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Metro TV's Mata Najwa: The Premiere (part2)

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Hi guys, previously on my post about Mata Najwa, I gave some comments on the show's format and 'packaging'. It was quite fun to have a new show here amidst the raging stream of Indonesian sinetrons which provide an endless supply of drama and romance that I am getting fed up with.


Speaking of sinetrons, don't we realize recently drama and romance have been the major themes decorating our TV screens? And even you're watching a news program, if you're really aware, there are some parts of news that merely highlight the dramatic and melancholic side of someone's life.


Take Williardi Wizard's wife as an example, she was interviewed to give some facts about her husband's trial and staggering confession. As the interview went on, I realized the interview had been bent to some other direction, which is not related to or relevant  to the main purpose of her presence. The detailed exposition about her feelings and what their children felt about the storm hitting their father indicated that the whole interview was derailed. This just proved how our news programs have turned into a new version of soap operas.


Some people find this very entertaining and that is OK with them to see the melodrama news. Some other, however, do not feel the same. They think TV should emphasize its function on society enlightenment, instead of the overly blatant narrative about someone's feelings even though this someone is in the spotlight.


Nonetheless, what we witness lately is not an enlightening TV but a misleading TV. Did we still recall few months ago when some Indonesian TV stations had proudly yet wrongly reported that Noordin M. Top was already killed and shot but in fact still breathing, sound, and unhurt?


Don Bosco blamed this on the absence of profession standard and ethics of journalists and broadcasting system; whereas, Garin Nugroho mentioned a typical case of misleading TV by pleading the entire society elements to take a critical point of view whenever TV serves its viewers invalid news or improper contents. In the US, the society takes a key role in taking control of the development of broadcasting world. Once American people demanded TV stations and the sponsors to apologize for airing and exploiting lots of violence in their news programs. Back in our homeland, have you ever seen a TV station asked for its viewers apology for having presented untrue news or news that later is found to be completely wrong?


During the show, there were several 'trivial' facts that explained how TV has changed the face of human civilization since its first appearance.
  • There are now two billion TV sets on earth.
  • Ninety four percent of the information people obtain is from TV.
  • Thailand, the Phillippines, Egypt, Turkey, and Indonesia are the top five nations that watch TV more than any other nations on the planet.

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Apart from those facts, I am convinced most of us are now aware that some part of our personality is even derived from what we see from TV.TV is merely a tiny box-shaped inanimate thing (or a thin glosy flat board-shaped object, if we refer to the most sophisticated plasma and LCD TV) but never underestimates its potential in shaping humans' psyche.

My Third Award

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Actually this award was given weeks ago but unfortunately I was a bit busy to give the reciprocal award afterwards. Furthermore, the 'game' rule is a little bit beyond my ken so it took a while for me to know what to do.


Thanks a bunch to Angga for his award. I don't have much time to blogwalk and tell all the bloggers mentioned below to take their awards, which is why I must apologize. For the friendship, however, I can say nothing but thanks.



1. TUTORIAL DESAIN GRAFIS  
2. Blog napi Belog  
3. Not Yet Titlelized  
4. Pras Free
5. Taekwondo Indonesia 
6. masterGOmaster
7. Blogger Kuningan 
8. Pusat Download Gratis
9.Blognya Angga
10. Akhlis Purnomo 


And the award also goes to each of my all fellow bloggers who once visited this blog or appear and give comments on this blog on a regular basis. Thanks a lot, guys!

Mediocre Teachers: One More Reason Why Indonesian Education is Retarded

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Days ago, my dad gave me some sheets of paper which apparently were a set of English examination papers for elementary school students. He works as an elementary school and kindergarten supervisor here in my hometown. It is customary that he is in charge of the examination papers proofreading several weeks prior to test. His English is not really good now and then so he asked for my 'professional' assistance (I got paid for this, don't ask the amount, you'll never believe it, folks).

My dad told me I did not have to work really hard because who made the exam papers was a bunch of certified  teachers. He emphasized on the word printed in bold as if it was highly unlikely for me to find errors or mistakes there. I, nonetheless, was challenged  to prove my dad wrong.


And I did succeed! It is not something to be bragging  about, literally. Quite effortlessly, I (and perhaps some NON-English department freshmen equipped with proper knowledge on basic English) would detect the errors they made. The errors might look trivial yet fundamental. My grammar radar was continually beeping while perusing the papers. Some punctuations were mispositioned, some others were omitted. Capitalization was sometimes ignored, a number of misspellings occured and on top of that, some misconceptions were found. These misconceptions mislead those naive students to a worse understanding of English in the future. That is what we all have to be concerned about.


I gave the papers back to my dad and he of course never expected to find errors as many. He even asked me "Are you sure they made such an unexpectedly high number of mistakes? Some of them are certified, son".


So this is the conclusion I eventually arrived at. Certainly the word 'certified' is utterly overestimated. Being held the title 'certified' does not necessarily make someone capable of performing his/her jobs. My dad told me afterwards that some of certified teachers are to get this based on sheer luck. They actually did not do anything impressive or beneficial to the school they are working at. They are just lucky! Then I asked by heart, what's the point of teachers certification??!


I know being overly critical and pessimist is never good for us but there may be some times when we really have to review what the government is doing. They at times create more problems than they solve. And as a good citizen, I do feel obliged to tell them that some policies they make are far from success. How can we jeopardize the nation's future by appointing incompetent teachers to teach our children?

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