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Anak laki-laki penyandang disabalitas itu memilah-milah kain perca yang menumpuk di lantai, kain kiriman dari tukang jahit di kota itu. Lalu, ia memilinnya, sebuah praktek kerajinan yang baru beberap ahari dipraktekkan ibu gurunya di sekolah. Ia tersenyum puas, meski pekerjaanny amemilin belum kelar. Tampaknya, anak laki-laki berparas tampan itu akan membuat keset dari kain perca. Begitu petikan feature, yang menggambarkan lingkungan, kondisi dan orang-orang yang berhubungan dengan dunia mereka.
Ketika guru tidak disibukkan bertatap muka dengan siswa, maka kesempatan berkreasi di luar kelas semakin terbuka lebar. Di luar sana, guru menulis buku; berkiprah dalam hjualan online; meramu jamu, sampai dengan mengajak perempuan sekampung untuk ikut berkreasi dalam sebuah kerajinan yang menghasilkan uang, setidaknya meringankan beban ekonomi keluarga. Dalam buku ini, banyak dikisahkan kegiatan guru di luar kelas sana. Menarik dibaca, dan inspiratif.
Ada celoteh sekelompok orang ketika menilai kemampuan spesial yang dimiliki guru: “Sarjana apapun bisa jadi camat, tapi tak bisa serta-merta jadi guru!”—menunjukkan bahwa guru adalah profesi, bukan pekerjaan biasa yang bisa ditiru oleh siapa saja. Guru, sebagaimana layaknya dokter: memerlukan keprofesiaan tertrentu, sebab ia mengemban SDM, dan tentu mempersiapkan generasi masa depan bangsa. Kesalahan pembelajaran, atau didaktik-metodik yang digunakan guru, dampaknya tidak serta-merta diketahui hari ini, bulan depan atau tahun depan: tapi sepuluh atau dua puluh tahun mendatang, dan jika itu salah, negara yang menjadi korban. Maka, guru di mana pun selalu menjadi manajer, dalam sebuah kegiatan fisik, atau psikhis. Buku ini membicarakan masalah tersebut.
Antologi cerpen ini mengisahkan perjalanan hidup anak-anak kampung atawa guru-guru PK-PLK (Pendidikan Khusus-Pendidikan Layanan Khusus), yang sukses di sana, dan membangun di sini. Antologi cerpen “Di Gerbang Orchid Kubisikkan Sesuatu” menjadi bagian penting dari kebangkitan literasi, setidaknya ikut memperkaya khasanah lembaran susastra Indonesia. Ada banyak cerpen (cerita pendek) yang bertebaran di ‘sana’: di berbagai forum dan media. Bahkan, medsos menjadi ‘ajang’ penting dan berharga untuk memproklamirkan karya, bukan sekedar tempat ‘adu’ publikasi. Ini menunjukkan adanya sebuah kebangkitan lembaran susastra Indonesia. Meski kadang, karena begitu mudahnya memublis karya, kualitas karya seringkali dipertanyakan. Tapi, berbeda dengan “Di Gerbang Orchid Kubisikkan Sesuatu”, kumpulan cerpen yang layak dibaca, bukan hanya layak dipublis.
"Alif had never set foot outside of West Sumatra. He passed his childhood days searching for fallen durian fruit in the jungle, playing soccer on rice paddies, and swimming in the blue waters of Lake Maninjau. His mother wants him to attend an Islamic boarding school, a pesantren, while he dreams of public high school. Halfheartedly, he follows his mother’s wishes. He finds himself on a grueling three-day bus ride from Sumatra to Madani Pesantren (MP) in a remote village on Java. On his first day at MP, Alif is captivated by the powerful phrase man jadda wajada. He who gives his all will surely succeed. United by punishment, he quickly becomes friends with five boys from across the archipe...
* The million-copy bestseller* * National Book Award finalist * * An instant New York Times Bestseller and one of their 10 Best Books of 2017 * * Selected for Emma Watson's Our Shared Shelf book club * 'This is a captivating book... Min Jin Lee's novel takes us through four generations and each character's search for identity and success. It's a powerful story about resilience and compassion' BARACK OBAMA. Yeongdo, Korea, 1911. Teenaged Sunja, the adored daughter of a fisherman, falls for a wealthy yakuza. He promises her the world, but when she discovers she is pregnant – and that her lover is married – she refuses to be bought. Facing ruin, she accepts an offer of marriage from a gentle minister passing through on his way to Japan. Following a man she barely knows to a hostile country where she has no friends, Sunja will be forced to make some difficult choices. Her decisions will echo through the decades. Spanning nearly 100 years of history, Pachinko is an unforgettable story of love, sacrifice, ambition and loyalty told through four generations of one family.
This book is aimed at helping both newly trained and experienced mental health professionals become comfortable and adept in using hypnosis in their clinical practice. Despite dramatic evidence of the effectiveness of hypnosis and its growing acceptance, only a small percentage of psychotherapists employ their hypnotherapy training in their practices. This under-use of hypnosis is due to exaggerated misconceptions about its power and the resultant performance anxiety therapists experience after their training. This text is designed to address therapist performance anxiety surrounding the use of hypnosis by exploring the myths surrounding its power and therapeutic potential. The integration of a straightforward systematic hypnotic approach into therapeutic practice has value both in assessment and treatment. Using clinical anecdotes and personal experience, the authors of Hypnosis in Clinical Practice explain induction style and trance work in a way that is fundamental and highly accessible.
This handbook provides a framework for understanding how to characterize plastic manufacturing processes for use in troubleshooting problems. The 21 chapters are authored by well-known and experienced engineers who have specialized knowledge about the processes covered in this practical guide. From the Preface: “In every chapter, the process is described and the most common problems are discussed along with the root causes and potential technical solutions. Numerous case studies are provided that illustrate the troubleshooting process. Mark A. Spalding, The Dow Chemical Company
And here is where I fall. Mina Daaé dreams of performing on Broadway. Like her great ancestor, Christine Daaé, who sang at the prestigious Palais Garnier a hundred years before, Mina has the voice of an angel. But after graduating from Conservatoire de Paris, fortune fails her. Until the circus comes to town. Mina’s close friend Toni Vollini offers her a role in his new Broadway play mixing Mozart with clowns. Known as The Harlequin, the musical is an inimitable adaptation of the opera Don Giovanni. Toni says Mina will soar, but with pathologic acrophobia, she’s afraid she’ll fall. And the ghost in her head says she will. Toni and a ghost vie for her love, but Mina thinks her ghost is just another hallucination. Or is her ghost a phantom of the opera? Phantom Masquerade is a contemporary adaptation of Gaston Leroux’s Phantom of the Opera integrating romance and the paranormal. Content warning: There are adult situations, language and sexual scenes.