A Life Story
Chapter 4, Childhood Life (part 3)
* Class 4
Entering the 4th grade of Elementary School, I attended an extracurricular education. I'm following Scout activities. If there is a scout camping event I always come along. Once there was an event made by a district scout group that required all schools in the district to participate in camping. The event in the Cirata dam region. Now the Cirata dam has become a tourist spot, and the surrounding nature is clean. Unlike when I was in elementary school, the place was very creepy because it still looked like a forest.
On Monday, when our principal gave a speech at the usual ceremony every Monday, he announced the students and girls who were attending the scout camp. When I started to mention his name, there was my name. There were 30 students in 4th grade, 5 of them included me, most of them from 5th and 6th grade.
The camping event held at dam cirata lasted for 3 days and 2 nights. And on the last day of the camping event, when the announcement of the champion by the head of the district scout group turned out to be the general champion was my school. We were so proud, then at school we had a big thanksgiving. From then on I was always included if there was a scout camping event.
The first caturwulan in 4th grade I got 2nd rank. But in the second chesswulan down to the third rank. I'm trying to figure out what caused my ranking to drop. I play more often than I study. Then in the third Wulan chess, I changed my daily habits. As a result, I got second place again when I went up in class.
In 1998 when I was 10 years old, my mother remarried the son of my grandfather's friend who worked in the rice fields. But again my mother's marriage failed. But this time it was not a divorce, but the husband of my mother or stepfather left the house and never returned to my mother. At the time, my mother was pregnant when she was abandoned. 9 Months later, my mother gave birth to a son. So, the child that my mother gave birth to was a boy. However, my second sister was given to my grandmother's younger cousin or my mother's uncle for adoption because she had no children.
One day, I got word that my stepfather had remarried. My grandfather who was working in the rice fields had seen him come home to his parents who were also friends of my grandfather. When followed by my grandfather, he ran away, my grandfather chased after him but it didn't catch up. Understand my grandfather is old so his running is slow.
* Class 5
When I entered the 5th grade, my sister, Aris, had already entered the 1st grade of elementary school. Every time I go to school I always go with my sister, but when we go home we are not together. Because first class comes home at 10, and I come home at 1pm
In the 5th grade, I began to be active in sports. The sport I love is football. In August, there is a competition or championship between RW football with a maximum age of 6th grade elementary school held by the village government. Indeed, every August every year there is always a competition, but only this year I was included. I belong to RW 05.
The competition is very exciting, because the players of each RW can be said to be good. My RW team entered the final round after RW I defeated the RW 16 team in the swmifinal through a penalty shootout. In the final round, we will play RW 07, who in the semi-final defeated RW 06.
In the final round the game is more exciting because it is equally strong. Finally, our RW team became champions after I scored the only goal of the game. On the eve of the peak of the Agustusan event held in the village hall. There is an announcement of the champions of the race or competition. In addition to child football, other championships are also held. Like badminton, volleyball, basketball, and many more races.
When the announcement of the champion in the sport of child football, the RW 5 team was called by the village chief to receive the prize as the first jury. Even more proud, I was voted the best player in the championship. Since then I have been more active in practicing football, and then offered to enter a football school in the village.
In this 5th grade I got 2nd place in the first, second, and third round. Besides, there was one of my friends who didn't go to class, his name was Rian. He is known to be a bad boy, if anyone makes upset with him, he is usually angry and likes to fight. But he didn't dare me. Maybe the only student she's ever disinclined at school is just me.
* Class 6
Entering 6th grade my behavior started to get a little naughty, probably due to environmental influences and I used to play at night. The result on the first wulan chess, I turn into a rank 3.
One day I was called by the principal. I felt shocked, because I was afraid the school called my parents because I was naughty at school. Then I fulfilled the call of the principal accompanied by my class teacher.
"Assalamualaikum, morning ma'am" I said my greetings when I entered the principal's room. My principal's name is Ms. Martini, and my class teacher's name is Ms. Siti.
"Wa alaikum salam" replied the headmaster.
"Please and sit down first" he said, letting me sit on the sofa in the principal's room. Then, I sat down opposite the headmaster. Dag dig dug also felt for fear of being scolded.
"Mom, have you been told to Hamdan?" ask the principal to my class teacher.
"Not yet" replied my class teacher. I wonder what to talk about.
"Oh okay. So look Dan, I'm calling you here to let you know that you're in the Cipeundeuy smart race next Monday. You're enrolled in a math subject" explained the principal.
What I was afraid of was wrong. I was called the principal turned out to be included in a careful intelligent race across the sub-district math subject category. Since then my mind has calmed down.
"Yes Dan, your math score is always good, and this is also a recommendation from Ms. Dedeh when you were in 4th grade" added my class teacher.
"For that, I'll send you a message, Dan, learn more. You only have a week to prepare for the intelligent race meticulously" the principal's message and advice to me.
After talking long enough about the intelligent race meticulously and the input I got from both, I was welcome to go back to class.
"By your blood, Dan?" ask one of my friends when I get to my class.
"No" answered.
"Why did it go in the principal's room?" ask my friend again.
"I've entered a careful intelligent race for math subjects" I replied.
"Lho, why not Dede? he's the 1st one" said another friend.
"Said Mom, the headmaster who saw the subject of mathematics, I happen to be the best he said" I explained to my friends why I was chosen. I also think the same as my friend, why not the first rank chosen. But yes, maybe this is a challenge and an obligation that I have to live with.
During the week I always studied day and night all about math lessons, to the point that I didn't go out to play. My learning activities are only cut off by eating, teaching and sleeping. Don't forget I told my mom that I was selected for the smart race carefully. My mom is so happy, maybe she's proud too.
The intelligent race time begins. I came to the race place accompanied by my class teacher. He was allowed to accompany me, the cement that taught in my class was replaced first with another guri. Don't forget I asked for support and do'a from friends in class.
"O friends, pray for me!" I said when I was told to speak in front of the class by my teacher.
"Definitely Dan, hopefully become a champion" said my friends compakan.
"Aamiin.thank you" I said.
My teacher and I went to the race. There it turns out that the other participants have already come. Before I entered the race room, I was given advice first to my teacher.
"And, just read the matter carefully, continue if the time will run out you do not panic if you are not finished. You have to stay focused and be sure of your answer" my teacher said as the race committee called all participants.
"Yes Ma'am" I replied. Then I entered the race room.
After entering the room turned out to be a participant of most women. Of the 25 participants, there were only 3 men including me who were the participants. The race also began.
After almost 1 hour of the race, the race supervisor said the answer paper was collected in 5 minutes. I was a little surprised because there were some more unfinished matters. But. I remember the message from my teacher, I don't panic and have to stay focused. Finally, I finished everything on time when the supervisor said the time was up.
"Yes enough, the time is up, put the answers on each table, and silahlan out of the room" said the race supervisor.
An hour later, all the participants and their teachers were called to enter the race room. The announcement of the champion was read by the chairman of the organizers. Dag dig dug seemed to wait for the results of the race. When the announcement of the champion began, the committee mentioned champions 3 and 2 first. There's no name in champions 3 and 2. I was getting tense as well as my teacher who seemed to be hoping to be anxious.
"Now I'm going to trace the first champion" said the committee chairman who gave a pause when reading it so that everything in the room was tense.
"Daaann..... Adalaaaaahhhh...... Hamdan Supriatna from SDN Margaluyu" said the committee chairman who named me as his first champion.
Hearing that, my teacher immediately grabbed me and hugged me tightly, to the point that I was engulfed in making it. He looks so happy and proud. It turned out that this was the first time in the history of the school that I could win a smart race meticulously for math subjects. Because for other subjects such as IPA, IPS, have won.
After the meticulously intelligent race was over, I was allowed to go straight home. I told my mother all my experiences during the race. He looks very happy and proud. Tomorrow, when I get back to school, I get congratulations from my classmates. That was my highest achievement in elementary school.
In the second and third semesters in the 6th grade, I again got the 2nd rank, and the first rank is still fixed, Dede Lukman. Even more proud of my elementary school education, at the end of school exams, I recorded the evaluation scores of students or so-called NEM I was the highest of all sixth graders. I got 25 out of 3 subjects in the exam, namely Indonesian, English, and Mathematics subjects. As always, the highest grades are math subjects. I got 9 in maths, while in Bahasa Indonesia and English I got 8.
Graduation events held every year at the school are very lively. I got a general champion in school even though I was never the first rannking during elementary school.