Education is
the base of our future ahead. In Indonesia, we have to study for at least 12
years, 6 years for elementary school, 3 years for middle school, and 3 years
for high school. We can’t go to university or working if we don’t have three
graduation sertificates. That means that in Indonesia you have to be educated
enough to work. Because actually, educated people is the future of the country.
They’re the one who lead the country to the better future.
But I think
there are some flaws in our educational system. In Indonesia, we have to learn
all subjects. If we are not good on some of it, well, we have to. This mindset
shut down the brain’s ability to thrive. Some people are good in some field,
let them grow on that field. That way, we would have those experts we need. Of course,
we have to teach them the basic of some important subjects. But if we need an
experts to build Indonesia to a better future, we have to let them grow at the
field they like, the field they’re good at, so that they can enjoy what they
learn and be the best on that field.
If you want
to get a good job with high salary, you have to be a graduate of a good
university too. If you want to get into a good university, you have to have a
good score in most of the subjects. This mindset teach us to get a good score,
not understanding the subject. Some people got into a good university even
though they actually didn’t know what they know. That’s what usually happened. They
lean on good grades that we don’t know if it’s a clean score or not. We have to
change this. We have to understand. We must
understand. That way we can get a good score and be the ‘quality seeds’ who build Indonesia to a better future.
Now, time. We study at school for
about 8 hours or so. And then we have a course after school for 3 hours. At home,
we study again for about 2 hours. So basically we study for 13 hours a day. Thirteen
hours. I just realized that we spent half of our day and another half to sleep,
eat, and rest. Or maybe some of us spend the ‘rest’ time on the road or maybe
another course? I don’t know. Its just tiring. Me, as a student, I feel tired.
13 hours of study, not to mention the tasks, the daily tests, and others. Its hard.
But maybe they’re trying to make us a good generation. The next generation who
can fix this country. But still, we need the time to actually rest and having
fun. Maybe we can just take those subjects we’re good at, back to paragraph 2. That
way, we can take our education seriously because we like it and actually enjoy
it.
Another things we have to learn are responsibility,
leadership, independence, honesty, how to work with people, etc. That was some
aspects that we must have to build this country to a better future. We are the
next generation. We are the one who directly build this country. So we have to
study well and actually understand what we learn so that we can practice it in
the real situation.
That was some thing I want to share
about the education system in Indonesia and what we need to do to help build Indonesia
to a better future. I hope this opinion of mine can be considered because this
is what I think we have to do if we want to build Indonesia to a better future.
I’m Indonesian. I want the best for my country. So students, study well.
