The Negative Impact of the Internet
This is actually my paragraph-writing assigment:
The Internet can have negative effects on children. First, it can make children have less social contact. Children who find the enjoyment of the Internet usually ignore the people surrounding them: family, peers, and so on. When they are very absorbed in the computer, nobody can disturb them. Especially when the Internet makes them feel self-sufficient in obtaining information on their own, they do not really need to rely on the teachers, parents, friends, etc. Second, the Internet gives easier access to to pornography and violence. Children can downloand games from the Internet, but some games contain violence and pornography, for example the game Mortal Kombat II which I rate as “mature” contains animated blood, gore, brutal fights, and sexual contact. In my view, excessive playing of this violent game can increase aggressive behavior in children. The third and final reason, the Internet indirectly can have negative impact to the body. For example, the long hours of surfing the net makes children stare at the computer screen for long. This can cause eye strains, or sometimes short-sighted vision. Another example, slouching in front of computer will also affect the body posture. If this happens very frequently, children can be “hunchback”, not sturdy, and this is not good for bone growth. In sum, despite its advantages of providing better means of communication, the Internet can actually give us such bad things as less social interaction, easier gates to violence and pornography, and worse physical condition.
May 31, 2008 Posted by efidrew | Personal Stories | | No Comments Yet
Uhamka?
Saya memilih kuliah di Magister Pendidikan Bahasa Inggris Uhamka karena beberapa alasan. Pertama, sudah saatnya kembali kuliah setelah meninggalkan kampus Unair tahun 1995. Tiga belas tahun lewat, cukup membuat otak saya jadi agak karatan. Kedua, praktis: karena dekat kantor saya di Jl. Purnawarman No.99 Kebayoran Baru, jadi naik bajaj cuma 10 ribu saja. Terlebih hari Jumat, selesai kuliah sekitar jam 17.30 saya harus segera kembali ke kantor untuk setor jari absensi pulang. Ketiga, tentu karena sesuai dengan spesialisasi saya sebagai widyaiswara bahasa inggris, jadi tentu jurusan yang dipilih harus sesuai supaya dapat angka kredit juga. Lumayan juga dapat KUM 50 poin, bisa cepat naik pangkat…
Banyak hal yang saya alami sejak bergabung dengan Uhamka. Dulu saya kira kuliah di Muhammadiyah bisa santai (kakak saya alumni UMM, kuliah santai, lulus IPK bisa 2,7 juga), apalagi background saya juga Sastra Inggris. Tetapi karena pengajarnya semua Profesor dan Doktor, ternyata nggak asal-asalan mengajar, dan kami tentu dituntut untuk bisa mengikuti dengan baik. Prof Hadjid hobi sekali memberi kuis, tapi sering diberitahu jawabannya juga karena beliau sangat pengertian kami tidak bakal sempat membaca semua buku literaturnya yang bejibun banyaknya. Pak Gunawan dengan homeworks dan assigment rutinnya, meskipun berat tetapi sangat ampuh meningkatkan kemampuan academic writing kami. Belum lagi Ms. Itje yang selalu membuat sport jantung dengan impropmtu speaking-nya, anyway… I love her teaching style. Learning by doing…membuat saya semangat datang ke kelas beliau. Pokoknya, no weekends without papers and assigment: thanks to Pak Mu’ti dan Prof. Aminuddin, tugasnya tidak banyak tetapi sekali dapat bikin puyeng juga. Saya juga suka ICT class by Mr. Hartoyo, membuat saya jadi bersemangat untuk menulis dan mempublikasikannya (meskipun untuk personal use saja). Yang jelas ada satu hal lagi: my budget for books is sky-rocketed! Tiada hari tanpa beli buku atau fotocopy. Setelah studi mungkin saya akan buka perpustakaan umum saja.
Anyway, saya beruntung menemukan komunitas baru yang sangat kompak dan supportive di angkatan 3 ini. Teman-teman saya selalu membuat suasana yang segar ditengah kesuntukan kuliah akhir pekan. Ada Mr. Rus yang lucu, Mr. Furqon yang gokil, Ms. Steffie yang kocak tapi bisa galak juga, Pak Captain yang baik, too many to mention. All in all, I really enjoy my study at Uhamka! * = *
May 29, 2008 Posted by efidrew | Personal Stories | | 1 Comment
About Me
I’m just an ordinary person: a housewife, a mother of three, a government official, and a student, too. My hobbies are singing, reading, cooking, and traveling. I don’t like sports; it’s tiring and time consuming for me. I sometimes draw sketches, and my husband thinks that I’m talented. My favorite drawings are ordinary people and urban scenes. By the way, I teach art course for the children at my housing area on Sundays. It’s a free one, wanna join it?

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