Building My Own Pond

 

It is just like a fish. The bigger it grows, the more it needs a much larger pond. The bigger people's capacity and competence, the more challenges they need. I am currently in high need of achievement. I feel like the current pond does not suit my growth. 

Once I complained about the situation until a friend of mine softly reminded me that there was no better option than creating my own pond. Suddenly I nodded my head and figured out that her comment was all logical. 

Creating my own pond is a proving statement that I have competence. Meanwhile, relying on others to provide me with the bigger pond legitimates my weakness and denies my capacity. 

When it comes to building my own pond, there should be real programs that I need to carry out. These programs will eventually justify my big capacity. I know that I can do that. But I need to prove if I want to earn people's acknowledgement. ea

Well, I got to focus on several areas of programs. First is building a literacy community. The output of this program is publishing books collectively. It can be in the collective works of students and teachers separately. It should be a sustainable school program from then on. In turn, the school has to run its own publishing house. Publishing the works of students and teachers should be done sustainably and regularly. 

The second program is an online seminar on debating technicality using the Australasian parliamentary system. This program is attended by students representing senior high schools across Pekalongan Regency. We need to obtain MKKS's approval for the program. 

The third program is that I publish several books. Every beginning is determining. I can begin by writing a book about practical ideas to create meaningful education at school. Then, I will write a book about ideas to campaign for literacy at schools. Next, I will write a practical guide to do classroom research. Then, I will write a practical guide to conduct flipped classrooms to address several critical issues on students' learning like students' engagement, students from low resource communities, student-centred learning and the HOTS-based learning process. Then, I will write a book about ideas on how to conduct HOTS-based learning in the classroom. The last one is writing a book about how to conduct HOTS-based learning in an EFL classroom setting. I found a community of learners. We conduct online discussions regularly.