Metamorphosis in Time : Lesson from a Butterfly

Just a short story about an inspiration God gave us when we went on a trip from 29 November to 1 December 2012.

We are teachers in a school who were given chance by God to study more about teaching and education. We came from different backgrounds, and only one of us studied education in university. But the diversity did not really make us that different, because we have same passion for education. How we did come to have the passion is another story to be told, but at a point of our time, we came to realize that we do have the passion for the students, for the school, and for a better education. That passion also drove us to take teacher program called CEC and go on a trip to share our passion to other teachers.

At first, this trip was just an idea that came because we had to complete an assignment from the teacher program. Soon, the idea got good responses from other party. The date was set, and preparation was taken. Of course, there were several obstacles during the preparation time. But thank God, we could go there, and had great time together.

There, we discussed so many things, mainly about education and school. So many ideas and so many thoughts came and sharpened through the discussions. One of them is about the meaning of curriculum in education. Curriculum is not just about subjects taught at school, nor is it about lesson plan and syllabus. Curriculum is about the process of transformation, experienced by the learner, to become a new person described by the vision of the educator. 

The word "transformation" ticked us because when we talk about transformation, we talk about metamorphosis (change form). The process of metamorphosis itself is unique. Just a look at the nature God created – like the life cycle of a butterfly – will help us to understand the uniqueness of metamorphosis. This process of transformation cannot happen in an instant. It needs time and cannot be forced. To see the beautiful butterfly fly, we need to create suitable environment for it to go through metamorphosis and we also need to wait patiently. It would fly in its time, not in our time. We can predict and we can support, but it is the egg of butterfly which has to go through process of metamorphosis. It is up to the butterfly, whether it wants to stay as an egg, become caterpillar, pupa, or the beautiful butterfly.

The same thing happens to our students. We can make every effort and every support to help them grow, but the growth itself is up to them. We can only wait patiently and pray to God so that they can change, grow, and experience metamorphosis, to become a beautiful man and woman in God’s eye.  The road of metamorphosis or transformation is not a smooth road; it is a bumpy, broken road with holes along the way. But in the end of the broken road, there is a bright, beautiful sight of men and women who love God and represent Christ in their lives. That is what we want to see in our students 10 and 20 years later. That is what we pray for, and that is why we do our work. In all and after all, may God be glorified.

by: Devilim

Perubahan

Saya sebagai guru ingin melihat siswa yang saya ajar mengalami perubahan.  Mereka berubah  dalam hal kognitf (intelektual), dari tidak tahu menjadi tahu, dari tidak mengerti menjadi mengerti, dari kebingungan menjadi kejelasan.  Kemudian, secara afektif, mereka dapat mengintegrasikan pengetahuan dan sikap hidup mereka sehari-hari, dan secara psikomotorik mereka sungguh berani mengambil sebuah tindakan yang positif, untuk kemajuan diri dan lingkungan, tidak melulu hanya untuk diri sendiri, tetapi juga untuk lingkungannya.  Dia tidak egois, tetapi altruis.   Itulah perubahan yang diimpikan.  

Sebagai seorang murid Kristus, kita pun ingin perubahan yang terjadi.  Paulus mengatakan perubahan dalam budimu.  Perubahan yang secara menyeluruh dalam keberadaan kita sebagai orang yang mau belajar, mau taat, mau mendengarkan, dan melaksanakan apa yang Kristus ajarkan (yang bisa kita temukan di lembaran Alkitab kita).

Mari kita mengadakan perubahan, mulai dari diri sendiri, dan sebagai guru, kita akan menjadi sebuah contoh perubahan itu.

Salam M.I.T

Salam MIT

Perjalanan yang menyenangkan dalam rangka pembelajaran di Jawai (Sentebang, Kal-Bar).

Setidaknya proses "metamorfosis wawasan dunia" kami sedang berlangsung.

Inspirasi yang ditebarkan oleh rekan-rekan selama diskusi mantap.

Ada langkah-langkah yang konkrit untuk mewujudkan sebuah konsep dan pemikiran yang benar tentang "doing ministry in education".

Don't give up (itulah yang selalu terngiang)

Keep moving (itulah yang selalu ingin dikerjakan)

Ora Et Labora (itulah yang menjadi kekuatan)

May Our Lord, Jesus Christ, blesses you, my fellowworkers......

Back Again 2012

I'm back from the long journey in seeking my view of life.  Not just about life theory but about life itself, and self-exixstences. 

One thing I have found out that without Lord Jesus Christ in my life, there is big hole in my life existences, wether I realized or not.  That is the conclusion that I have figured out. May God, My Lord has mercy on me, in my unclear understanding of life.

Finding the Truth

Every moment, every condition, every problem, has its truth. We need to find out what make all of them becoming important in our life. Whether we like it or not, the content of truth introduce us to an important attitude toward.

When I had car crashing with motorcycle last Saturday. I was so scare and worry about the accident. I thought that all of the happening come so quickly. At that time I didn't realize the condition, the motor cycle and the others things. I just came to know, that as soon as I realize, all that accident happened. After that, I tried to understand, behind the scene, what will God taught me.

Pay attention to every condition is crucial attitude for me. If I just make it easy with what may I thought about, It won't be good value of truth. Behind the scene, at last, I found out, God want me to be holy. God's words so clear, He want every Christian being a Christ-Liked model in their life.

So, I come to know, I come to learn again, being holy in whole of my life, especially in my MIND. It's very wonderful, it's very expensive experience for me. Thanks God. Thanks Jesus Christ.

In the moment of devotion - Se - return soon.....

I am Back

Tidak terasa waktu lewat begitu cepat. Satu tahun telah berlalu, ganti di tahun yang baru.
Sudah lama juga tidak mengisi blog, tempat curhat ini. Ya ketidak-konsisten-an memang merupakan tantangan yang tidak mudah bagi saya.
Tapi, paling tidak, kali ini bisa bangkit untuk menulis lagi.i

Saat seseorang berjalan ke tempat yang jauh, dengan tujuan yang jelas dia akan ke mana, tentu dia juga akan pulang kembali. Entah dia rindu pulang, atau karena aturan, dia harus pulang, akhirnya memang dia pulang. Seorang penulis juga begitu, kalau sudah terlalu lama pergi, pergi dari kebiasaan nulisnya, dia akan kembali juga, bukan karena dituntut tetapi karena "itulah panggilan", dia akan terus rindu.

I am back to WRITE again.
I am back to SEE my world with the eyes of writing material
I am back to REVIEW what I've seen in daily
I am back to LEARN more how to wrie

.............Nice to write......

Su Ha

Berbahagialah orang yang Su Ha (Suci hatinya).

Su Ha ............

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