My Student's Smile for Today

Every Saturday, I should go to SDN Randugading 1 Malang (Public Elementary School in Indonesia) for do the community service. Community Service is a program from Sampoerna Academy which is we should help the society around us. First time I went there I found another side of education system in Indonesia.

                I went to fifth grade. I thought I’ll meet  some brats or flirtatious girls, but the fact; I got nothing. I met nineteen child among 10-11 years old. They are so quiet. They don’t know anything when I told them about big cities in the world, about Bill Gates, and so on. It getting worst when I told them the story about elephant in the circus and someone of them ask me what the meaning of “circus". I try to make them understand. I try it more than once.

                I continued with ask them about their dreams for their selves and Indonesia. All of them answer it with flat tone. They told me their name and then they will stop saying, and think for a long time about their dreams. I’m getting confused in that time. Finally, I got three kinds of their dreams. First, become a doctor. Second, become a football player and the last become a maths teacher. I don’t know why they look like didn’t know anything about their job in the future.

                Same thing happened when I ask them about their dreams for Indonesia. They just keep silent and look around me. I don’t know. Maybe, my questions is to high for them. Since that time, I’ve been told them about everything I know. I don’t want my brothers and sisters sleeps when Indonesia needs their helps.

                My second time I went there, I met eleven students of first grader and this is their expression when we made an air plane origami.

I found their smile there, although it is only from air plane origami. I'm happy. I've never feel this happiness anymore since I grew up. After we've done with air plane origami and made it fly we sang some songs together. The song's title is "Bebek, Ayam, Menthok" and we laugh together. When we want to back home, some of them hold our hand tightly. They ask my friends and I to back soon. Huaaaa, I'm glad! 

They don't want let us go

My friend (Safira Idofia) made promise if we will back soon

 

Their expression

From those facts, I know that Indonesian kids need me, no! They need us. They need us to build their characteristics, their nationalism, their ability for society and their care for environment. Today, tomorrow and all the time after this, will become their turn to make a better place in Indonesia. Let them get it, help them, support them and take a big effort to make new individuals who is better than us!