1 00:00:07,922 --> 00:00:12,173 SCHOOL OF PAPUA 2 00:00:22,081 --> 00:00:24,497 I need to know everything about the world I live in. 3 00:00:24,497 --> 00:00:26,527 I know everything about my environment. 4 00:00:26,527 --> 00:00:29,415 The sea, the fish, how to catch the fish. 5 00:00:29,415 --> 00:00:31,516 I followed my mother to our agricultural land. 6 00:00:31,516 --> 00:00:33,996 I know what to grow, how to nurture the plants. 7 00:00:33,996 --> 00:00:36,602 I followed her and I was happy. 8 00:00:39,162 --> 00:00:41,834 So what was so hard? I came back from school. 9 00:00:41,834 --> 00:00:44,184 I didn't have to do homework. 10 00:00:50,280 --> 00:00:57,130 Teachers who lived in colonial times, we had a different approach to teaching. 11 00:00:58,170 --> 00:01:04,117 How to teach kids to write and read – it's quite different from how they do it now. 12 00:01:06,307 --> 00:01:13,543 Now they mostly do it by forcing the pupils. 13 00:01:33,452 --> 00:01:36,363 Why do we have to give homework to the children? 14 00:01:36,363 --> 00:01:40,604 We have to provide them time to play. So they have time to play, and sleep well 15 00:01:40,604 --> 00:01:43,105 without heavy burdens on their shoulders. 16 00:01:43,105 --> 00:01:46,910 Otherwise, even when they want to play, they remember they have homework. 17 00:01:46,910 --> 00:01:49,455 They ask their mothers but they don't understand. 18 00:01:49,455 --> 00:01:51,825 They ask their brothers, and it's nearly dark 19 00:01:51,825 --> 00:01:53,490 and tomorrow the homework is due. 20 00:01:53,490 --> 00:01:58,888 So, there's a limitation to the world they need to build because of homework. 21 00:02:05,993 --> 00:02:08,513 Too much fear results in stupidity. 22 00:02:08,513 --> 00:02:11,403 Too much fear results in weak thinking. 23 00:02:16,168 --> 00:02:18,373 Because some kids can only see to understand. 24 00:02:18,373 --> 00:02:20,393 Others hear to understand. 25 00:02:20,393 --> 00:02:22,253 And other kids do it and understand. 26 00:02:22,253 --> 00:02:25,504 There are many things that we need to comprehend in this case. 27 00:02:25,504 --> 00:02:29,131 They may be looking outside but they are still listening. 28 00:02:29,371 --> 00:02:34,656 Now, they trap students inside buildings. Then, the teachers become angry 29 00:02:34,656 --> 00:02:38,791 shouting, "What are you looking at?" 30 00:02:38,791 --> 00:02:45,678 We are just wasting time by interjecting. In class we have very limited time. 31 00:02:51,504 --> 00:02:54,282 Now we have this "superior class". 32 00:02:55,412 --> 00:02:59,791 So we separate kids by those who learn fast and those who don’t. 33 00:02:59,791 --> 00:03:04,400 The ones who already know a bit, let other teachers teach them. 34 00:03:09,760 --> 00:03:15,549 So, we don't simply teach, but consider all aspects. 35 00:03:21,027 --> 00:03:25,068 And for coaching, the teacher needs to really get close to the kids. 36 00:03:25,068 --> 00:03:27,508 Hold their hands. 37 00:03:28,068 --> 00:03:31,209 We can come and write something down and ask students 38 00:03:31,209 --> 00:03:33,249 to repeat this by themselves. 39 00:03:48,359 --> 00:03:53,212 In several meetings with parents, I said, “You are limiting these kids just because 40 00:03:53,212 --> 00:03:56,212 of an issue with uniforms”. 41 00:03:56,212 --> 00:04:05,960 “If their uniforms are wet they can just come in T-shirts. 42 00:04:05,960 --> 00:04:11,950 If their shoes get stolen or broken send them in sandals or even barefoot.” 43 00:04:11,960 --> 00:04:15,404 “The important thing is that the child has the eagerness to study.” 44 00:04:18,495 --> 00:04:22,045 If we compare the era of Dutch colonisation to today 45 00:04:22,045 --> 00:04:25,045 there is a big difference. 46 00:04:25,045 --> 00:04:30,964 The colonialists didn't just build schools, they started by doing research 47 00:04:30,964 --> 00:04:36,008 in the coastal areas, mountains, valleys, upstream. 48 00:04:37,158 --> 00:04:42,942 After that, they decided on the kind of education model to use. 49 00:04:43,642 --> 00:04:50,347 They created readings where the stories were all based on local stories 50 00:04:50,347 --> 00:04:54,270 so the readings for children were based on the places where they've been living 51 00:04:54,270 --> 00:04:56,880 from youth to maturity. 52 00:04:56,880 --> 00:05:03,573 The children understood these stories because they knew them. 53 00:05:03,573 --> 00:05:07,705 They have pigs, they have fire on their farmland and in their houses. 54 00:05:07,705 --> 00:05:12,465 On the beach they usually use fire to cook fish. 55 00:05:18,780 --> 00:05:21,909 If you look at how they build schools now 56 00:05:21,909 --> 00:05:24,788 it's too restrictive and traps kids so they can't freely enjoy the scenery 57 00:05:24,788 --> 00:05:27,657 the environment, which was created by God. 58 00:05:27,657 --> 00:05:31,767 In the old days, they built school walls only as high as a small child's shoulders. 59 00:05:31,767 --> 00:05:39,467 So we can see birds fly, clouds, rain, so it reduces the boredom of the lesson. 60 00:05:45,964 --> 00:05:50,252 In my school years, a day must be filled with singing and drawing. 61 00:05:50,252 --> 00:05:53,452 Usually in the late hours we will sing. 62 00:05:54,012 --> 00:05:56,916 So this learning was based on stimulating ideas. 63 00:05:56,916 --> 00:05:59,776 We discussed things by drawing them. 64 00:06:04,127 --> 00:06:08,406 The reason I say this is a Papuan school built in Indonesia 65 00:06:08,406 --> 00:06:11,516 is because the majority of students here are Papuans. 66 00:06:11,836 --> 00:06:17,748 There are some differences in the way that Papuans and non-Papuans 67 00:06:17,748 --> 00:06:21,578 respond to lessons. 68 00:06:21,578 --> 00:06:27,194 If we teach one plus one, immediately the non-Papuan kids will have the answer two. 69 00:06:27,194 --> 00:06:31,998 But the Papuan will examine this lesson carefully. 70 00:06:31,998 --> 00:06:36,329 One plus one, why does it become two? That's not because they are stupid. 71 00:06:36,329 --> 00:06:39,770 No. But because they are very thorough. 72 00:06:39,770 --> 00:06:43,053 That's why the Dutch teachers would not mix the Papuan kids with non-Papuans 73 00:06:43,053 --> 00:06:44,863 in one classroom. 74 00:06:44,863 --> 00:06:50,172 It's not discrimination, no. 75 00:06:50,172 --> 00:06:53,961 But if you put the Papuan kids with Indonesian kids in one class 76 00:06:53,961 --> 00:06:56,961 the Indonesians will surpass them. 77 00:06:56,961 --> 00:07:00,801 Indonesian parents will support their kids to learn at home. 78 00:07:00,801 --> 00:07:04,015 But the Papuans, even if their parents are high-ranking officials 79 00:07:04,015 --> 00:07:05,855 they are not used to teaching their kids at home. 80 00:07:05,855 --> 00:07:08,417 So, for the teachers this is a big burden. 81 00:07:08,427 --> 00:07:10,887 That's why the Papuan kids need more time and a slower pace. 82 00:07:10,887 --> 00:07:11,989 It's not because they are stupid. 83 00:07:11,989 --> 00:07:14,652 But it's like clapping with one hand, it doesn't make a sound. 84 00:07:14,652 --> 00:07:17,537 But if parents and teachers are committed together, they can clap with two hands. 85 00:07:17,537 --> 00:07:19,497 It will work and benefit the children.