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Learning local culture is crucial. Although we live in modern the era, learning local culture is still needed especially for Indonesia teenagers. There are reasons for this. First, learning local culture can enrich national culture. National cultures are derived from many local cultures.

If teenagers know their culture, for instance for me, the 'Ngremo Dance' and they practice it, they will keep the cultures alive. So everybody knows that 'Ngremo dance' is one part of local culture. 'Ngremo Dance' can also be added on the list of national culture. Secondly learning about local culture can enhance our knowledge about all culture. We should acquire many knowledges not only about the latest technologies but also about culture. We are lucky if we have many knowledges. The knowledges, especially important issue, like culture is one big power to face this world.

Furthermore, learning local culture can protect our culture from bad influences of Western culture. As an English proverb says “Every medal has two sides”, Western culture has good influences and also the bad ones. Most of the Indonesia teenagers like to imitate western culture. It’s good when they imitate the good ones, but if they imitate the bad ones, they will lose their personality as Indonesians. They use some western culture to get acknowledgments as modern people.

So, it’s important to learn local culture for the better life. The teenagers who have learnt the local culture can filter the western culture which is suitable for the growth of Indonesia culture/ And in turn, Indonesia teenagers will love their own cultures and respect other nations cultures.

Full winning entry stories - 2007 Writing Competition
Grand winner: Jade Nugrahaningtyas L.
From SMA Negeri 1 Boyolangu, Tulungagung, East Java

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As we know, now a days many people forgot their local culture. Many of them said that the local culture is very boring. They prefer to modern dance or playing games. And now, it’s very important to learn about the local culture, we as society especially as a student, must think what will happen with our country if we can’t protect our local culture?

In Sibolga, many programs has been try to protect the local culture. Every school showed many kinds of performances, like Tor-tor dance, melayu dance, or Minang dance. And it’s one ways to make local culture to be popular.

Many information we can get if we fight to find it. Because, it is very easy to get. We can find in some books, magazines, or internet who explain about culture. So, let’s start now! We must make our culture to be popular. And we as a students, can join with the government to protect the local culture.

Rami
SMA Tri Ratna Sibolga (XI IPA)
Jl. S. Parman 58 Sibolga, Sumatera Utara

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The Benefit of Having an ATM Card

In this modern era, the technology has grown more deeply. Because of that, we have to anticipate the bad thing that being influence by the growing of technology. We have to carefully select the new technology being promote by scientists, in order to protect ourselves from the bad technology influences. A good development of technology will improve our knowledge of science.

Nowadays, development of technology has been raised all over the world with many kinds of technology. Therefore, we have to be more careful in using all of technology that have been promote for us by scientist like ATM card.

Firstly, in using ATM card is a good way in our daily life because it can help us in getting or taking money easily. We can go around any time and can se it to take money any time and everywhere as long as there is an ATM machine stand and active. ATM card is being promote to fulfill our particular needed or our daily needed. Second, by using ATM card we don’t have to queue up as in the bank teller. We don’t have to carry an account book and fill the form, but we directly type all the form dealing with the using of ATM. The most important thing, we have to memorize our own pin number. An ATM card is easy to carry everywhere and practice. Third, an ATM card also can be used for transferring money to others and can used to pay the shopping fee in the big shopping center.

Having an ATM card is a good choice because by using an ATM card we can take money easily in order to fulfill our particular needed everyday.

By: Adriana Baitanu
Universitas Kristen Artha Wacana
Jl. Adi Sucipto, Oesapa
Kupang – NTT 85361

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The Solar Energy Saver For House wifes

The solar energy is a long life energy. It never runs out. Although it’s very hot, but by its heat, help people to dry fishes (in coastal area) and dry clothes. Even now days, solar energy also used to operate a car. It uses the solar energy as the basic power, not petrol. The solar energy saver here seems like the one that the cars have. The different is the solar energy saver reduces the housewives headache. How can it be? Because the government will increase the price of electricity. It makes “Mom” getting more headache. After the impact of the petrol price which increased, now Mom have to thing for the increase of electricity prices.

The solar energy saver itself, placed on the house to reduce the uses of electricity. It puts on the roof. The shape is like parabola which consist of some element that lock the solar energy. After the solar energy is full, it will transform the lamps and some households. Another uses of solar energy saver is replacing the LPG or land oil (oil which use in kompor). It has already proved. Solar is needed. By using some elements to collect the solar heat and then transform it to the pan.

So, solar energy has many functions. Although it’s sometimes very hot but useful for human. Imagine if the solar lazy to go out, we can not dry clothes, fishes, and the important is this kind of new technology will never run. It will useless without solar. Because it’s solar every saver. If it not built today, maybe 10 or 15 years later, it will be a famous equipment.

Yuyun Zakiyah
6 th Semester of Faculty Bahasa & sastra UNIPDU
PP Darul Ulum Jombang
Jawa Timur

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Modern technology

Talking about modern technology can make me laugh at my self. Why? Because I was once shocked by the new technology. I remember when I was a teenager, I was asked by my neighbor who was also my English teacher at school, to go to a public telephone, to call one of her friends to come to her house. My goodness, I talked to my self, how I could do this, I’d never made a phone call before.

My heart palpitated strongly at that time. Yeah, since my family was too poor to set a phone, I didn’t know how to use it. I was confused, I was shy to tell the truth to my teacher about the fact. But then, I thanked God. My teacher canceled her order. That’s about the past, when the telephone appeared as a new expensive technology after radio and television, as I knew.

Nowadays, I am not shocked anymore by the new technology, although I still don’t have enough money to buy them all. I am amazed that the technology develops so fast. We can see on the television the appearance of the new products of modern technology. They are all very fantastic and amazing. And for me, the most wonderful and exciting piece of modern technology is the internet, because with the internet, we can find many new things that we don’t know before. We can also chat with other people all around the world and even look for or apply for a jib through the internet.

Patricia Lili Liu
Jl. Bulogading No. 2 G
Makassar
Sulawesi Selatan