For Me.

Me is a subject words  that  used by someone to tell him/herself. Me means for the own person.

For myself, Gunma is Gate to the world. A gate to meet different people with different language, in different place and different culture.

Gunma exchange also a learning not only about medical faculty in Gunma, Japan, but also about the character of one of the Greatest Nation in Asia. The Sunrise Country. One of the most developed country in Asia, the King of Asia.

Japan often we knows as one of the biggest Otomotive Industry. Their product even have been enjoyed by Indonesian people in remote area, that even goverment can’t touch that area, but Japan’s Motorcycle, japan’s Motorboat, japan’s Car, japan’s electronic product and many other japan’s product have touch them.

Japan’s also known as one of the country that prioritize their education. When lost to Alliances in World War II, after Atomic Bomb explode in Hiroshima and Nagasaki, the first question comes from their Leader is, ”how many teachers are left ?”

Then, after their big loss, Japan immediatly revive. Since 1960 until 2004, they become giant in Industrial. And then in 2008, they become the number one in Industrial, beating United States of America.

Borrowing the statement of one of philoshoper, Paulo Freire, “Education actually is an instrument to Educate Humans, to Improve their Intellectual”. Japan sure have implement the education very well to educate their people.

“But, Indonesia also educate their people, isn’t it ?”

Yes. Comparably, our education system is similiar to Japans. They have 6 years Elementary School, 3 years Junior High School, 3 years Senior High school and even the same college system.

So, what is the difference ? Why japans succeed minimalize their unemployment while the unemployment in Indonesia always increase each year ?

The answer, from my opinion, is not about the system. It’s the people that running the system. The people that have achieve the top of civilization.

Japanese are famous of their attitude, their work ethic, and their good character are great difference for Indonesia. But it’s not impossible to be compete. Japan’s Medical Education and Medicine right now are leading and dominating all over Asian and the world.

As in Industrial Competition, their strategy in Medical Education is just the same. First, they use foreign machine. Then they unload that machine. And then they try to  construct the machine from the beginning. After they can do it, they aren’t stopping, they try to find weakness in the machine and overcome it. Then they develop and innovate their own machine. Easy to say but hard to do.

Every hard work need determination and spirit to never give up. It’s all back to the character. Character are what person made from. It can make someone keep standing even in the midst of storm. And character, also may make people bow.

I want to see their character. Then, if it’s good, I will make it my character.

For You, the second person subject words, that are for people around me. You, you, and you. I want to make use this character for our better community and environment. To overcome our problem. And if I may, I would very glad if my character being imitated by person around me.

For Them, the third person subject words, that are for people of my country. I want to share my experience, share my mind, and share my character. There is something wrong in our education system. We teach math, Physic, Chemical and many others to our kids but we don’t teach them attitude, ethic, value, and morale. Their mother and father isn’t there to show and teach them, so our kids search others to be imitated. Then they imitated bad movie scene, bad cartoon character, and bad community around them.

Then for My Beloved Medical Faculty, University of Padjadjaran, I want to see how they teach attitude in Gunma. Are they teach attitude and ethic just as same as our institution, 2 hours lecture a week and then Exam. Or they can do better.
For the better future doctor, that truly oriented in patient health. Not else.


Fajar Faisal Putra
Faculty of Medicine University of Padjadjaran Batch 2010

Tulisan ini diajukan sebagai Motivation Letter untuk Seleksi Pertukaran Pelajar Unpad-Gunma
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