Ya ampun seneng banget cerita presentasi aku dipublish di situs resmi program YES. gak tahu kenapa keren aja nama aku terpampang di salah satu program departemen luar negeri amerika serikat. bahahahaha. bahkan di posting juga di official facebook page-nya YES program :
dan juga di offcial twitter page-nya YES program :3
berikut ceritaku :
A November to Remember!
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| Presentation in English 12 Class - Chilton High School |
by Risqika, Indonesia 2011-12
It was such a great honor for me to be an ambassador from my home
country! I did lot of presentations about my home country in my host
city, Chilton, WI. They were so amazing! I was so happy that I got a lot
of support from my host family and also from my school. I’m Risqika and
I’m a proud Indonesian hosted in Wisconsin.
I did presentations in many places, like public library and public
schools in Chilton. In October I got a letter from my consortium about
International Education Week, an opportunity to celebrate the benefits
of international education and exchange worldwide. This joint initiative
of the U.S. Department of State and the U.S. Department of Education is
part of U.S. government efforts to promote programs that prepare
Americans for a global environment and attract future leaders from
abroad to study, learn, and exchange experiences in the United States.
In the beginning I did some presentations in my art class. My
teacher was so kind to me. She allowed me to use her class as the 1st
practice of my presentation. In that class I made some artworks related
to Indonesia and I presented them to the class. I was also honored to
know that some of my artworks related to my home country are exhibited
in the main hallway of the school.
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| Barong nyasar sampe amrik :) |
In Thanksgiving my house was full with relatives; three families
were there! My Mom suggested I do a presentation at that time. We
prepared the laptop and projector for the presentation. It was so great
that they really appreciated me. I loved it when they were so
communicative and giving great feedbacks for the next presentations.
I did presentations for Chilton Public Schools, starting from
Elementary School through High School. The presentations to elementary
kids were so FUN! They were so attentive to my presentations and gave
good responses. They also asked a lot of things, even some of them are
really funny. They asked me things like: Is Komodo dragon really that
big? Does it breathe fire? Does it have wings? Do you go to school with
horses? Is Indonesia near Mexico? Do you have potato chips there? Do you
know Justin Bieber? Do you have girlfriend? Do you know my sister in
high school? LOL! Those questions were so funny! The middle school kids
were also fun. They were so enthusiastic and nice.
The hardest presentations were in High School. It was very hard to
make presentation suitable for them, because they were easily bored with
the formal one. That was why I included some funny facts about
Indonesia. I also made presentations about living as Indonesian
teenager; what we do, what we play, what we eat, and what we think about
people in United States. We had great communications, and in the final
session of every presentation I gave quizzes. I had prepared hundreds of
batik key chains from Indonesia for the ones who could answer my
questions correctly.
I still remember when kids in my pod discussed about the
presentations in November. We targeted 40 presentations for each kid. At
that time I wasn’t confident at all. Chilton was a small city; we
didn’t have many institutions to do presentations. My mom was so
supportive at that time. She called the city library and public schools
and arranged the schedules. I had a lot of presentations! Usually I
stayed in one room (computer laboratory in my high school’s library) and
every 15 minutes there were new groups coming to the room! Sometimes in
one class I did two different presentations too. So in one day I could
get more than five presentations! It was a great struggle for me! But I
never felt tired at all! I love sharing with kids. They are so cute and
adorable!
In the end of November I started counting again how many
presentations I had done. I was so surprised! I didn’t realize that I
had done seventy seven presentations for more than 1400 people! All I
could think at that time was a great gratitude to God, my great host
family, my amazing community, and my wonderful friends who had supported
me so much! Now I realize that I can speak English more fluently, and I
have more confident in public speaking. It’s really helpful because I’m
taking forensics this season. I’m not going to finish the presentations
on November. I’ll give some presentations again in December until
February. I have planned to go to German Club, Optimists Club, Ladies
Church Club, and Chilton Catholic School.
Last, I only can say that my November was so amazing! Thanks for YES Program and AFS who gave such wonderful opportunity for me as an ambassador from Indonesia!
PS: December 5th is International Volunteering Day. I want to thank all the volunteers who have worked so hard. I love you guys! :)
PPS: Now the kids in Elementary School really know me well. They always wave their hand when I passed in front of them or say “Hi Doni”. They’re so adorable!
Link : YES Program Website
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