Mahasiswa Bukan Sekadar Predikat

Mendidik ialah tanggung jawab bagi orang-orang terdidik, begitulah bunyi kalimat bijak Bapak Anies Baswedan mantan menteri pendidikan Indonesia. Menurut Wikipedia Indonesia, mahasiswa ialah sebutan bagi orang yang sedang menempuh pendidikan tinggi yang terdiri dari sekolah tinggi, akademi hingga universitas. Mahasiswa di berbagai Negara mengambil peran penting dalam sejarah suatu Negara. Ketika seseorang telah mendapatkan predikat sebagai mahasiswa, otomatis ia adalah konsumen pendidikan yang telah mengenyam pendidikan dari pendidikan dasar, menengah pertama hingga menengah atas. Ketika kita telah mendapatkan predikat tersebut dalam kurun waktu yang tak singkat, sudahkah kita berkontribusi dalam kemajuan bangsa khususnya dalam bidang pendidikan?

Apalah arti nama jika tidak bermakna. Begitupun juga mahasiswa, apalah predikat mahasiswa jika tidak ikut mengambil andil dalam memajukan pendidikan Indonesia. Pendidikan ialah investasi di masa sekarang dan masa depan. Tidak ada Negara maju tanpa sumber daya manusia yang terdidik. Untuk itu, sebagai mahasiswa kita harus berkontribusi dalam mendorong kualitas pendidikan di Indonesia. Kita dapat lebih menghidupkan predikat kita sebagai mahasiswa diantarannya dengan berkecimpung di dalam masyarakat, menebarkan semangat belajar dengan aura positif, dan beretika selayaknya orang-orang terdidik.

Yang pertama ialah berkecimpung dalam masyarakat. Sebaik-baiknya ilmu ialah yang bermanfaat bagi diri sendiri dan orang lain. Untuk apa kita berpendidikan tinggi tetapi kita tidak memiliki manfaat untuk orang lain. Ilmu tersebut akan sia-sia jika tidak digunakan dengan hal-hal yang positif. Masyarakat sangat butuh mahasiswa. Mahasiswa ialah harapan. Cukup dengan memberikan apa yang sedang masyarakat butuhkan, misalnya penyuluhan tentang kesehatan, pendidikan belajar gratis untuk anak-anak jalanan dan masih banyak lagi. Dengan itu, masyarakat akan mempunyai wawasan yang luas tentang rumpun ilmu yang kita berikan. Dengan itu kita telah memberikan pendidikan, setuju?

Yang kedua ialah menebarkan semangat belajar dengan aura positf. Menurut survey mahasiswa magister kriminologi peminatan perlindungan anak, Reni Kartikawati, sebanyak 22.000 perempuan muda Indonesia usia 10-14 tahun sudah menikah terutama terjadi di pedesaan sebanyak 0,03 persen. Hal ini cukup memprihatinkan, sebagian dari mereka belum cukup umur dan juga matang untuk menghadapi kehidupan ke depan. Salah faktor yang menyebabkan masalah ini ialah minimnya pendidikan. Kebanyakan pernikahan ini atas dasar perintah orang tua mereka yang kurang memperhatikan pendidikan anak tersebut. Hasilnya, pasangan pernikahan dini tersebut belum cukup memahami peran-peran yang harus ia tanggung dalam keluarga. Anak perempuan pernikahan dini tersebut belum siap menjadi ibu sebagai guru pertama bagi anak-anaknya. Kemudian pasangan tersebut kemungkinan akan menghadapi masalah seperti ekonomi, sosial, pendidikan bagi anak keturunanya. Jika pola pikir ini tidak segera diubah, maka akan berlanjut hingga anak cucu keturunannya. Di sinilah peran mahasiswa untuk membuka pikiran masyarakat bahwa pendidikan itu penting. Buktikan kepada orang sekitar bahwa pendidikan akan membawa segalanya menjadi lebih baik.

Yang ketiga ialah beretika selayaknya orang yang terdidik. Sepandai-pandainya orang mengerti konsep, belum sempurna jika kita belum mempraktikannya. Sebagai generasi yang mendukung pendidikan Indonesia, kita harus menerapkan norma-norma serta etika yang baik bagi generasi di bawah kita. Jangan salahkan jika anak kecil di zaman sekarang telah berani berperilaku yang tak pantas dilakukan di usia mereka. Pengajaran tidak harus selalu duduk di atas bangku di dalam kelas secara formal. Tetapi wajib di terapkan agar bisa dicontoh. mempercontoh lebih tajam efeknya dibandingkan teori semata.

Kesimpulannya, sebagai mahasiswa kita harus menjadi generasi perubahan atau agent of change bagi Negara Indonesia. Marilah kita beraksi demi merealisasikan Tri Dharma Perguruan tinggi sebagai mahasiswa. Hidupkan suara mahasiswa bukan sekadar mahasiswa, tidak hanya slogan demonstrasi tapi kita juga beraksi. Hidup mahasiswa!.


Nama   : Ayu Koernia Malyk
NIM     : 1107617046
Prodi    : PGSD
Biografi singkat : lahir di Jakarta, 1 Juni 1999. akan melanjutkan pendidikan di Universitas Negeri Jakarta. dengan ini postingan di blog saya di atas adalah bagian dari tugas MPA (masa pengenalan akademik) di UNJ.

My Essay in Higher Intermediate 4

OUTLINE

Topic                         : Homework

Specific topic            : The negative side of homework for student

Purpose                     : To persuade people

Type of writing         : Argumentative paragraph

Title                          : Are You Down or Done with Homework?

I.            Thesis statement

Homework has disadvantages for students, too, such as wasting their time at home, encouraging them to cheat, and disturbing their time to study.

II.            Body paragraph

1.      A lot of homework waste student’s time at home.

Ø  They don’t have any time with family.

Ø  They don’t have time to do the household chores.

2.      A lot of homework encourages students to cheat.

Ø  Feeling tired.

Ø  There is no time to do it.

3.      Another reason that homework has bad sides is that it disturbs student’s time to study a different subject.

Ø  The student can’t be focus.

Ø  They want to develop their skill and hobby.

III.                     Concluding sentence

Are You Down or Done with Homework?

Have you ever got homework from your teacher at school? If you are students or workers who were once at school, the answer is definitely “yes”. Homework is very familiar in the school days. Started from elementary school, junior high school, until senior high school, teachers give homework to students and ask them to submit in the next session or give them a deadline. It is good for students because the teacher hope that the students understand the subject more thoroughly and automatically they will study at home. Homework has a good purpose for student at first. But, how about if all teachers in class give the students homework? As we know, students don’t just learn about one or two subjects. They have about nine until twelve subjects in every grade. Every subject has a different teacher who hopes a good score from the students. So, can the student be focus on all subjects? Homework has disadvantages for students, too, such as wasting their time at home, encouraging them to cheat, and disturbing their time to study.

Homework has a negative sides for students. First, too much homework makes students waste their time at home. Most students spend their time in school for about 8 hours. So, they just have short time at home. It can affect their family relation. When students really focus on their homework, they don’t have anymore time with their family. If this happens again and again, there will be miscommunication among them. We couldn’t let it happens, because family is the main education for student. Much homework can also affect their responsibility to do the household chores, like cleaning the house. Female students, especially, are more responsible for such kind of work like sweeping the floor, washing a dishes, and cooking a dish. Although students have to be responsible for their homework, they also need to help their mother. Without such kind of nurture, children won’t grow up independently.

Second, homework also encourages students to cheat. Students almost spend most of their time in school to study. When they come back home, they have been tired. They just want to relax their body. They prefer coming earlier to school the following day to copy their friend’s homework than doing it by themselves at home. They think it is trivial and just hope a score from their teacher, not really thinking about their responsibility. Another thing that encourages them to cheat is that there is no time to do that homework. Usually, the teacher gives students homework to be submitted in the next session or the next day. Perhaps students can finish that well. But, they don’t have just one subject. They have more than eight subjects in which each subject has different homework, too. So, they don’t have enough time to finish it well or perhaps they just don’t do it at all.

Third, homework disturbs student’s time to study another subject. Sometimes, teacher tells student that the following day they will have a test. Automatically, students who want to get a good score in the test will study seriously first. But they can’t spend all their time to study that subject while they have much homework. Their time will be divided for doing homework and studying. Their time is not long. It is possible that they can’t focus on both of them. It also causes them to unable to learn deeply to their favorite subject. Much homework also limits the students to improve their skill and hobby. Take for an example, student who has interest in playing football just have a little time on weekend if they have much homework. They can do their hobby on weekend only, so they must forget their hobby for the sake of homework. Hobby and skills are also important things that someone has to improve.

In brief, homework is a good idea. But, much homework can effect student’s daily activities especially bad effects. Giving students much homework is not the best way to push the academic quality. Hopefully, students will be given less homework. The other ways is the school has to alter the schedule of the school to expect a more effective time in school. So, teachers don’t have to give homework to students. The education system is not wrong but we have to improve it to be better.

 August 13, 2016

Ayu Koernia Malyk