hello! from 2014~
WHOA! I was surprised when I opened this blog and amazed by my own brain’s skill(?) that still remember the email address with the password for this blog! xD *Imma quite forgotful btw*
I made this account in 2011, cuma buat memenuhi(?) tugas dari dosen EST tercinta ketika semester 5 kalo gasalah. time flies, people changed /what/ and VOILA! we’re in 2014 now. It’s 3 years already.
Well, many things happened in 3 years, of course. LOTS of things. I’ve already graduated from my college in late 2013, what a great year-end-closing! but yeah, if I told you what has happened in these 3 years, I think that I should make DAMN LOOOOOOOONG POSTS in a whole month XD LoL ok, that’s too much. I won’t do it anyway xD
One thing that never changed is I STILL LOVE DBSK! amazing, no? oh yeah I know it B-) /bricked/btw I posted this in 3.57AM OMG I HAVE TO SLEEP OR ELSE I’LL GET SMASHED BY MY MOM XD
HAVE A NICE DAY EVERYONE! SEE YA~ :3
this.reminds.me.to.my.father <3
“Dibalik Hati Seorang Ayah“
Biasanya, bagi seorang anak perempuan yang sudah dewasa, yang sedang bekerja diperantauan, yang ikut suaminya merantau di luar kota atau luar negeri, yang sedang bersekolah atau kuliah jauh dari kedua orang tuanya…..
Akan sering merasa kangen sekali dengan Mamanya.
Lalu bagaimana dengan Ayah?
Mungkin karena Mama lebih sering menelepon untuk menanyakan keadaanmu setiap hari,
tapi tahukah kamu, jika ternyata Ayah-lah yang mengingatkan Mama untuk menelponmu?
Mungkin dulu sewaktu kamu kecil, Mama-lah yang lebih sering mengajakmu bercerita atau berdongeng,
tapi tahukah kamu, bahwa sepulang Ayah bekerja dan dengan wajah lelah Ayah selalu menanyakan pada Mama tentang kabarmu dan apa yang kau lakukan seharian?
Pada saat dirimu masih seorang anak perempuan kecil……
Ayah biasanya mengajari putri kecilnya naik sepeda.
Dan setelah Ayah mengganggapmu bisa, Ayah akan melepaskan roda bantu di sepedamu…
Kemudian Mama bilang : “Jangan dulu Ayah, jangan dilepas dulu roda bantunya” ,
Mama takut putri manisnya terjatuh lalu terluka….
Tapi sadarkah kamu?
Bahwa Ayah dengan yakin akan membiarkanmu, menatapmu, dan menjagamu mengayuh sepeda dengan seksama karena dia tahu putri kecilnya PASTI BISA.
Pada saat kamu menangis merengek meminta boneka atau mainan yang baru, Mama menatapmu iba.
Tetapi Ayah akan mengatakan dengan tegas : “Boleh, kita beli nanti, tapi tidak sekarang”
Tahukah kamu, Ayah melakukan itu karena Ayah tidak ingin kamu menjadi anak yang manja dengan semua tuntutan yang selalu dapat dipenuhi?
Saat kamu sakit pilek, Ayah yang terlalu khawatir sampai kadang sedikit membentak dengan berkata :
“Sudah di bilang! kamu jangan minum air dingin!”.
Berbeda dengan Mama yang memperhatikan dan menasihatimu dengan lembut.
Ketahuilah, saat itu Ayah benar-benar mengkhawatirkan keadaanmu.
Ketika kamu sudah beranjak remaja….
Kamu mulai menuntut pada Ayah untuk dapat izin keluar malam, dan Ayah bersikap tegas dan mengatakan: “Tidak boleh!”.
Tahukah kamu, bahwa Ayah melakukan itu untuk menjagamu?
Karena bagi Ayah, kamu adalah sesuatu yang sangat – sangat luar biasa berharga..
Setelah itu kamu marah pada Ayah, dan masuk ke kamar sambil membanting pintu…
Dan yang datang mengetok pintu dan membujukmu agar tidak marah adalah Mama….
Tahukah kamu, bahwa saat itu Ayah memejamkan matanya dan menahan gejolak dalam batinnya,
Bahwa Ayah sangat ingin mengikuti keinginanmu, Tapi lagi-lagi dia HARUS menjagamu?
Ketika saat seorang cowok mulai sering menelponmu, atau bahkan datang ke rumah untuk menemuimu, Ayah akan memasang wajah paling cool sedunia…. :’)
Ayah sesekali menguping atau mengintip saat kamu sedang ngobrol berdua di ruang tamu..
Sadarkah kamu, kalau hati Ayah merasa cemburu?
Saat kamu mulai lebih dipercaya, dan Ayah melonggarkan sedikit peraturan untuk keluar rumah untukmu, kamu akan memaksa untuk melanggar jam malamnya.
Maka yang dilakukan Ayah adalah duduk di ruang tamu, dan menunggumu pulang dengan hati yang sangat khawatir…
Dan setelah perasaan khawatir itu berlarut – larut…
Ketika melihat putri kecilnya pulang larut malam hati Ayah akan mengeras dan Ayah memarahimu.. .
Sadarkah kamu, bahwa ini karena hal yang di sangat ditakuti Ayah akan segera datang?
“Bahwa putri kecilnya akan segera pergi meninggalkan Ayah”
Setelah lulus SMA, Ayah akan sedikit memaksamu untuk menjadi seorang Dokter atau Insinyur.
Ketahuilah, bahwa seluruh paksaan yang dilakukan Ayah itu semata – mata hanya karena memikirkan masa depanmu nanti…
Tapi toh Ayah tetap tersenyum dan mendukungmu saat pilihanmu tidak sesuai dengan keinginan Ayah
Ketika kamu menjadi gadis dewasa….
Dan kamu harus pergi kuliah dikota lain…
Ayah harus melepasmu di bandara.
Tahukah kamu bahwa badan Ayah terasa kaku untuk memelukmu?
Ayah hanya tersenyum sambil memberi nasehat ini – itu, dan menyuruhmu untuk berhati-hati. .
Padahal Ayah ingin sekali menangis seperti Mama dan memelukmu erat-erat.
Yang Ayah lakukan hanya menghapus sedikit air mata di sudut matanya, dan menepuk pundakmu berkata “Jaga dirimu baik-baik ya sayang”.
Ayah melakukan itu semua agar kamu KUAT…kuat untuk pergi dan menjadi dewasa.
Disaat kamu butuh uang untuk membiayai uang semester dan kehidupanmu, orang pertama yang mengerutkan kening adalah Ayah.
Ayah pasti berusaha keras mencari jalan agar anaknya bisa merasa sama dengan teman-temannya yang lain.
Ketika permintaanmu bukan lagi sekedar meminta boneka baru, dan Ayah tahu ia tidak bisa memberikan yang kamu inginkan…
Kata-kata yang keluar dari mulut Ayah adalah : “Tidak…. Tidak bisa!”
Padahal dalam batin Ayah, Ia sangat ingin mengatakan “Iya sayang, nanti Ayah belikan untukmu”.
Tahukah kamu bahwa pada saat itu Ayah merasa gagal membuat anaknya tersenyum?
Saatnya kamu diwisuda sebagai seorang sarjana.
Ayah adalah orang pertama yang berdiri dan memberi tepuk tangan untukmu.
Ayah akan tersenyum dengan bangga dan puas melihat “putri kecilnya yang tidak manja berhasil tumbuh dewasa, dan telah menjadi seseorang”
Sampai saat seorang teman Lelakimu datang ke rumah dan meminta izin pada Ayah untuk mengambilmu darinya.
Ayah akan sangat berhati-hati memberikan izin..
Karena Ayah tahu…..
Bahwa lelaki itulah yang akan menggantikan posisinya nanti.
Dan akhirnya….
Saat Ayah melihatmu duduk di Panggung Pelaminan bersama seorang Lelaki yang di anggapnya pantas menggantikannya, Ayah pun tersenyum bahagia….
Apakah kamu mengetahui, di hari yang bahagia itu Ayah pergi kebelakang panggung sebentar, dan menangis?
Ayah menangis karena ayah sangat berbahagia, kemudian Ayah berdoa….
Dalam lirih doanya kepada Tuhan, Ayah berkata: “Ya Allah tugasku telah selesai dengan baik….
Putri kecilku yang lucu dan kucintai telah menjadi wanita yang cantik….
Bahagiakanlah ia bersama suaminya…”
Setelah itu Ayah hanya bisa menunggu kedatanganmu bersama cucu-cucunya yang sesekali datang untuk menjenguk…
Dengan rambut yang telah dan semakin memutih….
Dan badan serta lengan yang tak lagi kuat untuk menjagamu dari bahaya….
Ayah telah menyelesaikan tugasnya….
Ayah, papa Bapak, atau Abah kita…
Adalah sosok yang harus selalu terlihat kuat…
Bahkan ketika dia tidak kuat untuk tidak menangis…
Dia harus terlihat tegas bahkan saat dia ingin memanjakanmu. .
Dan dia adalah yang orang pertama yang selalu yakin bahwa “KAMU BISA” dalam segala hal..
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AND I ALWAYS CRIED AFTER I READ THIS ARTICLE. I LOVE YOU, DAD..
A Well-Planned Preparation for National Exam is Necessary
this is my mid test essay for Writing 4. It took about 1 month to finish because I had to do some observations to the school which I mentioned.
National exam for High School level was held on Monday, 18th of April to Thursday, 21st of April 2011, and has been used as the sole determinant of graduation. However, this year the government starts to apply the combination of national exam result and report card as determinant of graduation. So schools all over the country try to give the best preparation for their students who will face the national examination hoping their students will be motivated to study, thus they can prepare themselves accordingly. National exam is implemented by all High Schools inIndonesia. There are 6 subjects for each course which will be tested, they are Indonesian, English and Mathematics which are the main subjects for all programs (Science, Social, Language Programs); Chemistry, Physics, and Biology for students for Science program; Economy, Sociology and Geography for students in Social program. Although national examination got refusal from students, it still held with different mechanism on each year and because national exam has been used as the sole determinant of graduation that’s why it becomes the frightening thing for students and the more students didn’t pass the exam, the more ashamed the school would be in particular, and the region (regency and province) in general, cited from http://ujiannasional.org.
Standard point which already set by BSNP (Badan Standarisasi Nasional Pendidikan) still same with last year, 5.50 for High School level and it has different graduation ‘formula’ from last year. It is (0.6 × the National Exam score) + (0.4 × the score of School Exam), cited from http://id.wikipedia.org. School calculated from the average score of school exams and semester report card result from 3 to 5 semester for each subject in the national exam. With this new formula, the plan will set the marks of each subject at least 4.00. Integration of national exam marks and the marks the school exam is expected to be some incentive to see the importance of all the process of learning from grade 1 to grade 3. Last year, the national test scores was used as the sole determinant of graduation. National exam was held after the school exams, but this year, students took school exam first and then the national exam to follow. While the authority for students to pass or not to pass the school exams is on the school’s hand. The US score is the average mark of school exams and the semester report cards from 3rd to 5th semester of every subject that is not tested in the national exam. Meanwhile, the national exam schedule which had been planned will be held in May 2011 turned into in April 2011. The supplementary exam for those who have not attended the main national exam held a week later. In addition, for national exam 2011 there will not be any re-exam for students who do not pass it. Therefore, students who do not graduate have to take exams again in the next year. National examination results are used as one of the considerations for mapping the quality and / or educational unit, the basic entry level college selection, the determination of graduation students of the program and / or education units as well as development and provision of assistance to the educational unit in an effort to improve the quality of education, cited from Law of the Republic of Indonesia No. 20 of 2003, Article 68. The writer has carried out some observations on English subject in SMA Negeri 1 Pandeglang, located at Jalan Raya Serang Pandeglang about the national exam at the school. They held tutoring started from January or three months before the national exam to a week before the date of the exam, besides holding tutoring, the school also held a try out. Try out was organized by the Department of Education, then the next Try Out was organized by the school which was held twice. In addition to try out held by the Department of Education and by the school, there are also some try out held by institutions of non formal education such as Bimbingan Belajar (Intensive Course) Nurul Fikri.
However, despites the tutoring as a learning process, the results of two try outs show bad mark with average 51.60 which means that it failed to pass the 5.50 standard of national exam. In Science program there are 3 classes. Average marks for XII IA 1 are 57 on the first and the second try out. XII IA 2 is 59.70 on the first try out, 61.60 for the second try out. XII IA 3 is 62.20 on the first try out, and 63.20 on the second try out; in Social program there are 4 classes. Average marks for XII IS 1 is 42.15 on the first try out, 40 on the second try out. XII IS 2 is 43.15 on the first try out, 46.20 on the second try out. XII IS 3 is 42.55 on the first try out, 40.60 on the second try out. XII IS 4 is 39.80 on the first try out, and 52 on the second try out. The total average score for Science programs is 60 and for Social programs is 43.25. The result based on programs shows that only students from Science program who are able to pass the standard; while students from Social program are not able to pass the standard.
Why is this so happened? Some teachers said that one reason why the score is poor is that students lack of motivation. This could be seen from the number of students attended the tutoring which gradually decreased as time passed and approaching the ‘D’ day of the examination. This means almost all students attended the first session of the tutoring, and the last session was left with many empty seats. Another reason is that students most likely thought that they would get some ‘help’ in the last minutes. Such ‘help’ is in the form of answer keys of the subject tested which is in fact unreliable and it is not clear who made it and who gave them, because they would receive them via sms. As a result, students didn’t study seriously and no real hard study existed.
The last reason is that students felt exhausted. Some students felt sleepy, Some other felt hungry too. These because the tutoring session held in the afternoon at 2 PM, only one hour left for Dzuhur prayer and lunch. Morning class started from 7.15 AM to 1 PM. Some students didn’t even had chances to eat their lunch.
From the reasons listed above, it is obvious that a well-planned preparation for national exam is a must if the national exam standard point is to achieve. This plan should include increasing students’ motivation internally and externally such as high spirit shown by the teachers teaching tutoring session, providing more helps for students in order to lessen students dependency on the key answers such as giving them religious teaching about good and bad values, confidence, and so on. The plan also should consider the tutoring time. Give students more time to rest after morning classes or schools can extend the morning class until 3 o’clock PM. Last but not least, schools should lessen the students’ pressure by maximizing the regular morning class by tightening the attendance of both students and teachers in the classroom, so that there would be no time wasting; and the tutoring sessions only for drilling problems of school subjects.
References:
———–.2006. Undang-Undang Republik Indonesia Nomor 20 Tahun 2003: SISDIKNAS 2006. Bandung: Fokusmedia.
Asmani, Jamal Ma’mur.2009. Jurus-jurus Belajar Efektif untuk SMP dan SMA. Yogyakarta: Diva Press.
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THIS IS REALLY SOMETHING XD
for someone who KNOWS exactly what I mean, just~ laugh XD
I’ve found this pic accidentally xD
delusional fangirl’s note to her bias :’D
I wanna be the one who can be a shoulder for u to lean on, the one who always beside u no matter what happen..
Dont you know that only by staring at your pictures, my heart trembling crazily?
Dont you know that I always feel that I’m having a long distance relationship with someone?
I even always doodle your name in my books and homeworks
I wrote your name on my school desk
I save your picture in my wallet
feeling nervous if you’re not OK
feeling sad if you’re sad
feeling worry if you’re unhealthy
and happy when see your smile
but on the other side I know it’s impossible to make it happen.
I wanna meet u, even just for once. I just want u to know me, that someone just like me exist.
sometimes I want you to get out from my thoughts
cause I know that what I’ve thought will never happen..
you’re my dream that I dont wish to wake up from.
the only thing standing in between you and me is reality
you’re the best thing that will never be mine
*there’re some cited from @whatfangirlsdo 😉
심창민, 사랑해요 🙂
The Importance of ICT in Language Teaching
Information and Communications Technology (ICT) is one for the issues that divides the world: the digital divide. Technological progress impacts on our everyday lives with an ever-increasing frequency and effect. How advances in technology might influence teaching and learning must be of special importance to us as language teachers. We need to plan carefully how we respond to these advances, if we don’t just wish to allow ourselves to be swept along unthinkingly in the current of technological innovation. We need to adopt a proactive and informed attitude towards our teaching to make the most effective use of emerging technologies. We need to reflect carefully on our own teaching practices, preferably with the benefit of a conception of teaching and learning well informed by educational research.
In the richer countries, schools can afford, or are supplied with, infrastructure, hardware and software, that develop generations of e-literate students, highly advantaged in the new technology. In the poorer countries, school administrators may be without electricity, let alone sufficient bandwidth, or students with personally-owned laptops.
ICT has the potential to transform learning in and beyond the classroom especially in language teaching. It can also in certain circumstances transcend previous limitations of space and time. Some of the perceived benefits to learners are:
- students can access enormous amounts of information quickly;
- students can work at their own pace;
- special needs, both remedial and extension, can be offered during the same lesson;
- course material can be offered simultaneously in different languages;
- students can access quality material irrespective of their geographical location;
- academic courses can be offered asynchronously;
- students can interact with peers and experts outside the classroom, town, and/or country;
- ICT can offer simulations where the student can experiment by changing the variables;
- ICT offers a host of different tools to demonstrate learning suitable for divergent and different intelligences; and,
- young students have readily accepted the technology.
There are also benefits for teaching, too. While largely dependent on the language teaching methodology employed, these benefits include:
- ICT can, via multimedia, improve the richness of the learning experience especially when they interact with other people from other country it can improve their vocabulary and also their grammar;
- ICT can track a students progress and proficiency at certain skills;
- They allow the teacher to focus on process rather than product;
- Diagnostic tools allow the teacher to identify learning trends and problems; and
- Student work, created electronically, lends itself to Internet publishing and the creation of student portfolio work.
ICT, however, on their own, will not improve learning. Possible pitfalls to the deployment of ICT include:
- the ability of educational systems, curriculum development to keep pace with ICT innovation is problematic;
- the individualized role of the teacher can be diminished where more and more material is offered via a centralized content vendor. There could be a loss of teaching individuality;
- other resources have to be sacrificed because of the enormous monetary expense that ICT necessitates;
- a myriad of technical issues which often seem overwhelming; and,
- teachers are often ignorant of what is available and also how to use the technology they already have. There seems to be too little attention in training teachers on how to best exploit ICT for teaching.
Computer acquisition and implementation in educational institutions must be paired with visionary pedagogical insight. Action plans should be devised as to just how ICTs can enhance teaching and learning. There has been much debate as to what we can realistically expect computer technology to contribute to the learning process. ncreased information access via the Internet will present global challenges of language, commerce, context and integrity. Already, information transfer and the Internet have significant social, financial and political implications. Threats to language, traditions and cultural and value systems as the students assimilate global ways and become global citizens through contact with other cultures using the communication features associated with ICT.
reference:
- Banks, Sandy and Renwick, Lucille. (1997). “Technology Remains Promise, not Panacea Education: Schools have invested heavily, but with little academic results. More teacher training is urged,” Los Angeles Times, Sunday, June 8. (Available online at: www.realworld.org).
- Bennett, F. (1996). ICT as Tutors: Solving the Crisis in Education. (Available online at: www.cris.com).
- Cradler, J. Implementing Technology in Education: Recent Findings from Research and Evaluation Studies. (Available online at: www.wested.org).
- Cuban, Larry. (1997). “High Tech Schools and Low-Tech Teaching,” – Education Week on the Web, 5/21/97. (Available online at: www.edweek.org).
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