Sunday, September 28, 2008

About Brilliant Class by mid-Sept. 2008

Next is the progress report about Brilliant Class SMAK PENABUR Gading Serpong
where I was once the Head of Dorm, and have now been one of the English teachers
since 2007:

Utk kls 11 (angkatan ke1), per mid-Agustus sudah dipecah jadi 4 jurusan Olimpiade:
Fisika, Matematika, Kimia, Biologi.
Jadi 18 siswa dipecah jadi 4 kelas “super mini” sesuai peminatan (total 18 jam).
Dosen, seperti biasa, Master and Doctor dari Surya Institute, LIPI, ITB dan UPI Bandung, termasuk 2 instruktur Biologi yang doktor lulusan Jepang dan Australia.
Ada juga pilihan materi Cambridge utk informatika (ICT).

Utk Cambridge Math dan Cambridge Physics wajib semua18 siswa ikut, kecuali 2 siswa
yang lagi training intensive di Karawaci utk Physics dg. team Prof. Yohanes Surya sejak
2008, serta 1 siswa lagi yang join 30 besar training permid-Oktober nanti.

Prestasi baru 1 medali perak OSN 2008,dan 3 siswa lolos ke top 30 besar
per-mid Oktober 2008.

Utk kelas 10 (angkatan ke-2): 36 jam dari 51 jam (@45 menit) diberikan utk
Math, Fis, Kim, Bio. plus ekstra tutorial diasrama sejak awal semester ini dimulai
dg. Matematika, lalu Agustus dg. Fisika dan akhirnya di sekolah: extra Kimia.
Sejak Agustus juga berbagai eksperimen Biologi, dan akhirnya Kimia dan Fisika (Sept.)
diberikan di luar jam pelajaran.

Jadi promosiiiiii neh, tapi yah biar ada KESEMPATAN adik2 kalian yang berbakat olimpiade/ ber-IQ and EQ tinggi, dapat diarahkan lebih muantap masuk B.C. 2009/2010.

Oh, yah, seminggu ini B.C. kelas 10 dan 11 juga aktif berpartisipasi utk aksi sosial teman2
kelas regular SMAK GS(pasar murah). Lalu, B.C. saja dan guru2 TK-SMAK GS
menyelenggarakan buka puasa dan pemberian hadiah cleaning service, pesuruh serta
satpam Kompleks G.S. Okay, gak, guys? Kelas 11 sekarang tahun lalu dibimbing
Ms. Coral (native speakerof English lalu) bina hub. dg. panti asuhan anak Ambon di Bintaro.

P.S. Utk training SAT (Scholastic Aptitute Test) utk test masukke Amerika, kelas 11 B.C.
sudah menyelesaikan 40 jam x 45 menitdari total 80 jam x 45 menit utk test SAT 6 Desember
2008 dan24 Januari 2009. Instruktur: native speaker of English lulusan
MIT Electrical Enginering.

Utk feedback dan kritik membangun, please address to brilliant[at]bpkpenabur.or.id.
Penerimaan siswa 2009/2010 Brilliant Class akan segera dilaunched pasca Lebaran 2008.

Akhirnya, utk kurikulum dan info Brilliant Class SMAK PENABUR Gading Serpong
(2 versi bahasa utk web ini), click di:
http://www.bpkpenabur.or.id/en/node/3463
dan juga web SMAK G.S. di: http://www.bpkpenabur.or.id/id/school/smakgsjkt

Salam,“Sir” Teguh
1,5 bulan Head of Dorm kelas 10, 2008
Salah 1 guru Inggris Brilliant Class sejak 2007

Sunday, September 07, 2008

The hurricane has calmed down ...

Finally, my 4-week arthritis (since Aug. 9), thought to be just flu attacking bones/joints, subsided. As Hanna hurricane weakend in Mexican gulf this week, so did my pain. No more antibiotics, just medicine for my pain and ... itch. Almost 2 weeks I felt terribly itchy in most of my legs and part of my arms. Wow ... must be something to do with the recovery and my diabetes.

Thank God, and thank to the schools where I am teaching for their understanding:
1. SMPK 7 (3 days/week): lending me the library, where students alternately come for my English lessons, CD-ROM play, test and games sessions.
2. SMAK Gading Serpong (only on Tuesdays): lending me the Bio. lab., with a ready multi-media (LCD projector) facility.
3. SMAK 1 Bandung: it happened there are two times holidays on Mondays, my teaching day. Tomorrow, year 12 bilingual class are going to Bali, another break, though I've got to teach year 10 (4 classes).
4. Gading Serpong dormitory: I used to be a patron for 1.5 months until Aug. 29, and the students there kept praying for me during their evening devotion time. So touching!

For what has happened, I learnt one thing. Give up/ surrender everything to God, and He'll know and provide you the best. Thanks as well to Mr. Agus, M.D. (foundation doctor), attentive teachers in SMPK 7 and my family, especially my dad, who once cooked me, and once, insisted on moving an office chair with wheels (not a wheelchair) to the room. Sigh! Embarassing, yet touching, eh?