2 Frogs

A group of frogs were traveling through the woods, and two of them fell into a deep pit. When the other frogs saw how deep the pit was, they told the two frogs that they were as good as dead. 

The two frogs ignored the comments and tried to jump up out of the pit with all their might. The other frogs kept telling them to stop, that they were as good as dead. Finally, one of the frogs took heed to what the other frogs were saying and gave up. He fell down and died.

The other frog continued to jump as hard as he could. Once again, the crowd of frogs yelled at him to stop the pain and just die. He jumped even harder and finally made it out. When he got out, the other frogs said, “Did you not hear us?” The frog explained to them that he was deaf. He thought they were encouraging him the entire time.

Moral: There is power of life and death in the tongue. An encouraging word to someone who is down can lift them up and help them make it through the day. So be careful of what you say. Speak life to those who cross your path. The power of words… it is sometimes hard to understand that an encouraging word can go such a long way.

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Textbook in Israel & Palestine

Textbooks in Israel and Palestinia schools generally describes the conflict unilaterally and ignoring the existence of both sides, as revealed in a study.

In the Israeli-Palestinian public relations wars, it’s conventional wisdom that the textbooks used in schools in the West Bank and Gaza breed hatred for Israel. “They have textbooks that say, ‘If there are 13 Jews and nine Jews are killed, how many Jews are left?” Newt Gingrich said when he was running for the Republican presidential nomination. “These textbooks don't give Palestinian children an education, they give them an indoctrination," Hillary Clinton said in 2007, when she was a New York senator, based on criticism from an Israeli media watchdog after the Palestinians produced their own full curriculum of text books for grades 1 through 12 for the first time. In 2011, an institute known as IMPACT-SE issued a report with similar findings.

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Curriculum in Indonesia

The Curriculum in Elementary school ,Junior  High School  and Senior High School in Indonesia have not reached international standards, said Deputy Minister of Education and Culture, Musliar Kasim.

he said that The Curriculum which has been used so far is different with international standards so that less too far with other countries, such as Singapore or Taiwan.

 According to him, more than 95 percent of students in Singapore able to solve the questions in midle level and advanced level in every subject, while students in Indonesia are generally only able to answer the questions the basic level.

Therefore, The Ministry of Education has prepared curriculum for 2013 which change the previous curriculum that was used at schools.

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Thomas Alva Edison

One day, a 4-year-old boy, a little deaf and dumb in school, returned home carrying a piece of paper from his teacher. mother read the paper,

Tommy, your son, is very stupid. we ask you to remove it from the school.
The mother was shocked to read this letter, but he soon made ​​a firm determination, "my son Tommy, not a stupid kid. I will personally educate and teach him. "

Little Tommy is Thomas Alva Edison as we know it, one of the greatest inventors in the world. he only attended in schools about 3 months, and physically a bit deaf, but it all was not a barrier to keep going.

Who would have thought that the boy deaf before that stupid as to be asked out of school, could eventually become a genius?
the answer is his mother! Yes, Nancy Edison, mother of Thomas Alva Edison, did not give up by the opinion of the school for her son. 

Thomas Edison failed - hundreds, even thousands of times. But he's not gave up. Every time he failed, he gets up and tries again. 

From the Story above, we know that try hard and always gets up when failed can bring us to our success. 

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National Examination in 2013

Prof. DR. H. Djafar Ahiri: "System Change in National Examination, Government Efforts to Improve the Quality of Education"

(PR MORA Sultra) - A number of changes will be made ​​by the government related arrangements for the National Final Examination In 2013, one of them with 20 different matter.

Observers Sultra Education, Prof. DR. H. Djafar Ahiri, M Ed, assess the UAN system changes should be seen as the government's efforts in improving the quality of education. "The goal is to see the students' ability in mastering the material during the process of teaching and learning in the classroom can be measured, if the student is really serious or not to accept the lesson," said Djafar Ahiri.

Based on the evaluation of previous exam, there are only four provinces considered honest and clean in the National Exam, the Province of Jakarta, Yogyakarta, Aceh and West Java. In addition, there is help from the teacher in the completion of national examination test, and this model is to be anticipated, since the conditions and teachers are able to help their students. "The solution is to be prepared teachers present, how to answer the challenge. There is no other way, other than teachers to teach students with serious problems with this National Exam ago, so it could make it on his own, "said Djafar Ahiri.

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Take care your eyes when using computer

Tips to take care of your eyes

• See to that the level of the computer screens is almost the same as your eye level.
•  As much as possible use anti-glare screen and anti-glare glasses.
•   Doctors feel that use of artificial tears is a good preventive measure, as artificial tears are preservative free and have no side effects.
• Do make an effort to blink more often; what happens when you blink is that, the tears will spread over the surface of cornea, which will prevent your eyes from drying.
• Try and use good ambient lighting at your workstation or at home when you use the computer. And also make sure that light does not fall directly on the screen of the computer.
• You must not face the window or any bright light immediately after watching the screen. Take a 10-15 minutes break frequently and look at a distant object every now and then.

By following these simple things, you are not only taking care of your eyes, but you will also have a pleasant atmosphere which indirectly keeps you healthy and increases your work efficiency.

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optimize the child's potential

Designing time playing with the kids is not easy for the parents whose time is getting narrower because of busy work. In fact, play is part of a child's development can not be removed just like that, especially early childhood, which is entering a golden age stage.

In the golden age (0-3) years children need a lot of stimulus to the nerves in the brain which growing so that intelligence can be optimal. In this age, proper activities will support the future development.

Fortunate because the school for young children is now more and more so that parents have a more diverse selection. But on the other side this creates a challenge in determining the best school among so many offers.

 

Child development experts said that a good school is not measured by the physical building, but also the "curriculum". Should the school does not emphasize the cognitive aspects, but also other aspects such as intellectual, emotional, social, and psychomotor child.

Because children at an early age still require motoric development, you should select a school that provides superior game to suit the needs child stimulation.

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