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Dialogue: 0,0:00:07.92,0:00:12.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,SCHOOL OF PAPUA
Dialogue: 0,0:00:22.08,0:00:24.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I need to know everything about the \Nworld I live in.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:24.50,0:00:26.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I know everything about my environment.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:26.53,0:00:29.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The sea, the fish, how to catch the fish.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:29.42,0:00:31.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I followed my mother to our agricultural \Nland.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:31.52,0:00:33.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I know what to grow, how to \Nnurture the plants.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:33.100,0:00:36.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I followed her and I was happy.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:39.16,0:00:41.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So what was so hard? I came back from \Nschool.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:41.83,0:00:44.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I didn't have to do homework.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:50.28,0:00:57.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Teachers who lived in colonial times, we \Nhad a different approach to teaching.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:58.17,0:01:04.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,How to teach kids to write and read – it's\Nquite different from how they do it now.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:06.31,0:01:13.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now they mostly do it by forcing the \Npupils.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:33.45,0:01:36.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Why do we have to give homework to the \Nchildren?
Dialogue: 0,0:01:36.36,0:01:40.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We have to provide them time to play. So \Nthey have time to play, and sleep well
Dialogue: 0,0:01:40.60,0:01:43.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,without heavy burdens on their shoulders.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:43.10,0:01:46.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Otherwise, even when they want to play, \Nthey remember they have homework.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:46.91,0:01:49.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They ask their mothers but they don't \Nunderstand.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:49.46,0:01:51.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They ask their brothers, and it's nearly \Ndark
Dialogue: 0,0:01:51.82,0:01:53.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and tomorrow the homework is due.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:53.49,0:01:58.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, there's a limitation to the world they \Nneed to build because of homework.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:05.99,0:02:08.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Too much fear results in stupidity.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:08.51,0:02:11.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Too much fear results in weak thinking.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:16.17,0:02:18.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because some kids can only see to \Nunderstand.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:18.37,0:02:20.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Others hear to understand. \N
Dialogue: 0,0:02:20.39,0:02:22.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And other kids do it and understand.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:22.25,0:02:25.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There are many things that we need to \Ncomprehend in this case.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:25.50,0:02:29.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They may be looking outside but they are \Nstill listening.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:29.37,0:02:34.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now, they trap students inside buildings.\NThen, the teachers become angry
Dialogue: 0,0:02:34.66,0:02:38.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,shouting, "What are you looking at?"
Dialogue: 0,0:02:38.79,0:02:45.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We are just wasting time by interjecting. \NIn class we have very limited time.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:51.50,0:02:54.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now we have this "superior class".
Dialogue: 0,0:02:55.41,0:02:59.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So we separate kids by those who learn \Nfast and those who don’t.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:59.79,0:03:04.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The ones who already know a bit, \Nlet other teachers teach them.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:09.76,0:03:15.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, we don't simply teach, but consider \Nall aspects.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:21.03,0:03:25.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And for coaching, the teacher needs to \Nreally get close to the kids.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:25.07,0:03:27.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Hold their hands.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:28.07,0:03:31.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We can come and write something down \Nand ask students
Dialogue: 0,0:03:31.21,0:03:33.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to repeat this by themselves.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:48.36,0:03:53.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In several meetings with parents, I said, \N“You are limiting these kids just because
Dialogue: 0,0:03:53.21,0:03:56.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of an issue with uniforms”.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:56.21,0:04:05.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,“If their uniforms are wet they can just \Ncome in T-shirts.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:05.96,0:04:11.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If their shoes get stolen or broken send \Nthem in sandals or even barefoot.”
Dialogue: 0,0:04:11.96,0:04:15.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,“The important thing is that the child has the \Neagerness to study.”
Dialogue: 0,0:04:18.50,0:04:22.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If we compare the era of Dutch \Ncolonisation to today
Dialogue: 0,0:04:22.04,0:04:25.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,there is a big difference.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:25.04,0:04:30.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The colonialists didn't just build \Nschools, they started by doing research
Dialogue: 0,0:04:30.96,0:04:36.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the coastal areas, mountains, valleys, \Nupstream.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:37.16,0:04:42.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,After that, they decided on the kind of \Neducation model to use.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:43.64,0:04:50.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They created readings where the stories \Nwere all based on local stories
Dialogue: 0,0:04:50.35,0:04:54.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so the readings for children were based \Non the places where they've been living
Dialogue: 0,0:04:54.27,0:04:56.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from youth to maturity.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:56.88,0:05:03.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The children understood these stories \Nbecause they knew them.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:03.57,0:05:07.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They have pigs, they have fire on their \Nfarmland and in their houses.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:07.70,0:05:12.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,On the beach they usually use fire to \Ncook fish.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:18.78,0:05:21.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If you look at how they build schools now
Dialogue: 0,0:05:21.91,0:05:24.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's too restrictive and traps kids so \Nthey can't freely enjoy the scenery
Dialogue: 0,0:05:24.79,0:05:27.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the environment, which was created by \NGod.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:27.66,0:05:31.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In the old days, they built school walls \Nonly as high as a small child's shoulders.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:31.77,0:05:39.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So we can see birds fly, clouds, rain, so \Nit reduces the boredom of the lesson.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:45.96,0:05:50.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In my school years, a day must be filled \Nwith singing and drawing.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:50.25,0:05:53.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Usually in the late hours we will sing.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:54.01,0:05:56.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So this learning was based on stimulating \Nideas.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:56.92,0:05:59.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We discussed things by drawing them.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:04.13,0:06:08.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The reason I say this is a Papuan school \Nbuilt in Indonesia
Dialogue: 0,0:06:08.41,0:06:11.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is because the majority of students \Nhere are Papuans.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:11.84,0:06:17.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There are some differences in the way \Nthat Papuans and non-Papuans
Dialogue: 0,0:06:17.75,0:06:21.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,respond to lessons.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:21.58,0:06:27.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If we teach one plus one, immediately the \Nnon-Papuan kids will have the answer two.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:27.19,0:06:31.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But the Papuan will examine this lesson \Ncarefully.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:31.100,0:06:36.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,One plus one, why does it become two? \NThat's not because they are stupid.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:36.33,0:06:39.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,No. But because they are very thorough.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:39.77,0:06:43.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's why the Dutch teachers would not \Nmix the Papuan kids with non-Papuans
Dialogue: 0,0:06:43.05,0:06:44.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in one classroom.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:44.86,0:06:50.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's not discrimination, no.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:50.17,0:06:53.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But if you put the Papuan kids with \NIndonesian kids in one class
Dialogue: 0,0:06:53.96,0:06:56.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the Indonesians will surpass them.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:56.96,0:07:00.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Indonesian parents will support their \Nkids to learn at home.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:00.80,0:07:04.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But the Papuans, even if their parents are \Nhigh-ranking officials
Dialogue: 0,0:07:04.02,0:07:05.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they are not used to teaching their \Nkids at home.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:05.86,0:07:08.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, for the teachers this is a big burden.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:08.43,0:07:10.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's why the Papuan kids need more time \Nand a slower pace.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:10.89,0:07:11.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's not because they are stupid.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:11.99,0:07:14.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But it's like clapping with one hand, \Nit doesn't make a sound.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:14.65,0:07:17.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But if parents and teachers are committed \Ntogether, they can clap with two hands.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:17.54,0:07:19.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It will work and benefit the children.