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Kamis, 15 Maret 2012

TO BE WISE, WHY NOT?

My senior advised me that the effective teacher is  a wise teacher. Of course  there is no a guarantee at all that old people  must be wise. As  a junior teacher can be wiser. Studies prove that we can become wiser by cultivating these habits:
 MAINTAINING  YOUR POSITIVE EMOTION
The wise persons calmly consider alternatives, even in crises, and acts upon controllable factors. The shoul be more patient,  and  more careful.
LEARNING  FROM THE PAST
Reflect upon your life and consider the major lessons you've learned. Write them down.
 BEING OPEN TO NEW EXPERIENCES
Broaden your exposure to people of all ages, political orientations, occupations, social classes, and cultures. Listen and gain knowledge from their vast and various experiences.
 CONSIDERING  DIFFERENT  PERSPECTIVES
The next time you're about to disagree with someone, stop and ask questions. Try to understand his or her point of view.
 FOCUSING  ON THE POSITIVE
Don't waste brain resources on negative thoughts--they drain mental energy.
 MOVING  FROM THE CENTER OF YOUR UNIVERSE
Younger people are generally egocentric and eager to recite their accomplishments. Older and wiser people tend to speak of the successes of others.
QUESTION CERTAINTY
Any sentence that begins "There is no doubt that..." or "It is an established fact that..." should be viewed skeptically.
 BROADENING  YOUR BASE OF "WISDOM KNOWLEDGE"
Thinking lessons from history, philosophy, psychology, literature, or religion.
 GETTING   COMFORTABLE WITH MIXED EMOTIONS
At my daughter's wedding, I was simultaneously happy for her new life and sad she was leaving. There is much ambiguity in life, and the wise accept this.

TRYING TO BE AN EXCELLENT TEACHER

TRYING TO  BE  AN EXCELLENT   TEACHER
      How lucky I am. I was given an opportunity to be an English teacher, even though my parent is only as a  manual  worker.
        Really I must be grateful. How to show that I belong to a grateful man..Of course I must learn how to be a qualified teacher.
   I  am really waiting for the enlightenment of others to improve my teaching quality.
I try to take the advice from my senior. One of my senior advice as follows:
Mas Katno, you are very wonderful and lucky. Teaching is  your regular job. So you must keep promise that you must take this mandate seriously. Teaching is  your life. Teaching is the most wonderful, exciting and rewarding job in the world, but it takes time, skill and dedication to do it right.  I just suggest you about many basics designed for the teachers:
Plan your lessons carefully. Start with what you want them to learn, not what you want them to do. Lessons should always have a central learning objective, and any activities you plan should be focused on achieving this aim. So start with, "I want the children to learn that..." and then decide what they will do.
Plan for a variety of learning styles. One simple way to think about this is VAK. You can (very crudely) divide learning styles into three parts: Visual learners who learn by seeing, auditory learners who learn by listening, and kinesthetic learners who make associations by doing something. Have something for everyone in your lesson.
Create a sense of order. Decide upon classroom routines and stick to them. Do you want children to line up outside or come straight in to your classroom? Where should their bags and coats go? Do you want them to stand behind their chairs before they leave? Once you have established the routine, stick to it! Children appreciate this more than you think - especially children with special needs. Autistic spectrum disorder children, the visually impaired, those with behavioral difficulties, will all do better if they know what they are supposed to do.
Use a starter task. Get students used to the idea that there will be a 5 minute task for them to do straight away when they come in to your classroom. Make it fun and stimulating, with a time limit to not let it drag on.
Share your learning objectives with your students. They must be very clear about what you want them to learn. Write the learning objective on the board in child friendly language. Refer to it throughout the lesson and return to it at the end. Learning objectives should be framed in language like: "Our Learning objective is to... discover how, explore, learn, revise, reflect on, think about, discuss, develop..."
Give clear success criteria for tasks. Children want to know exactly what you want them to do, and how they will be assessed! Ideally the success criteria should rise from the learning objectives in the lessons building up to the task - that way there are no surprises. The children should actually be able to work out what the success criteria are! Sometimes it is appropriate to let students nominate their own success criteria.
Use a variety of assessment methods - teacher assessment is great, but don't neglect peer and self assessment.
Give the lesson pace - motivate students and move them on. Put time limits on activities and watch for the "fidget factor". If your students are bored, change the activity type. Switch between learning styles to keep everyone on their toes! Remember that kids like to be challenged - they don't want to be patronized with easy stuff - give them something to get their teeth into.
Praise, praise, praise! Tell the children what they are doing right - praise them for it and try your best to minimize the attention you give to unwanted behaviour. Kids like to know when they are doing what you want.

Selasa, 13 Maret 2012

BERANI UNTUK BERUBAH (EAGER FOR CHANGE)

EAGER FOR CHANGE
     How hard  my life was. Really, when I was young  I did not have a chance to be confident. One of the reasons, I did not find a qualified teacher to educate and lead  me to be  more confident. So I became poor identity and useless.
      Even  though  it was only a past, but needed to criticized that our teachers, our lecturers must learn more how to educate people.
Now, I am  a  teacher. I  should be different from my  past teachers. I must be eager to change. YES  WE CAN.
How  should the real teacher behave?
A teacher should  be an experienced and knowledgeable mentor who has the training and wisdom to guide a student along a path of personal discovery. A teacher   should provides a road map to the student  so that he or she can thread their way to  a destination where they achieve richer fuller rewards in their own lives. The value of   the excellent personality has been implanted  to  students. So they feel that everybody must have their own excellence. They should be guided to  appreciate and accept their own strength and weaknesses. Because there is no  a perfect man in the world, however they can be better caused by learning and learning. 

Senin, 12 Maret 2012

SPOOF


Al Brown was very good at fixing things around the house when they broke. One day he went to another city to do some work there, and his wife was alone in the house. While Mr. Brown was away, one of the faucets on the bathtub broke. Mrs. Brown did not know much about fixing broken faucets, so she telephoned a plumber.
The plumber came to the house that afternoon and fixed the faucet in a few minutes. When he finished, he gave Mrs. Brown his bill for his work.
She looked at it for several seconds and then she said,”Your price are very high, aren’t they? Do you know, the doctor costs less than this when he comes to the house?”
“Yes, I know,” answered the plumber. “I know that very well, because I was a doctor until I was lucky enough to find this job a few months ago.”

  1. The text mainly tells us about …..
A.    Al Brown’s visit to another city
B.     the payment of the doctor visit
C.     the broken faucet of Mrs. Brown’s bathtub
D.    the disappointment of Mrs. Brown about the bill given
E.     an unexpected incidents experienced by Mrs. Brown

  1. Which of the following sentences is TRUE according to the text?
A.    The plumber was smart.
B.     Al Brown went to the village to work.
C.     The plumber charged Mrs. Brown cheaply.
D.    Mrs. Brown was skillful in fixing broken faucets.
E.     Mrs. Brown called Mr. Brown to fix the broken faucet.

  1. “The plumber came to the house that afternoon.” (par. 2)
The word “plumber” means someone who is skillful in …..
A.    making handicraft
B.     repairing vehicles
C.     operating computers
D.    fixing washing machines
E.     fitting pipes into building

This text is for questions 4 to 8

Connie stopped outside a shoe-store and looked in the window. For some time, she gazed at a pair of fur-lined high boots on display. “They are exactly the boots that I’ve been looking for,” she thought. They were unpriced, so Connie decided to ask how much they cost.
“I’d like to buy a pair of boots like the ones you have in the window,” she asked the attendant. “Could you tell me how much they are, please?”
As the price was reasonable, Connie decided to try a pair on. The attendant asked her to sit down and brought a pair. While she was helping Connie to put them on, she kept looking at Connie’s stockings. Connie was wearing a pair of stockings made of fine white lace.
“Excuse my asking,” the attendant said at last,”but where did you get those stockings? We’ve been trying to get stockings like these for some time. They’re the very latest fashion and many women want to have them.”
“They are pretty, aren’t they?” Connie said. “My grandmother gave them to me. She wore them when she was young.”

  1. Looking at the boots in the window, Connie decided to …..
A.    know the price
B.     stop outside
C.     look for them
D.    buy them
E.     gaze at them

  1. What is Connie’s stockings made of?
A.    fine black lace
B.     white leather
C.     brown velvet
D.    white lace
E.     fine white embroidery

  1. They were unpriced. (par. 1)
The word “unpriced” means …..
A.    very valuable
B.     very expensive
C.     fixed price
D.    can’t be bargained
E.     the price isn’t stated

  1. “I’d like to buy …..” she asked the attendant. (par. 2)
The synonym of “the attendant” is …..
A.    the owner
B.     the buyer
C.     the shopkeeper
D.    the trader
E.     the customer

  1. “Could you tell me how much they are, please?” (par. 2)
The word “they” refers to …..
A.    the shoes
B.     the boots
C.     the stockings
D.    the prices
E.     the shoe-store

This text is for questions …..

Professor Carter visited Mr. and Mrs. Crockett on the other side of town. After a good dinner and a game of cards, he said,”I’m going to walk home now.”
But Mrs. Crockett looked out of the window and said,”It’s raining outside. Please stay here tonight.”
She went and prepared the guest room for him. After a few minutes, she came back to the living room, but the professor was not there.
Mr. and Mrs. Crockett waited for more than 30 minutes, and then they started to go to bed. But then somebody knocked at the back door of the house.
It was the professor. He was very wet. Mr. Crockett and his wife were very happy to see him. They said, “You’re here!”
“Yes,” the professor answered. He smile and added, “I went home and got my pajamas.”

This text is for questions …..

Mrs. Streisand was having a lot of trouble with her skin, so she went to her doctor about it. However, the doctor could not find anything wrong with her, so he sent her to the local hospital for some test. The hospital, of course, sent the result of the test direct to Mrs. Streisand’s doctor. The next morning he telephoned her to give her a list of the things that she should not eat.
Mrs. Streisand carefully wrote all the things down on a piece of paper, which she then left beside the telephone while she went out to a ladies’ meeting.
When she got back home two hours later, she found her husband waiting for her. He had a big basket full of packages beside him, and when he saw her, he said, “Hello, sweetheart. I have done all your shopping for you.”
“Done all my shopping?” she asked in surprise. “But how did you know what I wanted?”
“Well, when I got home, I found your shopping list beside the telephone,” answered her husband, “so I went down to the shops and bought everything you had written down.”
Of course. Mrs. Streisand had to tell him that he had bought all the things the doctor did not allow her to eat.




Fixing the Headstone
Once, there were two men walking home after a Halloween party. They decided to take a shortcut through the cemetery just for laughs. Right in the middle of the cemetery they were startled by a tap-tap-tapping noise coming from the misty shadows.
Trembling with fear, they found an old man with a hammer and chisel, chipping away at one of the headstones.
“Holy cow, Mister,” one of them said after catching his breath, “You scared us half to death, we thought you were a ghost! What are you doing working here so late at night?”
“Those fools!” the old man grumbled. “They misspelled my name!”
Taken from: http://www.dizzyboy.com

1.How many men were walking through the cemetery?
    1. Two men
    2. Three men
    3. Four men
    4. Five men
    5. Six men

2. What made them shocked when they were walking through the cemetery?
    1. The serene of the cemetery
    2. The darkness of the cemetery
    3. A tap-tap-tapping noise
    4. The howling of wolfs
    5. A man passing the cemetery in rush.

3. Who did they find in the cemetery?
    1. A villager
    2. Their friend
    3. The guard of the cemetery
    4. An old man
    5. The maker of a tombstone

4. What did the old man do at that night?
    1. He made a tombstone for someone.
    2. He corrected his name written on his tombstone.
    3. He was just passing through the cemetery.
    4. He had just attended a Halloween party.
    5. He was just making a devotional visit to a grave.

5. “The old man grumbled”. The word grumble in the sentence is similar in meaning to …
    1. smile
    2. attract
    3. persuade
    4. think
    5. complain

Minggu, 11 Maret 2012

When I was young, I had an obsession to be a writer. Now I am getting older but I am still poor in writing field. Through my blog I can learn more to express my idea in the writing form. It does matter that my writing is not  qualified yet, but I have begun to be writer to be.

Sometimes I am confused  what topic should be taken. ..I  ve got advice that trying and trying  is the beginning to achieve success

Selasa, 06 Maret 2012

DIBUTUHKAN “THE GREAT MOM” Telah dimuat di Majalah RESPON Maret 2012

DIBUTUHKAN “THE GREAT MOM” Telah dimuat di Majalah RESPON  Maret 2012
Oleh: Sukatno, S. Pd, M. Pd
(Guru Bahasa Inggris SMAN1 Girimarto)
       
            The great mom (baca: ibu yang luar biasa) menurut pandangan Islam adalah ibu yang shalihah. Berkenaan dengan keberadaan ibu yang  shalihah, Abdullah bin Amr radhiallahu ‘anhu meriwayatkan sabda Rasulullah Shallallahu ‘alaihi wa sallam yang artinya: “Sesungguhnya dunia itu adalah perhiasan dan sebaik-baik perhiasan dunia adalah  ibu (wanita) shalihah.” (HR. Muslim)
            Salah satu hak dari  seorang anak adalah  hak untuk diasuh oleh ibu yang shalihah. Ibu yang shalihah adalah ibu yang baik menurut Al  Qur’an dan As Sunnah, dia  sadar terhadap tanggung jawab sebagai  orang tua sekaligus guru yang pertama kali bagi anak kandungnya.  Dengan memiliki ibu yang shalihah, anak telah memiliki modal berharga untuk menjadi shalih dan shalihah pula.
            Ibu shalihah adalah ibu yang merupakan sekolah sekaligus guru kehidupan sepanjang jaman bagi anak-anaknya. Di sinilah anak dari bangun tidur sampai tidur lagi diasuh oleh guru yang mumpuni yang faham tentang pembelajaran di sekolah kehidupan. Anak yang menyusu  ibu yang shalihah hakikatnya anak telah  menyerap semua dari kebiasaan ibunya. Karena anak bukan sekedar menyusu asinya, tapi juga menyusu akhlak dan kepribadian ibunya. Ibu digambarkan dalam  mutiara hikmah  yang terjemahanya kurang lebih:
            Ibu adalah sekolah
            Jika engkau menyiapkannya
            Maka engkau telah menyiapkan generasi yang baik dan tangguh
            Ibu adalah penentu dan pengukir kepribadian  anak-anaknya. Kalau dia mengajarkan   kebaikan kepada anak-anaknya, maka dia telah mengukir kebaikan kepada anak-anaknya.           
Mendidik itu laksana menanam benih. Ibu shalihah adalah  lahan yang gembur   yang akan menghasilkan tanaman subur dan berbuah dengan memuaskan. Anak adalah tanaman dari orang tua, maka sebagai orang tua idealnya harus shalih terlebih dulu agar mampu menghasilkan generasi shalih dan shalihah.
Modal Ibu Shalihah
            Sebagai seorang ibu biasa tidak harus memiliki modal harta benda yang melimpah dalam kehidupan, namun modal non materi justru lebih utama. Bagi ibu shalihah harus memiliki modal keunggulan (excellence). Keunggulan tersebut sebagai modal berharga tidak hanya ibu sebagai pendamping suami namun sebagi guru yang baik bagi anak-anaknya.
            Ibu disebut sebagai ibu shalihah setidak-tidaknya memiliki 6 modal  keunggulan dengan akronim ISLAMI yaitu Iman kepada Allah dan rasulnya, Sabar dalam bertindak, Lemah-lembut penuh kasih sayang dalam bergaul baik kepada suami, anak, dan sanak saudara, Amanah dalam menjalankan tugas sebagai ibu dan suami, Menggembirakan dan membahagiakan tidak hanya kepada suami tetapi juga terhadap anak-anak, yang terakhir adalah Ikhsan yaitu modal kebaikan akhlaq terhadap siapapun.
            Uraian singkat  modal ISLAMI bagi seorang ibu shalihah sebagai  berikut: Iman kepada Allah dan rasul  adalah modal wajib bagi ibu shalihah. Karena, segala perbuatan baik tanpa landasan iman kepada Allah dan rasul tidak ada harganya.
            Modal berikutnya adalah  Sabar,  Ibu shalihah tak pernah berhenti belajar menjadi sabar. Dalam  Surat Al Baqoroh 153, Allah berfirman, “Jadikanlah sabar dan shalat sebagai penolongmu”.
            Ketiga, Lemah lembut dan penuh kasih sayang, seandainya kekasaran diterapkan oleh ibu dalam mendidik anak, maka dipastikan akan lahir generasi yang brutal dan kasar. Karena ibu adalah role model bagi anak-anaknya.
            Keempat, Amanah atau tanggung jawab yang diemban, dalam Al  Quran Surah Al-Anfal ayat 27 "Hai orang-orang yang beriman, janganlah kamu mengkhianati Allah dan Rasul (Muhammad) dan (juga) janganlah kamu mengkhianati amanat-amanat yang dipercayakan kepadamu, sedang kamu mengetahui".  
            Kelima, Menggembirakan, penanaman  nilai-nilai pendidikan akan lebih bermakna jika tertanam dengan suasana menggembirakan, tetapi suasana pendidikan yang menjengkelkan akan tidak efektif, karena anak akan cenderung lari untuk meninggalkan. Ada sebuah hadis yang artinya mudahkanlah dan janganlah kamu mempersulit. Gembirakanlah dan janganlah kamu membuat mereka lari. (H.R. Bukhari).
            Yang terakhir adalah Ikhsan. Ikhsan adalah puncak ibadah dan akhlak (amal shaleh) yang senantiasa menjadi target seluruh hamba Allah SWT. Sebab, ikhsan menjadikan kita sosok yang mendapatkan kemuliaan dari-Nya. Sebaliknya, seorang hamba yang tidak mampu mencapai target ini akan kehilangan kesempatan yang sangat mahal untuk menduduki posisi terhormat di mata Allah SWT.
            Rasulullah SAW sangat menaruh perhatian akan hal ini, sehingga seluruh ajarannya mengarah pada satu hal, yaitu mencapai ibadah yang sempurna dan akhlak yang mulia.
”Dan belanjakanlah (harta bendamu) di jalan Allah, dan janganlah kamu menjatuhkan dirimu sendiri ke dalam kebinasaan, dan berbuat baiklah, karena sesungguhnya Allah menyukai orang-orang yang berbuat baik (ikhsan).” (QS al-Baqarah: 195).
 
Keunggulan Ibu Shalihah vs Ibu Gagal
            Setiap orang pasti menginginkan kebahagian hidup di dunia dan di akherat. Sumbang sih dari seorang ibu yang tidak biasa (extra ordinary mom) sangat penting. Peranan seorang ibu shalihah merupakan modal yang  tak ternilai untuk mencapai kehidupan bahagia dunia dan akherat  baik bagi suami, anak dan diri sendiri.  Tentu peran ibu shalihah akn  berdampak terhadap kejayaan bangsa dan negara untuk jangka panjang. Namun bagi ibu yang jauh dari keshalihan (baca: ibu gagal), alamat akan menghantarkan kepada neraka dunia bahkan sampai di akherat
            Penghormatan Islam yang tertinggi kepada para ibu, antara lain tergambar dalam sabda Nabi SAW:
Syurga itu berada di bawah telapak kaki ibu” . (HR. Ahmad).
            Surga sangat identik dengan kebahagiaan, ibu yang disebut dalam hadis di atas tentu ibu yang baik, bukan sembarang ibu atau ibu gagal.
            Untuk menggambarkan secara sederhana antara ibu yang shalihah dengan ibu yang gagal  adalah sebagai berikut:
            Ibu shalihah selalu menjaga nama baik suami, anak dan diri sendiri
            Ibu  gagal  merasa tidak peduli arti kehormatan,
            Ibu shalihah adalah ibu penyantun dan penyabar
            Ibu  gagal  ibu yang mudah marah dan malas belajar menjadi sabar
            Ibu shalihah  merasa jalan keluar itu sulit tapi mungkin dilakukan
            Ibu  gagal  merasa jalan keluar itu sulit
            Ibu shalihah  memiliki cita-cita luhur  yang akan diwujudkan
            Ibu gagal  memilikli angan-angan dan mimpi yang mengacaukan
            Ibu shalihah  bergaul dengan manusia luhur
            Ibu gagal bergaul tidak peduli arti keluhuran
            Ibu shalihah  berusaha bahagia dalam menjaga amanat sebagai ibu
            Ibu gagal  merasa susah dalam mengemban  amanat
Ibu shalihah  melihat masa yang akan depan dengan menanam kebaikan
            Ibu gagal melihat masa lalu dan tenggelam dengannya
            Ibu shalihah  memilih dan memikirkan apa yang dia akan katakan
            Ibu gagal  mengatakan apa yang dia pilih dengan ketidaksabaran
Ibu shalihah  berdebat dengan kemampuan dan bahasa yang lembut
Ibu gagal  berdebat dengan kelemahan dan bahasa yang kasar
Ibu shalihah rela intropeksi diri
Ibu gagal senang mencari kekurangan orang lain
            Ibu shalihah  membuat masalah rumit menjadi sederhana
            Ibu gagal membuat masalah sederhana  menjadi  sulit
            Negeri  yang kita cintai ini merindukan  kehadiran  ibu shalihah, dari sentuhannyalah akan lahir generasi shalih dan shalihah yang selalu perpegang  pada aklakul karimah . Doa dan harapan mari kita panjatkan atas kehadiran umi shalihah. Allahu a'lam bishawaf…