective of our culture towards boarding schools which guarantee the students to be independent. In fact, students from daily schools can be independent too with the guidance under their parents. In my opinion, it will be better if the parents don’t force their children to go to boarding schools and spend their time together as a whole family while they can. Sooner or later once they’ve done with their school life, they have to pursue their studies in university which means it will be a whole new world for them. They can be independent in any ways if they have the initiative to be one.

syed mohammad hilmi (1161101541)

2018-12-26 15:49:32 UTC

Outdated customs: In current generation, a lot of people have this mindset that only people working as doctor, engineer and accountant are the most successful people. These group of profession tend to be highly praised. However, those workers from other stream such as fashion designer, photographers, and animators are underrated. In my opinion, people should appreciate them more as they are also important to the society.

Sayang Syahirah binti Abd Rahim (1161102542)

1161102542 — 2018-12-26 16:32:24 UTC

I find it absolutely ridiculous when your parents force you to go for boarding school because the education there is better and you will study more compared to going on a daily school. For me, studying in a daily school is as good as going to boarding school as long as you know your priorities and how well you should be focused. The culture where parents force and demand you to go for boarding school should not be an issue because as long as you know how to carry yourself, any platform will turn you into a successful person.

Dorothea Rani Schwartz (1161100647)

2018-12-26 17:11:00 UTC

There was a time when a proper young man and woman could not speak to each other unless they had been formally introduced. Now, everyone is free to meet each other and get to know each other face to face or even through dating apps and social media.

Nur Atiqah Binti Mohamed ibrahim 1171302502

2018-12-27 00:56:21 UTC

In my opinion, some parents tend to tell their children to hide themself from the others. Example when someone come to their house, the girls have to sit in the kitchen, and do all the cooking and preparing the drinks and wash the dishes. Apprently if you try to show yourself you can be label as someone with ill-manner, this is, in my opinion is an outdated, because in this 21st century I think we should be brave to show our self to the world in order to gain more experiences and knowledge.

Tee Zhang Xian (1142700921)

2018-12-27 02:50:44 UTC

In my opinion, the custom that children must all go to college and work proper jobs are outdated. As of now, more and more jobs opportunities are small businesses and online services. More education on such matters of starting small online businesses should be optional in schools

Teo Yun Chiou (1161103074)

2018-12-27 02:52:09 UTC

In my opinion, some parents will overprotect their children, making them unable to be independent and unable to think mature. The children may unable to solve problem and make decision by themselves. Besides，parents will give everything they want and lead to spoiled children. Sometimes, the parents will not allow children do to something and make listen their advice so children cannot make their own decision.

Nur Iman Qamalia binti mohammad said (1171302

2018-12-27 03:01:27 UTC

In my opinion, women have been suppressed and pushed aside for a very long time. For an example, in Switzerland women weren't allowed to vote until 1971 and it took 13 more years to hold a ministerial office. Despite being one of the most developed and progressive countries, it took years to gain power for all women in Switzerland. 2018 has finally been declared as 'The Year Of Woman" due to the increase number of women in ministerial offices and running the House Of Parliament. It took more 100 years to get women's rights and that says a lot about outdated customs.

Thus, in this 21st century women are finally able to vote and numbers has been improving over the years allowing young generations live in an open minded community . To be given the mandate to revise this issue, I would say that men should not feel nor be threatened by women as at the end of the day both genders equally want the same power which is to be heard.

Muhammad Hafizuddin Hayat Bin Abd. Rani (1181392673)

1181302673 — 2018-12-27 03:45:58 UTC

What seems to be an outdated and unwritten rules/culture for me is 'what happen in place x stays in place x". Being silent or doing nothing when someone we know is being bullied or oppressed, be it from primary school all the way to work place. To add insult to injury, some of us even support the bullies/oppressor in return for safety/money. This culture let bullying thrive and make bullies feel as if they were powerful as no one will report their wrongdoings to the authority until the bullied sustained heavy injury or even worst, death. Sometimes, even the authority will try to cover any cases of bullying on the pretext of "protecting the institution image" or "preventing further trouble".
What can be done and is slowly being done is to educate and empower society to get evidence and report to the authorities and if they are negligent, to the police or even court. The bully can even be sued for bullying if enough evidence is collected. Any action taken against the bully will prevent any future bullying case to ever happen.

Sara Julia binti Ahmad Suhaimee (1161101902)

2018-12-27 04:10:16 UTC

For me, the most common and outdated rule that usually parents ask us to do is after high school, we must go study abroad. They forced us to go abroad because they think that oversea's education is better than locals and eventually when we wanted to apply for work, it will make it easier for us to get a job. My sister's friend just graduated from the UK, and now she does not even have a job and what is she doing right now? yes, online business. In my point of view, we are living in the 21st century, so most of the people now are on their gadgets and doing online business and less people are working in the office nowdays. It does not matter where did u study whether abroad or local, everything is the same, you will still get a certificate and all. But, the most important thing in life is that we must have the skills and can communicate well with other people.

Danny Tong Meng Jun 1142701838

2018-12-27 05:01:32 UTC

For me the most outdated rules is that most of the older generations thinks that we could get better jobs and salaries if we graduate from university. In my opinion, not all the students who graduate from university could get good job and some of them still could not get jobs even after graduated for years. We must do what we like to do so that our life will be more meaningful. Enjoy life!

Chow Kah Xin 1171103059

2018-12-27 05:02:53 UTC

In the old generation, the bride and the bridegroom cannot meet each other a day before Chinese wedding. However, now generation doesn’t care about this culture, they still will meet each other before wedding. If I have the mandate to revise them, I will doing nothing. Because I think that there are still many things need to discuss before wedding, and I believe that it will have some misunderstanding if not discuss together.

Wong xian yung 1121117484

2018-12-27 05:11:12 UTC

During chinese new year, there are not allow if you want to sweep the floor, because there is a superstition said if you sweep the floor during chinese new year, it will cause all the luck gone.

Tiew Han Bin 1142700800

2018-12-27 05:11:14 UTC

Something I think that need to change is to wasting a lot of resources for the Chinese ritual.

People need stop destroying environment by stop burning hell notes, light up kids joss stick. It's wasting a lot of tree to produce paper and causing air pollution. One of the way to reduce it is to light up the electrical joss stick.

VIJAYA DAVINYASHINI A/P RAMESH (1161100029)

2018-12-27 05:11:50 UTC

Based on my opinion, the most outdated rule is that female have to get married in a young age compared to male. This should be changed and both gender should be treated equally. A person should only get married when they are ready and stable to have a family, not forced due to pressure from family members.

Liew Peng Sin 1181302509

2018-12-27 05:13:49 UTC

When attending a wedding dinner, we are not allowed to wear black shirt because older generation think it is inappropriate as it brings unlucky to the couple. I think this is outdated because everyone has their rights to choose what they want to wear. I will revise them that there is nothing gonna happen although wear in black. Black is just a colour but not an unfortunate symbol.

Chew Li Wooon 1171101679

2018-12-27 05:15:22 UTC

It tis not alllow to cut nails during night time. It is not make sense that older people said cut nails at night may attract ghost. I think we should cut nails at place with brighter light during night time so people will not get harm easily.

Muhamad Hazim Kamili 1171102455

2018-12-27 05:17:09 UTC

No offence, but i don’t really like when Malaysians speak in sandwich language, such as “I nak pergi lunch lah”. Or adding ‘lah’ at the end of every sentence when they speak in english. It sounds so annoying. Why can’t they just speak in full english or full Malay or in full language that they are fluent in?

Soz I’m Malaysian too don’t kill me

FATIMA BAKER 1181301704

2018-12-27 05:17:28 UTC

FIRST ISSUE Marriage for underage girls in bahrain is not allowed and it cannot be dont easily,the girl and her future fiancé go to place and have a interview and they ask the girl if she is okay with the marriagea and she is not forced if she is forced she get free from the marriage and the groom cannot see the wife untill they r officially married so he cannot force her

SECOND ISSUE Is when you bite your tongue that means someone is talking about you.If your eye blinks it either means something bad will happen or good thing will happen.If your hair falls and someone steps on it you will get headache

Toh Xian Min 1181302339

2018-12-27 05:22:06 UTC

My grandmother doesn’t like me to wear short skirt, because she thinks that girls must dress more conservative. But I think I just need to wear appropriately. I will told her to bemore open-minded.

Chuah chong chen 1142702571

2018-12-27 05:23:02 UTC

Few of traditional rules still pass down to the new generation during Chinese new year. For an example, the married women only can return back to their own parent house when second day of chinese new year.Besides, we need to wear bright colour shirt during chinese new year. I consider these rules outdated because we should not restrict people return to their house to meet their parent. Besides that , nowadays some people still follow the patriarchal way. Some of people still want male baby instead of female. Nowadays, every gender has the same right.

Soh Han Yi 1171101457

2018-12-27 05:24:02 UTC

In my area of living, the elders always have a perception of teenagers that ride motorcycles usually are gangsters. For me, I disagree with them as the generation has change. People nowadays need vehicle to make their life easier by traveling faster.

Kang Xiao Wei 1181302546

kangwinnie1023 — 2018-12-27 05:31:18 UTC

In Chinese culture it is suppose to give dowry between the bride and bridegroom’s parents. But nowadays people always show off and feel proud if they get a huge amount of the dowry. It change the meaning hold in the tradition which is only giving a bless to their children from the parent. I think this custom has outdated because nowadays, youths are more based on the easy process when getting married and able to understand that not every family can afford that huge amount of dowry as there are a lot of spending when launching wedding ceremony. But if I have the mandate to revise it, I will do nothing because it depend on the economics condition of ones family. I will respect them and not giving any command about it.

maryam derbas. 1151103398

2018-12-27 05:31:48 UTC

the most outdated rule we still have around some families is the girl is not allowed to do her eyebrows or cut her hair or pur makeup until she get marry, some believe her beauty should be shown all to her husband only during her life.

Yue Zi Qi 1161101093

2018-12-27 05:37:16 UTC

One of the cultural that seems outdated is people often feels expensive things is good things and feel unsecure to buy cheap product as most of the people feel cheap products won't be quality products. The economy should produce more cheap and good quality products. So that everyone can get quality products with cheap price.

Nur Sabrina Abdul Ghani (1161102338)

SabrinaGhani — 2018-12-27 05:37:27 UTC

In my opinion, one of the outdated customs is when there is a phrase from the elders “Those who always sing during cooking will end up marrying late”. Another phrase “Those who always change their seats during eating will end up getting married a few times”. But the truth is, these phrases are only to warn their children to be behave in a good way around people.

Anis Farhani Binti Mohd Fazli 1161102093

2018-12-27 06:12:40 UTC

Some parents in Malaysia would like to send their children to sbp or mrsm as they feel it is better for their children to go there instead of being in a normal school. Some of them, they also have a perception where they think those who study at the normal school are not very smart compared to those who study in sbp or mrsm. For me, it is not about the school itself but how the persons could deal with their life and how they could manage their time properly. It is all depends on the children. For instance, there is a school at Penang which is known with its problematic students. There are a lot of cases about the students in that school. However, there was a student ( a girl) was able to get straight A's during SPM. All teachers e very happy as previously, none of their students got staright A's in their school. Thus, we cannot label someone just like that. Even though they are from normal school, there are still some of the students are intelligent or even more intelligent than sbp or mrsm students. If I have parents like that, I would explain to them that everyone are able to be a successful person in the future regardless of where they pursue their studies.

Tham Kok Yen 1142700968

2018-12-27 06:24:44 UTC

Chinese have a tradition that does not allow them to cut their nails at night as it will bring ghosts and evil spirits. Back in the days they do not have lights at night thus cutting nails could harm themselves. Therefore, this tradition was passed down to threaten the kids.

1141124451 / Nurina Izzati Norman

2018-12-27 06:32:27 UTC

In my opinion, parents should educate and treat their children fairly between son and daughter. If the son could go out till midnight, then the daughter could do it as well. Parents should give the same treatment to their children. I do understand that it is dangerous for the girls to be out there during night time, hence the parents should educate the boys to be more respectful towards girls.

Allen Chong 1142702258

2018-12-27 07:10:31 UTC

During the secondary school days, after finishing PMR, we are given the option to choose either science or art stream. It seems that people perception on studying science stream are smarter than the art stream student. People should be open-minded that the students are still getting educations.

Sarah akshaish

2018-12-27 07:32:45 UTC

1181302137

In my hometown when they see a flipped shoe.We have to fix it because if we don’t it as they say it brings bad luck to our day. That’s what our grandparents taught us.

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jiwasri1 — 2018-12-27 07:54:55 UTC

Discrimination based on skin colour and caste is still existing in India. In my opinion, discrimination on the basis of religion ,skin colour ,language ,caste and sex shoud be avoided and must treat everyone equally without bias .

Imran bin Ismadi 1161100907

2018-12-27 08:00:07 UTC

Current generation is still using school uniform as a formal clothes during school session especially in high school. It is to make sure that the students are obeying the school's rules and regulations by dressing smartly and take pride in their appearance. In my opinion, this is an outdated rule because only high school students should be able to develop self-expression and their personal identity by their own clothing style but with certain restrictions and limitations.

Don't Point Your Feet or Finger at People

2018-12-27 08:17:28 UTC

Feet are considered to be unclean and therefore it's important to avoid pointing your feet at people or touching people or objects (particularly books) with your feet or shoes.If you accidentally do so, you should apologize straight away. Also, note that Indians will often touch their head or eyes as a show of apology. On the other hand, it's a sign of respect to bend down and touch an elder person's feet.Pointing by finger is consider unrespectful and rude. If you need to point at something or someone, it's better to do so with your whole hand or thumb.

DIVYAWAATHY A.P KALISWARAN
1181302563

2018-12-27 08:26:53 UTC

1161102136

2018-12-27 08:50:07 UTC

Switching places during eating.
An old malay custom believes that, if you change your place while you are eating, you are expected to have an additional life partnerFor example, if a man changes his eating place from spot A to spot B, it is believed that he will be having 2 wives instead of one. This is just a custom believed by older people to avoid the younger people from changing their eating positions to show respect. People should not believe in this although, they should keep in mind that changing their places when eating is disrespectful.

1161102504

2018-12-27 10:25:25 UTC

Don’t sing in the kitchen. The malay culture believes that you will be married more than once

Ahmad Mursyidi Bin Ismail 1161102016

2018-12-27 13:12:15 UTC

One of the culture that i feel outdated is to have a kenduri arwah or majlis tahlil when your family member died. There are a lot of debates on this issue. First of all, if the family is financially and mentally stable to throw a majlis tahlil during the night after funeral and the night after for 7 nights straight, then it is fine for them. BUT. If the family of the dead person were not capable for it, don't look at them like they just commit a crime. Majlis tahlil has good intention in it as we recite the tahlil as sadaqah to the person who died but other than that, it is just a burden. You don't need to invite other people just to recite the tahlil. You, yourself can recite it. And please don't go on like this issue as bidaah issue, that is a new whole story. Thanks

Teoh Wei Lun 1142701071

2018-12-27 15:34:50 UTC

During the old times, Chinese has a tradition that you should not share a pear with friends and family members. Chinese people believes that sharing a pear will bring negativity, pessimism and bad omen for friendship and family. Sharing a pear in Mandarin sounds the same as the Mandarin word with the meaning "to separate". In other words, sharing a pear leads to friendship splitting and even divorce. We should be more open minded that sharing pears are just sharing fruits as sharing is caring. Sharing is a generous act and value that we should practise.

Muhd. Amir Masaki (1141126552)

2018-12-28 00:35:49 UTC

Outrage culture; where if a person did a mistake or an accident in public, said person will be recorded from a passer-by and said recording will be uploaded to the internet. This will then cause a 'witch hunt' of sorts towards the person that was presumably, in the wrong. This kind of attitude should not exist because the 'guilty' person may not actually be guilty, as we may not know the full picture of the incident. Personally, I think we should not make a quick assumption based on one's side, but instead try to look from both sides.

Asymal Bin Azhar (1161102306)

2018-12-28 03:13:28 UTC

The mindset that dark skin person are not pretty should be fix. Nowadays, local cosmetics advertising still want people to think that fair skin is better in order to sell their skin whitening product. As a person with dark skin I had experienced people making fun of my dark skin during my high school days. People should learn to appreciate everyone difference and be grateful to what God given to us.

Abdul Hakim bin Suzura 1161102148

2018-12-28 07:07:14 UTC

One of the outdated culture that I think is seniority culture in boarding school. By having title "senior", the person think that they are able to do anything they want to their juniors. This also lead to ragging junior students to do anything that senior students asked to do. It also may cause mental and physical abuse and even cause death. Eventhough having seniority in school would develop respect culture towards senior, but it seems many have abused the title. Parents nowadays afraid to send their child to boarding school because there been several cases like mental and physical abuses and even death cases. I think that the culture should be abolished as it bring more harm than good. It should be implented well rather than giving full power to touch junior students.

Nur Yasmin (1161101885)

2018-12-28 07:49:33 UTC

Nowadays, people will always have a perception that someone who studies in a boarding school are more intelligent or knowledgeable than a person who studies in a daily school. They think that students who are in the boarding school might get a good result and end up with a good future. For me, a good result and a good future are actually depends on the students itself. All the students in each school are learning the same thing and it is on the student’s own effort to study more to gain more knowledge in what they are learning. Every schools are the same and everyone can be a successful person depends on their effort in their study.

Nur Dhiya Nabila 1141125285

1141125285 — 2018-12-28 11:43:33 UTC

the mindset of parents that didn't allow their children especially their daughter to hang out after 8pm may be outdated because of their strict in their daughter safety. the way that can be correct is that their daughter inform their parents with whom and where she hang out .

Nur Amirah bt. Nazaruddin (1161101457)

2018-12-28 12:22:49 UTC

I am all for encouraging people, especially girls to pursue STEM fields, but I wish it didn’t come with the negative connotation some people have in that talent or passion for the arts and humanitarian based degrees are inherently less valuable than talent or passion for maths and science. I hope one day people will realise the equal importance of both the arts and sciences and how they are branches of the same tree.

Hon Kai Cheng 1142700865

2018-12-28 14:09:22 UTC

During the old days, my grandparents met each other in a train station, it was love at first sight and there's no problem with that. And now I can meet people with a few swipes and people thinks that is unrealistic and impractical. They say that love needs to be practical to be work. My advise is love can come in any form, so just be yourself and do your thing, while ignoring other people's judgement and perspectives.

Nouf Abdullah 1181300353

nofalisa — 2018-12-28 15:27:21 UTC

In the south of Saudi Arabia some families when a foreign man come to engage their daughters they will not give him the approval until they ask their cousins if they want to marry their daughters because they think that their cousins deserve them more than a foreign man.but nowadays no more families do that.

Marsya Qisteena Binti Mohd Zairee (1161100741)

2018-12-28 15:45:12 UTC

During big examination year, such as SPM, parents usually did not allow their kids to use their computer or any gadgets that have a connection with the internet as that will affect their studies. It is outdated as students needs their time off after a long period of studying. As long as the student know how to balance their time between studying and taking a break, then it should be alright.

Derrick Rufus a/l Vincent 1181301719

2018-12-28 15:56:41 UTC

Since small, i was told that i should not cut my nails at night as it is said it will shorten my lifespan. This taboo has been told when there was limited electricity access. Therefore, cutting nails at night without lights is not safe. Now, i do not think this taboo is applicable anymore as we have lights at night to cut nails.

Abdul Muhaimin Bin Ab.Aziz (1151303662)

2018-12-29 07:37:50 UTC

The culture of comparing the children within family members, like what you achieved in exams, which schools you got accepted into and what kind of degrees you do set the standards of your worth within family members, relatives, and the achievements tend to be measured in terms of how much you earn, what kind of car you drives and most of us tends to go into debts to look good and decent because we are afraid to be perceive as less successful than any other family member's circle, relatives etc.

Nur Arissa Bt Khairul Nizam (1161102011)

2018-12-29 16:27:32 UTC

My grandmother always say that people who sits on the stairs will ended up marrying an old men. This actually means nothing but they just do not want us to sit on the stairs as it will bother people's way

Nurul Natasha Halim (1151104834

2018-12-30 04:02:38 UTC

1. Some people have been judged based on their race and some of them are very open to doing so. This is why i think that people nowadays are outdated and simply said, narrow-minded. We as Malaysians must accept everyone equally regardless of color, race and ancestry. We also need to know and even realize that we ourselves are not necessarily acceptable to others.

2. Malaysians are often regarded as showoffs when using English in everyday life and even when speaking to Malaysian or non-Malaysian. Do not they know that English has been recognized as the second language in Malaysia? True, the Malay language symbolizes our identity as well as our country, but it must be practiced and always appreciated, but foreigners who travel to Malaysia are not all Malay-speaking. We as Malaysians should give them a good image when giving directions, picking up orders, being a tourist guides as well as being friendly. This clearly shows that English is very important.

Lim Han Wei (1161101872)

2018-12-30 10:16:16 UTC

During high school, there has been this perception that being a kid of a teacher needs to be 'perfect' as in having good attitude, perfect grades, and also to be a role model to other students. So, they are being pressured all the time because everything they do is being monitored carefully. Once they did something wrong, they tend to be the subject that everyone gossips about. This could be unfair to them since everyone makes mistakes and we are only human.

Just treat them as normal students.

MATHANA KALLIANA SUNDARAM (1161102097)

2018-12-30 14:04:38 UTC

We have definitely came across many superstitious believes that has been brought down relentlessly to our current generation and have been manipulated over the years. The real question is, why are we not being told the truth and what was the necessity to make the fact more dramatic? For an instance, in our Indian culture, it is believed that we are not supposed to handover a safety pin via hands. It has been believed that the relationship that exists between one another would be ripped off. However, the real story is that, handing over a safety pin bare handed might cause an accident, like poking one another.

Nur Ain Najihah Binti Abdul Razak(1161102367)

2018-12-30 14:50:59 UTC

Too choosy
Fresh graduates always demand for a high pay jobs. And they end up jobless. Thus, fresh graduates shouldnt be too fussy in choosing their job. Even though the salary is not that much, atleast they could gain experience before changing to another job.

Kogilavaani Sinnappan (1181302578)

1181302578 — 2018-12-30 19:59:53 UTC

One such custom that is conventionally practiced in the Indian community is that of forcing or coaxing their children to choose between one of the few commonly picked career path in the Indian community. This includes doctor, engineer, lawyer or IT amongst others. These career paths have been the go to for the Indian community for decades and it is no surprise to see young Indian lads studying for one of these in the varsities not out of self interest but merely due to pressure from their family. This, I believe is a very outdated practice that does not suit the modern way of life where more and more career types are being created that are equal or even better in terms of returns and significance in the society.

Fauzi Haryo Prasetyanto 1171302662

2018-12-31 04:13:31 UTC

In indonesia, we have a lot of local languange, i.e Jawa, sunda etc. In the past, our grand parents talk to our parents using their local language. But unfortunatley, our parents wont teach us about it anymore. Because the school doesnt think that is necessary to have that kind of skill. But, most of Indonesian (generation Z) knew when their parents or grand parents talking in local language, but unfortunately we cant answer it.

Noor Farain Binti Rozine 1171302592

2018-12-31 04:21:13 UTC

In the past due to racism, people think dark skins is something ugly. But now even in Malaysia, people has taken notice that having different skin tones or darker skin is nature of beauty. Even people with darker skin tones have taken place in modelling nowadays. All they need to do now is to only take care of their faces in which to avoid having pimples or acne.

Sharifah Aimy Hafiza Binti Syed Shahrul Zaman 1161100424

2019-01-01 11:56:24 UTC

As an Asian, we have been brainwashed since we were small that girls should do all the house chores like washing, cleaning, and cooking and girls must always wake up early, dresses well, etc. While the boys dont have to do a single house chores and it is fine for boys to wake up late. This Asian culture should have not existed because it is certainly unfair and outdated. Parents should teach the boys to wake up early, cleans, cooks and washes, too because it's OUR home. Let's be a team.

Tai Jia Geng 1171100966

taijiagengfreedom — 2019-01-01 12:17:45 UTC

Elders always think that people who with tattoo are mafia or gangster. For me, I think that just another fashion now a day, it cant judge that person are good or bad.

Raihan binti Kasim (1171302730)

2019-01-01 14:43:20 UTC

Our elders always said that it is not good to take a bath at night because you will get sick. But for me as long we cleaning before sleeping is a good thing rather than just sleeping without cleaning. We can take bath whenever we want. Is not that we always take bath at night. Sometimes we come back from any activity at night, our body is sweating and the smell also not good. hahaha. Better we cleaning first. If not our roommate also cannot stand with their smelly roommate. 😝

Veniza Ann Francis (1132702297)

2019-01-01 15:02:52 UTC

Girls or women are not allowed to laugh so harder infront of the boys or men since it is labelled as disrespectful !! Besides that there is a rule for not cutting nails at night time because as per the elders it brings bad luck but then the real truth is not that, as last time people used knife to cut their nails and there were no electricity during that time so people might hurt themselves while cutting their nails!!

Nur Haziqah Najwa 1161102187

2019-01-01 15:18:46 UTC

elders always said that when you sing while cooking you will get an old husband. but the truth reason behind this, is to avoid from something happen during cooking, for example, the food become scorched. And in my opinion, those are not relevant at all because God already stated whose gonna be our spouse. thus i think elders should just said to the point that it is not good to sing while cooking.

Sharmine Mahira 1171100593

2019-01-01 15:50:01 UTC

Growing up as an asian child, one of the rule that seems outdated is the taboo that says when you change seats in the middle of eating, you’ll end up getting married a few times. This taboo is not applicable because it was told by parents in the past so that their children will not move around until they finish their foods.

DARSHANIA GENESAN [1161100963]

2019-01-01 15:57:47 UTC

When i went to India I experienced of the job perspective that Indian parents strictly advising their children to prepare for govt jobs, they are probably seeking security in life when their children want to chase their dreams and want to do whatever they are passionate about. these parents must have been through lot of problems post globalization but things have changed now but its likely they were not dynamic.

Sumaiyah Binti Mohd Abdul Kader (1161102161)

2019-01-01 16:09:45 UTC

Growing up in an asian family, it has been such a norm for us to listen to our parents nag about not allowing their childrens, especially their daughters to go out and hangout with their friends until the late hours, be it with their male friends or their female friends. They have this mindset that is so outdated for them to still hold on to, which is "what would other people say when they see girls going out and coming back home late at night?". I personally think that this mindset should be changed because it is definitely not something relevant to be applying anymore.

Nur aiman firus

2019-01-02 04:34:55 UTC

Nur aiman firus 1161102414

2019-01-02 04:34:56 UTC

Nur aiman firus 1161102414

2019-01-02 04:34:58 UTC

As asian kids, we were taught to be shy, quiet and polite at all times. It was quite common among us to not have a two way interaction in class as only the teachers or the lecturers who are speaking. This is because students were being shy and did not want to attract him/herself to attention when they ask the question out loud. I think that the norm or custom is outdated because it is 2019, how do we keep moving forward if we are too afraid or shy with everything? We need to ensure that younger generations are polished with bravery to speak but not in a rude manner and we ourselves have to change from within.

Putera haqeem 1171100262

2019-01-02 05:10:59 UTC

As an asian kid , there are a lot of supersition that malays believe . One of it is when someone is pregnant , people advice her not to kill any animal during pregnancy for fear of the children having animalistic features.

James Douglas 1131121943

2019-01-02 05:41:21 UTC

In my family, we were thought that we should cut our finger nails at night. This tradition was practiced back in the day because during that time there was no electricity and at night all they was candles for a source of light. So people back then was told to not cut their nails at night because it was dark and they might hurt themselves while doing so.

At this current time, the source of light is almost available at every time and every where so you will not hurt yourself cutting your nail. This tradition is pointless to be followed for obvious reasons.

Anisatunnaja Mohd rahdi 1171101734

2019-01-02 05:52:31 UTC

Since i was young, my parents told me not to sit on a pillow because it will cause a boil on my butt cheek. This taboo has been told to people since our ancestors time. In reality, sitting on the pillow wont cause boil. I think this is an outdated taboo which we should not follow. This taboo can be corrected by telling people it is unhygienic to sit on a pillow as it is used to put our head to sleep.

Sam Chee Leong 1161101315

2019-01-02 07:11:00 UTC

In my family, I am not allow to give a shoe to our parent as present because it normally only can give to dead people according to chinese culture.

Ong Jun Jie 1131119462

2019-01-02 07:13:55 UTC

For Chinese funerals, Chinese had been not allowed celebrate any festival for 3 years.
In our family, we are not allowed celebrate any festival for 1 years. The reason that i know about this consuetude is because my grandfather just pass away last sem. My grandmother said this rule were from her parents.

Adham Bin Azman (1161102277)

2019-01-02 07:19:35 UTC

My dad always said when I was a child that always finish your rice because he said that if it is not finished, the rice will cry. But it is an advice to not waste your food because there are others who struggle to find food. So he always said that always be grateful with all our good fortune

Chong Shu Hong 1161101365

1161101365 — 2019-01-02 07:21:44 UTC

During Chinese new year , we must wear red shirt because it will bring good luck to us in chinese culture. I think that it is outdated because people dont really follow the tradition and they will wear any color that they like.

Ahmad Syazriman (Zee) 1161100981

syazrimanabdullah — 2019-01-02 07:24:13 UTC

The on culture i feel that needs to change is where our community loves to talk behind peoples back. It’s a culture that’s we can actually change. This may not be practice by all but I’m sure most of us tend to do it. Even me myself. So i feel we need to start changing this habit of us, and start facing the truth of our bad sides and learn to change them. We all have the tendency to dislike people and condescend others but doing so this will not change the person. So by changing and confronting the person will be helping them, but please do so with good intentions. Happy New Year, lets be a better person.

2019-01-02 07:24:48 UTC

Nur Azmina Nabilah 1171302279

I was told not to take anything when i enter the forest, bcs that thing might have it’s owner and the owner could be following us home. So till now, I’d still hold to those words, cus I believe ghost exists.

AFIDZ BIN AZAHAR

2019-01-02 07:24:58 UTC

1171302109
Old folks always told me not to go out after 10pm, when I asked for their explanation, they simply said it's because it is very dangerous at night time, and because that they think that I might be involved with crime activities or at least doing other immoral things such as going to night clubs, joining triad organizations, doing heists and such. I think they are being so truthful to me because they really want me to accept reality as it is and they don't want me to do all those nonsense because it still is an ongoing vice crimes

Khairul Amin Bin Mohamed

2019-01-02 07:25:18 UTC

1171301683
This have been going on for quite sometime, if uou4 parents are somebody(successfull businessmen/women or politician. You (have) to follow their footstep and be their successor by force.

Jason Ng Binlun 1161302638

2019-01-02 07:28:14 UTC

Culture of playing video games as a job. Asian parents believe that their children playing video games is always a waste of time and will never amount to anything in the future. However, there are many young people who become successful through playing video games competitively (Esports) or recording themselves playing online (Streaming). Even so, gaming and anything related to gaming will always have a negative perception on people in my (Chinese) community, because it’s not a lawyer or doctor.

Michael jonathan 1171302430

2019-01-02 07:37:39 UTC

In my family my mom used to have a rules that i only able to play video games on weekends. I think its outdated because sometimes even i done my homework i still couldn’t play. My mom don’t let me, and video games was my only entertainment. I can’t watch film/cartoon because of my sister.

NAIF YAQEEN B CHE MUSLIM

2019-01-02 07:40:50 UTC

1161100738
In my family, nobody eats unless everybody is present at the table, if we eat at a restuarant, we wait for all our food to come, then we eat. My dad usually eats first but my mom and I are the regulators of the culture. I carry on the culture everywhere I go, even among my peer. For me, it's a sign of consideration to other people and it helps me become more discipline in restraining hunger or other lustful intent.

Nur Hafizahtul Najwa (1161102369

2019-01-02 07:45:09 UTC

Pregnant women tend to have a lot of rules that they must follow in order to prevent any unexpected accident, miscarriage especially. For example, there are some fruits, vegetables or even seafoods that are prohibited for them to consume. The most common fruit that our older generations would consider it as a taboo during pregnancy is a pineapple. They said, it contains a strong and sting flavour which can cause harm to the baby, as well as cause of abortion. On the other hand, based on scientific evidence, one cause of abortion is high consumption of bromelain and vitamin C. Pineapple contains both of these, but at very little amount. However, older generations may come out with this taboo if they have experienced it or some of community has ever faced the same thing. Nevertheless, pineapple is not a strong reason that cause abortion and pregnant women can actually eat it at light amount but, if they feel cautious and want to prevent from something bad happen, it's okay to practice it during their pregnancy. To sums up, I think we must educate people on how certain rules that occurred have its specific reasons or may have not. We must learn and make some readings first before we believe or just follow it. Older generations usually learn through experience rather than books and evidences, thus we can't simply obey the taboo and pass it down to the next generations if it's not necessarily true.

2019-01-02 07:47:01 UTC

Muhammad Muzammil b. Ghazali

2019-01-02 07:51:12 UTC

1161100923

So first of all my family culture is if any of us have birthday we would go out to celebrate. If birthday boy/girl is absent the whole family will come down to visit✌🏻

Lau Kar Yan 1161101717

2019-01-02 08:02:45 UTC

My grandparents told us that it is a taboo for us to take medicine on the first day of Chinese New Year, otherwise we will be sick for the entire year. I think it is outdated because if you are really sick you should still take your medicine so you can recover more faster.

Nur Izzati Binti Nazri 1161102501

1161102501 — 2019-01-02 16:36:01 UTC

Women are not allowed to sing while cooking in the kitchen. According to outdated customs, parents forbid their girls to sing during cooking because they are fond of getting married with old person. The reason why old people say so is because the food that girls cook might burn up if they neglect to sing. Besides, their saliva may be in the food and it is not sweet in the eyes of people when girls singing in the kitchen

Muhammad Zufardinie Bin Mohammed Zulkifli 1121116750

2019-01-03 08:08:39 UTC

Old Malay culture believe that when you lay down belly facing down, and putting your feet up, you mama will die faster. But actually it's because in the old days girls always wear long skirt/baju kurung, so when they do the act people can see in your skirt, no good, even free show, still no good.

Lim Wee Han 1142700885

2019-01-07 08:48:38 UTC

In my chinese culture, my grandparents told me that I should not cutting my nails during the midnight. If I do so I'll lose my wits and the cutted nails will attract the ghosts around me.

Tong Zhi Wei 1142700555

2019-01-20 15:47:21 UTC

I think there is a myth that washing your hair in night time it dangerous because my parent and the elders often tell me it consider unhealthy to your head, for like "you will get headache when you're older".