Nadiem Makarim Speech Responses

          When Natioanl Teacher's Day is celebrated every November 25th, most of schools will hold a ceremony to commemorate  the day. On the day of the Teacher's Day on November 25th,the Minister of Education or we know as Mr.Nadiem Makarim made and read a speech which would later be read back at every school that held a ceremony to commemorate National Teacher's Day. Nadiem Makarim is serves as Minister of Education for the 2019 to 2024 period. And when he read the speech on National Teacher's Day,his speech became viral on social and printed media,because the contents of his speech were meaningful. There is many people appreciate the contents of his speech,but there is also many people who do not agree with the contents of his speech for several reasons.

          I think,the contents of his speech were actually made and read in an honest,real,and indeed happening in our education system. Nadiem Makarim does not even insert an inspirational and rhetorical words as they are usually contained in similar speech text. He seemed to really want and itend to fix a little our current education system which according to him and including me is not quite right and too rigid or presuring for the teachers and students. Teacher's in Indonesia do look too busy with their administrative task without clear purposes. Diversity and individual needs of students who want to be fullfilled by the teachers is like hindered by uniformity which is the basic principle of bureaucracy.

          For me personally,i strongly agree with what Nadiem Makarim was said in the speech. The students potential really cannot be measured from the result of the test. Numbers and test scores cannot be the main reference for determining someones level of ability. Because in the real world,the ability to work,collaborate,and inovate will determine someones succes. Whereas our current education system seems focused just on memorizing and counting. And i think that is such a old fashioned system,and with that system we cannot compete in the global competition and in the our current era.

          The change in the education system and the way the teachers educates what Nadiem Makarim wants is quite good. I think this first step is very good for the advancement of education system in Indonesia. Some of the points that conveyed in the speech to change the teaching method and learning system in the classroom will be very infuentally good in the future if its really applied. Because education does not have to be all about reading,memorizing,and counting. Teachers must provide opportunities and trust for students to innovate and create something by themself according to their interest and talents.