Insentif untuk TA berbahasa Inggris

Akhir-akhir ini milis jurusan saya sedang dihebohkan dengan sebuah topik : pemberian insentif kepada mahasiswa yang membuat dan mempresentasikan Tugas Akhir-nya dalam bahasa Inggris. Semua keributan ini muncul ketika salah satu dosen yang termasuk dalam program hibah A3 menawarkan insentif untuk mahasiswa yang membuat Tugas Akhir-nya dalam bahasa Inggris. Tidak main-main, insentif yang ditawarkan cukup besar : mulai Rp 500.000 hingga 2.000.000 dengan dana tersedia sebesar Rp 4.000.000.

Pro dan kontra (kebanyakan kontra sih) mulai muncul sesudahnya. Banyak yang merasa prihatin karena adanya program ini. Mereka mengatakan bahwa program seperti ini adalah pembodohan, kok mau-maunya mahasiswa diiming-imingi duit untuk membuat TA dalam b.inggris, dan sebagainya.

Secara pribadi, saya sebenarnya setuju-setuju saja dengan ide ini. Namanya juga upaya untuk mendorong mahasiswa lebih maju dalam bahasa Inggris, kenapa nggak memberi mereka sedikit reward setelah mereka berusaha keras membuat dan mempresentasikan TA dalam bahasa Inggris? Bahwa nanti akan ada anggapan mereka mata duitan atau seperti robot yang haus duit, itu lain lagi. Memang mungkin akan ada anggapan bahwa kok, level mahasiswa jadi rendah seperti itu? Toh kenyataannya, ide seperti ini cukup berhasil untuk mendorong mahasiswa meng-improve kemampuannya berbahasa Inggris.

Pak Doddy, salah satu dosen saya, malah lebih ekstrim berkata : lalu apa bedanya insentif dengan hibah-hibah penelitian untuk dosen atau jurusan? Bukannya sama saja? Dan ya, seperti yang saya katakan tadi, sangat wajar ada sebuah REWARD untuk suatu prestasi yang telah kita kerjakan. Tidak harus berupa uang tentu saja. Kebetulan saja bentuknya uang, sehingga semua menjadi "sensitif" mendengarnya..

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Happy Ied Fitri

Yes. Even though it's a bit late, but since it's still on Syawal month, I'd like to say:

Happy Ied Fitri 1428 H
Minal Aidin Wal Faidin

Please forgive my faults and mistakes, whatever it took forms (words, behaviors etc). I'm not a perfect human (a really non perfect one), therefore mistakes and faults will always be part of my life.

Anyway, it is still (or only) 8 days before proposal must be submitted. Pheuw. And guess how much my progress is? *...................* *.......................* *........................*

erm, okay, back to work! XP

One between hundreds

As maybe I ever stated, I don't really like Indonesian drama (or usually called Sinetron). Most of them are presented with such 'too-bombastic' ideas and ridiculuous scenes. I never really understand how they (the movie maker) could make this day-by-day episodes without planning it carefully (alias kejar tayang. Susah nih bahasa Inggrisnya...).

But too be fair, I can't say that all Indonesian drama are bad. One or two of them are surprisingly nice and smart. One of it is "Kiamat Sudah Dekat " (Doomsday's coming over). Drama (or Sinetron) that is producered by Deddy Mizwar is now entering its third season. In fact it's already ended yesterday. Even though I don't really satisfied with the final episode, I can say that I satisfied with the whole story and characters.

What make differences between "Kiamat Sudah Dekat" (KSD) and other Sinetrons are the ideas behind it. Common Sinetrons love to show richness, some Cinderella story (the rich one fallin in love with the poor one), stepmother and stepsister story (how they torture their step daughter or step sister) and vice versa.

KSD, in the opposite, reminds us into our daily life. There's no such thing as a very big house, a very rich guy. Nope. The main character is just an ordinary guy, an ordinary guru (or ustadz). He's an ordinary person, with his strength and his weakness. The other characters show the same pattern; without over exposing. In the end, it's not surprising if this drama suddenly became one of the most popular drama on television nowadays.

Of course, there's always the main player behind good movies/dramas, and the one behind this drama is Deddy Mizwar. Keeping his commitment to make good and smart movies, he continues to 'break' the old rules of Sinetrons in Indonesia. Hope he can keep make such nice movies with smart ideas inside it.

Quote from Rhama : Learning from experience

Let me quote what Rhama said in his last post :

A learning experience is one of those things that say, 'You know that thing you just did? Don't do that.'A quote from Douglas Adams (1952 - 2001), the guy (a satirist - does that kind of job really existed?) who wrote (his most famous work), The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy.So, you make a mistake, don't gloom over it, dummy! Pick up the pieces, and strike back.

You see, the first time I saw that post, I feel like, BAM!
Someone has slapped me over my face. Great words, I must say. And somehow, I feel ashamed about what I have done this far.
He's absolutely right.

We mustn't gloom over what we have done. Just stand up, and realize that we can't do it again.

:D!!

Ramadhan and Thesis

I was planning to put a Hiatus status here, but then again, I think I do need a place to write down anything that I feel, or I think about. Since I've closed my livejournal temporarily, this blog became the last option to write down my thoughts.

Anyway, speaking about Ramadhan, without being realized, it's already the 20th day of Ramadhan. I can't even feel a bit of the magic of Ramadhan. This is all because of my stupid and selfish character, of course, since I only care about my study and other unimportant stuffs. I feel very sorry about it, and keep wondering, will I get this opportunity again? I almost never praying seriously. Only doing it as an obligation, like before. I hate myself for became a person like this. I want to change! I have to change. But where must I start?
I wonder if the sentence of "better late than never" is really work for me..

And thesis. Have I said that I have no progress since Mr. Nyoman gave the topic to me? Man, I was so lazy. Correction, I AM so lazy. I don't understand why I have no strong will to do my thesis. This is yur future, dammit! Can't you grow up and realize it???

As a conclusion, I need to change. Right away. NOW.