EDUCATION FOR DEVELOPING COUNTRY

Sadida Nur Fatimah (32)

ENGLISH ADDITIONAL CLASS 1-B

What is the first thing that come in your mind when you hear the words “Indonesia”? Well, for me, it is “messed but beautiful”. Let’s look around our environment. We can see many homeless people walk in road and ask for money. We can see trash everywhere. What I mean by everywhere is, everywhere. At road, parks, restaurants, even at recreation places. We must feel the taste of pollution every day. There are jam every where, don’t you think that our country is so “messed”?
But we also can see the beautifulness of Indonesia. Do you know that Indonesia has many amazing places over the country? like Raja Ampat in Papua, Kuta Beach in Bali, Komodo Island in Nusa Tenggara Timur, and so on. These show you that Indonesia is such an amazing country with problems hide those beautifulness.

Do you ever think, what are the cause of our country’s problems? Now, let’s take a deep look. Based on a test did for students age 15 at global schools over the world, Indonesia is at 69 from 76 countries tested for the education.  It is a pity, right? That Indonesia has so many sources but doesn’t have proper education so it also can’t be developed properly. If the sources are being neglected, then the economical development will also messed. If the economical development don’t work goodly, there will be many homeless people, or the big percentage of labour’s export. There will be also criminalities, slums, and the explosion amount of human in this beloved country. The rich people will still be it, so does the poor people. It gives so many effect for life.

What does school do that it can influence almost all of the aspect in our life, in our country’s life? School, beside of giving knowledge and any other academical things, it also builds our character to face the real life in the future.  It teaches us how to que properly, how to think wisely for facing problems, not to take an instant way for anything. It teaches us everything. It is like the second home for every students in the world.

However, add the word “should” after “it” at the description above for the true meaning of school at this time.  You can see now the reality of our education. These moments, school only push for academical things.  Many school has so many students because of the human explosion and the students then being neglected. The teacher, just give tasks and then signed it without even look deeply at it, making students easily look at their friends for answer, what we called by “nyontek”. This is NOT even building CHARACTER! So many empty class during lesson time making students don’t come to school. Now, we all know what is the main cause of all the problems in our country.

So now, what is the solution for the education?

Well, as a government, I think they should change the education system in this developing country. What matter now is MORAL, for then, the second is academy. What is the point when students get 100 but don't have any good attitude? Maybe they should start from the bottom, like kindergarten, so the attitude would be built since they child.
For me and for us as a student, we can change things start from ourselves and our surrounding.  As a good student with a good attitude, we must influence our surrounding with the good also, and not being influenced. Spread the smile and shine yourself by your attitude!
I think that's all from me, thank you for your time reading this writing and see you then! ^^