Bad Effect of Smoking

            Nowadays, 80% of all teenagers now smoking. The rates of people smoking have fluctuated for the past twenty years. Majority of lifelong smokers begin smoking habits before the age of 19. When you ask the people who he/she is smokers. “Why you smoking” Many people  answer “smoking are cool” “my father is a smoker” They are wrong . So I have some reasonable reason why smoking not allowed for us. Here it is.

First, all schools do not allow students to bring cigarette and smoking in school`s area. This rule is for keeping the school cleaner. For example, if many students smoking in school area they always throw the cigarette waste to every place. I many students throw the cigarette waste in every place it make the school dirty.

Second, smoking is dangerous for our healthy. The smoke of cigarette can broke the process of exchanges of oxygen and carbon dioxide in lungs. And it also make many diseases, for example impotent, cancer, heart coronary, pregnancy destruction, and many more.

Third, smoking is not allowed in Islam. Al-Qur`an explained that smoking not allowed for all people on the world because it suffer many diseases. Beside that many monks also do not allowed us to smoking.

The conclusion smoking is not allowed for all people on the world because it suffer many diseases and disturb our our healthy. Beside it school and Al-Qur`an also not allowed us to smoking. 

The Bad Effect of Facebook for Senior High School Students

Facebook is one of the friendship site which is most used by the Indonesian society. All of citizens, either adult, youth or kids use account of Facebook. For the adult, Facebook gives any advantages but for the youth, especially senior high school students it will bring any problems. The problems are showed from these following arguments.

First, the students usually forget to study. They would rather spend their time to explore their Facebook account than open their lesson books. Because of that, the prestige of the students must be decreased.

Second, does not Care about His/Her Surroundings. When someone is already addicted to Facebook, there is a big possibility that he/she would not care about his/her surroundings. This person will care about nothing more than the message they are waiting for a reply on.

Then, Because of Facebook, the students can enter into free association. It is because they can search and get any friends from Facebook freely. The psychology’s conditon of the students which is not stable yet causes the students trying a new thing although it is not good for them.

According to these facts, we can know that facebook can give any bad effect for children, especially for senior high school students.

By: Anonymous from SMAN 3 Malang

Why Uniforms Should Not Be Compulsory for Teenage Students

Every government school in Indonesia requires the students to wear the same uniform, all across the country. The only things that may differ, such as school badges and ties, are only used to identify each school from the other. Likewise, most private schools have adopted this regulation as well, despite the fact that each school has a different uniform. It is undeniable that the obligation to don a uniform has its own superiorities and drawbacks. Pertaining to this issue, I disagree to a large extent with the fact that students, especially teenagers, are compelled to wear uniforms to school.

Firstly, not all students are blessed with the privilege of being able to afford a set of uniform. To add to that, most schools I know have different uniforms for different days of the week. Keep in mind that the obligatory physical education attire has not been kept into account. Not to mention the accessories that goes with it, such as a tie, a belt, a pair of socks, shoes, and the like. Furthermore, it is no secret that there are a lot of underprivileged students in Indonesia who are actually competent enough to be admitted in top schools. However, these schools often set a high fee to compensate for the education they provide. Adding it all up with the price of the dreaded uniform and the much needed books would cost a copious amount of money.

Next, viewing this issue from the standpoint of fashion, any sort of uniform will never be able to suit every body type. This would not be such a big deal in my current school since the body type variety is not very diverse. But what about schools which tend to students with various races? Personally, I have had this problem before. My school uniform was a sleeveless pinafore with a useless belt around the waist and an insignificant-by-size badge on the shoulder. I guess it was designed for Chinese girls with petite figures, because all my other friends look good in it. And then there was me: relatively short, full-bodied, flabby-armed me. Other girls would look like pretty little nurses in that uniform. As for me… I looked like I was wrapped up in blue duct tape. Regardless of this being a personal reason, indubitably I am not the only one who faces this predicament. A lot of students have their uniforms altered to suit their bodies better, thus ruining the essence of uniformity itself. Therefore, I think students must be allowed to wear anything that compliments their shape.

Last but not least, I believe teenage students should not be subjected to conformity. Young people should be allowed to explore their personality as they like. Often, personalities are shown by the way people dress. A girl who is struck by the so-called Korean wave should be allowed to wear what Korean girls wear. A metal-head should be allowed to grow their hair out and wear studded garments. This is largely connected with self expression, which in turn will affect how teenagers turn out to be in their adult years. Self acceptance and expression must be sculpted as early as possible, and adolescence seems like an ideal time to start.

Wrapping it all up, a uniform should not be compulsory for teenage students because it is not completely affordable, not suitable for everyone in a fashion-related point of view, and is a manner of forcing conformity to youngsters who in fact need more space for self expression. Nevertheless, a change of a school regulation which has been a tradition for tens of years has to be done delicately. For example, letting students wear any color of shoes would be an excellent start. Gradually, we can move onwards to let freedom of expression flourish for greater things to come.

 By Kartika Darina/ SMAN 3 Malang XI Science 6

Trip to Bandung

Last Month, My friends and I had a wonderful tip Bandung. We had three days trip there, from Friday to Sunday. We left to Bandung on Friday Afternoon and it only took about three and half an hour by car from Tangerang, our home town. We started at 2 P.M and arrived around 5.30 P.M in Bandung. As soon as we arrived in Bandung, we took a rest in a hotel downtown Bandung. After taking a rest and a shower, we had dinner and prepared for a night tour in Bandung.

Around 7.30 P.M, we drove to Ciampelas to buy some jeans and t-shirts. After 2 hours shopping there, we dropped at Ciwalk for half an hour to relax and enjoy the beauty of Ciwalk. Our next destination is Ciwidey and Cimangu. It took about one and half an hour to be in Ciwidey and Cimangu. Unfortunately, we couldn't visit Ciwidey because of the bad weather and continued to Cimangu, around one kilometer from it. In Ciwidey, we had a warm water bathing. All of us jumped into the warn water and enjoyed it a lot. Our body soaked in a big warm swimming pool for about an hour before we stopped. At 2 A.M on Saturday, we took a rest in of villager's house there near Ciwidey.

On Saturday we had a great activity because we did many things. First we went to Ciwidey. We enjoyed the nature of Ciwidey's View. We stayed there for about one hour. Around 10 o'clock, we went to Strawberry Park located in Ciwidey, too. We learnt how to plant the strawberry and of course ate some products made of strawberry, such as fried rice, cake and juice. On Saturday afternoon around 2 P.M, we came back to hotel to drop our luggage. After 2 hours in hotel, we went to Cibaduyut for shoes shopping. At around 7 P.M, we went to Dago Street to enjoy Saturday night there. On Sunday Morning, we packed up and went back to Tangerang.

(http://www.text-types.com/2011/01/sample-of-recount-trip-to-bandung.html)

Function of Recount Text

A recount is a text that contains of retelling events that happened in the past. A Recount Text usually uses the Past Tense and Past Continuous Tense in its content and its sequence of events told. Its generic structure are the Orientation, Series of Events, and Re-orientation. The Orientation is a part of recount text that tells the introduction of the interesting event being told. The series of event is the sequence of things that happen from the beginning until the end. Lastly, a re-orientation is the feeling and impression after doing the events.

Is there any function in using a recount text as a writing composition? The answer is Yes, there is. For those who like writing diaries, you can use the recount text to write the story. When using the recount text in dairy, you will be able to organize the writing well. Besides, you can improve the content of your diary in terms of the grammar, diction, and content. For instance, a diary is supposed to use pas tense in its writing, and in writing a recount text you have to use Past Tense and Past Continuous Tense temporarily. It means that when you already know what recount text is, you will absolutely improve the content of your beloved diary. However, when you have not known what recount text is, the diary will not be organize well and it may impact in your interest in reading it someday.

Therefore, learning a recount text is important. You can also make some articles using recount text. The articles' content will be your interesting and funny stories that may be people love. Then you can share it on web-blog so many people will get entertained and they can feel what you experienced in the past.

Another Example of Recount Text

Joining the Traditional Dance Competition

I joined the Traditional Dance Competition in Jakarta last year. I represented my Junior High School. It was my biggest competition. I practiced hard with my teacher for a month. We also prepared the best costume we had.

We only had one day in Jakarta. We went there by plane. We left at 6 a.m. and arrived in Jakarta at 7 a.m. We took a taxi to take us to the place where the competition was held. It took an hour to get there. There were already some participants when we arrived. The competition would start in an hour.

First, my teacher and I went to the dressing room. My teacher helped me do the make-up and the costume. We spent almost an hour for the preparation. I told my teacher that I was really nervous. I was not ready for this. However, she told me that everything was alright, and I felt better.

Then, the time came for me to perform on stage. There were five judges and about two hundred people watching me. However, I did not feel nervous anymore. I performed on the stage confidently. I really did the best I could. I was glad when it ended smoothly.

After that, we waited for the announcement of the result. It was 4 p.m. when the judges finished making their final decision. I was so impatient to hear the result. I still could not believe when they called my name as the first winner. I was so happy to be given the trophy. My teacher was also proud of my achievement. Finally, we went back to Yogyakarta in the evening. We were so tired. However, we were satisfied because our effort was not useless.