"TEMANI AKU BUNDA" - with Irma Winda Lubis

Movie discussion @ Rumah KAIL



"My friends were angry with me. They said that because of me, the teachers get problems. I just tried to be honest. My parents teach me to always be honest." (Abrar)

This documentary is about the journey of a child in the face of national examinations (UN) in the month of May 2011. Two days before the UN, Abrar and his friends were asked by her teacher to participate in a collective agreement in their class, that they may co-operation and exchange exam answers without telling anyone, including their parents. This meant Abrar and his friends were told to cheat. How was Abrar reaction to this? What did their parents do when they knew this? What was the action of Irma Winda Lubis (Winda /Abrar's mother) facing this issue?

Kail organized this event at the end of series of National Examination 2014 for elementary school students to high school to remind that in these days and ages, noble values​​, such as honesty is very expensive. As parents, we can take an important role to help our children, the future generation, to implement these values​​. The process was not simply just by saying, but more importantly through our actions. More effective lessons of value application can be shown by our behavior. It will be meaningless for the children, if we only tell them in word, but in practice we do the opposite. When this happens children will face a dilemma (and even up to the stress and trauma), which could influence the life in the future.

We live in a system that is not ideal. A lot of problems we face in this current system. So much homework to be done for creating better living for all, including in education sector. We need to work together to create a conducive environment so that our children can grow at their best potential. One of the enabling environment is providing space for children to express themselves honestly and simply so they can be in their true selves. As adults, we are responsible for ensuring the availability of these spaces.

That is the subject of discussion after watching the movie together at KAIL House last Sunday, June 1st 2014. This event was hosted by Dhitta Puti Sarasvati, KAIL volunteer from Jakarta and assisted by Deta, KAIL volunteer from Bandung. About 25 people from various communities, partners and individuals attended the event. They were excited to watch the movie together and discussed the content afterward. This activity was originally scheduled to end at noon. However, the discussion has been continued until over lunch time. Therefore the formal discussion had to be stopped first and then be followed by an informal discussion over lunch and finish up at 3:30 pm.

Many lessons can be derived by participants from this process. Hope that this initiative can be useful for the people who need this.
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