Luqman's musings

My blog posts on www.dyslexiafriend.com is mainly on why kids are unable to read in English. I believe, there are enough educators who are now convinced that many kids shut down/disengage from learning to read because of confusion as a result of teaching of pronunciation of phonemes wrongly. As such, I have decided to write one or two posts per week unlike previously where I wrote one post per day. Now, I have time to look at some of my tweets that have been rebutted by tweeters.

There were 2 issues that have not been settled between Nathaniel and me. Our Twitter conversation is copy pasted below. I have added a third question and request Nathaniel to respond.

I transcribe below the letter from Kim Goldsworthy for easy reading. Dear Mr.Luqman Michel, In reply to your PDF Documents. I am flabbergasted that my NAME and my PHOTOGRAPH has been used where I have never *confirmed* any such writings. ·          I have never dealt with “The Lions Club of Kota Kinabalu Host” ·          I have never read the bylaws of “Lions Club of Kota Kinabalu Host.” ·          I do not know who “Lion Francis Liew” is (i.e. the signer of the document). I have clipped the text from your “notification”. Kim Goldsworthy, an authority and a panelist on Roberts Rules Questions and Answers Forum have confirmed on 19.11.2016 at 4.28pm all those public postings is sufficient to conclude Luqman Michel’s unworthiness of membership and no further due process is required. Please inform your organization that I never rea...

My case will set a precedent. When I started my action I was told by a number of my friends that my case will be thrown out because I do not have locus standi (Legal Standing).

Finally, my case on the complaint to the Advocates Disciplinary Board was heard yesterday.

  I saw the following YouTube video - The Indian Problem - in a group called ‘Borneo Indians United’ of which I am a member.                                        https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VH6lTATwFEg I then made a comment saying that many smart children leave school as illiterates. I went on to say that I have taught more than 70 such children since 2004.

Yesterday a Facebook friend had posted an article captioned ‘Another proof that Malays are not lazy or stupid'. I personally know of many in each race in Malaysia who are intelligent and hardworking as well as stupid and lazy and as such I cannot accept that any particular race is stupid or lazy. I believe it is the politicians in our country who make a certain race ‘stupid and lazy’ for some advantage they gain by keeping this race ‘stupid and lazy’. As an analogy let us take a hurdle race. Let us say there are two categories of people (category A and category B) taking part in the race every year. In the first year A beats B. The authorities decide to raise the hurdle of A and reduce the hurdle of B. In the next year despite the hurdles being raised for A and lowered for B, A still beats B. The hurdle is again raised for A and lowered for B. This goes on until the hurdle cannot be raised any higher nor lowered any lower. Now, what is the motivation...