Apa yang menyedihkan dari "oknum" mahasiswa generasi Z?

 

Ini satu kisah nyata

Ketika saya bilang ke mahasiswa

"Kalau ukuran tanah 10 x 10 meter, luasnya berapa meter persegi"

Dan tiba-tiba kelas jadi hening. Hingga pertanyaan itu saya ulang 3x dan tulis di papan. Tau... Bahwa hanya 1 mahasiswi yang menjawab 100 meter persegi. 

Saya lanjut lagi "100 meter persegi dikali estimasi RAB 4.000.000 permeter persegi, berapa kisaran biayanya? "

Makin hening kelasnya

Ternyata tidak hanya saya yang merasakan. 2 dosen lain dimata kuliah yang berbeda juga mengalami saat bertanya "100 bagi 4 jadi berapa? " Dan tidak satupun menjawab. 

Belum lagi pertanyaan "jika tebal balok kayu 12cm, maka 3/4 dari tebal balok adalah??? "

Makin seperti wilayah sunyi tak berpenghuni. Ada yang berusaha meraih hpnya dan mau menggunakan kalkulator. 

Yaa Allah lalu kami bertanya yang sama "kenapa tidak bisa menghitung tanpa kalkulator untuk soal yang mudah ini?"

Jawabnya apa? Mengejutkan sekaligus miris

"Kami tidak biasa berpikir seperti itu Bu, kami generasi digital yang biasanya pakai kalkulator. Jadi tidak biasa menghitung sendiri"

Oh oh oh miris

Tau membaca tapi tak faham apa yang dibaca

Tau angka tapi tidak mengerti apa yang dihitung. 

Kalau sudah begini

Apakah guru yang keliru, atau kami para dosen yang notabene harusnya menghadapi orang dewasa malah harus balik ngajar kayak anak SD kelas 1. "Ayo  adek adek, 1+1 ada berapa? Atau jika kamu punya 10 apel lalu akan dibagikan ke 5 orang, maka setiap orang akan dapat berapa? "

Ataukah boleh kami bertanya pada Bapak Ibu di rumah. Seberapa penting anak mulai TK/SD sudah punya gadget sendiri, tanpa dibatasi jam pemakaian, tanpa dilatih menumbuhkan nalar, logika dan tanggung jawabnya? 

Wallahu a'lam

Tapi itulah pendidikan

Berbanding terbalik jika saya tanyakan "apa yang lagi viral di tiktok?" maka suara di kelas bising saling berebut menjelaskan bahkan beberapa tidak sungkan mempraktikkan goyangan apa yang lagi trend. 

Ok lah gasss

Asal perut kenyang, tak apa otak hampa

Goyangkan saja. 

Menulis ini dengan rasa sesak di dada

Menuju Indonesia Emas "katanya"

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This is a true story

When I said to the students

"If the land size is 10 x 10 meters, how many square meters is it"

And suddenly the class became silent. Until I repeated the question 3 times and wrote it on the board. You know... That only 1 student answered 100 square meters.

I continued again "100 square meters multiplied by the estimated RAB of 4,000,000 per square meter, what is the estimated cost?"

The class became even quieter

It turned out that I was not the only one who felt it. 2 other lecturers in different courses also experienced it when they asked "100 divided by 4 is how much?" And none of them answered.

Not to mention the question "if the thickness of the wooden beam is 12cm, then 3/4 of the thickness of the beam is???"

It was increasingly like a deserted, uninhabited area. Some tried to reach for their cellphones and wanted to use calculators.

Oh my God, then we asked the same question "why can't you calculate without a calculator for this easy question?"

What was the answer? Surprising and sad

"We don't usually think like that, Ma'am, we are the digital generation who usually use calculators. So we are not used to calculating ourselves"

Oh oh oh sad

Knowing how to read but not understanding what is being read

Knowing numbers but not understanding what is being calculated.

If it's like this

Is the teacher wrong, or are we lecturers who are supposed to be dealing with adults instead having to go back to teaching like 1st grade elementary school children. "Come on little ones, how many are 1+1? Or if you have 10 apples and you are going to share them with 5 people, how many will each person get?"

Or can we ask the parents at home. How important is it for children starting kindergarten/elementary school to have their own gadgets, without being limited by usage hours, without being trained to grow their reasoning, logic and responsibility?

Wallahu a'lam

But that's education

In contrast, if I ask "what's viral on TikTok?" then the voices in the class are noisy, competing to explain and some don't hesitate to practice what dance moves are trending.

Okay, gasss

As long as your stomach is full, it's okay if your brain is empty

Just shake it.

Writing this with a tight feeling in my chest

Towards a Golden Indonesia "they say"

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