Children : Should learn how to compete or how to cooperate ?

Learning two opposite skill for children; competing or cooperating, are highly debatable. Especially for student or children growing time. Some people say that it is better for children to learn how to compete, but some other prefer to teach their children to cooperate in order to become productive citizens in future society. In my opinion, both competition and cooperation are equally important for children. I write down several reasons to strengthen my opinion above.

Knowing competition starting from the early young age is very essential for people's life. Children learn how to be tough when preparing for the examinations or when playing single sport like a marathon athlete. In the class, children have to fight to get good or excellent point among their children trough study hard by them selve. Besides that, they must do their best to win the sport competition that they follow. This character slowly will effect to the children's growing time until they get adult. For example, the adult children get any business in their future time. they must compete with other businessman to be more successful than others.

On the other hand, I knew children also need to be taught a cooperative value. Teacher can give this value to the children trough group assignment in studies. It will train children to develop as well as improve their skill in sharing job, sharing thinking, or learning how to hear others opinion. Of course, in the adult time, children will need this skill as a habit when they are working in a team.

To sum up, I pen down saying that it is clear that children should learn how to compete as well as cooperate in order to sharpen their skill to become more productive in their society for the future time.

Family (my home sweet home)

Taraaa...


Here I share my family pictures :)

I have lovely Mom and Dad, I call  "Ibu" (it's indonesian word that has same meaning with mother), and "Bapak" for my father. now there are not working at their office because they had pension since several years a go. I love them so much, and... In islam, it's a must for us as children to give the best tribute and atitude to our parents after our love to Allah (God of Islam)

Bapak & Ibu (Dad+Mom)

I & Ibu

I & Bapak

(I was making "sungkeman", it's a Javanese culture, asking for forgiveness from parents)

                                                               My Full lovely Family

                                                              My Older sister and her husband
                                  I call my sister with "Mba" (javanese word that means : older sister)

                                                   My older Brother and his wife and children  
            I call my brother with "Mas" (Javanese word that has same meaning with "older brother")

                                             

new friend, new story ; enrich our perspective

Hello... 

What’s your opinion about making new friendship?... Or meet people who lives in different country?...

I got several opportunities on meeting people. Then they are becoming my friends now..

Surely, I got many advantages from this. By meeting with them, we could share each other, knowing the reasons why they act and prefer in walking they live. By sharing about what we are, it will give us more understanding how people do something which we usually don't.

Of course, There're more advantages on meeting new people. How about you?... have any other story about your experience in converging with new friend?... just share here! ^_^

                                 Gathering with sisters from Malaysia ; int'l class medical students, Unpad.
                              (we shared Islamic knowledge, culture and many things -they're so much friendly-)

                         Miranty (my 'workmate' in Rumah Zakat), Hania Kiar (guest from Etiophia), Me ^_^
                            (Hania was collecting materials (about zakat) in Rumah Zakat for her master thesis)

 Gathering with Moslem from Australia at  one of Rumah Zakat Board of Director's home  (Mr.Asep-the left side standing man-). I called this gathering ; "Arranged Serendipity" ^_^

     Coffee time with Tanvir Udin-right side- (Muslim Aid Australia officer) and his friend

  (He's a smart guy and friendly partner,surely! :) )

Taking picture with my senior high school best friends and Catarina -centre side-(German woman) in Kuta  Beach, Bali, on one of holiday time in 1998.

      Mba Nuqi (my workmate), Hiba (from Tripoli), and me were attending WAMY international conference,  October 2010, in Jakarta.

---What a warm talk time with them! ^_^---