Yeah I know I haven't posted in the longest time. But well, nothing much to post about and besides I decided to share pictures through FB anyway since its more convenient.
The reason why I suddenly decided to post here is because I have something to voice out. I was just looking at websites of the International Universities that are available here with the idea of seeing what Masters programs are being offered. There are plenty of courses available at varying price ranges, locations e.t.c..
The requirements are generally standard, a bachelor's degree, 2 recommendation letters, notarized copy of passport , the non refundable application fees e.t.c. What irritated me and forced me to come up here and post this is one of the "standard requirement". The requirement of submitting a TOEFL or a IELTS score (or whatever it is called) for anyone who is not a citizen of America or UK or Australia or one or two other countries. Why? Because those citizens are considered native speakers. Oooooooh....
Really? I have personally met people from some of these so called native English speakering countries who can't speak proper English for their life's worth! They cannot structure their sentences properly or use correct grammar! I am not saying all are like that, but definitely some are like that. In that case, why employ such a biased mechanism to judge the proficiency of one's English?
I had been studying English since primary school and I even have Cambridge O and A level certificates! Yet I have to pay a few hundred euros and do these ridiculous tests which will test if I can say A B C? What kind of logic is that? How is that fair?
Or perhaps, these universities get a nice cut of the money pie from the TOEFL and IELTS organisations? Ya. That should be the only logical explanation.
Oh well, I won't be applying to any Universities (if & when I do my Masters) which employ such unfair practises and try to extract a few hundred bucks and a lot of time to prove something that I have been doing my entire life.
Its like asking a cow to prove that it can mooo. Well of course it can you idiots! Its been moo-ing all its life!
