Student Brawl in Jakarta

Jakarta is a fast-growing city in Asia with lots of urban problem and student brawl is one of the big issues that attract public. Moreover, Jakarta residents could easily find a student brawl every week that disturbing other people around the students. It seems like student brawl already become a new habit and students are not afraid to do anything that could make them seriously injured. Student brawl become a place for some students to show their power in a wrong way. In fact, some students are really proud when they can beat other students in student brawl and they are motivated to get involve in other student brawl.

            The latest student brawl that killed one 15 year-old student was in South Jakarta, as the result of student brawl between SMA 6 and SMA 70 in September. The lone suspect from SMA 70, F.R., killed Alawy from 6 when he was in Mahakam. Actually, SMA 6 and SMA 70 were in the same location in Kebayoran Baru, and this place is having the highest number of student brawl in Jakarta. However, it’s already a big problem when student killed in student brawl by other student.

            Psychologist said that there were external factors that brought students into brawl and changing the student’s behavior. Psychological test on F.R. showed that his aggressive act may have been influenced by negative environments, even though he has a good score in academic. Many Indonesian children are getting used to see violence on TV show and on the streets, drug abuse, and also city brawls that run by older people. Even the student have a good academic ability, they still have another concern with their school life and friends. Students usually follow their friend’s behavior and could easily change their previous behavior to find and also show their identity.

            Student brawl sometimes is a tradition in school and all of the teachers knew it. Students were keen to protect the honor of the school by keeping their territory from students from another school. The brawl happens when other students are entering their territory and they could to anything to protect their school, even the other students are not dangerous for them. In the other hand, student brawl could happen as vengeance and that’s why the brawl becomes a routine.

            I was the student of SMA Labschool Kebayoran, a private school located in Kebayoran Baru. Me and my friends should be careful when we were outside the school because sometimes the student brawl happened just a several meters from my school. I had an experience when I was riding my motorcycle to school and wearing school uniform, six students from other school were attacking me by kicking my bike and asking where my school is, but I increased the speed and left them. I saw them brought a small weapon in order to protect their territory, even though I was not their enemy and also I didn’t know them.

            In my opinion, student brawl could be stop by giving a student some positive activities, joining with other school from same area. Parents and teachers should guide the students by giving them soft skills that could help them interact with other students. I think every school in Indonesia are forget to give soft skills and control the students behavior because many schools only respecting student’s ability in academic. Soft skills should be given to students, otherwise, we couldn’t stop the student brawl and more students could be a victim from the brawl.

Wii sales may recover, but kids will still be fat

     The author of the text said that the report from Nintendo that the Wii console sales is falling, brought back the memories of the first time he played games. Five years ago, the console game came with a boxing game and the user that love to play that game fought so hard until they collapse. That was a sign that console games could be more than just a thumb exercise, but also an exercise for the whole body.

     Moreover, Wii had a annual sales in the million consoles even from the start. However, when the current version is getting old, in the second quarter, only 710.000 consoles were sold, compared with 1,56 million consoles were sold in the same period last year. That’s why Nintendo wants to launch the brand new Wii and become their opportunity to increase the sales.

     However, kids who play Wii will still be fat because the recent study told that the Wii player with active games burn no more calories than those whose Wii came with quieter fare. It’s becoming clear that Wii aren’t helping kids to stop their laziness. The conclusion is the kids these days are same as ever.

     Honestly, I rarely play console games and I think the best activity for kids is doing sport activities. Although Wii gives active games for kids, it won’t be an answer for those who wants to burn calories by playing games. On the other hand, I really appreciate the Nintendo's effort to launch some games that more than just a thumb exercise, at least the player could be more active while playing games. However, parents should control their kids to avoid game addiction. Wii sales may recover with a new technology, but still the best way for kids to burn their calories is by doing sport and physical activities.

Hello!!
My name is Nabel Ihsan Muhammad from Jakarta, Indonesia. I study at Bandung Institute of Technology (ITB), Faculty of Civil and Enviromental Engineering. I love to play football, tennis, and other sport activities. This blog was made for english writing assignment and if you may have any comments about this blog, this would be a good place to leave them.