Friday 21 September 2007

Our Intellectuality


We are a part of one percent of all Indonesian peoples who can study at university/institute. Most people say that we are so intelligent that studying at Bandung Institute of Technology, then they say we are the best students in Indonesia. Then we accept - their opinion that we are the smartest students in Indonesia - directly without a deep thought.

This makes us suppose that intelligence is very important to us. Supported by a sharp and keen intellect, we are so rational that our mind is our primary weapon in analyzing everything. We tend to approach things with logic. We use our intellectuality to win in academic competitions for our own prestige. We use our sharp intellect to create new technological tools but seldom have much to say about the possible future effects on our ecosystems and make many researches but we do not know whether the researches are giving advantage to individuals or society. We seem to be programmed to repeat our days and do a pretty job without improving our circumstances, without deepening our awareness, without paying attention to our realities and without seeking knowledge among the signs of nature.

We always use our superhuman brainpower but seldom try listening to our own heart - where as heart sees anything that logic could never see. Heart sees love, friendship, meanings of life, other person's needs and other hidden messages - but logic does not. Heart will find the reason of doing something and the answer of the meaning of life. Without awareness about what it means to be human, intellectuality is nothing!

Nurfitri Anbarsanti
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"Very good idea, thanks",
my lecture said.
he9 makasih yaa buat yang udah koreksiin postingan ini.

17 comments:

phy said...

the best post so far ! influenced me much. two thumbs up !

Anonymous said...

gimana kalo paragraf pertama jadiin present tense aja?
kalimatnya dah oke sebenernya...

komentar soal isi:...

isinya agak berasa subyektif kalo kubaca...terlalu cepat buat ngambil simpulan (yang sepertinya diniatkan untuk ngubah pandangan orang).

rationallity is good, no problem with it...what becomes matter is the balance, between mind and heart.

pengetahuan ada di otak, tapi 'ilmu ada di hati.

Anonymous said...

Nice content, but many errors in sentence's structure..
Hopefully you can make a better post next time!

anbarsanti said...

@ bayu: saran diterima. trima kasih...

@ anonymous: dimana many (=banyak) errornya...?? kasih tau dong...

halidaaa said...

"We are a piece of one percent..." a paRt, kali y san?


kalimat ke2 g ngRti maksudnya mw ngomong apa, jd g bisa koReksi.. maap ^^'

"...directly without deep in thought"
a deep thought?

"We are becoming to suppose that intelligence..."
this makes us kayanya lbh enakeun

"Supported by possesing a sharp and..."
ga usah pake posessing..

"...technological tools but seldom has much to say about the possible..."
have

"We use our keen intellect to make many of researches but we do not know..."
ga usa pake of


"We seem to be programmed to repeat..."

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gitu meuReun san, akupun tak teRlalu pandai sih.. tapi keRen2, bahasanya sangat *ceRdas.tinggidilangit* xD

phy said...

wah, gramatikal sekali. hihi...

phy said...

o ya jadi tergoda untuk nge-grammar..hihi...itu
"try to listen"
atau
"try listening"
yah, yg pas ?
rasanya kok lebih kerasa pas yang kedua ? tapi, gak tau juga..
haha..gak membantu ya ?!

btw, paragraf kedua seluruh kalimatmu diawali "We..." itu emamng sengaja buat menjadi sajaknya atau gak disengaja ? Karena kerasanya seperti dibombardir we ! we ! we ! tapi, kok dipikir-pikir malah keren gitu, hehe...jadi klo gak disengaja, berarti serendipity, kekeke.

anbarsanti said...

@ halidaa: a piece niatnya biar unik aja, 'potongan' he9. tapi malah jadi aneh ya... bahasa cerdas darimana kalau banyak salah. ha9. makasiiih ya atiinnn... btw sy br tau kamu punya di blogspot jg. mampir ah....

@ phy: niatnya sih biar koheren. kata guruku salah satu cara adalah pengulangan kata. he9. dibombardir... iya juga sih. postingan selanjutnya diusahakan gak gitu deh. btw serendipity itu apa...??

~wah sering2 aja ya koreksi santi...

Anonymous said...

kalimat kedua paragraf dua, kayanya lebih pas kalo "at analyzing" diganti ma "in analyzing".

kalimat kelima paragraf dua, yang "without seeking knowledge amongthe signs of nature..." makanya masuk mipa dong biar always seeking knowledge of nature, he he he

wow, Santi, keren sekali essaynya! So passionate... keep up the good work!

Meta

Anonymous said...

kalimat kedua paragraf dua, kayanya lebih pas kalo "at analyzing" diganti ma "in analyzing".

kalimat kelima paragraf dua, yang "without seeking knowledge amongthe signs of nature..." makanya masuk mipa dong biar always seeking knowledge of nature, he he he

wow, Santi, keren sekali essaynya! So passionate... keep up the good work!

Meta

phy said...

serendipity ? penemuan yg gak disengaja kan ? haha...
wah, meta nimbrung juga nih..

anbarsanti said...

@ meta: oohh begitu ya. hehe makasiiih meta!!

@ phy: hoho iya2..

anbarsanti said...

@ meta: lho kok jadi promosi mipa...

Anonymous said...

ini santi, maaf lama bgt.
Maybe we are just one percent from Indonesian teenagers who can study at university degree. People say that we are so intelligent that we can study at Bandung Institute of Technology, they say we are part of Indonesia’s best students. But we just accept their opinion easily without thinking deeper.

It makes us think that to be intelligence is very important. Supported by a sharp and keen intellect, we are so rational that our mind can analyze everything. We tend to approach things with logic. We use our intellectuality to win academic competitions for our own prestige. We use our sharp intellectual to create a brand new technology but rarely think about effects on our ecosystems it will bring and to do research, but do not think if it may give a personal or public interests. It seems that we are programmed to repeat our days, do nice job without improving our habitual things, without deepening our awareness, without paying attention to our realities and without seeking knowledge among the signs of nature.

We always use our superhuman brainpower but seldom listen to our heart - whereas heart may see something that logic can not. Heart can see love, friendship, meanings of life, other person's needs and other hidden messages - but logic can not. Heart will find the reason of doing something and the answer of the meaning of life. Without awareness about what it means to be human being, intellectuality is nothing!

Nb. Bener ti anak2 indonesia yg kuliah hanya ada 2 juta orang?
DHIMAS

anbarsanti said...

@ dhimas: iya kata kakak2 angkatan gitu (belum ngitung sih). hehe btw beberapa koreksimu sy masukkin, tapi beberapa yang lain nggak ya (gpp kan^^) soalnya merubah arti euy.... he9 maap ya... makasiiiiih dhimas....

Anonymous said...

I don't think and haven't seen any facts that people who study in ITB is the community of BEST students in Indonesia. Very sadly, if there are some ITB students accept that naive opinion.

Further, I think we also have much capability to understand our 'meaning of life' through logic.

What's wrong to become so rational?

Often heart's irrational sense pollutes our pure rational thought.

anbarsanti said...

@ anonymous : best disini dilihat dari passing grade nilai spmb khusus jurusan teknik. bukan untuk menimbulkan rasa arogan, tapi untuk menimbulkan rasa tanggung jawab terhadap kemajuan indonesia.

pure logic tidak cukup untuk menemukan arti hidup. butuh hati untuk menemukannya.

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