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		<title>SOCIAL SKILL IN THE MEALTIMES</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[I’m sure you would agree that mealtimes are supposed to be a time for family bonding to share our day and other family matters. Although toddlers are very young to do that, however we should encourage this habit since in their early age for a part of daily routine. As we know, for some children, [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I’m sure you would agree that mealtimes are supposed to be a time for family bonding to share our day and other family matters. Although toddlers are very young to do that, however we should encourage this habit since in their early age for a part of daily routine.<br />
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As we know, for some children, mealtimes are often considered as distractions for their playtimes. Because of this reason, they usually play with their food; squeezing, spilling, or even spitting their food. First, we do not need to be upset. But always support your children to learn how to feed themselves and use their fingers to hold fork or spoon. To use eating utensils will help them in practicing their eye-hand coordination and develop their small muscles. Besides, giving chance to your children to feed themselves in the family mealtime will also increase their self-confidence and teach them to respect others in the mealtime. For their first time, they will surely mess up the food around the dining area. They may drop some food on the floor. Again, it is absolutely OK. We can clean it up after they finish eating. The important point here is your children are excelling themselves to interact with their family members. If they only take little food and play with the most of it, do not force them to eat. Offer them other options for their meals at that time and let them experience tasting different kinds of food. Children who are exposed to new food, but not forced to eat will come around and start to enjoy some of the other more exotic possibilities. The results will be more valuable in the long run for them.</p>
<p>So, are you ready to have fun with your kids in the mealtime? Let yourself down and explore new sensation with them.</p>
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		<title>BEDTIME ROUTINE FOR TODDLERS</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[For some parents putting their kids to bed at night is a hard job. The children usually still wander around the house or want to play games when we ask them to go to bed. They try to ensure everybody at home to stay awake or watch late TV together. Reading any books that are [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>For some parents putting their kids to bed at night is a hard job. The children usually still wander around the house or want to play games when we ask them to go to bed. They try to ensure everybody at home to stay awake or watch late TV together. Reading any books that are particularly suitable for bedtime will be a soothing way to help your kids get used to the bedtime routine. Take turn with your spouse to read them their favorite stories. No matter which book you put out at bedtime, read it in a soothing voice will help them calm. However, be careful not to choose an action or adventure story during bedtime, it will just put your child aside worries before sleep.<br />
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Once you already set up a pattern every night for your toddlers, try to stick to that routine consistently even when you are not at home by taking turns with your spouse. It can make them easier to settle down even in unfamiliar surroundings. Moreover, he will be excited to look forward for it and fall asleep easily as soon as he gets to bed.</p>
<p>Bedtime is a nice chance for toddlers and their parents to spend some time talking each other. Discuss and share everything that happened in the day. The earlier you establish this habit, the better he gets a night sleep so he will be fresh to start his day when he wakes up in the next morning. As he needs much sleep, a toddler usually spends more than 10 hours a day for night sleep or nap in order to strengthen his immune system. Besides, it is a great time for him to improve his language skill by learning new vocabularies and intelligence and by listening the logical sequences from the stories you read.</p>
<p>Below are the strategies to develop a bedtime habit and these can be applied to your child since he was 6 months old:</p>
<p>1. Set a nightly bedtime ritual.<br />
Bedtime for toddlers varies, depends on a daily schedule you usually practice this at home. Normally it may be around 9 – 10 p.m. A regular bedtime will surely help toddlers to relax and calm down, in return, get them in our control without having a hard struggle every night.</p>
<p>2. Practice your child to be able to sleep on his own.<br />
It is very important to make them grow up independently when he falls asleep by himself every night, although many toddlers are afraid of the dark specially when you turn the room lights off. And it is all right to give them cuddle and gentle kiss or comfort them for a while. You can say good night to them and leave their favorite toys in their room to help them work through their anxieties or fears. Also you can get them used to pray. If your kid looks sad or unhappy as he sees you walk out the door after you tuck him in, keep the lights on and tell him you will be back to check on him in a few minutes.</p>
<p>3. Play lullaby or soft classical music then leave it after you get out of the room. Soft music can also soothe the toddlers, with the added benefit of drowning out the outside noise.</p>
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		<title>ABOUT AUTISM</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 21 Aug 2011 11:36:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Talking about autism is always interesting to me. My older brother is autistic, he&#8217;s 40 now and works in my dad&#8217;s office. But his job is only doing something simple like wrapping the stationery into the box. He&#8217;s so happy when he receives small pocket money as his salary per month of a job as [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Talking about autism is always interesting to me. My older brother is autistic, he&#8217;s 40 now and works in my dad&#8217;s office. But his job is only doing something simple like wrapping the stationery into the box. He&#8217;s so happy when he receives small pocket money as his salary per month of a job as what I first thought as a child&#8217; game. One thing that makes us so proud of him is his intuition of people. He can recognize the people only from their face and body language, which we normally can not do perfectly. Till now, it seems so hard for my mom to accept him completely. My parents are Chinese Indonesians (the same race). When my brother was born, doctor found he was not able to cry out loud as the other normal new babies born. Then my dad accused my mom because she came from poor family. This retardation must be from her genetic problem / heredity because of malnutrition. But in my opinion, it does not always come from poor or wealthy families. Then he started to find out how many her family members that were also autistic, and it hurt my mom a lot. That&#8217;s why till today she can not believe one of her kids is autistic.<br />
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6 years ago I also worked as a playgroup teacher in an international school and one of my students (George &#8211; not the real name) was an autistic boy too. First I fully understood that his parents wanted him to be as normal as possible so they sent George to normal school. But since George was not able to adjust with all of his classmates, I thought it was just spending money and time. He needed a special treatment / therapy in a separate school, a school that specially opens for “children with special needs”, not normal schools. So we went and explained this to his parents. But we only came with never end-up arguments, the point was his parents just wanted his son to be normal. I said,” Please accept him to be special.”. And George&#8217;s parents are an educated couple. His mom got PhD degree from Japan and Europe. It took few months for her to get awake and start finding the information for autism. </p>
<p>Below may be the causes of autism: </p>
<p>1. The biggest cause of autism &#8211; ADD (Attention Deficit Disorder),  ADHD (Attention Deficit Hyperactive Disorder), Asperger Syndrome &#8211; is because the parents have too much heavy chemical exposure in the period of long time that makes chromosomal mutation, such as under heavy nuclear radiation, malnutrition (consuming too much fast food, junks, dairy products, canned food), water and air pollution. Life style of people has changed and specially for who live in big cities, in their busy life, taking those kinds of food which contain less nutrition for the body is much easier to be prepared than natural ones. Few decades ago scientist only focus on the genetic problem without observing deeply why and what factors that make the structure of gen changes. I wish I can conduct a campaign and encourage people to go back to nature, prepare their food from natural resources. But they have choices and of course we can&#8217;t stop them. But at least, people should know the side effects of taking fast-food.</p>
<p>2. Tooth patches for pregnant women.<br />
Some dentists use materials that contain lead / metal for tooth patches. To avoid cavities, regular 	brushing teeth and reducing high-sugar food / drinks such as cokes are much safer.</p>
<p>3. Cosmetic materials from mercury / contaminated seafood of mercury.<br />
Usually cosmetics for whitening body purposes contain some levels of mercury. Although the level  is minimum, but the accumulation may result in dangerous effect in the future if it&#8217;s used for long time.<br />
A question is “So, do pregnant women still need protein from fish for their babies ?”<br />
Yes, they need more protein but taking fish from deep water sea such as tuna and salmon is more recommended.</p>
<p>4. Over Dosage or excess vaccine that contains mercury such as hepatitis B vaccine. It should be given in careful recommendation.</p>
<p>5. Genetic factor</p>
<p>Symptoms of autism:<br />
1. Speech delay or very slow in mastering language.<br />
2. No eye-contacts.<br />
3. Live in their own world, they prefer to play alone and be separated from their friends. (socialization problem)<br />
4. No ability to express what they want verbally<br />
5. Very aggressive, some of them have sleep difficulties.<br />
6. They also like to spin themselves<br />
7. No or very slow responds of other people surround them. </p>
<p>Many other foods are blamed for worsening autism as well, including eggs, tomatoes, eggplant, avocado, red peppers, soy and corn. However, authors of alternative medicine literature on the subject of autism and food allergies admit that allergy tests to these foods, as well as to wheat and milk, are usually negative, and most of these children do not seem to experience typical symptoms of food allergies. Therefore, they recommend testing for specific antibodies (IgG) against these foods. However, a set of guidelines known as the Practice Parameters for Allergy Diagnostic Testing states that IgG antibodies have no role in the diagnosis of food allergies. </p>
<p>Diets free from the above foods, mostly gluten-free and casein-free diets, have been studied for children with autism. Most of these studies are of very poor quality and not up to modern-day scientific standards.  About.Com</p>
<p>But my opinion is contact the doctor to determine some food dietaries for autistic children before we decided not to give the nutrition they might need</p>
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		<title>THE POWER OF PRAYING</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[“Come back to GOD”. When we hear about that, it may sound nonsense and stupid. Because we usually go to clubs for drinks and see interesting people when we have problems. We hope this way will help us to forget our problems. OK, we may find people who can give advice to find the solution. [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>“Come back to GOD”. When we hear about that, it may sound nonsense and stupid. Because we usually go to clubs for drinks and see interesting people when we have problems. We hope this way will help us to forget our problems. OK, we may find people who can give advice to find the solution. But we should remember, in the anxiety people are conditioned unable to think clearly and solve the problems. In this case, we will probably follow the wrong direction and make our problems even worse for example if we get drunk or addicted to drugs both recommended by the doctors or not. Sedative medication from doctors just helps us to calm down, usually it ends up sleeping much longer in our days. Again, it does not solve the problems, just turn them away for a while. We understand that humans tend to avoid pains, sadness and other life difficulties but this kind of self-perception should be left behind.<br />
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In the last recent years, less and less people want to use their religious side in daily life specially praying to GOD. Praying to GOD becomes a very traditional and an unpopular way to release stress.  Modern medical science has already replaced that way, thus it increased pharmacy business. Moreover, doctors will give the patients prescriptions in sedative pills if they are diagnosed depressed. Actually it has nothing wrong with this method, specially if that brings the message to the improvement of economy circle. Now some of us started to think over the dangerous side-effects of those medication, include drug addiction, heart attack and suicidal effect or other types of self-destruction. And this is the time that the above medical treatment should be accompanied by a religious therapy and a personal mentoring. For religious therapy, praying is the most suggested simple one. While a personal mentoring is only needed when a patient asks for that. </p>
<p>What we should do when we are under pressure is withdraw ourselves from the crowd for a while and pray. We can do it by ourselves at home. Just express your feeling in your prayer, imagine GOD is in front of you and listening to you. Do not be shy because this is only between GOD and you, nobody hears you. Be sure that you do not excuse or cover your weaknesses over, pray for a help to GOD. The solution of our problems will not automatically show up as soon as we finish praying. But at least, we still have some little time to take a deep breath and express our feeling, then our logic will get better to analyze for the next actions we will take and anticipate the consequences we may have, even in our worst situation. Then we can experience the surge of hope and strength to keep positive mind in passing through even in our hardest times. </p>
<p>Let me share a bit about a very dark side of my life around 2005 to 2007. At that time, my life was perfect, always filled with the work activities as a Toddler teacher in an International School and I enjoyed so much my social relationship with some close friends from different nationalities. Religious things never got across in my mind. Then suddenly I was very ill, contaminated from the virus which I never heard before. I cried and cried when I found the wounds spread over my legs and armpits. I came to some good doctors and it took more than 2 years before they said that the virus became inactive in my body. How much money, time and energy I had spent for this medication..…..I was not able to count. It was such a nightmare and painful life experience for me. Along the medication I prayed and shared this suffering moments in tears to GOD because I was away from family and home. My friends and even myself looked at my body as a disgusting disease, so I could only share this to GOD in my pray. I felt alone, but then miracle came after I prayed and prayed in tears everyday. Yes, I got mental strength to keep fighting the virus by taking more exercises, vitamins and medicine from doctors, enough rest and healthy food. I had strong faith that I could recover from this disease very soon and be back to my normal happy life. Every time I felt so down, I went to pray. And I just realize that praying helped me to emphasize the proper functioning of all my body systems and immune for fighting the virus. Now in this campaign specially in medical societies, I personally encourage this kind of holistic approach &#8211; to involve praying as a part of natural healing method and to promote its GOD-given ability for its own healing. Running away from problems or finding the easiest way-out will not be effective solutions. It takes your endurance to get up. So we can learn that a problem solving management is also life skill that should be owned by everybody. Remember, we can’t always stay away from stressful lifestyle, so it can’t be avoided. Face you life and deal with it. Be tough……Trust me, everybody has his own battle in this life.</p>
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		<title>SMART FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT: AN INTELLIGENT LIFE SKILL</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Shannon (not the real name) is an attractive lady, single, 28 years old, has a very good-paying job as an accounting manager in an international firm. She also has good social life after work. Every weekend she always spends her time dinner out with friends and shopping for branded clothes, shoes, jewelries and the newest [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Shannon (not the real name) is an attractive lady, single, 28 years old, has a very good-paying job as an accounting manager in an international firm. She also has good social life after work. Every weekend she always spends her time dinner out with friends and shopping for branded clothes, shoes, jewelries and the newest gadgets. How perfect……It is the life that most women around the world expected for. 3 years ago she granted a bank loan to buy an exclusive apartment in town, the installment that she should pay only takes 25% of her salary per month. And suddenly crisis hits the global economy; it also affects the company she works for. Her boss started to lay off some workers, luckily she was not one of them but she had to accept that her salary was deducted almost 50 %. The bank also increased the interest rate for her loan; Shannon was in 8 months arrears. She already got the second reminder letter regarding to her outstanding debts.  And within her service in the company, her salary was always up just to pay the bills and her credit cards. Of course now she was depressed, she did not know what to do. She did not have any saving left. Next month she would have to move to another small apartment in suburb, because the bank was going to take over her big apartment. And her idea to find another job was not easy either. Because the business is getting tough; unemployment and cut off are everywhere.<br />
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That complicated situation seems familiar to us. Some accused the government for not being care about the unemployment, for not taking the emergency actions immediately to save more and more industrial companies before they really closed down. Some accused the dishonest executives that possessed very high salary and took advantage of this chaos. And some accused the banking authority for offering to much loan to public. No one accused himself. Deep down…. In the case above, the types of Shannon should be first responsible for this crisis.  High consumerism……. Now people did not realize that they spend their time, energy and life for consumer goods. In this modern civilization with various choices of facilities, it is surely acceptable that we want to use them all to ease our life. Sounds human, though. But if they lack of their logic to determine whether what we are going to buy is really what we need, that would be big troubles. Worse, if they spend their money for prestige only. So they will have no reserve when crisis hits. Even the smartest economist would not be able to forecast what is going on the future. That is the answer why we should have saving / reserve if something bad happens in the future. And start considering the importance of investment.</p>
<p>Right now, people need to be aware of how to develop their skill and resources. The beginning point is managing money and human skill exploration. No matter how limited our resources, if we know exactly how to foster it, we can grow and survive from the economic storms. Strong capital without smart management means nothing, because consumptive goods will easily depreciate. Of course to manage the limited resources, it takes up our creativity, strong will and sustainable efforts. Initially, it can be started from pursuing our hobbies for fun. Then we can gradually make it for professional business. Here, from enjoying our hobbies we sharpen our skill to the specific activities that can produce money. If the storms / disasters come unexpectedly, we will not lose our income at all. We still have saving for financing life during our restoration time and for building up our new income resources.</p>
<p>Second, keeping our body in good health is a part of this session. Can you imagine how much money you will spend if you get sick? No matter how much money you owe, if you get sick it will all flow like water goes.</p>
<p>For instance, this is a story from a friend of mine, John (not the real name) is a worker with $ 8 / hour of wage, save a lot of his money. He takes a walk to his work place, although he can afford to buy a car. “For our health” he said. “Taking a walk everyday in the morning will replace my time and money to go to the gym for exercises. But of course I have to wake up very early in the morning so I will not be late to get to work. My friends suggested me to have gym’s membership or dinner out for social life. That’s OK for once or few times in a month, but not too often. For me, permanent gym’s membership will value less than taking care of my home business in vegetables production. Since few years ago, I planted my backyard with the seeds of some kinds of vegetables. So excited when the crop came and it was the time for me to sell them up to some wholesalers, so I could enjoy additional income and cook the food from the vegetables I have planted in my own backyard. Surely I never take junk food in my daily meal list. And you know…… it saves a lot of money (smiling). Now I am preparing to open a gardening course for the community around here, so I will meet new people for better social life, get another new income and improve my gardening skill. Moreover, with this activity I share my skill to other people for their good sake”</p>
<p>If you face problems like Shannon, there are several things we can do. First, cut off more daily life expenditures and keep our bodies in good health. Then be creative to explore your skill and talent for your people near you and your local community. Some of us think too far by developing ideas how to expand our business around the country or even overseas. Crawl from the bottom. I personally do not encourage people to start their business from bank loans or other types of financial debts. Of course this way will boost your business expansion. But it will also increase your financial liability in the future. Remember, none of us could not predict exactly what is going to happen next. Pay your debts as soon as possible from all your assets you have. Be enthusiastic to start everything back from zero, to manage your life back from the beginning. That is the hardest time in life so keep staying near to our family and friends, they will be the closer people who first help and support us. Reduce unnecessary travelling. I know it sounds stupid living like frogs in a shell, because we always think that travelling will broaden our mind and give us chances to see the world. It’s completely true, but in the difficult financial situation try to forget about that. And once more, keep praying to GOD for your mental strength.</p>
<p>The above stories give examples of how people should develop their quality of life by exploring all their talents, which is much more productive than granting for banking loans with high interest rates. In this point, we should also save more money to take less junk food or other types of food with zero nutrition for our body but it cost more. “BACK TO NATURE” that is the new mind-set that we should apply for our condition now. Be healthy; eat more fibers, vegetables and fruits. We are so busy making some researches and observations to fix the mutational chromosomes that trigger cancer, physical abnormalities and many degenerative diseases such as diabetes, high blood pressures, heart attack etc. In the contrary, we never consider about how to avoid that. GOD creates human bodies perfectly so the system can work and support each other. We, ourselves who ruin this natural body functions and it is derived from the unhealthy life style. There is nothing we can do except having a better life concept now. And all should be started from ourselves.</p>
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		<title>Surabaya Life Education mengucapkan Gong Xi Fat Cai</title>
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		<title>Surabaya Life Education mengucapkan Selamat Natal dan Tahun Baru 2011</title>
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		<title>Belajar Bahasa Inggris yang Efektif</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Bagi kita yang sehari-hari lebih banyak menggunakan bahasa Indonesia sebagai bahasa ibu, memang dibutuhkan waktu dan kemauan sungguh-sungguh untuk belajar bahasa asing. Dan dalam belajar bahasa asing tidak ada kata terlambat. Selama kita mempunyai tekad yang kuat untuk paling tidak mampu bercakap-cakap dalam bahasa asing tersebut, di usia berapapun kita mulai belajar tidak menjadi masalah. [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Bagi kita yang sehari-hari lebih banyak menggunakan bahasa Indonesia sebagai bahasa ibu, memang dibutuhkan waktu dan kemauan sungguh-sungguh untuk belajar bahasa asing. Dan dalam belajar bahasa asing tidak ada kata terlambat. Selama kita mempunyai tekad yang kuat untuk paling tidak mampu bercakap-cakap dalam bahasa asing tersebut, di usia berapapun kita mulai belajar tidak menjadi masalah.<br />
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Pertanyaannya sekarang adalah mengapa pelajaran bahasa asing yang kita dapatkan dibangku sekolah formal masih belum cukup untuk dipakai paling tidak dalam komunikasi verbal ? Yang pasti alasannya karena penekanan grammar / tata bahasa yang lebih diutamakan dalam pelajaran bahasa asing disekolah-sekolah formal, misalnya bahasa Inggris. Sehingga kita masih membutuhkan les tambahan di lembaga-lembaga kursus bahasa Inggris bila ingin benar-benar mampu berbicara bahasa Inggris dengan lancar.</p>
<p>Menghadapi sistem pendidikan bahasa Inggris dibegara kita yang masih belum sempurna itu, sebenarnya dapat kita atasi dengan banyak hal diantaranya,</p>
<p><strong>1. Meningkatkan rasa percaya diri.</strong><br />
Ini adalah tahap tersulit karena tingkat kepercayaan diri setiap orang tidak sama. Tapi kepercayaan diri itu dapat ditanamkan bila Anda mempunyai pendamping / pembina yang mengerti kondisi Anda. Sebagai contoh, kita perlu bandingkan dengan wanita-wanita paruh baya di Bali yang menawarkan barang dagannya kepada turis asing. Dengan bahasa Inggris ala kadarnya, mereka mampu berkomunikasi dengan para turis. Tentu saja bila mereka kurang PD / tidak berani berbicara bahasa Inggris hanya karena tata bahasanya kacau, barang dagangan mereka tidak akan laku. Rasa takut membuat kesalahan hanya akan menjadi penghambat kemajuan Anda.</p>
<p><strong>2. Banyak membaca buku-buku berbahasa Inggris.</strong><br />
Buku-buku paket disekolah tidak lah cukup bila kita ingin memperluas kosakata bahasa Inggris. Semakin kita sering membaca literatur-literatur berbahasa Inggris, kosakata kita akan bertambah. Dan luasnya kosakata inilah yang menjadi penentu kemampuan kita dalam berbicara dengan bahasa asing, disamping untuk lebih menambah rasa percaya diri Anda.</p>
<p><strong>3. Belajar mempraktekkan komunikasi bahasa Inggris kepada keluarga / teman-teman dekat Anda.</strong><br />
Hal ini untuk membantu otak kita mengingat kembali kosakata yang sudah kita pelajari. Tahukah Anda, bercakap-cakap dan banyak membaca mempunyai efek yang besar untuk meningkatkan kemampuan daya ingat kita dan mencegah kita dari kondisi cepat pikun / pelupa.</p>
<p><strong>4. Mengambil kursus tambahan.</strong><br />
Sebelum mengambil kursus tambahan bahasa Inggris, kita perlu meneliti dulu lembaga kursus tersebut. Juga yang perlu ditanyakan adalah sistem pengajarannya dan tenaga pengajarnya. Tidak ada jaminan bahwa lembaga-lembaga kursus manapun yang dapat membuat kita cepat berhasil dalam menguasai bahasa Inggris sebagai bahasa asing. Berhati-hatilah terhadap lembaga kursus yang memberikan jaminan mampu berbicara bahasa Inggris dalam kurun waktu tertentu. Belajar bahasa asing tidak dapat ditarget karena minat, motivasi dan daya kemampuan tiap orang tidak sama.</p>
<p>Khusus untuk para karyawan, penguasaan bahasa Inggris sudah bukan menjadi hal asing lagi. Karena selain akan menambah rasa percaya dirinya, juga akan memberikan nilai tambah dari kualifikasi karyawan tersebut terutama dalam menghadapi era persaingan bebas. Itulah pentingnya English in-house training. Bukan hanya perusahaan-perusahaan yang berafiliasi dengan investor asing saja yang akan membutuhkan pelatihan ini, untuk jangka waktu ke depan akan banyak perusahaan-perusahaan lokal yang membutuhkan karyawannya menguasai bahasa asing ini karena mereka nantinya akan berkomunikasi dengan para customer / rekan kerja / investor asing.</p>
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		<title>Membentuk Sikap Yang Merdeka</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Setiap tanggal 17 Agustus kita selalu memperingati Hari Kemerdekaan Republik Indonesia. Dan tahun 2010 ini genap sudah 65 tahun bangsa kita terlepas dari belenggu penjajahan. Lalu apa makna kemerdekaan yang setiap tahun kita peringati itu ? Kemerdekaan berasal dari kata merdeka, yang berarti bebas dari penjajahan bangsa lain dalam menentukan nasib sendiri. Dengan kata lain, [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Setiap tanggal 17 Agustus kita selalu memperingati Hari Kemerdekaan Republik Indonesia. Dan tahun 2010 ini genap sudah 65 tahun bangsa kita terlepas dari belenggu penjajahan. Lalu apa makna kemerdekaan yang setiap tahun kita peringati itu ?<br />
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Kemerdekaan berasal dari kata merdeka, yang berarti bebas dari penjajahan bangsa lain dalam menentukan nasib sendiri. Dengan kata lain, kemerdekaan berarti suatu kemandirian.  Suatu bangsa dikatakan merdeka bila bangsa itu terlepas dari segala bentuk belenggu / kontrol fisik dan mental  dan berani bangkit dalam mengambil keputusan untuk diri sendiri. Disini kemandirian itu menekankan sikap-sikap pantang menyerah dalam menghadapi kesulitan, tidak mencari jalan pintas atau cara instan dalam penyelesaian suatu problem dan mengurangi ketergantungan dengan pihak lain. Kemandirian bukanlah hilangnya pengendalian diri untuk mendapatkan segala sesuatu sesuai keinginannya sendiri tanpa memperhatikan kepentingan orang lain, sebaliknya juga bukan berarti kehidupan otoriter yang kaku dan keras. Bila kemandirian dipandang seperti itu, kemandirian itu sudah disalah artikan. Banyak yang menganggap kebebasan sebagai penyebab kekacauan hidup, sehingga akhirnya diberlakukanlah kontrol yang sangat ketat. Yang pada akhirnya kontrol yang ketat itu akan menjadi pencetus kemunduran karena kita harus bergantung pada orang lain. Nilai kebebasan / kemandirian yang disalah artikan itu, tentu saja tidak lepas dari pemikiran sempit yang memanfaatkan kebebasan secara negatif sehingga merugikan diri sendiri dan orang lain. Surat Paulus kepada Jemaat di Galatia 5: 13 mengatakan ,”Saudara-saudara, memang kamu telah dipanggil untuk merdeka. Tetapi janganlah kamu mempergunakan kemerdekaan itu sebagai kesempatan untuk kehidupan dalam dosa, melainkan layanilah seorang akan yang lain oleh kasih”</p>
<p>Beberapa contoh dari sikap-sikap hidup kita yang dapat dijadikan refleksi diri dijaman yang sudah merdeka ini adalah:<br />
1. Bergantung pada hutang sehingga sering mengalami kesulitan keuangan karena tidak mampu mengatur keuangan sendiri.<br />
2. Bekerja hanya bila ada perintah dari pimpinan saja.<br />
3. Mengandalkan pada bocoran soal-soal ujian yang belum tentu terjamin kebenarannya daripada belajar dengan baik.<br />
4. Selalu mencari cara yang termudah dalam menyelesaikan persoalan dan lebih memilih menghindari masalah daripada menyelesaikannya.<br />
5. Lebih memilih tenaga kerja asing dengan gaji berkali-kali lipat lebih besar daripada tenaga kerja lokal karena alasan kekurangan sumber daya yang memadai. Daripada mencari tenaga lokal yang berpotensi dan memberikan pelatihan yang cukup. Padahal bangsa kita yang besar ini kaya akan sumber daya baik alam maupun manusia.<br />
6. Dan masih banyak lagi.</p>
<p>Apakah contoh-contoh diatas adalah sikap yang sudah merdeka ? Sebenarnya kebebasan yang bertanggung jawab dapat ditanamkan pada setiap orang tanpa kecuali, sehingga hari kemerdekaan yang tiap tahun kita peringati akan menjadi momen yang mengingatkan kita untuk menjadi manusia-manusia Indonesia yang tangguh dalam persaingan global. Kelemahan kita  adalah sejak turun temurun dari generasi ke genarasi, kita tidak membentuk manusia baru menjadi pribadi yang dewasa dan mandiri, sebagai contoh, dengan seringnya kita melihat banyak anak-anak usia batita dan balita yang disuapi makan oleh pembantu / baby sitter bahkan sampai dijalanan keluar dari rumah. Sampai setelah anak-anak tersebut menikah pun, orang tua masih berperan sangat besar dalam mengasuh cucu-cucunya. Secara tidak sadar kita sebenarnya masih terbelenggu dijaman yang sudah merdeka ini, terbelenggu oleh sikap kita sendiri. Dimana akhirnya mau tidak mau, tidak ada pilihan lain selain bergantung pada orang lain. Ketergantungan yang sangat besar terhadap orang lain itulah yang mempengaruhi daya saing kita terhadap negara-negara lain. Memang adanya sikap otoriter dalam kurun waktu yang sangat lama akan memicu adanya kebebasan tanpa arah, yang cenderung tak terkontrol dan semaunya sendiri bila otoriter dilepas. Tentu saja menjadi terlalu mandiri juga mempunyai efek yang negatif yaitu hilangnya interaksi sosial dengan masyarakat, seakan-akan tidak peduli akan keberadaan orang lain. Tapi bersosialisasi dengan orang lain yang saling menguntungkan hanya bisa tercapai bila masing-masing dari kita sudah mampu memenuhi kebutuhan sendiri. Selama masih ada yang belum mandiri, berarti masih ada yang harus membebani orang lain. Dan ini bukanlah dinamakan bersosialisasi dalam masyarakat. Tapi mengambil keuntungan dari orang lain.</p>
<p>Kita tidak perlu lagi menyalahkan generasi diatas kita yang membentuk karakter kita seperti sekarang ini. Yang perlu kita lakukan hanyalah memulai dari diri sendiri dan memutus rantai kontrol ini, sehingga kita terbiasa bekerja dan berpikir sendiri dalam menghadapi masalah dan tentu saja hal ini akan menentukan masa depan kita sendiri. Sah-sah saja meminta bantuan dari orang lain untuk mencari jalan keluar suatu masalah tapi itupun setelah kita sudah berusaha yang terbaik untuk menyelesaikannya. Begitu juga, keputusan yang kita ambil juga terletak ditangan kita sendiri. Orang lain hanya membantu memberikan ide solusi permasalahan. Sehingga kita bukan bergantung pada ide / solusi dari orang lain, yang nantinya mungkin akan timbul sikap menyalahkan orang lain bila ide / solusi yang kita adopsi itu tidak sesuai dengan harapan kita. Disinilah perlunya kesadaran untuk keluar dari generasi yang membelenggu kita sehingga kita dapat bersikap lebih dewasa dan mandiri, dan hal ini dapat dibentuk sejak usia yang sangat muda. Caranya antara lain:</p>
<p>1. Membiasakan anak sejak usia batita dan balita untuk belajar menggerakan saraf-saraf motoriknya, seperti menyendok makanan kedalam mulutnya sendiri dan memakai pakaiannya sendiri. Tentu saja hal ini dibutuhkan ketelatenan, misalnya anak-anak itu pastilah akan membuat kotor rumah dengan memain-mainkan makanannya sebelum disendok dan sebagainya. Tapi semua itu adalah proses belajar yang akan mendidiknya untuk mampu memenuhi kebutuhannya sendiri kelak.<br />
2. Tidak terlalu banyak mendampingi ketika memasuki usia prasekolah, dimana anak-anak saat itu mulai belajar beradaptasi dengan orang lain dilingkungan baru selain anggota keluarga yang dikenalnya selama ini.<br />
3. Tidak menggendong anak bila kenyataannya anak itu sudah mampu berjalan dengan tegap.<br />
4. Tidak menuruti semua keinginan anak sekalipun merengek / menangis, tapi memberikan penjelasan tentang kegunaan / manfaat dari permintaannya.<br />
5. Memberi uang saku yang secukupnya ketika sudah memasuki Sekolah Dasar, sehingga memberikan kesempatan pada si anak untuk belajar mengatur keuangannya sendiri.<br />
6. Tidak membantu terlalu berlebihan pada pekerjaan rumah anak yang dibebankan dari sekolah, apalagi mengambil alih dalam menyelesaikan pekerjaan sekolah anak. Kita hanya bertugas membantu dan membimbing anak dalam menyelesaikan tugas-tugas sekolahnya.<br />
7. Membiasakan makan dan berdoa bersama untuk kebebasan berkomunikasi antar anggota keluarga dan tidak mencela anak ketika mengungkapkan pendapat / permasalahannya. Hal ini akan mengasah selain kemampuan berbicara didepan publik juga meningkatkan kepercayaan dirinya bahwa anak pun akan merasa mempunyai peranan yang penting dalam keluarga.<br />
8. Memahami kelemahan anak dan berusaha memberi dukungan untuk mengembangkan kelebihan yang dimilikinya dan melatihnya untuk lebih tegar dalam hidup, bukan dengan memberi banyak larangan untuk melindunginya. Yang nantinya akan menghambat banyak aktifitas dan kreatifitasnya. Sekalipun terhadap anak yang memiliki kebutuhan khusus, anak tersebut tetap harus dibimbing untuk mengembangkan kelebihannya bukan terfokus pada kelemahannya.<br />
9. Tidak mengontrol pergaulan anak terlalu ketat yang buntutnya anak mungkin akan melakukan hal yang jauh lebih berani diluar pengetahuan orang tua atau malah ketakutan terhadap orang tuanya sendiri.<br />
10. Memberikan kebebasan pada anak dalam memilih jurusan dan sekolah lanjutan yang sesuai dengan kemampuan dan minatnya, serta mendukung anak dalam menyelesaikan studi dari jurusan yang dipilihnya.<br />
11. Memberikan kebebasan pada anak untuk memilih jenis pekerjaan yang akan dijalaninya, mengembangkan karirnya dan memilih pasangan hidupnya. Tentu saja bukan berarti kita membiarkan begitu saja bila anak memilih jenis pekerjaan yang berakibat kurang baik, misalnya,  tapi kita hanya memberikan saran / nasihat agar anak kembali merenungkan dan berpikir tentang keuntungan dan kerugian dari keputusannya dan bahwa keputusan yang diambilnya adalah yang terbaik untuk masa depannya.<br />
12. Memberikan kepercayaan kepada anak dalam menentukan hari pernikahan dan seremonialnya sendiri. Sehingga anak belajar bertanggung jawab dalam persiapan berumah tangga.<br />
13. Tidak terlalu terlibat dalam urusan rumah tangga anak, termasuk tanggung jawab penuh terhadap perkembangan cucu. Mungkin saja tenaga baby sitter / pembantu / anggota keluarga lain dibutuhkan dalam membantu mengawasi pengasuhan cucu, tapi tanggung jawab perkembangan cucu tetap berada ditangan orang tuanya sendiri. Bukan kakek-nenek maupun saudara ipar.</p>
<p>Demikian bila hal-hal tersebut diatas banyak diterapkan, kemerdekaan yang sesungguhnya akan lebih kita rasakan. Sekali lagi, dalam kemerdekaan tetap harus ada pengawasan / kontrol yang berfungsi sebagai alat dalam pengambilan keputusan bukan sebagai penentu keputusan yang akan membantu mengarahkan kemandirian pada tanggung jawab moral. Sehingga diharapkan di Bumi Pertiwi ini akan tumbuh banyak tunas-tunas muda yang berani mengambil keputusan sendiri untuk menentukan laju pembangunan negara ini, lepas dari ketergantungan dengan negara-negara lain yang mungkin akan memanfaatkan kita juga. Kemandirian suatu bangsa akan menentukan kesejahteraan rakyatnya. Perlu kita ingat, bahwa TUHAN sendiri memberi kebebasan penuh pada manusia untuk memilih jalannya sendiri. Itulah bukti cinta dan kepercayaan TUHAN kepada umatNya. Bila kita sudah terbiasa memberikan kepercayaan pada orang-orang terdekat kita, maka dengan iman kita juga mampu memberikan kepercayaan penuh pada TUHAN yang berkuasa menentukan semua hal dalam hidup kita. </p>
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