When Human learns Humanity.

What’s on my mind when I heard words: HUMANISTIC STUDIES? Honestly, I couldn’t guess what it’s going to be. I ask friends from 2009 cohort, and finally I get some clear explanations then. The story of Humanistic studies begins.

This is my first time to be taught by Pak Hatim Gazali, I don’t why I am a bit nervous. But time to time, it changes my feeling, it reduces my anxiety. At the same time, it was really surprising me that we are going to study, explore “something” which is some people think that it’s kind of sensitive thing (really curious).

In the paragraph above, I mention “something”, is it unclear right? In this subject, we are going to share, explore, respect, and debate about the differences around us. Not only the differences about culture, but also ethnic and religion. I think it must be so challenging, fantastic, but also horrible. Why I said it would be horrible because I just assume that some of my friends seems so a bit fanatic and still consider it as a sensitive thing.

After the class finished, I ask myself some question like “do I think its sensitive thing? Am I kind of fanatic? “. Those questions haunt me to keep searching about the answer.

Finally, I think that I don’t consider it as the sensitive thing so that it means I am not also the fanatic. I am going to explain some evidences that will prove my answers. I live in really democratic family, it means that my father always teach me to respect each other. No matter their background, rich or poor, their ethnic or religion. My father also said that do not judge people because of their differences, because God have made it so colorful so that we can get know each other. It really sticks on my head until now. 

I have some experiences when we have to accept others differences. I had studied in one of Catholic junior high school in Jakarta. Here, I really learned how others (which are Catholic, Christian, also Buddhist) really respected at us who became minority in that school. And when I was here, as SSE scholar, I have really precious memory here. Almost a half of SSE scholars is from other region (not jakartanese) and also has different religion. Here I really adapted and tried to respect others.  Not only because of the religion, also the culture etc. One more thing, when we did “do’a bersama untuk Almh Bu Gum” became the greatest spiritual thing that I have done.

The last, I wish I could be someone who will not judge or stereotype others. Try to accept, understand, and respect others. Be better Gona! :)