Thursday, December 24, 2015

Cara agar anak berakhlaq Islami

Sebagian besar orang tua pasti ingin anaknya menjadi anak yang sholeh dan sholehah serta berbakti kepada kedua orang tua serta bagi agamanya. Akan tetapi, tidak semua orang tau bagaimana caranya agar anak menjadi sholeh dan menurut pada keinginan orangtuanya dan sesuai dengan akhlaq yang dituntunkan oleh agama Islam. Lalu, bagaimanakah cara agar anak bisa berakhlaq sesuai dengan tuntunan agamanya? berikut ini akan diberikan beberapa tips yang bisa digunakan untuk mengajari anak untuk bisa berakhlaq sesuai dengan tuntunan agama:
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Wednesday, June 6, 2012

Saatnya Orang Tua Berhenti ‘Meracuni’ Anak


Saatnya Orang Tua Berhenti ‘Meracuni’ Anak
Seperti biasanya, sebagai seorang dokter kesehatan keluarga di PKPU, sebuah lembaga kemanusiaan nasional yang berlisensi Ecosoc PBB (Perserikatan Bangsa-Bangsa), saya ditugasi untuk menjalankan program kesehatan anak dan remaja di Penjara Anak di Tangerang.
Setelah beberapa kali berinteraksi dengan anak-anak yang ada dalam penjara itu, saya pun semakin nyaman, bisa berkomunikasi dan melakukan program kesehatan anak dan remaja dengan baik. Ini  dikarenakan, adanya dukungan yang sangat luar biasa dari para abdi negara yang sedang bertugas di penjara anak tersebut.
Sambil melakukan program kesehatan, pikiran saya bertanya-tanya, apa sebab anak-anak yang rata-rata seusia 10 tahun sampai 16 tahun itu sampai dapat di-masukkan ke dalam penjara anak ini.
Maka, dalam sesi program kesehatan berikutnya, berupa konsultasi kesehatan fisik dan psikologi secara langsung, saya membuat berapa pertanyaan yang harus dijawab oleh anak-anak.
Diantara pertanyaan itu bunyinya sebagai berikut: Apakah anak-anak mengetahui tempat tinggalnya saat ini dan apa namanya? Sebagian besar mereka mengetahui dan menjawab bahwa mereka tinggal di penjara anak.
Pertanyaan berikutnya, mengapa anak-anak harus tinggal di penjara anak ini? Beberapa anak menjawab bahwa ia melakukan kesalahan dan sudah selayaknya kalau ia harus tinggal di penjara anak.
Memang, ia di lahirkan untuk menjadi anak yang kurang ajar, pencuri, pencopet, anak yang senang perkelahian dan masih banyak “gelar-gelar” lainnya. Saya katakan bahwa anak-anak ini adalah anak-anak yang baik, bisa berbuat kebaikan dan bisa berprestasi untuk masa depannya.
Dengan penuh keyakinan, mereka kembali menyampaikan “gelar-gelar” di atas itu dan menambahkan bahwa orangtuanya atau bapak/ibunya sering mengatakan “gelar-gelar” itu berkali-kali. Bahkan ada anak yang mengatakan bahwa ia tidak layak lagi menjadi anak orangtuanya karena ibunya mengatakan bahwa ia adalah anak yang durhaka dan pasti akan masuk neraka!Astaghfirullah..
Sahabat Indonesian Golden Family, dari cerita di atas  mengingatkan saya dalam sebuah tulisan yang berjudul The Toxic Words (Kata-kata Beracun). Tulisan ini, meskipun hanya beberapa lembar namun merupakan hasil wawancara terhadap anak-anak yang ada di penjara. Sang peneliti mengajak anak-anak untuk “mengingat kembali” apa-apa yang terjadi sebelum mereka masuk di dalam penjara. Kemudian, ia menyusun kata demi kata menjadi satu kelompok kata-kata yang dianggap mengantarkan anak-anak tersebut masuk dalam penjara.
Susunan kata-kata itu disebutnya sebagai The Toxic Words (Kata-kata Beracun).
Benar saja, bahwa anak-anak yang masuk dalam penjara itu dalam kesehariannya sering mendapatkan kata-kata yang buruk yang menyangkut dirinya, seperti:
“Dasar kamu! Memang anak pembawa sial!”
“Kamu selalu menyusahkan orangtua!”
“Kamu memang anak terkutuk! Pasti hidupmu akan sengsara!”
Serta masih banyak lagi kata-kata yang buruk lainnya.
Lalu, apa hubungannya antara kata-kata yang buruk itu dengan perilaku anak yang buruk?
Ketika saya belajar NLP (Neuro Linguistik Programming), pembimbing saya mengatakan bahwa manusia melakukan proses berpikir dengan tiga cara yaitu pertama, Berpikir Visual adalah berpikir dengan cara kita membuat gambaran di dalam pikiran kita.Kedua, Berpikir Auditori adalah berpikir dengan cara kita melakukan dialog internal (self-talk). Ketiga, Berpikir Kinestetik adalah berpikir dengan cara melibatkan perasaan atau emosi kita.
Pembimbing saya juga mengatakan bahwa gambaran masa depan seseorang ternyata dapat di prediksi dari hal-hal yang dia yakini. Ketika kita meyakini sesuatu maka seluruh “sumberdaya” dalam tubuh kita sampai level sel terkecil pun akan mendukung apa-apa yang telah kita yakini itu.
Dan sebagian besar, suatu keyakinan dibentuk dari perilaku yang dilihat dan kata-kata yang didengarnya setiap hari khususnya yang menyangkut tentang diri kita. Jika perilaku buruk atau kata-kata buruk yang sering diterimanya, maka bisa dipastikan perlahan tapi pasti bahwa perilaku burukpun akan terwujud dan begitu pula sebaliknya.
Inilah jawaban, mengapa anak-anak itu sering melakukan pelanggaran-pelanggaran kehidupan sehingga ia harus merasakan hidup di dalam penjara. Pada saat orangtuanya terlalu sering mengatakan kamu memang anak kurang ajar, kamu memang anak pembawa sial atau kata-kata buruk lainnya, perlahan-lahan ia akan menyakini bahwa ia anak kurang ajar, ia anak pembawa sial da akhirnya iapun menjadi perilaku yag kurang ajar.
Sungguh, bila saya membahas masalah seperti ini saya merasa ngeri, kasihan, melihat fakta-fakta diatas amat sering terjadi di sekitar kita.
Masih sangat banyak para orangtua yang bila sedang memarahi anaknya maka keluar semua kata-kata beracun seperti itu. Kalau sudah demikian, kira-kira siapa yang salah, anak yang berperilaku buruk atau orangtua yang salah dalam mengajari anak agar bisa berbuat baik?
Ajaran para Nabi kita mengatakan bahwa anak adalah amanah dari Tuhan yang harus kita siapkan agar ia menjadi manusia yang berprestasi di dunia dan di akhirat.
Oleh karenanya, saya sendiri juga sedang mengingat-ingat kembali berapa banyak kata-kata buruk telah terucapkan pada anak-anak saya, pada istri saya. Sungguh, terasa ngeri sekali bila kita mengetahui dampak dari kata-kata buruk itu, bagaikan “racun” yang siap membunuh anak-anak kita.
Membunuh sifat manusianya sebagai makhluk spiritual ciptaan Tuhan, yang memiliki potesi dasyat dalam dirinya. Maka, solusi terbaik adalah adanya kesungguhan akan perubahan cara berpikir dan bersikap kita dari kekerasan menjadi kasih sayang.
Bagi ummat Muslim, sarana berpuasa, utamanya di bulan Ramadhan, adalah sarana yang paling tepat untuk melakukan perubahan itu.
Mengapa? Karena puasa (Ramadhan) merupakan salah satu “produk” dari Tuhan sebagai sarana paling tepat untuk “memprogramkan kembali” diri kita. Dari yang biasanya mudah mencaci-maki pada anaknya menjadi bertutur kata yang lembut, dari yang kurang baik menjadi baik, dari yang baik menjadi lebih baik lagi, seperti pesannya Nabi kita bahwa “Puasa adalah perisai.”
Apabila salah seorang diantaramu sedang berpuasa, hendaklah ia tidak berkata-kata keji dan tidak pula memperolok orang lain. Kemudiaan apabila ada seseorang yang hendak mencaci-makinya, hendaklah ia berkata: “Aku sedang berpuasa, aku sedang berpuasa.”

Monday, June 4, 2012

The banker and the pauper


Once upon a time, there lived a poor pauper and a rich banker. So it was inevitable that the rich man would be happier than the pauper. However, their natures were opposite, for the poor man was happy whereas the banker was not. The banker was annoyed by the fact that when he tossed and turn in his bed at night, the pauper slept peacefully and always awoke rested and full of energy.
One day the banker could stand it no longer. He decided to find out why the pauper was happy in spite of his poverty. So he summoned him to his house and asked him his yearly income because he believed that happiness could only be measured in terms of wealth.
“i don’t count too well, nor do i really care. I live each day as it comes and never worry about the next”
“well then, just tell how much you earn in one day,” insisted the rich man.
“i earn what i need”
The banker liked the pauper. He wished to thank him for coming to his house, so he presented the poor man with a bag of hundred gold coins.
Now, these coins, which meant so little to the banker, seemed a great fortune to the pauper. He decided to hide the bag , so that he would have the money if ever he should need it. So, when he returned to his house, he dug a big hole in secluded corner of the garden, threw the bag into it, and covered it with the dirt.
However, from that day on the poor man’s life changed. He began to worry about the safety of his money. Every night he slept a little less, and each time he heard the slightest sound, he became anxious about the safety of his coins.
Finally, he could bear his happiness no longer. He went to the garden, dug up the coins and returned them to the banker.
The pauper had learned an important lesson, and so had the banker.

How the beggar boy turned into count Piro


Once upon a time there lived a man who had only one son, a lazy, stupid boy, who would never do anything he was told. His name was Piro. When the father was dying, he sent for his son and told him that he would soon be left alone in the world, with no possessions but the small cottage they lived in, and a pear tree which grew behind it, and that, whether he liked it or not, he would have to work, or else he would starve. Then the old man died.
But the boy did not work; instead, he idled about as before, contenting himself with eating the pears off his tree, which, unlike other pear trees before or since, bore fruit the whole year round. Indeed, the pears were so much finer than any you could get even in the autumn, that one day, in the middle of the winter; they attracted the notice of a fox that was creeping by.
The fox asked the pears to the boy and the fox gave it to the king. The fox said it was a prince who gave the pears. The fox gave the pears to the king for several times before he asked the king to marry his daughter to Piro. By tricking the king, the fox tried to convince the king that prince Piro was a very rich person. The fox showed a big castle which actually belonged to an Ogre to the king and said it belonged to count Piro. The fox had tricked the ogre too by locking them in an underground prison so the count Piro can get all the castle and all the wealth that the ogre had before. 

For the next trick, i’m going to.....


You are sitting on an outdoor theater. On the stage you see a man selling hot dogs, some children playing, a group of tourists listening to a tour guide, and even a clown with a  sad face. In the background is the statue of liberty. It’s a normal day in New York City. Then you hear an amazing statement, “and for my next trick, i’m going to make the Statue of Liberty disappear.” Impossible, you think. How could anyone do that?
A curtain closes, hiding the stage. The magician talks to the audience for a few minutes. The statue won’t be easy to move, he says. The music get louder. You can feel the tension in the air. The curtain slowly opens...and you can’t believe your eyes. The Statue of Liberty is gone!
So how does the magician do this trick? Easy! While he’s talking, the hole theater moves very, very slowly to a different position. The people in the audience can’t feel the movement. Behind the curtain, the “actors” quickly move to a replica of the scene and stand in the same positions, but in front of an empty sky. When the curtain opens, you see the same hot dog seller, the same children, the same tourists, the same clown, all are actors. Everything is the same, but the statue of liberty isn’t there. That’s magic!

The Bronx zoo



What to see: Over 4,000 animals
How to get there: 2 or 5 train to East Tremont Ave/West farm Square. At street level, walk straight ahead on Boston Road 2  blocks to the Zoo’s Asia gate entrance (Gate A).
Admission:
                  Adult                                 $14
                  Children (3-12)              $ 15
                  Senior (65+)                   $ 12
Opening Hours:
                   The zoo is open 365 days a year!
                   Monday- Friday 10:00 A.M – 5:00 P.M
                   Weekends and Holidays  10:00 A.M – 5:30 P.M

Wednesday, May 30, 2012

Tree


Tree is the largest plant of all plants. The tallest tree grows over 61 metres in height. Many trees also live longer than other plants. Some trees sometimes live over thousand of years. They are the oldest living things that men know.
People think that trees are different from other plants. Most of other plants grow only for short time and then die. People think of trees as a permanent part of the landscape.
Trees continue to grow as long as they live. They grow new leaves and flowers. Leaves of a tree make food. The food makes the tree alive and help it grows. The flowers grow into fruit. The fruit contains seeds for making new trees.
Trees are different from other plants like herbs and shrubs. Most teees grow at least 4.6 to 6.1 metres but herbs and shrubs are much shorter than trees. Trees have one wood stem, which is called a trunk. Herbs have soft and juicy stem. Shurbs are like trees, they have woody stem but one shrub has more than one stem, and none of the stem of the shrubs grows so thick or tall as a tree trunk.
There are thousands of kinds of trees. But most trees belong to one of two main groups. They are boarfleaf trees and needleleaf trees. These two tipes of trees grow in many parts of the world. Most other types of trees, such as palms and tree ferns grow mainly in warm region.

Venice


Venice is a city in northern Italy. It is the capital of region Veneto. Together with Padua, the city is included in the Padua-Venice Metropolitan Area. Venice has been known as the “Queen of the Adriatic”, “City of Water”, “City of Bridges”, and “The City of Light”. The city stretches across 117 small islands in the marshy Venetian Lagoon along the Adriatic Sea in northeast Italy.
Venice is world-famous for its canals. It is built on an archipelago of 117 islands formed by about 150 canals in a shallow lagoon. The islands on which the city is built are connected by about 400 bridges. In the old center, the canals serve the function of roads, and every form of transport is on water or on foot.
You can ride gondola there. It is the classical Venetian boat which nowadays is mostly used for tourists, or for weddings, funerals, or other ceremonies. Now, most Venetians travel by motorised waterbuses (“vaporetti”) which ply regular routes along the major canals and between the city’s islands. The city also has many private boats. The only gondolas still in common use by Venetians are the traghetti, foot passenger ferries crossing the Grand Canal at certain points without bridges.
You can see the amusing city’s landmarks such as Piazza San Marco, Palazzo Contarini del Bovolo, Saint Mark’s Cathedral or villas of the Veneto. The villas of the Veneto, rural residences for nobles during the Republic, are one of the most interesting aspects of Venetian countryside.
They are surrounded by elegant gardens, suitable for fashionable parties of high society. The city is also well known for its beautiful and romantic view, especially at night

Thursday, May 17, 2012

Report Text - Penjelasan & Contoh


Secara umum, report text adalah salah satu jenis teks yang masuk kategori  "factual texts." Teks jenis ini sering dikatakan sebagai "saudara kembar"descriptive text sehingga wajar banyak siswa "bingung" cara membedakan kedua teks tersebut.

Sebelumnya, secara singkat dan sederhana, sudah memberikan penjelasananeh mengenai perbedaan keduanya [baca: bingung report text atau descriptive text]; lagi-lagi itu cuma perbedaan kecil dan hampir semua siswa bisa mencerna. Oleh karena itu, untuk mendalami apa itu report text, yuk kita simak bersama-sama keterangan di bawah ini:


Pengertian Report Text


Istilah report text sering juga dikenal dengan sebutan informational report. Report, dalam Concise Oxford Dictionary Edisi 10, diartikan sebagai 1) an account given of a matter after investigation or consideration. 2) a piece of information about an event or situation. Jika disimpulkan, secara bahasa report text adalah teks yang berfungsi untuk memberikan informasi tentang suatu peristiwa atau situasi, setelah diadakannya investigasi dan melalui berbagai pertimbangan.

Definisi report text ini juga hampir mirip dengan apa yang sering disebutkan dalam berbagai buku bahasa Inggris di tingkat menengah, "Report is a text which present information about something, as it is. It is as a result of systematic observation and analyses." [Report adalah sebuah teks yang menghadirkan informasi tentang suatu hal dengan apa adanya. Teks ini adalah sebagai hasil dari observasi dan analisa secara sistematis.]

Dengan demikian, sebenarnya teks report dan descriptive mempunyai perbedaan yang cukup jelas, meski nampak keduanya dikatakan sebagai "saudara kembar" sekalipun.

Intinya, dalam report text itu biasanya berisi dengan fakta-fakta yang bisa dibuktikan secara ilmiah, Oke..


Generic Structure Report Text.


Seperti halnya dengan descriptive text, Report text juga hanya memiliki dua struktur umum [generic structure] yaitu :

  1. General Clasification; Pernyataan umum yang menerangkan subjek laporan, keterangan, dan klasifikasinya. 
  2. Description: tells what the phenomenon under discussion ; in terms of parts, qualities, habits or behaviors; Pada bagian ini biasanya memberikan gambaran fenomena-fenomena yang terjadi; baik bagian-bagiannya, sifat-sifatnya, kebiasaannya, ataupun tingkah lakunya. Intinya adalah penjabaran dari klasifikasi yang disajikan dengan ilmiah.
Ada juga beberapa keterangan mengenai generic structure report text, yang meliputi :

  1. General information
  2. Bundles of Specific Information
General information adalah bagian yang menyebutkan informasi umum dari tema tulisan yang. Sedangkan Bundles of specific information, adalah penjabaran dari informasi umum tersebut.

Saya sendiri lebih cenderung setuju dengan generic structure kedua; karena hal ini bisa membuat siswa lebih paham akan cara menulis report text.

Tujuan Report Text

Setiap tulisan pasti memiliki tujuan mengapa tulisan itu ditulis. Begitu juga dengan report text. Beberapa pakar menyebutkan bahwa tujuan teks report adalah :

Its social purpose is presenting information about something. They generally describe an entire class of things, whether natural or made: mammals, the planets, rocks, plants, countries of region, culture, transportation, and so on. 

Jika disimpulkan, tujuan report text adalah untuk menyampaikan informasi hasil pengamatan dan analisa yang sistematis. Informasi yang dijelaskan dalam report text biasanya bersifat umum, baik itu alamiah ataupun buata seperti binatang mamalia, planet, bebatuan, tumbuh-tumbuhan, negara bagian, budaya, transportasi, dan lain sebagainya.


Pola Tata Bahasa Dalam Report Text


Setiap tulisan pasti memiliki ciri bahasa tersendiri; jika recount text dan narrative text cenderung memiliki ciri menggunakan simple past, lalu bagaimana dengan report text? Oke berikut adalah pola grammar yang umum digunakan dalam teks report, yang meliputi :
  • Use of general nouns, eg hunting dogs, rather than particular nouns, eg our dog;
  • Use of relating verbs to describe features, eg Molecules are tiny particles;
  • Some use of action verbs when describing behaviour, eg Emus cannot fly;
  • Use of timeless present tense to indicate usualness, eg Tropical cyclones always begin over the sea;
  • Use of technical terms, eg Isobars are lines drawn on a weather map;
  • Use of paragraphs with topic sentences to organise bundles of information; repeated naming of the topic as the beginning focus of the clause.
Keterangan :

  • General nouns, maksudnya adalah, suatu benda (baik itu hidup atau mati) yang bersifat umum. Coba bandingkan : Hunting dogs >< My dog. Hunting dogs bersifat umum; sedangkan my dog bersifat khusus. 
  • Relating verbs, dalam grammar disebut juga dengan linking verbs. Seperti to be [is, am, are: present], seem, look, taste dan lain sebagainya. 
  • Timeless present tense adalah salah satu penanda waktu dalam simple presentseperti "often, usually, always" dan lain-lain. 
  • Technical terms, maksudnya adalah istilah-istilah yang meliputi teks report tersebut. Misalnya tentang "music" maka, istilah-istilah musik harus ada.


Contoh Report Text : Thanksgiving Day


Thanksgiving or Thanksgiving Day is a celebration of harvest, thankfulness for peace, and the attempt of Native Americans. It is usually celebrated in late autumn. 

In the past, Thanksgiving was celebrated for their rich harvest in New England. In North America, however, it was originally held to thank God for their survival in the new land which was not easy for them. However, in Canada, it had been celebrated as in New England. Thanksgiving now is celebrated in United States of America and in Canada. Thanksgiving festivals are held every fourth Thursday of November in the U.S and on the second Monday of October in Canada. It is usually celebrated in four to five days in the North America and for three days in Canada.

It is celebrated through families and friends gathering to eat and give good luck. Turkey is the main dish in the thanksgiving dinner. Thanksgiving parades are also usually held. In Thanksgiving homes are decorated with wreaths, fresh and dried flowers. Lamps are lighted to brighten the environment. Tables are decorated with best china and antique silver dishes to mark the occasion.


Contoh Report Text : Venice


report text
Venice is a city in northern Italy. It is the capital of region Veneto. Together with Padua, the city is included in the Padua-Venice Metropolitan Area. Venice has been known as the “Queen of the Adriatic”, “City of Water”, “City of Bridges”, and “The City of Light”. The city stretches across 117 small islands in the marshy Venetian Lagoon along the Adriatic Sea in northeast Italy.

Venice is world-famous for its canals. It is built on an archipelago of 117 islands formed by about 150 canals in a shallow lagoon. The islands on which the city is built are connected by about 400 bridges. In the old center, the canals serve the function of roads, and every form of transport is on water or on foot.

You can ride gondola there. It is the classical Venetian boat which nowadays is mostly used for tourists, or for weddings, funerals, or other ceremonies. Now, most Venetians travel by motorised waterbuses (“vaporetti”) which ply regular routes along the major canals and between the city’s islands. The city also has many private boats. The only gondolas still in common use by Venetians are the traghetti, foot passenger ferries crossing the Grand Canal at certain points without bridges.

You can see the amusing city’s landmarks such as Piazza San Marco, Palazzo Contarini del Bovolo, Saint Mark’s Cathedral or villas of the Veneto. The villas of the Veneto, rural residences for nobles during the Republic, are one of the most interesting aspects of Venetian countryside.

They are surrounded by elegant gardens, suitable for fashionable parties of high society. The city is also well known for its beautiful and romantic view, especially at night.

Tuesday, May 15, 2012

Apple drops '4G' from iPad adverts


Apple iPad launch
Apple has stopped using the phrase 4G in adverts for its latest iPad.
The description proved controversial because 4G is not widely available in the UK and the iPad will not work with it when it is.
The UK's advertising watchdog and others around the world investigated Apple over use of the 4G phrase.
Apple said the confusion arose because of the ways operators refer to different high-speed mobile technologies.
Word jumble
When the newest version of the iPad was launched in March, adverts for the device claimed it would work with 4G, meaning fourth generation, mobile technology. The 4G in question was a technology known as Long Term Evolution (LTE) that was starting to appear in the US.
However, when LTE arrives in Britain, the rest of Europe and many other nations, it will use different frequencies to those in the US meaning the iPad will not be able to use 4G everywhere.
The disparity led to many complaints. In the UK, the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) investigated and won assurances from Apple that its advertising would change.
A spokesman for the ASA said it had started a second investigation after consumers told it that the 4G phrase was still being used to describe the iPad's capabilities.
The ASA had been "working closely" with Apple to amend the way the iPad is advertised, said the spokesman, adding that the consumer electronics firm had been very co-operative during the investigation.
"We will be checking the amendments to ensure they adhere to the Advertising Code," he said.
Apple said the confusion had arisen because of the different high-speed mobile technologies dubbed 4G by operators and carriers.
Apple would change its terminology to remove this confusion, it said.
"Carriers do not all refer to their high speed networks with the same terminology," said the firm in a statement, "therefore we've decided to use 'wi-fi + cellular' as a simple term which describes all the high speed networks supported by the new iPad."
"The advanced wireless features of the new iPad have not changed," it added.

 
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