Civics Subject
February 6th, 2006
This morning, I woke up at 5.50 AM realizing that outside is still as dark as 3 AM. And it’s still raining. I am quite surprised with myself to be able to woke up that early. What I don’t really enjoy is that I have a Civics class at the campus at 7.30, which means I have to leave home by 6.45 at most. And yet another great lazy and rainy morning for sleeping is a goodbye.
Actually, I don’t mind having classes at 7.30, if I’m late, it’s my fault for being lazy. But I do mind to have a civics class at 7.30. Not only that it is an extremely boring class, I found it useless. Yes, useless.
Starting a few years back, when I was in high school perhaps, I started to wonder what’s on the minds of those so-called bright people in the Depdiknas, in terms of creating a suitable and effective curricullums for our nation’s students (Man, their site is ugly…). They began to load us up with worthless crap subjects such as the PLKJ, that is the Pendidikan Lingkungan Kehidupan Jakarta. Okay, here, judging only from the name of it, and our geographical location, which is in Jakarta, would that do any good to our knowledge? Effectively? Other than wasting our precious time while we can use them for other subjects that may interest us? Or maybe some social subjects that requires you to memorize all the ministers name, or their replacements, should they be replaced. I had that one back in elementary. Waste of time.
I consider civics one of those crappy subjects. Why? Well, unless you are vigorously planning yourself to run for president, or a head of a high-class political party, or even a lawyer maybe, why would you bother discussing in detail about the UUD 1945, PPs, Kepreses, Tap MPRs, and so on and so on?
I thought the essence of civics were build along with our knowledge of our country, and that is what made us Indonesians. But they weren’t supposed to be built by sticking rule numbers on our heads like, “Hey! What’s the number of the citizen’s right to have a decent livelihood?” or, “Hey! What’s the PP number that regulates the form of our nation?” The truth? I really don’t give a damn. I don’t even consider them important for my well-being.
Besides, learning civics extensively doesn’t mean that you’re going to grow up civilized. Want an example? Just look at our country… That’s already more than you can bargain for.