Wednesday, November 15, 2006

Catatan Harian

Day - 137

Rabu, 15 November 2006 -- Hari ini Kezia bagi raport. Good. Ia bisa masuk kelas Rubi lagi. Di sini tuh anak-anak sekolah dikelompokan berdasarkan "kemampuan" akademis. Kelas Rubi adalah kelas yang nomor tiga dari tujuh atau delapan gitu. Saya lupa. Saya kira untuk anak yang masuk di tengah dan orang asing pula, pencapaian Kezia cukup oke. Di resume keseluruhan ada tulisan dari gurunya: "excellent". Buat saya yang membanggakan bukan nilainya, tapi perjuangan Kezia untuk mencapai hasil itu.

Pengelompokan siswa berdasarkan kemampuan begitu saya rasa, ada baiknya ada buruknya. Baiknya, siswa yang pinter ga akan terhambat. Dan siswa yang kurang pinter juga akan lebih terbimbing. Tapi buruknya, anak-anak yang kurang pinter bisa jadi frustrasi dan merasa rendah diri. Saya pribadi berkeyakinan sekolah bukan jaminan sukses dalam karier seseorang. Tapi itu dalam konteks Indonesia. Dalam konteks Singapore, korelasi sekolah dan sukses dalam karier ternyata erat sekali. Makanya konon, banyak anak sekolah di sini yang frustrasi.

Hari ini saya kesal banget. Ceritanya, awal bulan lalu kan kita betulin water heater kamar mandi. Habis 500 $. Kata teman, itu kemahalan. Harga normal 300 $ ganti baru dengan instalasi. Sudah gitu kan ternyata bocor. Kita sudah lapor ke tukang service-nya. Ia janji akan datang, eh ga datang. Dan ga ada kabar berita. Sampai empat kali begitu. Belum lagi beberapa telepon yang ga diangkat-angkat.

Akhirnya saya minta bantuan teman. Mungkin karena saya orang asing di sini, jadi dikerjain. Sudah harga "digetok", keluhan dipandang sebelah mata pula. Siapa yang ga kesal. Kalau di Indonesia saya bisa tulis surat pembaca ke koran. Lha, di sini saya ga tahu. Katanya sih ada juga lembaga perlindungan konsumen gitu di sini. Cuma prosesnya malah bikin lelah sendiri. Ampun deh. Ampun.

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