Nama : Yusni Widawati

NIM : 06032681318064
TP Jumat-Sabtu A

Questions:
1. How is curriculum in your institutions?
2. Why most of students need an academic reference in their education?

Thinking About Academic Request

Curriculum in SMP negeri 17 Palembang is Curriculum 2013. Curriculum

is the courses that applied in teaching and learning activity in an educational
institution. Curriculum sets all about the educational activity. Curriculum 2013,
the newest curriculum of national education of Indonesia, will make a lot of
changes to the face of education system of this archipelago country. The
difference between Curriculum 2013 and the Education Unit Level Curriculum
are located on the competence aspect of knowledge. Curriculum 2013 puts
attitude on the higher priority than skill competencies and knowledge.
In SMP Negeri 17 Palembang, it says that the students have to be taught
more lessons in Math and Science than the last curriculum and the information
and communication technology will be removed because they think this subject is
a medium for learning other subjects. And as we know, in the last curriculum the
students have to determine the major that they want to take in the second grade of
senior high school, but in this new curriculum, they have to do it in the first grade
of senior high school. Equal to the system for junior high school, senior high
school will also lose the information and communication technology as one of the
subjects.
In SMP Negeri 17 Palembang, not only the students, but also the teacher
have not been ready for this new curriculum either, almost of them even have not
known what the curriculum 2013 contains. They also need preparations, trainings,
and whatever needed to be able to teach well in this new curriculum and certified
teachers of Science, Social Science and other removed subjects are worrying
about their continuation job. So, to alove this weakness the students are intoduced
to academic reference, because important to know about their academic since the
beginning.
Most students need an academic reference sooner or later. Perhaps you are
applying for a job or a scholarship or maybe you are trying to get into a graduate
program. Maybe you’re applying for professional certification or registration as a
licensed professional; whatever the reason, getting an academic reference can
be notoriously frustrating, especially if you’ve been out of school for a while.
Most professors dislike doing them, primarily because they’re time consuming
and it can be quite frustrating trying to come up with sufficient information to do
them well. As a result, it’s not uncommon for professors to procrastinate on
these, or to avoid them completely. If you’re a student seeking an academic
reference, my advice is to make it as easy as possible for the professor to do it
quickly and effectively. To help you do this, here below are some tips for getting
a high quality academic reference. Many of these tips also apply when requesting
other types of references.