One upon a time in Fukui

On September 18,2008 we students from Mathematics and natural science Syiah Kuala University with 2 lecturers arrived in Japan to attend workshop on education and natural sciences and mathematics in 11 days.
The workshop was organized only to improve education quality in Aceh that hit by giant disaster, tsunami and earthquake in December 26, 2008. We were trained how to teach students with fun and simple methods , use cheap and easy tools. The methods have trained for many countries.

Workshop on physics was 3 days, all of students attended the workshop. The topics was about mechanic, optic, electrostatic and electromagnetic. We also made some demonstration equipments. In three days we were trained by Prof K.Kagawa with helped by some staff. He made the module of the workshop and he also organized all activity that we followed when we stay in Fukui. Workshop on mathematics was in two days and half. In the first day all of the students attended the workshop but in the second day there were biology and chemistry workshop, so physics students divided into two groups. One group attended chemistry workshop and another groups attended biology workshop. We also have a chance to discussed about how to recover education in Aceh. We presented all of the matter that we faced in education sector. We also visited two schools in fukui, they are Tomyoji Junior High School and Fujishima High School. Both of them are best schools, very different with school in Aceh.
Happy to felt cold temperature, discipline community, modern tools and friendly staffs. We also visited some place, they are Kiyomizu-Temple, I-setan, Dinosaurus Museum and Tojinbo cliff . What a wonderful country.

Thursday, Sept 18
10.30
Visited Kyoto Tower
Name of the place is I-Setan, on the top floor of its we saw Kyoto tower , that was first place that we visited in Japan so we took a lots of picture and sometimes felt strange.
11.30
Visited Kiyomizu-Temple
There was a lots of people visited the temple, some of them was praying, took photo, and shopping. We saw sense was praying in one of the temples. We walked around the place with food and took many pictures. I talked to some Japanese students and took pictures together.
17.00
Arrived at Toyoko-Inn
We felt like our second home to this hotel, full of modern and sophisticated facilities and friendly bell boys. We leaved the room with dirty but when we came back our room was tidy and clean.
17.30
Cooked & have dinner in Guest house
Japanese people very appreciated their guest, we could cooked in the guest house to prepare break the fasting and dinner . every evening before we came back to hotel we cooked in this place first.
Friday, Sept 19
08.41
Leave Fukui Station by train
Train with modern tools, every day we used the train to went to University of Fukui. In that train there were special places for old man. We need only ten minutes to arrived in Fukui Daemae (station in front of University of Fukui)
09.30
Opening Ceremony
First time to hear Japanese speech and introducing myself in front of Japanese teachers and students in Japanese language. Met dean faculty of education and regional studies UF Prof. Umezawa and Mr. Norikazu M vice president of Japan Student Service Organization. After opening ceremony me and Milda interviewed by local television. They asked about my impression stay in fukui, about workshop and what we would do next after the workshop finish.
10.30
Orientation
Briefing about the workshop, where the workshop would start, introduced the sense (teachers). We also visited the place where the workshop would start.

13.30
Courtesy call on President University of Fukui
Met Prof. Masaru Fukuda president of University of Fukui in Administration Building. Introduced myself, what we would like to have and extend gratitude. We also get souvenir from the university.
14.30
Campus tour
Saw every part of university, from administration office, Niki’s laboratory, computer laboratory, server room and attended two presentations at physics department.

Saturday, Sept 20
09.00
Physics workshop I
At that time we learned base of physic they are mechanics. The experiment was about gravity using ping pong ball. Make two similarly sized ping pong balls and fill different weight material. It was brilliance idea to make same height we used string. So, when practice began we knew which ping pong ball that first touch ground. Then change the mass one of ping pong ball with sand and make empty the other, so when we fall it we know that the ping pong ball that we filled with sand touch the ground first. With that demonstration easier to confirm acceleration is the same regardless of mass.
We was introduced to Fine Plastic Beads that would make frictionless. That was great idea but simple and easy to memorize if we demonstrate mechanics with beads that make frictionless. With beads we could demonstration Newton’s first law. We demonstrated constant speed movement on the frictionless plate. Then the second low using Petri dish and a string connected to a pulley. The last is action and reaction law using two magnetized-Petri dishes moved in constant speed. The easier way to memorize the third law is using frog-toy and Petri dish placed on the frictionless. By varying the mass, the speed of Petri dish changed. Demonstrated momentum conservation. We still using frictionless and two pieces of the same aluminum disks.
In energy conservation we added plastic sheet to make slope.
13.30
Physics workshop II
Speed measurement demonstration was easier, because using shooting equipment. We could measure the speed of Petri dish that we shot with digital speed meter. With added two small dolls in the Petri Dishes we could demonstration relative motion. Then make the table inclining slope to prove the acceleration are the same. Monkey hunting also can demonstrate in frictionless table. With this demonstrate we could explain why rain fall looks like inclining. By added a weight in a Petri dish we could explain zero gravity. We also could demonstrate kind of collision with simple way using two Petri dishes. Then about wave we made the Petri dishes or plastic lids connected with tin rubber string. Then swing the plastic lids to make a wave. With those demonstrations would make students more understand than we just tell the theory.
18.30
Home visit to Mrs. Yoshida’s house
Traditional Japanese house, tasted Japanese food and took some photos. While we was eating we was talking each other and with Yoshida-san. That was Japanese habituality.
Sunday, Sept 21
09.00
Physics workshop III
Made water prism, 2 triangles and a beam. Use rubber bands to hold the slides together then apply some power glue. make a small hole in the top of triangle so you could fill clean water until almost full. Then seal it with black tape. use the water prism and direct parallel light. then place your eye in water prism you could observe rainbow-colored object with underwent refraction.
Then explain about ,moon shape. Use volleyball to make the explanation easier. Caused of the sunlight just shine only half of the moon so in the earth sometimes we see the moon like a half ring and sometimes we see full shape of moon.
13.30
Physics workshop IV
Demonstration experiments for fundamental optics, using smoke box and battery lamp as a point of light source could see image of the shadow . change the battery lamp with a candle so we could see the across shadow, add one more candle, move one candle from right to left and left to right to make sure where source of the light came from. That experiment would make principle of pinhole camera explanation easier to understand. another experiment could be done with laser pointer and bulb, you could change pointer laser with battery lamp.
Then we constructed pinhole camera. Pinhole camera made from tissue box, milk carton, hard carton paper, white hard paper, black carton and black plastic sheet.
17.50
Break the fasting at Mr.Khairuman House
He is Aceh Student that study in University of Fukui for Doctor program. He also our lecture in physics department faculty of mathematics and science Syiah Kuala University.
Monday, Sept 22
10.20
Visited Tomyoji Junior High School
We met a teacher that could speak in Indonesian language. He ever went to Jakarta about a year. We also have some science souvenir. They have 15 classes and the students about 500. We joined cooking class and science class. In cooking class they learn how to prepare plates make a food and wash their plates. In science class they learn about stone,, mountain , volcano.
13.00
Visited Fujishima High School
The school was not so far from university. The best high school in fukui, with complete facilities, large yard and smart students. This also the oldest school in Fukui. We attended mathematics classes, at that time they learned about propability in first grade and logarithm, limit, differensial in second grade. Talked to the students, interviewed the headmaster and staffs.
16.00
Continued physics workshop IV
Continued make pinhole camera. After finishing the construction we could see like real camera. Just add convex lens and black plastic for the holder of the convex lens. That was fastest and easiest way to teach and learn principle of fundamental optics.
18.30
Ate Sushi in Sushi Shop
We divided as two groups, each group sat in a table. We ate sushi as much as we could. It would make sushi more delicious if we ate with a few ketchup. Not all of them Halal food, so we had to choose a good one.
Tuesday, Sep 23
09.00
Physics workshop V
Demonstration experiments for electrostatics and electromagnetic. First we constructed a simple electro leaf meter. With cheap materials like glass bottle, nail, aluminum foils, metal dish, and blade of cutter we made important measurement in electromagnetic. Simple and easy. After constructing to prove charge amount we use 2 or 3 ping pong balls. Put the balls in noodle cup then shake. Put the balls one in leaf meter then observe the leaf meter would react by increasing number of ping pong ball. We also could proof charge amount with water same as ping pong balls. Then use instant conductive epoxy-adhesive blow it then put at leaf meter, observed the leaf meter would spread. After that we tested by our hand to the leaf meter, the charge flew to our body through the material. In the dark room we charged up leaf meter until maximum. Touch the fluorescence lamp electrode to the leaf meter then we observed faint emission. We also observed disperse light in water prism.
13.30
Physics workshop VI
First we saw spectrum color using sunlight and tubes that filled with water in outside of building. Then Constructed CD grating spectroscope. Ones again we used cheap materials like small piece of CD grating, cake box, hard paper and others. After constructed the spectroscope we confirmed that the color dispersion is much higher than case of water prism method.
All of the contents of physics workshop were written by Prof.Kagawa in a module.
Wednesday, Sept 24
09.00
Exchange Program (introducing mathematics education in Japan)
First workshop was about introducing our math education. Like a discussion sometimes they asked about our department, after we answering the question they told about theirs. Then Prof.Saburi introduced Japan mathematics culture and education. Some of mathematics and higher mathematics education imported from China. Japanese mathematics education is falling into a serious dysfunction now. One of the reason is because of curriculum. They still find the answer what kind of reform is required to overcome that dysfunction.
13.30
Mathematics Workshop I
Introductions of statistical analysis wit software R by Prof. Chieko Matsumoto. Statistic is very important in mathematics, because statistic very useful in human life. R is a free software environment for statistical computing and graphics. One of the reason why we use R is because fastest and easiest way to compute and analysis the problems. In this workshop two students had one laptop to practice R software.
Thursday, Sept 25
09.00
Mathematics Workshop II
Only mathematic students attended the workshop, because there were biology and chemistry workshop too in other room.
The workshop was about music and mathematics. We used guitar as the object. Guitar is a music instrument which produces a sound by vibrating the strings. At that time prof. Irei played the guitar in front of us. He is a good guitarist. After calculating the ratio among the lengths of neighboring tones by using the electronic calculator we made flute using a paper and pipette. Very interesting demonstration that not only workshop in mathematic subject but also art subject.
After constructing a flute we played “Twinkle, twinkle, little star” song.
Then we made various of shape from carton, we calculate where were the balance point and put yarn in it then confirmed that the object was balance or not.
Prof. Irei also gave us module of mathematics workshop I but almost of it in Japanese language.
13.30
Mathematics Workshop III
Prof. A.Sakuramoto taught us how to solve mathematics problems with software Maxima. Like R software, Maxima also a free computer algebra software. We can download the software in website that Prof.Sakura was written in his module. To make the workshop more interesting and to practice how to use the software, everyone had one laptop.
Friday, Sept 26
09.00
Mathematics Workshop IV
For the second times Prof. Saburi was our teacher in that workshop. He introduced to us little bit about American mathematic education. It was about patterns.
We also get the hard copy of book that taught at American high schools. That method is one of interactive and interesting way to teach patterns to the students. The samples using daily situation and object like eggs, money, bagels and others.
14.00
Overall discussion on present situation and its recovery of Sciences and Mathematics Education in Aceh
Presentation from each department in mathematics and science faculty, Syiah Kuala university. We explained about Aceh education condition before and after Tsunami hit Aceh. There a lots of things that we have to fix to improve our education such as curriculums, teaching method, equipments, infrastructures,
18.30
Farewell Party
Japanese people usually celebrate that party if someone will leave. We sang two songs Aceh Lon Sayang and Doraemon. We also joined tea party. fresh tea but little bitter. Japanese has beautiful culture because there were samurai show and traditional Japanese dance. In that party there were also sushi and sashimi. We were got pictures together in the end of party.
Saturday, Sept 27
10.00
4th International Symposium
International Support Networking For Natural Disaster Victims-Sumatra Tsunami, Support Activities And Recovery, Its Process And Problems
This symposium discussed about how to recover disaster such as earthquake, volcano, flood and others. First presentation by Matsumori Kazuto was about aids for the victims of disaster. We must think how the victims could sleep, eat and where the bathroom. Some of victims didn’t need any equipments but they really need money. Because if they want to have something they could buy it.
Second presentation was about earthquake and tsunami that hit Aceh and Sumatra island and then presentation about fundraising, support activities its process and problems. As we know when earthquake in Jawa people of japan gave their aids to help the victims and recover the disaster.
Then presentation by Sakai Akiko. She tell about how to recover victims that heart by disaster. From injury situation and mental rehabilitee like trauma when they saw the flood or because of lost families.
The fourth presentation was by Prof. K.Kagawa that talked about education side. We must improve our education system that was collapse and one of the way to do it is by starting a short workshop using cheap and simple materials that easy to find in Indonesia.
The last presentation was about disaster in china. Most of the victims that really need help were children and mass media really gave a big help when the disaster came.
13.30
Shopping at 100 yen and Seibu
Wasted our money to bought souvenir for families and friends. The cheaper one we went twice to make sure everything that we need we bought. Because of that our baggage was over loaded.


20.00
Continued physics workshop VI
Demonstrated about rainbow using many source of light. First we used lamp we saw the color wasn’t continues. Then used lamp made from mercury, after that we saw only blue color when used lamp as the source. When we used candle as the source the light was continues then we added some salt and orange color looked clearer and continues. When the lamp bandaged with paper the color still continues. The last we used laser pointer as the source and we only observed red color.
Then explanation how to count distance between string in a sieve using the shadow of the sieve. The last was explanation of collision.
Sunday, Sept 28
10.30
Visited Fukui Prefectural Dinosaur Museum
The most famous place, the second dinosaur museum in the world. There were a room where all of the fossil are original but you have to pay more to get in and you can’t take any Photos in the room. You could see animals that live thousands years ago. In other room they made replica, some of them could moved. There also video screen that played dinosaur movies.
12.00
Visited Tojinbo cliff
The place where Japanese people usually doing suicide. The cliff is beautiful. there were a telephone if you need a help don’t worry because it was wrote phone number and some coin. You could waste your money in road to the cliff. The souvenirs are unique and cheap.
Monday, Sept 29
04.00
Leaving Japan
Wake up in early morning. Got into the bus and went to the airport. Said good bye to bell boys for serving us in 11 days, some of international staff came and Indonesian students too.

Berbagi pengalaman tentang mimpi yang terwujudkan

Fukui prefecture adalah sebuah provinsi di jepang. Suhu maksimal di kota ini sekitar 32oC sedangkan suhu terendah sekitar 0o C. Semua orang hidup dalam kebahagiaan dan kenyamanan. Kota yang bersih dan rapi ini didukung oleh penduduk yang ramah dan bersahabat. Tak peduli orang asing atau bukan mereka selalu membalas sapa dengan senyuman.
Tepatnya pada tanggal 18 september 2008 kami 10 mahasiswa Fakultas Matematika dan Ilmu Pengetahuan Alam Universitas Syah Kuala bersama dua dosen pendamping tiba di bandara Kansai, Osaka untuk mengikuti workshop di bidang mathematics dan science education selama 11 hari.

Selama perjalanan menuju kota fukui, bus yang kami tumpangi sempat berhenti di beberapa tempat yaitu di I-setan dimana sebuah pusat perbelanjaan yang berada di gedung tinggi menjulang. Pada lantai teratas gedung ini terdapat pemandangan yang eksotis, dimana seluruh kota Kyoto tampak begitu indah. Ketakjuban tersebut ditambah dengan adanya Kyoto Tower yang berdiri tepat di depan gedung I-Setan. Dengan tidak meyia-nyiakan waktu setiap mahasiswa sibuk memainkan kamera pribadinya guna mencari dan memotret gambar terbaik.
Perbenhentian kedua yaitu Kiyomizu temple. Sebuah objek wisata yang ramai dikunjungi oleh masyarakat. Tempat ini merupakan tempat dimana orang jepang biasa berdoa dan memuja Tuhannya. Masyarakat yang datang ke tempat ini mempunyai beragam tujuan, mereka terdiri dari berbagai macam profesi, ada yang masih pelajar ,pegawai kantoran , mahasiswa, sampai turis asing. Umumnya para pengunjung hanya datang melihat-lihat dan berbelanja, karena sepanjang perjalan menuju tempat ini terdapat berbagai macam souvenir. Hanya sedikit dari pengunjung yang berdoa dan memuja Tuhannya. Setelah menghabiskan waktu selama kurang lebih satu setengah jam untuk berbelanja dan memotret kami kembali melanjutkan perjalanan menuju tempat penginapan.
Berhubung dalam suasana Ramadhan, pihak panitia membeikan suatu tempat khusus yaitu Makishima-so (Guest House) uuntuk menyiapkan makanan buka puasa serta untuk sahur. Setiap sore hari kami memasak di tempat tersebut sedangkan untuk bahannya dibeli di swalayan serta mesjid yang berada tak jauh dari kampus.
Hari pertama di kampus diisi dengan upacara pembukaan. Pada saat upacara pembukaan yang dihadiri oleh Dekan Fakultas Educatioan And Regional Studies University of Fukui serta wakil presiden Japan Student Service Organization (JASSO) dan koordinator program ini yaitu Prof. K.Kagawa Para mahasiswa berkesempatan untuk memperkenalkan diri di hadapan para hadirin, menyampaikan rasa senang serta berterima kasih atas undangan ke Jepang. Setelah acara pembukaan selesai salah satu stasiun televisi yang ada di Jepang datang untuk mewawancara para mahasiswa. Siangnya dilanjutkan dengan pertemuan dengan presiden University of Fukui. Kesempatan yang langka dapat berjumpa dengan orang tertinggi di kampus tersebut.
Workshop ini khusus diadakan demi meningkatkan mutu pendidikan di aceh yang telah dilanda musibah gempa dan tsunami. Workshop mengajarkan bagaimana cara mengajar kepada siswa dengan metode yang mudah dimengerti dan menggunakan alat yang murah dan mudah didapat. Metode ini telah dipraktekkan di Jepang dan telah diadakan untuk berbagai Negara.
Workshop fisika memakan waktu selama 3 hari penuh dimana semua peserta mengikuti workshop tersebut. Materi yang diajarkan berkisar tentang mekanik, optic, elektrostatis dan elektromagnetik. Kami juga membuat beberapa alat demonstrasi seperti kamera, water prism dan leaf meter. Semua alat tersebut dibuat dengan mudah dan menggunakan bahan yang murah. Selama tiga hari tersebut kami dipandu oleh seorang guru senior yaitu Prof. Kagawa di bantu oleh beberapa staf. Prof. Kagawa juga menyusun materi-materi yang diajarkan selama workshop sekaligus mengkoordinir semua program yang kami ikuti selama berada di Fukui.
Workshop matematika berisi tentang sejarah pendidikan matematika di jepang, membuat seruling dengan menggunakan prinsip matematika, serta menjawab beberapa teka-teki yang menantang. Tak lupa pula diajarkan tentang software R dan Maxima. Ada beberapa guru yang memandu selama workshop matematika yaitu Pro. Saburi, Prof. Sakura, Prof. Irei, serta Prof. Chieko.
Setelah semua workshop selesai, dilanjutkan dengan diskusi tentang presentasi keadaan pendidikan matematika dan ilmu pengetahuan alam serta penanganannya. Empat orang mahasiswa tampil untuk mewakili jurusannya masing-masing dalam mempresentasikan keadaan pendidikan di Aceh. Banyak sekali kekurangan pada sistem pendidikan di Indonesia. Mulai dari kurikulum yang tidak bersahabat, gedung yang tidak mencukupi, perlengkapan praktikum yang tidak memadai sampai dengan kemampuan guru yang terbatas.
Pada saat kunjungan ke SMP dan SMA di Fukui, kami mendapati perbedaan yang sangat jauh dengan pendidikan di Aceh Khususnya. Mulai dari gedung yang kokoh membuat murid-murid semangat untuk belajar, tidak ada istilah sekolah sore dan sekolah pagi karena kekurangan ruang belajar. Fasilitas yang mencukupi membuat pemahaman konsep-konsep dasar ilmu pengetahuan lebih megakar di pikiran para murid, tidak hanya belajar teori tetapi langsung mempraktikkannya. Dan yang paling penting adalah kurikulum yang disusun sedemikian rupa sehingga membuat siswa tidak bosan mempelajarinya dengan tidak meninggalkan inti sari dari ilmu tersebut.
Setelah semua kegiatan inti selesai, pada hari-hari terakhir kegiatan diisi dengan kunjungan ke museum dinasaourus kedua terbesar di dunia, yaitu Fukui Prefectural Dinosaur Museum. Fosil-fosil binatang yang hidup ribuan tahun lalu tersebut terpajang berikut dengan keterangan tempat penemuan serta perkiraan hidup hewan tersebut. Tak luput pula salah satu tempat wisata yang paling terkenal yaitu Tojinbo cliff, yang merupakan sebuah tebing di tepi laut yang biasa diginakan untuk bunuh diri.
Demikianlah laporan kegiatan yang kami lalui selama kurang lebih 11 hari, semoga apa yang tertulis merupakan catatan penting bagi kami sendiri dan kepada pembaca semoga dapat diambil hikmahnya dan yang terpenting adalah semua orang dapat melakukan perjalanan seperti kami lalui yang dibutuhkan hanyalah mimpi serta tekad yang bulat.

MELAHIRKAN REMAJA SUKSES

Setiap anak yang lahir dari rahim ibunya memiliki kesempatan untuk menjadi yang terbaik. Pasti setiap ibu yang melahirkan selalu berdoa agar anak yang telah ia didik agar menjadi orang sukses bahkan pada saat mengandung sang ibu telah berdoa agar anaknya menjadi berguna bagi Nusa dan Bangsa. Begitulah besarnya cinta ibunda kepada anaknya.
Namun, tidak semua anak seperti apa yang diimpikan oleh ibunya. Kebanyakan mereka memilih apa yang dituntun oleh lingkungannya sehingga waktu yang seharusnya digunakan untuk sesuatu yang bermanfaat digunakan untuk kegiatan yang membawa mudharat. Sehingga banyak kesempatan yang hilang, banyak uang yang terbuang dan banyak mimpi-mimpi serta cita-cita yang sirna dan putus harapan.
Kesuksesan tidak didapat hanya dengan tertawa terbahak-bahak, termenung dan berkhayal, mengikuti mode terbaru dan duduk-duduk di pinggir jalan di sore hari. Kesuksesan harus diraih dengan kesungguhan, sikap pantang menyerah dan senantiasa belajar dari pengalaman.

Proses pertumbuhan seorang anak mencapai puncak pada saat ia menginjak waktu remaja. Masa remaja merupakan masa peralihan dari masa anak-anak ke masa dewasa, dimana masa ini mengandung banyak perbahan alamiah secara langsung maupun tidak langsung yang berdampak pada berbagai permasalahan remaja. Permasalahan yang dihadapai begitu kompleks dan beragam, namun yang paling banyak yaitu masalah percintaan. Masalah ketika ia bertemu dengan sosok idaman, pujaan hati, idola sejati, dan manusia paling sempurna yang semua hal ini merupakan hal yang salah kaprah dan harus diperbaiki apalagi kita berada di koridor Syariat Islam.
Banyak hal yang menyebabkan remaja salah kaprah dalam memilih jalan hidupnya diantaranya yaitu pertama pendidikan yang dilakukan oleh orang tua belum maksimal. Proses pembentukan karakter seorang remaja harus dimulai dari dalam rumah sehingga seorang anak tumbuh remaja, ketika ia berhadapan dengan dunia luar, menghadapi lingkungannya ia siap memegang idealismenya, tak goyah dan menjadi panutan di kalangannya. Bekal yang diberikan oleh orang tua kepadanya menjadi rujukan, tuntunan dan pegangan pada saat ia menghadapi saat-saat sulit dalam hidupnya.
Kedua, Pengaruh lingkungan yang tidak mendidik dan individualis membuat remaja tidak mempunyai tempat untuk berbagi dan meminta solusi masalah kehidupan sehingga remaja suka meniru dan mencontoh kebiasaan sekitarnya dan membuat jati diri dan idealismenya menjadi pudar. Ketika pembinaan yang tak sempurna dan pengaruh lingkungan sekitar maka akan berlanjut ke sifat emaja akan mengikuti arus sekitarnya.
Ketiga, Karena remaja tidak merasa bangga akan Islam, menganggap syariat kaku dan mengekang. Penyebab yang kedua ini merupakan lanjutan penyebab yang pertama, yaitu ketika pemahaman akan agama kurang memadai maka pemikiran yang menentang akan merasuki remaja padahal semua yang telah digariskan dalam Islam bermanfaat tidak ada yang merugikan manusia karena turunnya Islam merupakan rahmat kepada seluruh alam.
Keempat, Pengaruh tontonan televisi dan juga bacaan yang tidak bermanfaat. Ketika sesuatu yang menyimpang dan salah arah tidak kita perbaiki maka hal tersebut akan berlanjut seperti air mengalir, seperti itulah masalah yang dihadapi remaja sekarang, ketika suatu budaya atau trend yang ia lihat kemudian temannya memberikan respon positif terhadapnya maka remaja ini pun akan melakukan seperti temannya lakukan. Di sinilah peran orang tua, guru, ustadz dan kita semua untuk menjelaskan mengapa hal tersebut tidak boleh dicontohi atau dilakukan.
Kelima, Perasaan malu jika tidak mengikuti zaman. Tidak semuanya yang ada pada zaman ini salah dan juga tidak semuanya benar, yang harus kita lakukan adalah memilah mana yang baik untuk kita dan keluarga kita.
Kita patut memberi perhatian yang lebih pada persoalan ini, karena remaja bukan hanya harapan kita tapi juga harapan bangsa ini, ketika kita dapat meraih prestasi yang membanggakan, ketika sukses diraih ketika nama kita harum dimata orang lain, tapi bukan itu ukuran kesuksesan seseorang. Kesuksesan seseorang diukur ketika ia mampu mencetak generasi penerusnya yang brilian, luar biasa dan memukau.
Demi melahirkan remaja yang sukses ada beberapa yang harus diperhatikan antara lain pertama proses pendidikan, pengayoman dan pembinaan dilakukan dari dalam rumah. Hal terpenting yang harus ditanamkan oleh orang tua kepada remaja ialah pendidikan agama yang mendasar. Pendidikan agama yang dimaksudkan disini mencakup penanaman tauhid kepada Allah SWT, Rukun Iman dan Islam serta pembelajaran tentang praktek ibadah dalam kehidupan sehari-hari. Tentunya proses ini bisa menggunakan berbagai macam cara, namun yang paling efektif adalah dengan menggunakan proses peneladanan. Jika orang tua menginginkan anaknya menjadi seorang yang memegang prinsip ketauhidan yaitu tidak menyekutukan Allah SWT maka sepatutnya orang tua tersebut menghindarkan diri dari perbuatan yang berbau Syirik seperti percaya kepada batu keramat, ramalan, mitos-mitos dan hal lain yang serupa, maka anak tersebut akan mencontoh dan memegang prinsip orang tuanya. Jika orang tua menginginkan anaknya pandai mensyukuri nikmat maka sepatutnya sang ayah memberi contoh bagaimana cara berterima kasih kepada Allah SWT.
Orang tua harus pandai dalam memberikan pendidikan kepada anaknya sehingga jika kemudian hari ia harus merantau untuk menimba ilmu ataupun yang lebih buruk jika suatu bencana datang dan ia terpisah dari orang tuanya, ia siap dan tegar dalam mengahadapinya. Pendidikan yang diberikan orang tua harus menancap dipikirannya sehingga jika ia menemui suatu permasalahan atau keraguan maka pikirannya akan merujuk kepada apa yang telah diajarkan oleh orang tuanya.
Kedua, Pemilahan antara hal yang membawa mudharat dengan hal yang membawa manfaat. Remaja harus pandai memilih hal yang terbaik baginya. Pemilihan ini termasuk kepada pada saat memilih teman dan lingkungan.
Ketiga, membentengi diri dari tontonan dan bacaan yang tidak bermanfaat. Menonton dan membaca sebenarnya dapat memperluas pengetahuan dan wawasan namun tidak semuanya tontonan dan bacaan bermanfaat, seperti halnya internet. Internet jika digunakan untuk kebaikan maka akan sangat terasa manfaatnya, namun internet juga memudahkan orang yang ingin melakukan kejahatan.
Keempat, Sebaiknya remaja menyibukkan dirinya dengan kegiatan yang positif. Sebenarya di dalam kesibukan kita terdapat banyak manfaat, salah satunya yaitu kita terhindar dari kegiatan yang tidak bermanfaat. Pada saat kesendirian, pikiran kosong maka bisikan-bisikan jahat akan datang dan memaksa nafsu menggelora. Kegiatan yang positif mencakup segala aspek mulai dari olahraga, silaturahmi hingga kegiatan akademik seperti belajar dan membuat tugas.
Banyak remaja yang sukses, bahagia dan menjadi panutan di kalangannya. Remaja yang waktunya diisi dengan proses pembelajaran dan pengembangan karakter. Remaja ini biasanya keadaanya setingkat lebih maju daripada kawan sebayanya, misalnya ketika kawannya sedang mencari jawaban dari sebuah permasalahan, sedangkan ia telah mendapatkan jawaban tersebut, ketika kawannya belajar untuk sukses ia telah meraih kesuksesan dan lain sebagainya. Inilah seharusnya dilakukan oleh seorang remaja.
Remaja yang sukses merupakan suatu keniscayaan. Remaja harus dipersiapkan sematang mungkin karena hidup di zaman ini semuanya serba tak pasti. Teknologi terus berkembang sementara sumber daya manusia yang kita miliki tidak mampu untuk bersaing. Sepatutnya remaja bangkit dari tempat tidur dan mulai menantang dunia dengan segala apa yang ia miliki.

TSUNAMI AND EARTHQUAKE

Aceh is a special territory of Indonesia. Its current official name is Nanggroe Aceh Darussalam. Past spellings of its name include Acheh, Atjeh and Achin. Aceh is a province in the corner of Sumatra island, lay on equatorial line, the area is 57.365.57 km2 with tropical climate. The area included 119 islands, 35 mounts, 73 rivers. Aceh has 21 Regencies, 228 subdistricts, 5947 villages with 4.297.485 people.
Since 1976 Aceh was in conflict. It was becouse aceh people felt unsatisfied to central government, so GAM (Aceh Fredom movement) take weapons to againts government. It was a dark memory when our day in sorrow. Everyday we heard, found and saw war and blood even human corpse. The conflict still run and never find a solution. At the time we didn’t know where the peace come to us.

Time after time there was a lots of people become victims of conflict. When the conflict still have no solution then came a huge disaster, at December 26, 2004 started with strong earthquake almost 9,0 richter. Everyone save themselves and find savety place And then came a huge wave like dark wall the high is about 300 meters ran very fast on the prowl. At that time no one knew what it was but after that we knew that was a tsunami.
After the disaster hit everything gone. Even many buildings and infrastructures disappear. Lots of people dead More than 160.000, 500.000 lost their home, about 2.000 school were damaged, About 2.500 teachers died, Only 45.000 students left from 72.000 students. In Syiah Kuala University 111 lecturers died/lost, includes 3 profesors and 5 Doktor, 72 admin lost, 522 students of Unsyiah died/lost More than 8 hospitals damaged or destroyed, 114 health center or klinik were destroyed. 3.000 km streets couldn’t be used, 14 from 19 harbour were highly damaged, 120 main bridges were destroyed, 15.000 espoused briges were damaged, 8 fromi10 airports were damaged.
That was a sorrow day, we didn’t knew what happen to our family, just thought how to save ourself. Everyone felt guilty, we know that we had make a big sin and never grateful that before the disaster we live in beautiful country, with our beloved family, with smile in every morning but know its all gone. Not only Aceh people sad but also the world that day cried. People of Indonesia came to help, lots of country gave their aids and many Non-Government Organization arrive here to help. Even Palestine and Bosnia Herzegovina that in war gave their aids.
The disaster made central government and GAM want to end the conflicts and then at august 15, 2005 the Memorandum of Understanding was signed. That Memorandum finished all pain and the government and GAM stick together to build new Aceh. With the aids they build a BRA (Aceh Rehabilitation Board) to help the victims family of conflict to set-up their economy.
Now, everything is going better. Many infrastructures and school building built, lots of country comes to Aceh to rebuild Aceh, to manage natural resources, help women to participate in democracy, gave scholarship for Aceh student to continue their study and many else.