Yogarajan

Education becomes very well-known to people. Perhaps, some people cannot state the definition of education precisely, however they must have known what education is in general. Lexically, education means a process of teaching and learning to improve knowledge. The main purpose of education is to bring human beings to enlightenment, so that they know what is right and what is wrong. We must remember that intelligence is not enough. Intelligence plus character--that is the goal of true education. The complete education gives one not only power of concentration, but worthy objectives upon which to concentrate. Generally, people get their first education since they are 3 or 4 years old. Then, they go through each level of education with their efforts. The time that they spend for getting education is not little. It often takes longer time than other activities do. Some people somehow consider education as a must-thing to have, and they cannot live without it. Hence, they can spend almost their whole lives to get education from some institutions. There are many factors that affect the education system. Culture, technology, and economical matters give much impact to the education system of a country. And also, the regulation made by the government affects how the education system works in a country. Brown and White (2013) even stressed the need for students since early childhood to become familiar with alternative practices in other countries. As time goes by, education system changes dynamically with the intention of improving it. There are many advantages and disadvantages of the change of education system. Sometimes it works well and is appropriate for the citizens of a country, and sometimes it even makes the process of educating worse. When education system does not seem to go well, the government will propose a better one to improve it, with the consideration of some scientists and organizations involved in changing the education system. The government sometimes adopts the education system from other countries which they consider it is the best for the country. Nowadays, most students tend to focus only on their goals, whether passing a test, graduating, or getting a job that they want. They will do whatever it takes to achieve their goals quickly. However, they do not really learn what they are supposed to learn. When the students pass a test or graduate, they must have learned something that makes them succeed to achieve their goals. But, they did not really learn all the things that they should have really learned. Perhaps, they only learned how to memorize names, places, and dates, just because they wanted to pass a test, without really understanding what they were learning. Then, after the test, they will forget the materials that they have memorized, in order to clear their mind for the next test. Right now, a school is a place for most people to determine that their goal is to get out as soon as possible. The students consider that the faster the finish the school, the better it will be. They will be proud of themselves when they get a good mark in a test, or graduate with a high GPA. But, they may be afraid of what will happen next after they graduate because they realize that they have not learned the important matters that are necessary and needed when they get 54 Rita Johan & Johan Harlan Impact Factor (JCC): 3.9678 Index Copernicus Value (ICV): 3.0 a job and work. In fact, many companies out there do not consider a person from how high his GPA is, but whether or not he is qualified enough to do the job that he applies. Therefore, students should really learn what is important in connection with what qualification they should have after graduation to get a job. Instead of memorizing the material before exams, the students should try to notice and understand every material that they learn because in the future they may need that information. Say, they get the highest rank when they graduate. If they just worked hard to achieve it, and did not really learn, they may get lost after leaving the institution because there are likely no companies that will accept them to work there, only based on their ranks. Your high GPA means nothing when you do not have the skill. Hence, the students have to have the skills that are necessary to get the job. When students of English literature graduate from the university, they may apply for some jobs that are in relation with their major. They have to know that in order to get the job, they must be able to speak English well. No matter how high their knowledge about English is, or how high their GPAs are, there are only the students who are capable to speak English well who will likely be accepted to get the job. So, we have to know what really matters and do it so well, that we will not regret in the future and get a good job. Speaking is the most important aspect of a language. If we cannot speak in English, we cannot communicate with the native speaker directly. People may consider that it is useless to have a major in English literature and learn many theories about English, yet we do not speak English well. One thing that differentiates the students of English literature from those of other majors is the capability to speak English well. There are some aspects of education that should be improved. Most people start going to preschool, like kindergarten or playgroup to get their first education. The pupils are introduced to the education with the intention of making them interested to study before they go to the elementary school. Although it is not a must to go to a preschool, it is necessary for the children between the age of 2 and 5 to go there. The parents send their children to the preschool so that their children can learn what is necessary to have when they study at elementary school. When they go to the first level of elementary school, they are faced with some lessons that if they do not have any prior knowledge about it, they will find it difficult to understand the lesson. Sometimes, the teachers of elementary school do not teach their students how to memorize the alphabet, how to read, and how to learn about numbers. On the contrary, the teachers just continue the lessons from high school, like counting numbers. So they have to learn it before they go to elementary school, because they have to be able to read in order to understand the lesson. While they accomplish grade by grade, they are asked to learn and master many subjects. From the elementary school until senior high school, the students are not offered to choose their major specifically based on their interest. And after they graduate from senior high school, they may choose their major that they are interested in. Such a system of education is not effective and wasting time. They learn many subjects which they are actually not interested in. However, they still have to learn them all in order to be able to get through the higher grade. In fact, they do not really learn and master the subjects well, even though they get high scores on the subjects. They waste their time by studying subjects that they do not like. For example, they are actually interested in learning English, but in school they also have to learn Physics, Biology, History, etc. Therefore they do not really concentrate on the subjects.