When I was child, my mom told me about her ideal she could
not afford. She told me that she really wanted to be a teacher. But, In
Indonesia at that time, education is the second priority for women, what the
people thought was that the women no need to study highly, because they finally
married and will work at their husband’s kitchen. And yes, my mom finally
stopped her study at the very early time (Junior High School) because my dad
engaged her to marry. Then, my mom told me that one day I must become a very
professional teacher to continue her ideal.
During that time, I promise myself to make my mom’s dream
comes true. I study hard, and I took Education faculty at university. My mom
was very happy and proud of me knowing that I was the best graduate from my
faculty. Not only that, after finishing my study I become a real teacher
(government teacher/ civil servant). I am now happy because I can make my mom
dream becomes reality. But when I teach my student, I found myself need to
deepen the teaching knowledge, more than I do right now. Even though when I was
student at university I often become a member or committee in many education
seminars, I also participated in youth exchange held by Indonesian and
Australian government, where one of the program was internship at two
Australian schools; beside that, I also participated at Teacher Training held
by Local Government of Jambi and Cambridge University/KAPLAN, this program ran
in New Zealand, and fifteen teacher from Jambi were trained in western teaching
style; but I think I need to study and gain more knowledge. What I feel right
now is that the more I study the more I feel thirsty of knowledge. The
Scholarship from USAID and AED brings me a fresh air to gain much knowledge I
need. Besides teaching, I really want to be a future leader. At the moment my
friends and I build an NGO focus on social and education area. We named it
“Batanghari Foundation”, Batanghari is the name of the longest river in
Sumatera which is located in Jambi. Some programs have been running smoothly,
such as training motivation for college students, outbound for students, and
publishing some articles at newspapers. We will also held an International
seminar on education soon.
I have two targets in my life; they are short-term target
and long-term target. For short-term target, I want to publish my own book and
to achieve master program of education field from outside especially from
America, and of course to be a professional English teacher. While, for my
long-term target, After finishing my study (coming back to Indonesia), I really
want to be a leader; leader for myself and for people, that’s why become a head
master or even the head of local education department is written in my own
planning diary. Besides that, I also want to empower the local society of Jambi
to be a good entrepreneurs and good leaders by setting up the educational
institution for example Entrepreneurs and Leadership University; of course this
program will be run together with my friends. I do believe I can do it, with
additional knowledge I got from abroad. I commit my life to helping others and
to advancing society's level of understanding.
___________________________________________________ Dion Eprijum Ginanto
______________________________________________________ Mohon Ijin Jika ingin
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