High School

During my Secondary school, I learn a lot of things. I spent my secondary school in Jakarta and went to a school that uses Singapore System. I was chosen to be a prefect, “House Captain” and Soccer Captain. This 3 position I held taught me a lot of things.

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Prefect
In my school, there is a group of students, called Prefect, chosen by the teachers to help the teachers maintain the discipline of the school. Prefects also help to organize school events. One of the events we organized is new student’s orientation. We also organized Valentines Day event and both of the events went well. I was nominated to be a Quartermaster by my peers and teachers and therefore I held the position of Quartermaster. I was in charge of the store room where most of the things such as sports equipment and sound systems are kept. Every morning I have to prepare for assembly and set the Sound system in the hall. I was also in charge of making the Prefect’s room. Basically, the prefect’s room is a room for prefects to hang out. It has some books, some board games and some other stuff. I have learned a lot of things by being in this organization. I learn to be a more discipline person and also how to managed time properly between studies and school activities. I also learn to be a more responsible person as I have to meet the dead line for the task I was assigned. Moreover I gain the experience of working with a big group of people as in the real world you have to deal with that a lot. There are some obstacles we have to face when being a prefect. Sometimes when we told people not to break the school’s rules, they thought that we are bossy and they start to mock us. We, as a prefect, have to deal with that and have to get used to that. We couldn’t just mock them back and therefore we have to watch our temper and set a good example for them. Sometimes it’s frustrating but you have to learn to deal with it as in real world sometimes people think you negatively.

There is one big event that we, Prefects, participate. We become an ushers in National Chinese New Year Celebration. There were many important people in that event including the President of Indonesia. It’s an extremely valuable experience for me.

House Captain
In my school, students are divided into 4 colored-groups. These groups are to participate and compete each other during Sports day. I was appointed to be the “house” Captain. My job is to choose the right people and ask them to participate in an event. It’s a hard task as sometimes people do not want to participate. I have to force them to join and sometimes it just frustrating. I learn to be patient when dealing with people and also I learn how to persuade people. We held the event on a Stadium but unfortunately our “house” does not win. But I managed to win some event such as 100 m run. Being a “house” captain improve my leadership skills and also team work. It’s a great experience and glad to be appointed for “house” captain.

Soccer Captain
I was also appointed to be the Soccer Captain of my school. We participate on some inter-school tournament but unfortunately we did not manage to win the tournament. I think that this is due to our new school. The school I entered is a new school therefore there is not yet a teamwork established yet. Being a Soccer Captain I also learn leadership skills too as I have to manage my team mates on and off the pitch. When we are trailing I have to make sure that my team mates still have the spirit to win the match and when we are winning I have to make sure that they don’t lack of concentration. I learn that a leader has a big responsibility as I have to take the blame when my team mates do not behave well on and off the pitch. Passion is another thing you need if you want to reach your goal, which in this case to win matches. I also discover that team work is better than individualism. Without teamwork you’ll never win. This also works in real life. No one ever work alone in real life. You have to work in a group to be a successful person and learn to cooperate with them.

Studies
In my secondary school, I took 9 subjects; English, Chinese, D math, A math, Accounting, Geography, physics, biology, and chemistry. In high School I think that the interaction between students and teachers are better as we are stuck with the same teacher for more than a year. The teachers are also more helpful as they are willing to offer extra classes for those who needed it. I consider my grades to be a good one. I was rank 8 out of 24 students and I think this is a quite remarkable achievement I’ve made. For my O’level, I manage to get 3A’s, 3B’s and 2C’s. I am not that satisfied with this achievement and regret my self for studying in the last minute. Therefore, I guess I learn a valuable lesson that is not to study in the last minute.

We are often asked to present some projects that are assigned to us either as a group or individually. The assignments my teachers assign us help us to improve our team work skill as well as our confidence. We are also train to be responsible people as all the homework has to be submitted before the dead line.

There are some obstacles in high school. I have many activities outside the class and therefore have less time preparing for my studies. But that does not stop me from wanting to get good grades. I always feel bad when I get bad grades and always wanted to be better each time. There is once, when I failed my A math exam. I was so depressed and scared that I will fail the subject. But through my hard work, I managed to pass the subject and I was proud of my self. There are many varieties of student. There are the hard working one and the lazy one. Sometimes you may be influenced by the lazy one and lead you to having bad grades. You have to resist that bad influence and have to realize that our parents have spent a lot of money to send us to school. We have to repay them by getting good grades.

When the times came for me to choose my major, I was confused. Before I came to the states, I have to make this decision. I took this test that could tell me which major that suit my personality. When I see the result it says that I should take a major in accounting. I don’t believe this test result as I don’t think I like accounting. Then my father told me to take Industrial engineering as when I graduated I will be able to help him with his business. Then he told me what I will learn in Industrial engineering and I feel that it is interesting thing. During my high School, I also realize that I like Math and physics more than any other subjects. Therefore, I choose Industrial Engineering as my subject. This is a crucial decision I have to make. I also decided to follow my sister and went to Foothill College.