Lean On Me

Lean on Me is based on the true story of Joe Clark, a man singularly responsible for turning a rough high school into a nice, clean place of learning. But his methods aren't exactly orthodox...
Morgan Freeman stars as Clark and he spends most of the movie yelling at people. Most scenes feature Freeman either berating students or teachers, usually with a bull horn in hand. I particularly enjoyed one sequence that has Clark screaming at a kid to jump off the roof of the high school, because if he keeps on doing drugs, he'll be dead soon anyway and at least this way is quick and painless. If that's not motivation, I don't know what is.
Joe Clark shows up and begins cleaning up the school. This kind of principle that we might want to have, even not entirely, but at least the same enthusiasm in doing his job, they believe to the students, and also always know what to do in certain circumstances.

Akeelah and the Bee

Today I’ve decided to watch “Akeelah and the bee movie.” I watched on the YouTube to recall what I have learned from the story. The story is about an eleven year-old Akeelah Anderson's life which is not easy: her father is dead, her mom ignores her, her brother runs with the local gangbangers. Despite of being a smart girl, her environment threatens to strangle her aspirations. Responding to a threat by her school's principal, Akeelah participates in a spelling bee to avoid detention for her many absences. Much to her surprise and embarrassment, she wins. Her principal asks her to seek coaching from an English professor named Dr. Larabee for the more prestigious regional bee. As the possibility of making it all the way to the Scripps National Spelling Bee looms, Akeelah could provide her community with someone to rally around and be proud of -- but only if she can overcome her insecurities and her distracting home life. She also must get past Dr. Larabee's demons, and a field of more experienced and privileged fellow spellers. There are many things she has to face to be a successful girl.
This movie actually teaches me how to teach. From the movie, I learned that there are a lot of efforts needed to help people to make a real life. The most important things that I have to gain are determination, encouragement, braveness, and knowledge. From the character of Akeelah, I know that I have to be determined in doing my job and completing my tasks. I can’t surrender easily despite the challenges that I will face later. Besides, I will always give encouragement to my students and help them as much as I can, just like what Dr. Larabee did to Akeelah. I also have to be brave, as I will need it to live in this challenging profession. And of course, knowledge is a must in everything. Thus, I’ll need to learn more to gain all these.

The Ron Clark Story

The second movie that has been shown to us for this course is “The Ron Clark Story”. This story is about a true story about a young teacher who leaves his small North Carolina hometown to teach in a New York City public school. At the new school, this remarkable teacher had able to make big changes using his special rules, innovative teaching methods, and his devotion in helping his students to be better people. He always believes in his students’ ability to be success, and will try his best to work with them even he is not in a good health condition.

This movie shows me how patience a teacher should be, despite the challenges that he/she have to face. Sometimes a teacher has to be a part of the students, in order to win their heart, and yet still be in control. A teacher must know what he/she is doing, and be precise, so all things will work as planned. And being a teacher also means being a brilliant; have plans, inspiring, and patient, have a sense of humor, etc. for examples, as Ron Clark could create a rap song for the students in order to help them to remember the 42 presidents of USA. Sometimes these make me think, am I able to be a teacher like this?

MC’J9

5th august 2010

Today is the day that we enjoyed creating our own folktale! After doing some brainstorming with my group members, Dida, CT and Heriana, we decided to make some revolution on a folktale entitled “Mat Jenin”. I think people are familiar with this story. However, what about MC’J9? That’s our title for our renovated Mat Jenin’s story.
MC’J9 is a story of a boy called MC’J9 who is sitting for the exam that would have a big impact on his future. However, while in the exam hall. He day dreams a lot until the time to answer the question has ended. By that time, MC’J9 hasn’t answer any of the questions, so he failed.
We drew our comic strip on a mahjong paper. That day shows that we are not a good artist, but our drawings still seen well ^_^. It is just I am quite disappointed that I don’t take a picture of our drawings because of lack of time =.=

Arranged Marriage…?????

I opened my files box and I found the articles about arrange marriage that Dr. Jaya once ask me and my classmates to find. Then suddenly I remember our discussion about this topic. Some of my friends did not agree on arranged marriage. They give some reasons, but most of them said that people have the rights to have their own ‘love’ experience. I also remember that Dr. Jaya did asked my opinion about arrange marriage, and I said that I agree with it. I said that marriage is not about the union of two people, but two families. Thanks God that Dr. Jaya get what I meant. Maybe there are people will said that I am to traditional thinking about this matter, but in my opinion, it is better to have a secured marriage, not by the couple themselves, but also being protected by the whole families, even before the marriage itself. Huh… now I am wondering, will my marriage be arranged or will I marry the man of my choice? ^_^”