Learning English

Label: - Selasa, 09 Juni 2015

Learning English

The importance of learning English we should not ignore it, without the English language we are still able to live, but life has been growing rapidly and requires us as a party that is in the circle of globalization to participate in more advanced life order.
English in socializing with the wider community. Of course we've heard that English is one of the international languages most commonly used, as well as language that is very popular in all parts of the world there ini.Dari we can understand that it is true of English is very important, what does not, as a society develops and want to move forward we have to interact with the world population, it is not enough merely in the State in which we live, but we also have to interact and socialize with them to open the doors of development and progress.
Maybe there are people who think "ah, I live in countries that do not use the English language, and to interact and socialize with the world is too big for me, so do not need to learn English". If you still think that way, change your thinking, we need positive thinking to develop and advance in order to participate in the era of globalization circle. you alone who will think later when the others could speak English but you do not know and understand.
Then English in technology. This may be trivial things that we often ignore, but often makes us confused because of our ignorance. we know we often use a computer, smartphone, internet, software, and other forms of technology, have you ever noticed that most of these technologies are all using the English language? almost all of them use English. Maybe some technologies such as mobile phones we can change the language, but keep in mind that the technology is not limited to mobile phones, there are many technologies that use the English language, such as computer technology, software, and other more dominant using the English language.
Education at the university level, in some subjects there is a use of the English language, although not dominant English language, but there are beberrapa courses that do use the English language, such as accounting courses, accounting examination 2, introductory economics, and the other with so the automatic student must master English, no idea if it must translate it first because it must be exhausting.
And then In the era of globalization, where the workforce is growing and progressing in expanding its scope to cross-country, the role of English is increasingly needed. So do not be surprised if the world of work gives high value to someone who can speak English.
It is true that the world of work requires a person with special expertise in areas of the profession, but specialized skills will be very remarkable if supported by English language skills. In short, the world of work requires special skills to act, and the English language to communicate as well as support for their actions.
The benefits and the importance of learning English to do with self-satisfaction, we will feel satisfied after proficient in English. You've seen and heard the Indonesian people to communicate in English? then what you feel and think? looks very smart and different from the others. we will feel confident if we're dealing with people who speak English, without embarrassment, wondering what we had to say and what they say, because we already understand English. English is a strong provision, which we can use anywhere, especially corporate environment.
A chance to get a job will be open to anyone who is well versed in a foreign language as a plus that one has. It is undeniable that economic actors such as local companies lately constantly rubbing directly with foreign companies because the increasingly complex demands of the times, therefore the company demanded that prospective employees have the ability to speak English as a primary requirement to be accepted in a company. Even the tendency in this country, we as citizens have to adjust or adapt native language if you want to interact with foreigners, and the English language dominant use.

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Stop Bulying

Label: - Sabtu, 06 Juni 2015

Missouri death highlights dangers of bullying

LEE'S SUMMIT, MO. — The bedroom bears the telltale signs of a typical boy on the cusp of his teen years: discarded food wrappers, video game consoles, clothes scattered on the floor. The disarray hides tragedy inside the suburban Kansas City home. The room is a memorial to 12-year-old Brandon Myers, who killed himself in February 2007.
For Kim Myers, Brandon's death is the result of what she calls incessant bullying that her son's teachers and other administrators at Voy Spears Jr. Elementary School failed to stop. "He was teased in class on the day he died for acting depressed," said Myers, a single parent. "He was screaming for help. If he had got the help he needed, he would still be alive."
http://articles.latimes.com/images/pixel.gif            Teen suicide has long been considered one of the greatest risks faced by vulnerable adolescents. But an increasing number of mental health experts are warning that younger children such as Brandon are also susceptible.
A nationwide survey of more than 15,000 students in grades six to 10 showed that 30% reported experience with bullying -- 11% as targets, 13% as bullies themselves and an additional 6% who said they had been both aggressor and victim. The survey was published in 2001.
Nationally, more than 3,000 children ages 10 through 14 committed suicide from 1995 through 2004, according to the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. In Missouri, 34 children in that age group took their own lives from 2001 through 2005, state records show.
Many of the details of how Brandon was harassed -- and the school's response -- are incomplete. Myers has hired an attorney and said she planned a wrongful-death suit against the Blue Springs School District. She and her ex-husband, Brandon's father, don't want to jeopardize the pending lawsuit by discussing it publicly.
A lawyer for the school district said officials would discuss only Brandon's "educational experience" with the Associated Press, and then only with his parents' permission.
The case is not without precedent. In 2005, a teenager from Tonganoxie, Kan., who was bullied for years by classmates who believed he was gay, was awarded $440,000 in a settlement against his school district. The young man, who says he is not gay, was harassed with homophobic slurs from seventh grade until he quit school his junior year.
The direct link between bullying and those self-inflicted deaths is impossible to determine. But as in the case of Megan Meier -- a 13-year-old suburban St. Louis girl who committed suicide after receiving cruel messages on her MySpace page -- the social pressures that drive some children to suicide are immense, said bullying expert Hilda Quiroz.
"Schools are social settings," said Quiroz, a former teacher who now works for the Westlake Village, Calif.-based National School Safety Center. "And in social settings, there are kids who wield power."
Bullying victims direct their anger in two directions, Quiroz said: at themselves or toward others, including their tormentors. "Children sometimes turn inward and hurt themselves, or they turn outward and bring weapons to school," she said. For Brandon, life didn't come easy. Born with a cleft palate, he endured several corrective surgeries that improved his smile but didn't get rid of a speech impediment.
His parents divorced when he was 5. Diagnosed with attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder in the third grade, and later with depression, he took a daily chemical cocktail to combat those impulses and he saw a counselor outside school.
In the days and weeks leading up to his suicide, Brandon dropped several hints to classmates and teachers that his troubles might have grown life-threatening, Kim Myers said. She didn't learn of those warning signs until it was too late.
The day after Christmas would have been Brandon's 13th birthday. His absence made the holiday a painful one for his older brother and sister and his parents too. "This is the first year he's not been around," said his father, Randy Myers. "We're struggling."

Down the block from Brandon's house, a solitary plaque marks his shortened life, a tribute to the passion that drove him to awaken in the predawn darkness each morning so he could fish at the neighborhood lake before school. "Forever Fishing," the plaque reads. "Brandon Myers." Fishing was an escape for Brandon. He would go fishing with his buddy Trystyn, or with his mother's boyfriend at nearby Lake Lotawana. Summertime meant bullfrog-hunting trips with his grandfather in southwest Missouri.
Inside Trystyn Wagner's home, toy frogs of all shapes and sizes surround a hallway display of baseball cards, fishing photos and other reminders of his late best friend. A few days before Brandon's death, the two friends argued over a girl. They quickly patched up the dispute, but guilt from that encounter and its proximity to Brandon's suicide hangs over Trystyn, his mother said.

How to Stop Bully ?
So, here we are at square one again. If the broad-brush approach to stigmatizing bullys by their peers hasn’t worked, what will? The answer might be found in building the willingness of those bystanders to intervene on behalf of the victim and against the bully. Further, this must be done by a majority of the bystanders since only small number probably won’t change the bully’s actions, especially if those who do intervene don’t come from the bully’s peer group. It is also important to remember that the actions of the bystanders are not always based on support, but also on fear.
Most of the science being done in this area support this type of approach. Unfortunately, it might also be more a matter of scientist’s wishful thinking than reality. After all, when a bully is targeting a victim, who is going to micro-analyze the field of bystanders to determine which are passive onlookers and which are actively supporting the actions of the bully.
One approach that might be of some benefit is one that has grown in effectiveness in Finland called KiVa, which is aimed at identifying those who are actively involved in bullying–ringleaders, sidekicks, and victims–and putting them through a series of discussions that highlight these roles. There is considerable debate over whether such an approach would work in the United States, especially given the amount of diversity here, but considering that nothing else has worked, it might be worth the effort.
An important factor in the effectiveness of this approach is the staff of schools who monitor classrooms, hallways, and other areas where bullying takes place. More importantly, this approach will require that the members of school staffs rethink the social landscape of their schools with an eye towards identifying who plays what roles and stopping them when bullying occurs.
Unfortunately, this approach might result in a palatable groan from the members of school staffs who are clearly overwhelmed with the responsibilities that they are already burdened with. Further, how can a staff that is primarily responsible for teaching a subject be expected to monitor social landscapes as well? Shouldn’t parents and other play a role as well?

The trouble with this is that parents don’t often see their youngsters when they are interacting with schoolmates. There is also the issue of being unwilling to admit that their child is the problem, not the solution, which brings the conversation back to teachers. Bullying prevention is yet another big job that we can ask teachers to take an active role in, but it must be done, especially if there will be any chance of the problems associated with bullying can be minimized, if not made a thing of the past. This is How to Stop a Bully now!

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