tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25429998.post5309151370043850287..comments2024-03-01T05:45:05.750+07:00Comments on Gene Netto: "Penjajahan Mental" Dalam PendidikanGene Nettohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02838188306685196535noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25429998.post-52953953970413931122008-07-17T12:07:00.001+07:002008-07-17T12:07:00.001+07:00Dear friends,I always enjoy being with you at camp...Dear friends,<BR/>I always enjoy being with you at campus. I have learned a lot from you and from some other lecturers during my study at UI. However, I have something that has been bothering me much since our last meeting. I was shocked when a friend indirectly sent a message that I was annoying her with my unceasing questions and comments during our lessons. Please allow me to talk deep from my heart.<BR/><BR/>I often question what I have done with my students in the classrooms and bring about this topic in our class. I really want to get some more skills and knowledge to improve the quality of my teaching. You may name it cliché, but I do enjoy most of the lectures because they are closely related to my job. However, I can too, just like you, fall asleep easily if the lessons are not interesting me. I did several times in philosophy class last two semesters. For sure, I don’t study for a certificate. If I ask so many questions, it’s not a kind of showing off. Indeed, it’s nice having people around you saying that you’re smart, but it s worth nothing for me. O, please…I’m 41 now, I don’t have praises in my daily menu anymore. <BR/><BR/>As I told you on Wed, in my own class, I have a student who shares the similar problem. Once I distributed a questionnaire asking them some opinions on the classroom atmosphere. One of the questions was, “Is there any one in this class whom you think rather annoying?” Ten students out of 25 named the same girl, Zs. This girl and I have something in common. Zs asked a lot of question to the teachers. She was usually the one who first raised hand when the teacher asked the class, while her friends preferred to duck their heads. She was always the first who was willing to be the volunteer in class, while others needed some force to come forward. For me and some fellow teachers, this student was the apple of our eyes. She was the one who can break our frustration when no one seemed interested in what we are teaching. However, her classmates, especially from the same gender, did not like her much. They wrote that this student was showing off as if she was the only smart student in the class. They accused her of trying to dominate the class. (Just like what you think about me, isn’t it?)<BR/><BR/>After the discussion with you on Wed, I keep thinking what one of you said about me. She said that someone who talked a lot and had a tendency to dominate a conversation, was probably mentally ill. There was un-channeled ideas trapped within their brains needed to be released. But they couldn’t do that because of their family customs. I still remember her example. She said, “In a traditional family of a certain tribe, it is not common for a child to have a discussion with her parents. Later, when she gets married, she is expected not to ask much to her husband. Therefore, she may grow into a chatterbox outside the family circle. “ This kind of person needs some help from a psychologist. Do you think I need to see a psychologist too?<BR/><BR/>Now allow me to share my experience dealing with Zs. Once I noticed that her academic performance was decreasing significantly. Then we had a discussion about this. With tears rolling down on her cheek, she said that she was no longer interested in school because some friends hated her. I told her that was not true (It was a lie). I told her how proud I was having an enthusiastic student like her in my class (it is true). Then I invited some of the ten students who wrote that they hated Zs to talk with her. Amazingly, they didn’t exchange hatred. Instead, the girls shared their feeling and admitted that it was simply Zs’ too sensitive feeling (Don’t you think that they were telling a lie too?). Now Zs is back to her life again. But something has changed. She is no longer the one who raises hand first. She doesn’t ask much as she did before. However, I couldn’t say that it is a good change for her.<BR/><BR/>I don’t think that I should follow Zs, because where else can we ask and challenge our mind unless in this academic community? We can’t question a lot in teacher meetings or seminars. It isn’t our custom to be critical, is it? But if the urge to have sharp thinking is banned in academic context not by the authority but by the students themselves, where else people like me and my student Zs can express and develop our intellectual capability? Do you think we should go on strike and wander from street to street to practice our thoughts? I did it already when I was young. If my beloved classmate graduating from psychology faculty of a highly respected university suspects that I’m mentally ill, don’t you think that I should stop teaching, because it can be harmful for the young people I teach? I think I should listen to her because she had spent years digging up so much research on how to identify a schizophrenic. <BR/><BR/>In fact, I don’t want to be a pain in the neck for all of you, but I don’t want to behave like a zombie either, walking on earth but spiritless. I feel like a protruding nail at which my classmates are eager to hammer. I remember once Maslow, the expert of motivation, wrote: If the only tool you have is a hammer, all problems begin to look like nails. <BR/><BR/>Now, I’m glad to let it all out. Have a nice sleep.<BR/><BR/>Thanks<BR/>####Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00514713393272458591noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25429998.post-81123925520040560112008-07-17T12:07:00.000+07:002008-07-17T12:07:00.000+07:00Teman-teman, ini saya lampirkan email dari seorang...Teman-teman, ini saya lampirkan email dari seorang teman mahasiswa applied linguistik ui yang sering dikomplain temannya kkarena banyak bertanya dan berpendapat SELAMA PERKULIAHAN DI KELAS. Buat gambaran, kuliah ini dihadiri oleh mayoritas mahasiswa yang juga dosen/guru. Teman ini seorang guru juga dan kebanyakan komen dan pertanyaannya meman berkaitan dengan pengalaman lapangannya yang sesuai dengan topik bahasan kuliah. Cuma, barangkali teman0temannya capek dan pingin pulang jadi nggak tahan duduk lama lagi di kelas. Salah seorang teman sekelasnya, seorang dosen UI lulusan psikologi, bercanda, bilang dia sebaiknya konsultai ke psikolog mengecek tingkat kebawelannya normal atau tidak. Ini jawabannya lewat email yang dikirimkan ke kami sehari sesudah kejadian itu.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00514713393272458591noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25429998.post-2824991249641375582008-07-17T12:00:00.000+07:002008-07-17T12:00:00.000+07:00This comment has been removed by the author.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00514713393272458591noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25429998.post-34561125917549313332007-12-11T14:41:00.000+07:002007-12-11T14:41:00.000+07:00Indonesia.......Indonesia...heheslm,RafIndonesia.......Indonesia...<BR/><BR/>hehe<BR/><BR/>slm,<BR/>RafAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25429998.post-70913644714589331012007-12-05T13:06:00.000+07:002007-12-05T13:06:00.000+07:00Assalamua'laikum wr.wb.Tulisannya mengingatkan say...Assalamua'laikum wr.wb.<BR/><BR/>Tulisannya mengingatkan saya ketika masih di SD. Ibu guru bertanya kepada kami pekerjaan apa yang mulia. Ketika giliran saya yang menjawab, saya bilang Tukang Kebun (panggilan untuk orang yang bekerja membersihkan sekolah kami). Ibu guru bilang jawaban saya tidak benar.Jawaban yang dicontohkan ibu guru adalah pekerjaan dokter karena mengobati pasien, pekerjaan guru, pekerjaan pengacara karena membela yang tidak bersalah(padahal kenyataannya banyak pengacara membela orang yang salah). Saat itu saya berpikiran bahwa pekerjaan tukang kebun kami sangat mulia, karena beliaulah yang membersihkan sekolah kami sehinnga saya merasa nyaman untuk belajar.<BR/><BR/>Apabila kita berusaha untuk merubah apa yang telah menjadi hal yang benar dan menjadi kebiasaan di lingkungan kita, maka kita akan dianggap sebagai pembangkang, orang yang melawan arus dan akibatnya kita akan dikucilkan. Tidak semua orang sanggup untuk melakukan hal tersebut apabila tidak didukung oleh orang lain.<BR/><BR/>Apalagi di negara kita tercinta INDONESIA. Selama 32 tahun kita diharuskan untuk hanya mengikuti apa kata pemimpin tanpa diberi kesempatan untuk mengatakan tidak. Hal ini telah membuat bangsa kita malas untuk berfikir dan mengembangkan kreatifitas masing-masing.<BR/><BR/>Mudah-mudahan dengan telah bergantinya kepemimpinan sekarang ini akan memberikan banyak kesempatan kepada kita untuk menjawab secara jujur dan dibenarkan secara umum,Amin.<BR/><BR/>Wassalamua'laikum wr.wb.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com