Humanistic studies

By : Nur Hasanah

            For third semester, I have humanistic class. I think this subject will emphasize on multicultural and religion. These fields relate to the differences in daily life such as majority & minority, gender, ethnics and stereotyping which stick on Indonesians. As Pak Hatim said, the religion issues will be very sensitive. I hope no gap after the class and no offensive statement that will be spoken by others.

            My expectations for this subject are we could have fun learning and have flexible area to study (not only in the classroom) and we could attend any issues which have happened in and out of Indonesia. I believe this subject will be very interesting as we have to have strong argument like an “As card” to defeat the opposite statement. Humanistic class trains us to speak up what we are thinking about. Also, it will be hard to guess the right argument as the lecture is kind of poker face, like Lady gaga sings “can’t read mind… can’t read mind…” yes I can’t read his mind. *laugh emot

            In my college, multicultural is exist because almost whole of my friends are from different regions. Some of them are Sundanese, Javanese, Bataknese, Sekayunese and etc. Even though, Jakarta natives are only less than half of them. This is the unique point. I can share and learn about my friends’ culture through this class. For me, the differences are not always the odds, it could be interesting. Can u imagine what this world be if the whole citizens are like you? It could be boring, what is in your mind is already in others mind. So, what are you going to talk about? Who is going to talk to you about what you already knew? Thanks god for creating Adam and Eve.

            What about religion? Religion is belief in existence of god. As you know, people have their own principles and beliefs about god. Moslem believes in Allah as god, Christian believes in Jesus as god and etc. Can we force the others to believe in our god? Exactly not. There is no coercion to believe in god but do not take your religion and belief for granted, just because your heritage. Thinking and questioning what you have are necessary to avoid lost in stray.

            Finally, Friday comes closer knocking on my door. I am waiting for the humanistic studies. For your information, sometimes I just get stunned for my lecture explanation and realize what I already know is only a few such atom. Sometimes, I also get embarrassed when I can not argue for the sake of my own belief, like I only swallow anything for granted. I hope I can learn well, study well and argue well.