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Malang, 08 Agustus 2016 Who doesn’t have a very sophisticated gadget called smartphone right now? Well, you can observe people around you or when you are out there at the mall or campus, most people that you see hold a rectangle and look at it most of the time. Are you one of them? Honestly, I can say that I’m one of them. Since 2013, I’ve become a smartphone user and it turns out that I’m addicted to it. Do I like smartphone? Of course, I do. It’s the coolest gadget I’ve ever had. I can do everything with it. Do I like the fact that I’m addicted to it? NO! I hate the fact that I can’t live without it. Image taken from http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/11/23/signs-you-need-to-unplug_n_4268822.html As a smartphone user, my life can’t be apart from social medias and messenger. I have like more than 3 but less than 9 social medias and messengers. Most of them are active because I need them for working and keeping in touch with my friends and my students. I also use it t...

Malang, 02 Agustus 2016 To be honest, what comes to your mind when your teacher asks you to do some assignments when you are in bad mood or you are already tired? Yeah, I know this question is rather too straightforward for an opening. But, deep inside my brain and heart I’m actually curious about it. Before I become a teacher, I’ve been a student. And my answer wou l d be like, he is a teacher so I have to do that and I can get a good score from it. Yet, how about students nowadays? Do they think it the same way as me? I don’t think so. Based on what I see and experience, most students nowadays have more freedom. They can just tell their teachers when they don’t want to do what they ask them to. They can complain and critic what they think as a burden. And they even say something which is less appropriate to their teachers. I don’t want to say it inappropriate because what they say is still polite but maybe they say it to the wrong person. Maybe they just make jokes that’s wh...