Cultural Exchange, Across Three Cultures!
In Salatiga, ETA Michelle Nguyen’s site placement, there is a large population of ex-pats and foreigners from all over the world. In an effort to not only produce cultural exchange between Indonesia and the United States, Michelle invited a Japanese exchange teacher, Maki, who is teaching at another high school in Salatiga to visit SMK.. Read More.
Morning Motivasi
It’s hard to believe that we’re already one full month into 2020, where is the time going? Perhaps the 12th-graders at SMAN 1 Seluma think the time is moving just a little too quickly, much as ETA Conor Jackman does. With National Exams just two months away many seniors, as we would call them in.. Read More.
Learning How To Make Bika
On January 22, ETA Jillian Castoro had the opportunity to learn about the process of making Bika from scratch. Bika is a type of coconut dessert that is very popular in West Sumatra. Traditionally, there are two types of bika. One is made solely with coconut, while the other includes coconut and banana. When driving.. Read More.
Dancing for Change
During the month of January, MAN 2 Kota Malang not only ushered in the New Year but also welcomed a big change in the classroom. The school had decided that the classrooms were no longer going to be separated by gender. This brought along a series of mixed responses from students, who had grown accustomed.. Read More.
Chinese New Year House Hopping
This month ETA Said Haji placed in South Kalimantan Banjarmasin decided to celebrate Chinese New Year with his students. Said was initially invited to one of his 12th-grade students home, but what was supposed to be a morning event ended up turning into an entire day of house hopping. After completing at his first student’s.. Read More.
Circle Learning
This semester started off with ETA Madison “Maddy” Mele and her co-teachers at SMAN 1 Demak teaching simple past tense to the 10th-grade classes. Maddy led activities to help students practice recognizing, speak and write a text that is in the simple past tense. The first activity was a game called chair swap. The students.. Read More.
New Year, New Outlook
A new semester means a new opportunity to change how to run classes. After learning a lot more about each other, ETA Angela Zhu and Ibu Fransiska, Angela’s co-teacher, decided to shift the balance in the classroom, incorporating each others’ strengths and understanding each others’ weaknesses. This started from having classes say greetings with “Ma’am.. Read More.
New Semester Begins with New Opportunities
January presented exciting opportunities for students and teachers at SMK Negeri 1. During a flag ceremony, students learned about the upcoming Words Competition and the opportunity to compete with students around Indonesia in Jakarta. ETA Nathan Danielson created a registration website for students to register for the competition. Also announced was the return of the.. Read More.
Do You Want to Live Forever?
When you’re a high-schooler, being asked to think about your future is nothing new. But the topic took a philosophical twist when 10th graders at SMA Unggul Del started class with the question: Would you rather live forever or live a normal length of time? ETA Emilie Tomas and co-teacher Rohana Gultom asked students to.. Read More.
Recounting Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
On Monday, January 20, 2020, ETA Joseph “Joe” Janik Miller led an English learning lesson about Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s “I Have a Dream” speech. Joe first exclaimed that it was a holiday in the US, and then explained to the class that American high schools were never in session on the third Monday.. Read More.
