HARD INSIDE, SOFT OUTSIDE
Do you still remember my friend�s story in my post before? My friend said that it was almost impossible to change bad tradition in his working environment. If we are in…
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FROM THEM WE LEARN
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A quite poor mother bore a baby in Niderwald, Swiss, 1850. The baby was named Cesar Ritz. The baby, then, grew up in this poor farmer family. Generally, they who were b…
Read moreTIDAK BISA MENULIS
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Kita, saya kira, sama. Kita terkadang merasa otak kita buntu. Otak kita kosong melompong. Kita tidak memiliki apapun untuk ditulis. Saat ini, �penyakit� ini menjangkiti…
Read moreAPA GUNA SEKOLAH?
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Cobalah untuk bertanya kepada anak sekolah, di jenjang apapun, �Nak, untuk apa engkau sekolah?�. Saya pastikan kebanyakan dari mereka akan menjawab; �Saya sekolah agar …
Read moreWHAT ARE SCHOOLS FOR?
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ARTIKEL PENDIDIKAN � Try to ask a student of any school, �Son, why must you attend each lessons in your school?�. I am definitely certain most of them will answer you,…
Read moreAPA YANG BISA KITA LAKUKAN?
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Seorang teman saya yang seorang guru SMA, harus dimutasi ke SD. Saya kira berat baginya mengajar anak � anak seumuran SD karena selama ini ia mengajar anak � anak remaj…
Read moreWHAT CAN YOU DO?
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A friend of mine, a teacher of a high school, must be mutated to a primary school. I think it�s hard for him to teach students of that age because previously, he taught…
Read moreEFEKTIFITAS ANGGARAN PENDIDIKAN
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Seseorang mempertanyakan efektifitas dari dinaikkannya anggaran pendidikan yang dijanjikan oleh Presiden Susilo Bambang Yudoyono beberapa waktu lalu. Dia mengatakan bah…
Read moreEDUCATIONAL BUDGET
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Someone questioned the effectiveness of educational budget increasing committed by President Susilo Bambang Yudoyono a few days ago. He said that the increasing of teac…
Read moreKENALI DIRI
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Ketika Iwan Fals ditanya tentang kesiapan dirinya untuk menjadi seorang anggota legislatif atau bahkan seorang presiden, dia menjawab bahwa ia tidak memiliki kemampuan …
Read moreIT�S NOT ME!
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When Iwan Fals was asked about his willingness to run for a legislative or even presidential seat, he answered that he was incapable of running a country. In fact, he h…
Read moreOBEY THE RULE
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Dewi Persik dances erotically. A film director produces a controversial movie. Some people said that Dewi Persik�s dance is not a kind of pornography. It is a kind of a…
Read moreMENUMBUHKAN KEULETAN
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Di sebuah warung, saya mendapatkan pemandangan yang mengharukan. Seorang bapak dan anaknya yang berusia kira � kira empat tahunan masuk dan memesan makanan ketika saya …
Read moreOPEN LOWER SECONDARY SCHOOL
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Open Lower Secondary School is held for students who can�t attend regular Lower Secondary School (SMP). It�s formal. The school is adapted to students� condition so it …
Read moreTALK AND DO
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There is a parody that I like much. It�s about a sophisticated professor who asked some people to do something. But no one did what the professor asked. The people only…
Read moreLESSON FROM BANG IMAD
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Imaddudin Abdurrahim (78), or known as Bang Imad, passed away yesterday, Saturday morning (03/08). Bang Imad was the forerunner of dakwah in university. He did his dakw…
Read moreOUR BELOVED INDONESIAN
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When I was a primary school student, I often heard some words which were a little strange. I asked my teacher about the words. My teacher said that actually those words…
Read moreTHE SCHOOL WHERE I TEACH
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The school where I teach is located in a remote area. Actually, the school is just 15 Kilometer far. But, because of its place � to reach the school you have to ride a …
Read moreSTOLEN MONEY
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Mr. Headmaster gave me a letter from a parent of my student. The letter said that, Boini, my student, had lost her money, Rp. 70, 000, 00, at school. The money was inte…
Read moreBOOKS PROBLEM
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Parents are always in a dither whenever they must send their son or daughter to a new school. They must spend a lot of money, that�s the reason. A newspaper said that p…
Read moreTURN YOUR T.V. OFF!!
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Community for Research and Empowerment (CORE) called out the Indonesians to turn off their televisions on July 20th. Why must we turn our TV off? We cannot separate tel…
Read moreRIDE YOUR BIKE!
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I find a few bicycles on the road recently. When I was a student, most of the students rode bicycles to their schools. Not only the students, but also some teachers. Bu…
Read moreTEACHER OF THE FIRST YEAR
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After two years waiting, finally, I teach students of the first year. The last two years, I taught students of the third year. I found it as a hard work. Teaching the t…
Read moreDON�T JUDGE BOOK FROM ITS COVER
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Eko Setyono was my student in an Islamic High School. He was known as a badly behaved student. He often opposed his teachers and he often said words that hurt. When it …
Read moreWHO WANTS TO BE TEACHER?
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When you decide to attend a school, the first thing you have to ask is how are the teachers? Teachers play an important role in education. If the teacher is high in qua…
Read moreHOLIDAY TIME
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Do you think you need holiday? Yes, you need some days to escape from your daily routines. Sure, you are, sometimes, boring with all those things. So you need something…
Read moreLearning Aid Services� Role
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Final examination is aimed to increase the quality of Indonesian Education. We can say this because the minimal standard of pass is increased gradually in every year. T…
Read moreConsumtive Students and Our Televisions
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I was stupefied by a dialogue I heard between two students who were coincidentally in the same bus with me on the way to school. One of the two asked about a homework w…
Read moreKEMERDEKAAN BAGI�..
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Kemerdekaan bagi para pejuang kita jaman dahulu adalah tujuan suci yang harus diperjuangkan dengan mandi keringat, berkubang air mata, bersimbah darah. Kemerdekaan bagi…
Read morePADA AKHIRNYA
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Pada akhirnya Pemerintah berjanji akan menaikkan anggaran pendidikan sebesar 20 %. Menteri Keuangan, Sri Mulyani Indrawati mengatakan bahwa angka dua puluh persen itu s…
Read moreAPA YANG BISA KITA LAKUKAN?
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Berbagai macam persoalan mendera masyarakat kita. Saat ini kita melihat banyak berita tentang masyarakat yang kesulitan dalam mendapatkan air bersih. Masalah yang umum t…
Read moreBELUM MERDEKA
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Hari minggu yang akan datang, Indonesia akan merayakan kemerdekaannya yang ke 63. Seperti umumnya perayaan kemerdekaan, banyak acara digelar untuk memeriahkan peringata…
Read moreBAHASA DAERAH KITA
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Sekolah saya mendapatkan masalah yang cukup serius. Murid � murid di sekolah kami secara berangsur � angsur mulai kehilangan sopan santunnya. Kami yang ada di Jawa, bia…
Read moreMENYOAL MALNUTRISI
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Fisik kita adalah modal kita. Tanpa fisik yang sehat, kita tidak akan dapat bekerja optimal. Untuk itulah kita harus memperhatikan asupan nutrisi pada diri kita. Bahkan…
Read moreBELAJAR MENJADI BAWAHAN
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Hari ini saya melihat sebuah pemandangan yang luar biasa, pemandangan yang bisa dikatakan mewakili mental dari keseluruhan bangsa kita. Mental yang tidak baik tepatnya.…
Read moreBERHENTI MENGELUH
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Mungkin ada yang lelah ketika lagi � lagi harus membahas pendidikan di negeri kita. Karena itu banyak yang kemudian bersikap masa bodoh dengan keadaan. Membiarkan semua…
Read moreMEMANFAATKAN INTERNET
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Delapan tahun lalu, saya sering keluar masuk satu � satunya warnet di kota saya. Saya harus mengeluarkan Rp. 12.000,- untuk bisa berselancar di dunia maya selama satu j…
Read moreWAJAH PENDIDIKAN KITA
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Anak � anak kita yang memiliki antusiasme belajar yang tinggi menyejukkan hati dan menawarkan harapan masa depan bangsa yang lebih baik. Kita bisa melihat itu di Asian …
Read moreSAYA DAN DONGENG
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Saya beruntung karena memiliki nenek yang senang mendongeng. Dulu, di waktu � waktu menjelang tidur, nenek selalu mendongengi saya. Beliau tiduran di sisi kasur, dan sa…
Read morePERGURUAN TINGGI BOHONG � BOHONGAN
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Kita geli dengan berita tentang beberapa politisi yang ketahuan ijazah perguruan tinggi yang diklaimnya ternyata palsu. Berita seperti ini memang bukan barang baru. Sej…
Read moreBERKATA DAN BERBUAT
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Ada sebuah parodi yang menggelitik saya. Dalam sebuah kondisi, seorang professor, yang tentu saja dihormati karena pencapaian intelektual yang telah dimilikinya, memeri…
Read morePELAJARAN DARI BANG IMAD
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Gajah mati meninggalkan gading. Setelah kepergian kita, orang yang masih hidup akan mengenangkan kita. Akan tetapi, apakah kita akan dikenang sebagai orang yang baik, a…
Read moreBAHASA INDONESIA ASLI
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Saat SD dulu, saya banyak menemukan kata � kata dalam bahasa Indonesia yang terdengar agak asing di telinga saya. Saya pun menanyakan perihal kata � kata itu ke guru ba…
Read moreKULIT DAN ISI
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Bagaimana anda tahu bahwa sebuah mangga sudah matang? Dari kulitnya tentu saja. Kulit yang masih hijau menandakan bahwa mangga itu masih mentah. Tapi jika kuning mengki…
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