The Education in Australia and Indonesia, which one is better ?

Education is the backbone for country development. Usually most developed countries have a better education system than any developing countries. However, it is still interesting to compare the education system of both countries, for example in Australia and Indonesia. There are several ways and perspective can be applied in the comparisons. To make simple, the comparative analysis is only done based on the age, starting from the kindergarten level up to the higher education level. Some generalizations even though have been minimized, are inevitable.

The children activities in the Australian kindergartens (3-5 year old) are mostly playing, dancing, singing and other similar ones. The kids are encouraged to speak in public and also introduced to several basic important things such as safety and sanitation. In Indonesia , things are quite similar. However, the reading and math are more advanced. As a result, it is normal that kindergarten kids in Indonesia are able to read and do some basic math. However, their social skills are less developed than those in Australia.

At elementary schools, the Aussie system is considered more relax than Indonesia’s. It is normal to watch an Indonesian eight year old kid cramming in the room to study math, natural science such as geography, and social science like history and religion, while his Aussie counterpart is playing sport or music. When Australian system develops almost all nine types of human intelligences, the Logical-Mathematical Intelligence is the main focus for Indonesian kids. Also, Indonesian kids are trained to memorize some scientific facts and figures in their textbooks, meaning less time for playing.

The similar differences can also be observed at the secondary level. The high school students in Indonesia often study Physics, Math, and Chemistry at the standard of first year university level. They often need additional off-school courses in order to catch up. One also could argue that the Australian education lacks of discipline. However, when comparing at the higher education level in both countries, the Indonesian standard is significantly falling behind the Australian’s, perhaps due to lacks of funding and resources.

In general, the Indonesian system is mainly focusing on a few type of intelligence such as logical whereas the diversity is a lot better in Australia. That explains why it is more difficult to find great athletes or artists among 230 million populations in Indonesian than in only 20 million Australians. In addition, the Indonesian system is still mostly based on “guru” style, the system that has been abandoned in most of developed countries that prefer Socratic style of teaching.

Which one is better? Depends on what you want. To be a scientist or engineer, perhaps Indonesian system is good. However, Australian system is capable in developing all nine types of intelligence which allow more development opportunity for most of the children.

Girls from Mars & Guys from Venus, AKA Different! is it right? Look at 5 Pictures!!!

Guys often grumble and say that girls are the most mysterious creatures in the world. Say it A, even though it wants B. Say it's okay, it turns out that it means nothing. Now at the same time, a girl has the idea that a guy is a strange creature from Mars. Don't understand the taste of fashion and don't understand that perfect curved eyebrows are legal. There are also many girls who think that guys are insensitive creatures.

Maybe this is also the result of gender segregation which has been in effect for so long. Now an artist and designer from China who lives in Germany, Yang Liu captured this ironic fact through an illustration of an image entitled Man Meets Woman. Adapted from Brightside, this is a picture of the differences between men and women according to Yang Liu.

1. Because girls are talking scientifically 3 times more than guys, they are a bit of a talk about their champions. Want to talk about B, you have to play it first until Z just return to B again

2. Like two creatures whose characters are different, girls and guys have unequal weapons. But the effect is the same as making the others dizzy

3. Believe it or not, girls are much better at multitasking than guys. Conversely, men are more able to focus on looking at a problem than girls who often focus wrongly

4. Girls always think long and prepare all possibilities. Because of that, when their default vacation can be five times more than a guy who is really practical from there

5. the question of ideal partner criteria also turns out to be different patterns between girls and boys. If the type of girl's dream changes according to age, guys seem to remain loyal to the same criteria. 

There are many things that make men and women different. Starting from the hormones and brain framework that are not the same, to social structures that force them to act according to their role. Although some may not be in accordance with your personal experience, the pattern of differences above is mostly true. It does not mean that you are also out of the box of your gendermy's perception that it is wrong. Maybe you will often be seen as strange or even called violating nature, but yes that is the uniqueness of humans. Only yourself who know what is the best for you. 

What's important is be yourself !!!