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When I studied Sociology, there is a theory about the human being. It's said that "human can't live alone, they must live together and do the interaction to still alive". God created us with consist of two components which are very important, we call it as mind and heart. These ones are very opposite and sometimes it's contradicting. Quote said that "follow your heart but take your brain together" actually it's quite confused me, what if you have to follow your heart to make things beautiful, but when you follow your heart you forget to take your brain.

You fall in love so deeply with someone, you assume that 'you love him/her' but you never know what the true love is. "You assume that love must be owned while you forget it takes two hearts". you can't see the reality that even if your heart says yes, your brain ain't so. hey, you're not cupid, you can't force someone to love you. Stop doing crazy things for someone you love, you don't even know what love is. Do you know who is the strongest people in this world? I had no idea. However, when I see all the people argue and nobody wants to give up, nobody wants to blame themselves. it's little tiny thing make us like a 'monster'. As we know that the monster must be defeated by something as big as the monster or even bigger than that. And do you know who is the conqueror? it's you. "the strongest ones always confess their mistake, they never blame other people for any reason". I've ever seen an old woman, she lives alone and nobody wants to help her. All people around her said that she is very arrogant, they hate her. Perhaps sometimes it's okay when you don't need to hear what people said about us, but it doesn't mean that it breaks your socialization. Do you want to live alone for the rest of your life? absolutely I am not. "You have to equalize yourself to the people you interact with" how funny the world is when the rich one talking so loud about the luxury things in front of the poor one who knows nothing. Nowadays, people are so scary. Helping people for a little business is not important, whereas they forget that they also need help later. "None of your business sometimes misunderstood, they want to look perky, but I think the best byname for someone who doesn't want to help each other is a chicken!"

mind and heart are very precious, don't let them make us self-seeking. It's egoistical. "Don't look for the fire if you can't extinguish it" -Remind that.

 Dead Poets Society(1989)

Sutradara  : Peter Weir

Penulis      : Tom Shculman

Awards      : Best Writing, Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen (Academy Award)

Pemain      : Robin Williams, Robert Sean Leonard, Ethan Hawke,  Josh Charles,and many more.

Film yang liris tahun 1989 ini termasuk film yang menurut saya menginspirasi dunia pendidikan karena gaya mengajar salah satu guru di sebuah sekolah. Kemudian, bagi yang dulunya sekolah boarding alias asrama mungkin akan sedikit mengingatkan memori tentang kehidupan asrama karena setting utamanya adalah asrama sekolah. Awalnya niat nonton film ini karena yang main adalah Ethan Hawke dan ternyata film ini bagus untuk menumbuhkan jiwa belajar seseorang dan mengubah pola pikir yang kekuno-an tentang belajar. Tambahan, ini juga lumayan bagus buat yang suka sastra.

SINOPSIS

Berlatar tahun 1959 di Vermont boarding school Welton Academy yang telah dikenal luas sebagai salah satu sekolah boarding terbaik di Amerika. Sekolah itu telah berhasil menghasilkan alumni yang berkualitas dan peluang masuk Ivy League( Harvard, Yale, Columbia, Brown dan lain-lain) sangat besar. Pihak sekolah sangat menjunjung tinggi pilar sekolahnya. Kemudian masuklah seorang murid yang sangat-sangat pendiam bernama Todd Anderson(Ethan Hawke) yang kakaknya juga alumni terbaik disana. Todd bertemu dengan Neil Perry yang pintar diberbagai mata pelajaran dan sangat dibanggakan orang tuanya, Knox Overstreet, Charlie Dalton, Richard Cameron, Steve Meeks dan Gerald Pitts. Karena Perry dkk orangnya humble jadi mudah menerima Todd sebagai bagian dari mereka. 

                                       (Todd, Neil, Knox, Charlie, Steve, Gerald and other)

Dihari pertama sekolah, kelas Todd dkk dikejutkan dengan kedatangan seorang guru sastra bernama John Keating(Robbin Williams). Dia kebetulan juga alumni sekolah itu dan mengajar menggantikan seorang guru. Hari pertama sekolah banyak kejadian-kejadian aneh yang mungkin bagi murid tahun 50an agak bertolak belakang. Kelas yang seharusnya berjalan rapi dan teratur, berbeda dengan yang dilakukan John Keating. Ia seolah mengajarkan cara memberontak di kelas dan melawan sistem-sistem yang tidak sesuai di sekolah(contohnya naik ke meja) John memperkenalkan dirinya sebagai 'capten o capten' dan murid-murid mulai memanggilnya seperti itu. Ia juga memperkenalkan istilah 'carpe diem' yang artinya 'petiklah hari ini', seperti 'gunakanlah hari ini sebaik mungkin dan jangan menyia-nyiakan kesempatan'.

Suatu hari, karena rasa penasaran Neil Perry terhadap John Keating, ia akhirnya mencari buku John sewaktu sekolah dulu. Awalnya Neil hanya berniat mengejek John namun ia menemukan istilah 'Dead Poets Society' di buku dan menanyakannya. Ternyata Dead Poets Society adalah sekumpulan John dan teman-temannya yang menyukai puisi. Mereka berkumpul setiap malam hari di sebuah gua dan bergantian membacakan puisi dari karya-karya pengarang terkenal seperti Shakerspeare. Neil Perry yang memiliki rasa penasaran yang tinggi akhirnya mengajak teman-temannya termasuk Todd(yang awalnya menolak karena tidak bisa membaca di depan umum) untuk bergabung. Mereka nekad keluar dari asrama ketika jam tidur. Cerita pada Dead Poets Society pun dimulai.

COMMENTS

Honestly, film ini benar-benar bagus dan lumayan menguras emosi jika ditonton sampai habis terutama bagi anak asrama yang sepertinya juga merasakan sistem sekolah yang kadang 'tidak adil'. Karakternya juga kuat, akting Robbin Williams sebagai guru yang punya pengaruh besar terhadap murid-muridnya sangat menyentuh. Ia mengajarkan dasar kehidupan dan bermimpi yang 'nekad' itu adalah harus dan disertai aksinya juga. Orang tua juga disarankan menonton ini agar mengerti apa yang sebenarnya seorang remaja inginkan demi impian mereka dan bukan hanya tentang impian orang tua. For your information, film ini mudah di streaming, so happy watching!

"CARPE DIEM, SEIZE THE DAY BOYS, MAKE YOUR LIVES EXTRAORDINARY"-

 JOHN KEATING.

Pembahasan akan dimulai dari berita yang lumayan hangat akhir-akhir ini, yaitu tentang bullying terhadap mahasiswa di salah satu universitas di Jakarta. So far, thanks untuk salah satu akun di Instagram(you-know-who) yang telah memposting video tersebut. Cukup memberi gambaran pada masyarakat bagaimana cara bertindak dan memberi kesadaran bahwa bullying itu hal yang kuno dan tidak berkeprimanusiaan.

Sebenarnya, masalah bullying bukan hal baru lagi di Indonesia karena sudah terjadi berkali-kali bahkan sudah pernah menelan korban. Jadi ceritanya, dari video itu terlihat sekitar 3 mahasiswa bercanda dengan meledek-ledek mahasiswa yang berkebutuhan khusus, dia dikelilingin dan setelah itu tasnya ditarik oleh salah seorang dari mereka. Si korban akhirnya melakukan perlawanan dan kemudian meninggalkan tempat kejadian. Disini saya sempat berpikir, kalau yang dia lawan adalah petinju sih oke-oke aja satu lawan tiga atau yang setara sama kekuatan mereka, bukannya menghakimi orang yang berkebutuhan khusus, gak punya nyali? Kalau kata Sherina sih jangan beraninya melawan orang yang lemah. Yang mirisnya lagi dari video itu adalah 'hai itu ngapain yang liat-liat cuman liat dan ketawa bukannya bantuin'. Menurut saya candaan yang mereka lakukan gak ada lucunya sama sekali dan malah mengganggu mental si korban. Kabarnya bukan hanya itu saja, kejadian bullying itu sudah terjadi selama setahun belakang seperti disuruh nyayi di depan kelas. Tetap pertanyaan besar saya tertuju pada orang-orang disekitar si korban di kampus, 'itu gak ada rasa mau menolong atau ngelindugin si korban yang inisialnya FH?' Dalam kasus itu pihak kampus/dosen sebenarnya juga bertanggung jawab menjaga stabilitas kampus terlebih ada mahasiswa disabilitas. Kementrian Sosial sudah mengeluarkan UU tentang bullying. Pihak universitas seharusnya sudah siap untuk memfasilitasi disabilitas di kampus dan jangan sampai lalai terhadap hal ini.

Jujur, saya sudah banyak nonton film-film bertemakan high school dan college yang ada bumbu bullying orang, dan ciri khas si pembully adalah orang yang terkenal atau ditakuti di sekolahnya. Saat SMP juga pernah liat semacam bullying tapi tidak separah kasus ini. Dari situ bukan berarti saya belajar bahwa membully seseorang adalah hal yang keren especially yang berkebutuhan khusus. Artinya kembali lagi pada empati. Kurangnya empati banyak penyebabnya mulai dari kurangnya perhatian dari orang tua atau lingkungan yang tidak bisa diikuti, dan menurut saya empati ini lebih cenderungnya ke atitude jadinya. Masalahnya adalah dari realita yang ada secara logis tapi gak bisa masuk ke hati, contoh sederhananya ada orang jatuh, bukannya ditolongin malah diketawain dengan alasan itu konyol. Dia tau kalau jatuh itu sakit tapi gak ada tindakan. oke, you can laugh but help first. Mahasiswa itu seharusnya pemikirannya sudah matang, sudah mengetahui mana yang baik dan mana yang buruk 'seharusnya'. 

Dari yang terbully juga harus dibelaki dengan keberanian dan perlawanan sebelumnya. Karena kadang para pembully bisa saja berhenti membully kalau yang dibully melawan(melawan dengan cara yang wajar). Ibaratkan kata film Black Hawk Down 'jangan tembak duluan sebelum ditembak'. Jika yang terbully merasa terusik sah-sah saja dia melawan. Hal itu pun juga telah didukung oleh berbagai organisasi di Indonesia, salah satunya Kementrian Sosial.

Meskipun saya belum punya pengalaman secara langsung satu kampus atau berteman dengan disabilitas, tapi at least kita punya awareness dan cara untuk berhadapan dan besosialiasi dengan disabilitas. Secara logikanya, orang kesusahan ya manifestasinya pertolongan. Don't look any background of them, mau mereka siapa saja tetaplah menolong sesama adalah tindakan mulia. Buat semua orang, terutama 'maha'siswa yang tingkat pendidikannya sudah berada diatas on the way strata satu dan seterusnya, kuliah itu diperuntukan untuk membuka pikiran, tergantung pikirannya terbuka seperti apa jenisnya, terjerumus ke arah positif atau ke arah negatif. Yang pasti, jika ingin menanam mawar bukan berarti kita harus menebang melati. Sekian dan terimakasih.

So the story begins in 1986 when two students from London's Imperial College Brian May and Tim Staffell wanted a band and they made ads to promote it,they were looking for drummer and Roger Meddows Taylor succeed joined the band. They started SMILE as the name of the band but in 1970 Tim Staffell left from Smile and joined another band  (you deserve a regret man). After Tim left the group, Farrokh Bulsara from Ealing College of Arts joined and changed SMILE into QUEEN,John Deacon joined as the youngest member. After graduating,they started to more active in many events like in the school or other places.

Freddie changed his name after joining QUEEN.  He was very talented, he made the logo of Queen by himself,he designed the clothes for all the members and he almost all of Queen's song was made by Freddie. I'm not wondering, he graduated from art school and that was very good. He could do everything about arts. He better was known as a flamboyant man with eccentric style and adoring yellow as the favorite color(you can see his clothes). He liked Cats ohh cats everywhere and sometimes he talked to his cat. and the weird thing he did, he called his cat in the telephone for 3 hours.

Despite his attractive style, in other condition, he was a taciturn and talk less person.

In the 1970s, Queen was not good as another band like Led Zeppelin before,especially in America they were nothing. But Queen didn't give up easily,Freddie created 'Bohemian Rhapsody' as the real evidence of his interest in Opera. Some producers underestimated the song. They thought that the song was weird and too long(but hey jude also too long!). The philosophy of this song also unknown as general,and when people asked Freddie what is the meaning,he said "you can mean it by yourself,it is up you".

There is also 'Love of my life' as one of the greatest hits from Queen. The history of this song is very sad I think. Freddie had his love of my life named Marry Austin. He swore to love the girl for the rest of his life. But they separated because of Freddie's bad habits(wasting money,drinking and smoking). He was very sad and made that song. But they still are close friend until the end of Freddie's life.

In 1985, Freddie diagnosed with HIV aids, he decided to keep it as a secret and kept going with Queen. It happened because of Freddie's bad lifestyle. Some medias said that he was a bisexual. Freddie decided to stop the treatment and wanted to enjoy life. His last appearance was in 11th Brit Awards held on February 18,1990.(He was gravely ill at that time! and other Queen's members knew it). This rumors had swirled since 1986 but Freddie denied it.

Queen took the stage at the Brith Awards to accept that year's Outstanding Contribution to British Music honor. In fact, it was May who had spoken on Queen's behalf, stepping up to the mic to offer thanks. "everyone in the industry and,perhaps more importantly,outside the industry who stuck behind us all these years" with giving the band a lot of freedom to pursue what we loosely call our art to any extent we felt like at the time," and after May's speech. Freddie leaning briefly into the mic to say simply "THANK YOU... GOODNIGHT" he exited with his bandmates.

the final footage of Freddie is on 'These Are the Days of Our Lives'. In the final scene, decicedFreddie sits down the steps and he did very gingerly. Freddie decided to make the video in black and white so his illness was invisible. (saddest moment). 6 month after making that video, Freddie died. November 22 in 1991,he confirmed his diagnosis and a little more than 24 hours later,he was gone.

As the flamboyant from man of Queen, HE IS THE GREATEST MUSICIAN EVER. I was not born in Queen era,actually I know Queen from my uncle's CD tapes and I began listening to Queen's song. My favorites are Bohemian Rhapsody,Radio Ga Ga, Love of  My Life, To Love Somebody, We are the Champion,We Will Rock You, Don't Stop Me Now and others. First thing tha I confess is, I don't like rock genre,but when I listen to Queen, it sounds infinite and everlasting. Their music is very impressive and evergreen. Especially the man of the match, Freddie Mercury. Even if his life is shorter than we wish,but his existence is still here. Even if his teeth were not as perfect as the other teeth, oh damn it's not a big problem at all. The man with the perfect teeth in this world is nothing when you compare with Freddie Mercury.