Dear readers,
It has been almost a month since my last writing, sorry
about that. I’ll try to update this blog more frequently next time. Well, after
being in the US for two months, I’d like to describe how it feels to be here.
Alright, let’s talk the good stuffs first,
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1.On time and respect:
To be honest, one of the best cultures here
is the punctuality. If the class started at 9am, students will start coming to
the class (or at least waiting in front of the class or lecture hall) at least
10 minutes before the class is started. The instructor often comes five minutes
before class. Well, compared to my beloved country where what we called “important
people” or maybe I better call those “who-fell-important people” will come at
least 15 minutes after the event stated. Well we should learn to be punctual if
we wanna be a better nation. When the class is not started yet,
students will talk to each other, but when the instructor start the lecture,
all students will suddenly silent and pay attention, nice eh?
2. 2.P.R.I.V.A.C.Y
I love this one, that’s why I wrote it
capitalized. Well, here people will always respect your privacy and personal
space. No need to be “sungkan” if we wanna express something and people will
not talk about your private business. Compared to my beloved country, people
sometimes just care too much so they interrupt our privacy without they
realize. Caring is nice but too much is not.
3. 3. Giving credit to deserved people
What I mean here is people in the US do care and
take seriously about plagiarism, copy right, and original idea. This culture
should be improved in Indonesian community, especially students and government.
You will be kicked-out of school if you found guilty in terms of plagiarism.
You will be fined bunch of money if you found guilty in terms of piracy in
software. Yeah, we should start caring about giving credits to those people who
work hard to find it.
Well, let’s talk about the “not-good” stuff later on.
Always happy and healthy, guys.
Cheers!
Timmy
Picture source
http://inkpaperpen.wordpress.com/2012/03/27/copyright-or-just-wrong/
http://theperfectdesign.com/blog/be-a-respecter-of-time-graphic-design-tip-64/
http://www.hoax-slayer.com/privacy.html
Tim, why you often compare it to our beloved country??? Remember tim, not every people in this country do something like that! It such a judgement and give a negative stereotype! How if people (foreign especially) think about it then and judge Indonesia like that?
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Hopefully you can be wiser in your next writing. Strongly recommend you re-read your writing after finish it..
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Responding to Epho's comment, I think it's fine to compare our country with any other better countries as long as there's a good goal behind this comparison. I believe that the comparison Timmy's been doing is for good. People who are not holding on such habit like punctuality, privacy, and giving credits can learn something from this post or any other post. In this case, those so-called-important people in Indonesia should read this and learn for something good, something that can improve our nation's quality. So, comparing is fine, not to judge something, but to gain some improvements :)
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