A program of the United States Department of State, Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs, the Critical Language Scholarship (CLS) Program offers fully-funded intensive overseas study in the critical need foreign languages of Arabic, Azerbaijani, Bangla, Chinese, Hindi, Indonesian, Japanese, Korean, Persian, Punjabi, Russian, Turkish, and Urdu.
The selection process is administered by American Councils for International Education with awards approved by the U.S. Department of State, Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs. Read more... I have been involved in this program in Indonesia for three years. I have learned a lots of things covering teaching Bahasa Indonesia, American culture, as well as professional job.
Not all people realize who the current Pulitzer
winning writer is. He is Thomas L. Friedman of The New York Times. Pulitzer
Prize-winning writer Thomas L. Friedman has been talking about foreign policy
for two decades. Over the past couple of years, though, Thomas L. Friedman
started to notice something different about their conversations.
Talking about
the global issues especially the government policies, I can learn some important points related to the upcoming challenges. The youngsters, the generation that will face the challenges. Most of the challenges are as result of the global development and also international policies.
Friedman urges to us about the global challenges; the global development, the government policies
are always and will always be correlated to the three essential aspects: the
pattern of the energy consumption in America, our chronic deficit,
globalization and the revolution in information technology.
These crucial and
significant challenges will occur for the next generation of this nation. Why
does Thomas L. Friedman warn the youth about these crucial issues? He believes
that today’s youth generation is in the messing time. They never consider about
the upcoming challenges that may devastate today’s paramount development
occurring in America. The facts about the challenges are real even since today.
The money is worthless, it is not easy to get job, and also the competition is
harder and tougher.
You will never imagine something bad happening to you while you are enjoying your travel. You should have your insurance during your travel; and your ordinary insurance will not be applied during your travel. Travel insurance is the solution to get you enjoy with optimum joy. Travel insurance is intended to cover medical expenses, financial default of travel suppliers, and other losses incurred while traveling, either within one's own country, or internationally.
Temporary travel insurance can usually be arranged at the time of the booking of a trip to cover exactly the duration of that trip. Before you buying your travel insurances, make sure you know the procedures to process that. Here are some reviews for you!
You should be aware that the minimum balance for your travel insurance should be able to cover your medical, luggage, and also the cancelation to travel trips. First you should declare any information that could lead to a travel insurance claim, especially any pre-existing medical conditions affecting you or someone else on whom your travel may depend.
You should also check your home insurance. This means that if you have your insurance for your home, including the personal belongings, you do not have to sign up for the luggage insurance for your travel. This may save thousands dollars for your travel. Your personal belongings should be covered by your home insurance already.
The easiest and safest way to process your travel insurance is by to buy your travel insurance through travel agents. Through licensed travel agents, you may also consult with them about the proper travel insurances and also how to keep the optimum benefits from the insurance. The cost for your travel insurance is very expensive while you need to be aware that the unused money can be claimed back after your vacation. Have a nice travel with safe and optimum protection!
Working with fashion designing and fashion magazine is such lucrative business with the promising salary. Top fashion magazines such as “Vogue,” “Elle” and “In Style” are known for their coverage of celebrity fashion, beauty tips and seasonal fashion advice. The stories and photos in these magazines are assembled under the direction of fashion magazine editors. In this case, the position of the editor in fashion magazine is very important; so, the salary of the editor for fashion magazine is very high.
That is why there are trend of being the editor for the fashion magazine. For those who want to know the salary of the editor of fashion magazine, here are the lists.
Take, hat there three kinds of editor for fashion magazine. The Bureau of Labor Statistics lists the average salary of editors who work for newspapers, periodicals and books at $49,280 annually as of 2008. In comparison, Fashion-schools.org lists salary ranges for fashion magazine editors as follows: $30,000 to $40,000 annually for entry-level editors, $40,000 to $60,000 annually for experienced editors and $70,000 to $100,000 annually for top editors.
This is obviously different with the top editor like Anna Wintour that earns about 2 million a year. There is the other editor for fashion magazine, in-house fashion editors. They work inside the office and receive a salary in addition to benefits such as health insurance and a retirement plan.
Basically, the editor for fashion magazine’s salary is above average compared to the other fields. Put on the focus, they are working with the choice and trendsetters.
Fashion designing becomes one of the most lucrative businesses with huge promising salary for every year. For the beginners, do you know where you should start your career in fashion designing? Everybody has the chance to start your career in fashion designing. There are some instructions for you to start your career in fashion designing. Below, the instructions for you from where you should start your career in fashion designing.
You should get your degree in fashion designing related majors. There are some majors that related to this field. Take the example like fine arts and associate’s degrees in fashion design are offered at many colleges and private art and design schools. Verify that the school you choose is accredited by looking it up at the National Association of Schools of Art and Design’s websites. Right after you have pursued your degree on that major, you should join the internship programs at such designing companies or firms. You may be paid less money for this internship, but you can use the opportunity to hone your skill in fashion designing. Take some opportunities to create your own portfolios during your internship.
You may go on joining some amateur’s fashion designing contests. This allows you exploring your ability in designing fashion. Your luck will be bigger as you can get the champions; it improves your CV. Keep applying for the jobs to start your career in the fashion designing. This is the way you follow the process of becoming great fashion designers.
Do you like discovering public Wi-Fi to enjoy free internet access in public places? This is common facility that you can find at most public places like cafe, mall, college, and other places around you. However, with the vast cases of cyber crime and any other crimes through virtual world, you should mind the safety tips in using public Wi-Fi. If you are connected, you should remember some instructions in order to get rid of the cyber crime through public Wi-Fi and any other bad potential crimes happening to you. Here are the instructions in using public Wi-Fi.
The most important thing you should do first before getting online in public Wi-Fi is to turn on your computer’s firewall. This will allow you to protect your data on the computer from any attacks from viruses, hack, and any other thread from the internet. Encrypting your personal data on the computer is also the similar idea to protect your personal data of getting lost due to the internet intervene coming at anytime in public Wi-Fi. The next tip in using public Wi-Fi is by not typing, entering, or any transactions requiring you with credit card account. This is very risky as you write the passwords and personal account; you are big potentially being hacked by other users. And, if you set your computer as auto connected to the public Wi-Fi, make sure you are turning off the Wi-Fi card when you are not connecting. This is declining the harms of the internet to your computer.
The last thing is that your ability in detecting the public Wi-Fi with the local network with their (personal) purpose like we call as Ad-Hoc Network. They may “spread” the connection in public, but connecting to this network allows them to get into your computer. Surfing in public Wi-Fiis should be nice. However, by considering some tips above, you can make your surfing even nicer. Have a nice day!
Just a few days ago, I stood in one of the booths of an international education fair in my city, Malang. Some of the favorite graduate school programs that people always asked for were fashion and cooking. Just in recent months, I realized that cuisine shows on TV were peaking in popularity. The culinary frenzy might be part of the euphoria of the TV shows.
Let’s say I consider this good news for our life style; the people, at least, have an alternative entertainment other than the political turmoil in Indonesia. Yet, I also consider this as a big question: Then, why do people prefer to study overseas just to learn culinary?
I am not saying that studying overseas is not good, but I am so surprised that almost all aspects of our life are always referred to those abroad, including the culinary and chef profession.
Take a look at the recent news that CNN released the readers’ choice that rendang, one of Indonesia’s traditional foods from Padang, was dubbed the most delicious food on Earth, while nasi goreng (Indonesian fried rice) was ranked second.
When the world has acknowledged that Indonesian food is the best on Earth, why do people continue to be proud of seeking education overseas just to learn cuisine?
The food business and chef professions in Indonesia are still dominated by foreigners, who do not know the real Indonesian traditional food ingredients. Let’s say they have competence in cooking, but they do not know the taste of local recipes. Let’s say they have assets and investments, but the fact is that the “pirating” of some traditional recipes is imminent and inevitable.
As a result, it is not surprising if the taste of Indonesian traditional food in “high class” or modern restaurants is not better than those at the traditional vendors or food stalls. That might be the reason why our notable culinary expert Bondan Winarno prefers to visit traditional vendors to taste the “original” recipes of our best culinary.
I do not want to blame the expats; but they should bring their Italian, American, Oriental and other recipes to Indonesia instead — and develop them here to make the culinary a lucrative business in this world’s fourth-biggest country by population.
But in this case, I just want to question why we don’t establish our own culinary schools to preserve our cultural heritage? Due to the high demand and the culinary show frenzy, this is the opportunity for the government and also local investors to build our own local culinary schools or invest in such schools. It is true that we have a limited number of culinary schools. In Indonesia, based on SWA magazine research, there are only 17 culinary schools and 12 universities that provide culinary majors.
Worse, those culinary schools do not focus on Indonesian traditional food recipes. The number of culinary schools in Indonesia is far lower than the number of Indonesian traditional recipes from Aceh to Papua.
Vocational schools, as a government program, should be prioritized to produce more chefs with local tastes. There should be a pride of learning cooking, especially Indonesian traditional food, in our own country.
Let’s become the barometer of international culinary while at the same time acknowledges the quality of international education in other fields like economics, science and also engineering. If only in food, we can be leaders. After all, ours is the most delicious, isn’t it?
This is the first day at college! What are you thinking of it? There will be hard and stressful class. There are many expectations from the freshmen as they are attending the first day of college class. Don’t get stressed with your imagination; think logically and you should do some instructions in dealing with the first day at college. Here are some tips for the freshmen who are attending first class with less stressful. These tips will make you feel comfortable attending the next classes for your rest four year college time.
First thing is your appearance. You don’t have to wear brand new clothes; just wear comfortable clothes as you feel okay with these ones. Wearing tight clothes is just going to show the stain of your sweat. Despite you are wearing the comfortable clothes, be mind of the standard outlook from yourself. Come prepared on the first day is the best option. Even though usually the first day is required to bring the textbook, but at least notebook and pen are very important to write what your professors essential words, especially dealing with the syllabus. Don’t forget to give friendly smile. Set your mobile phone in silent and vibrate option. The ringing phone in the class may jeopardize you in the class; some professors really hate the phone ringing in the class.
Be mind that the other students are the same stressful like what you are, so feel comfort and just relax. For some reason it is comforting to know that other students are too busy freaking out about their own flaws to really notice yours. It is easy to apply the tips above to experience the first class at college with less stressful; and you just need only one week for the adaptation. Relax, take it easy, and have a great first day of class!
The nature of the college students is indeed different from the basic. Some of you may be the ones who are thinking about what you are doing after graduation since your first college year. Some of you might be very busy to think of your plan, and you are thinking right after you graduate. Then what is your plan after graduation? This is prevalent questions given by your college friends or from your family. This is hard to answer if you do not have any plan to do after graduation; and, you are not ready to enter to the real job field. These are some idea for you to know what to do after graduation.
The first thing is you are seeking for scholarships or financial aid to get your higher degree for your education. Scholarships for graduate schools are available for most majors. This is very important to advance your career with your higher education degree, while the scholarships will help you to get the degree. The scholarships for graduate schools are mostly for the law schools, medical fields, and education. If you are kind of students who do not like attending schools anymore, it is better you are joining Peace Corps or any volunteering or missionary activities. This will sharpen your personality before you are truly ready to get into the real job fair.
The other option is the worst one despite you are not ready for the job: forcing to join company for your career. Start your application sent to the company, and wait for the interview. Seeing the difficulty and dilemma after graduation, now you should consider the plan after graduation during your college time. Those three options are just motivating you to get the proper one. Both getting scholarships and joining the works are fine for you as long you feel comfortable with your routine after graduation. Good luck!
The current issue regarding regional conflicts in this country shows how people don’t want to solve the problem peacefully. It is just because difference of ethnics or religions, and they don’t want to respect each other, people should kill each other.
What a severe life, when we cannot understand and respect the diversities in our society. This is because they don’t want to think rationally about the core of the conflicts. They just want to solve problems with one belief: their kind is the best, the others are not better.
It might be true that we cannot blame those people directly. Then, we should know first that the nature of certain society is always to create domination. A society always sees and judges the others from their own perspective, and creates ethnocentric perspective—primordial.
The problem is, in Indonesia with many cultures and ethnics, this primordial society will suffer the value of unity in diversity, instead of creating high pride of being unity. We can imagine, when every society with its own culture, with its own point of view, has its own judgment toward the other cultures, the next thing is recession from one culture with the others. Should we “compete” each other just to show that we are better whereas we are in one country?
With this problem that we have, we cannot change their culture, nor change the society. What we can do is to “neutralize” their perspective through education. The basic education that we should give is the knowledge cross-culture understanding. Cross-culture understanding will give wide information not about their own culture or society only, but it rather provides information about the other cultures.
Like current integrated curriculum in school, students in primary school in one region will learn culture from the other regions. This information may be able to be integrated into social course, science, and even religion course. The point is to lead the students to think out of the box, to know the similarity, the variety, the differences to respect, not to compare.
Understanding the other culture will create objective perspective in society to the other civilization. This objectivity will create acceptance toward the other cultures. In Indonesia, it is very important to have this perspective. In this diverse country, we need respect—respect to our culture as a nation.
The diversity in our society will mean nothing when we cannot keep them together. The diversity of the culture, the people, and the nature is a high prestige of a nation. Indonesia has it, and we are Indonesian people must keep it, not the others.
