"Let the children's elementary school in the corners of love, gain inspiration, and sparkling watch your presence. And most importantly, you as the best children had participated in-the slightest-stimulating progress, changing their future becomes brighter ...."

It is a piece of the e-mail from Anies Baswedan which is the parting words of departure led 51 young teachers "Indonesia Teaching" towards the hamlets in the corners of Indonesia, early December. In a letter that touched it, Anies mention that they are young children who leave the comforts of life.

To-51 young teacher (Read: They needed Affairs This) is the young people elected, perhaps even the best of his generation. Many of those who have lived a very well established with adequate salaries. But they then swerved, to a common dream: to serve our beloved country, wanted to merge with the commoners. They decided to become elementary school teachers in villages without electricity.

"I was inspired by a remark Mr. Anies in a fresh graduate seminar that currently only have a PK index (cumulative achievement) high, but no structured way of thinking, way of talking is not systematic. Pas heard that, I think, I really loh kok kayak, "said Anindita Nesia, children who live in the area of Jakarta elite in Kebayoran Baru and obtain teaching placements in Pick Hall, District Sidewalk, Bengkalis.

Nesia then register to become a candidate Indonesia Teaching, along with about 1382 other applicants. Of this amount, which is filtered only 51 people, including himself.

Trained

However, the struggle was only beginning. During the eight weeks they were prepared mentally, physically, intellectually, in a guesthouse in the village of Pancawati training, Ciawi, West Java. From dawn till 04:00 at 22:00 at night.

To familiarize themselves in remote places that certainly there is no power, no phone signal, no internet, from 22.00 until dawn, turned off electricity at the training ground and all cell phones be submitted to the committee.

Yes, penggemblengan mental and discipline during training very hard. Prospective teachers must pass the training even in the forest and jungle survival under the guidance Rindam (Parent Regiment Kodam).

"Here they are afraid of heights, fear of water, will be handled, because the terrain they will face need this requirement. For the fear of water, for example, there are swimming training, including survival in rivers. They are also taught how to make crystal clear water until the water undrinkable. They also studied 12 leaves can be eaten in the forest, can live with armed with brown sugar, "said Ahmad Sjhahid, the facilitator of this program as well as a" foster father "the young teacher candidates.

Certainly the toughest challenge of transformation processes of science, because the candidates are not only teachers should follow the national curriculum guidelines, but must also combine it with a creative way of teaching. "Moreover, they had absolutely no previous teaching experience," he added.

For example, these teachers should be able to translate the curriculum with methods that support the concept of multiple intelligences. If simplified approximately, how to make the curriculum so students enjoy learning. For example, to explain the concept of balance, one teacher made a new doll that can stand up when sharing the load on both sides right.

But of course the challenge is different each region. So plunge into the field, they should discuss with regional parties to adjust the "needs" of the disciples. For example, in parts of Halmahera, not infrequently the students of class I and II, SD still could not read, so for them, reading and writing lessons take precedence over science lessons.

Changing viewpoint

After the past four weeks penggemblengan, prospective teachers were then come to schools around the Village Pancawati to teach. "Interestingly, they come back to the same school with a different perspective. For example, they no longer focus on the question 'what is lacking in schools', but come with the spirit of 'what can we help', "said Sjhahid.

In the sixth week, these young teachers are grouped into five people and every group must hold one school for one week, with supervised teaching from the State University of Jakarta. "After seven weeks, my speech changed rapidly, I am more confident speaking in front of the forum. But most make me happy, as the program finished teaching a week, surrounded by my children, and there are arms around me while crying. Well it really special gift Nesia ...," added.

That afternoon, one at a young teacher clean up his trunk and dragged it onto the front porch. That is the last day they are in the guesthouse of training. For Adeline Magdalena Sutanto, a graduate of Geology ITB, it is "a great two months," because he fought alongside colleagues who had a dream about a better Indonesia.

"Indonesia should be optimistic, there are still my friends who all wow .... People can argue about the education in television, in newspapers, but it will not change anything, because gurulah who were most responsible for changing the quality of education, "said the woman who placed in the Village Totolisi, District Senggara, Majene regency, West Sulawesi, this.

As citizens of descent, Adeline even more excited. "From childhood I always have experience as a minority. Problem is Mr. Anies never say, let ye be new to them (the students). In my opinion, will very probably their first time seeing a white figure slanted eyes in his village. I hope this opens their view that Indonesia is full of color, "he said.