how to learn? from mistake by Diana Launfenberg

Diana Laufenberg is a teacher who shares a few things she’s learned about how most school’s teach and how most children learn. In the 1930’s, when Diana’s grandmother was in grade school, the purpose of going to class was to get information.  Students got all of their information from teachers and stored it all in their brains. When Diana was in school, information became more readily accessible in the form of encyclopedia’s and textbooks.

At the same time the internet became popular, she started teaching in Kansas. After the first year of teaching, she decided she needed to change her approach to teaching. Instead of she posed a challenge to her students: put on an election for your own community. They took ownership of the challenge, exceeded all expectations, and were able to learn while they created something useful and impactful. As her career progressed she was also witness to how meaningful and authentic students were when they were given a chance to speak freely. The final point she makes is about the culture of failure that exists in school. Students are taught that there is one right answer, a way of thinking abetted by the multiple choice tests at the front of academic assessment. Diana says it doesn’t make sense to tell kids to never be wrong when so much can be learned from failure. Kids need to be allowed to fail, process, and learn from their experiences in school.

Diana wants people to let go of the paradigms of the past. Information is no longer scarce and we should realize that education is not about coming to school to learn facts. It is about the student voice, experiential learning, and embracing failure.

As muslim

Islam and the World of Youth. What is the relationship between Islam and the world of teenagers? Is there a relationship huh? Before we discuss it, how are teenagers in the eyes of Islam and Islam in the eyes of the teenagers themselves?

 Teenagers in the eyes of Islam is like a milestone of success, this is because teenagers are the next generation of Islam. If the generation of adolescents is good and can practice Islam well, then Islam will also be more resilient. But if his teenagers have violated the rules that have been approved by Islam, and morals have been damaged, then Islam will also be easy to collapse and have no strength. Islam in the eyes of teenagers should be a role model and guidance in life, because if adolescents run the Shari'ah of Islam with as it should, then came the younger generation of successive Islamic struggle and God willing permitted by God.

Islam and the world of teenagers have a very close relationship. Islam has regulated all behavior, social ethics, dress ethics, and teenage ethics in the Qur'an and Sunnah of the Prophet. But in this age we meet many adolescents who experience a moral crisis. Muslim but his morality does not reflect Islam at all, Na'udzubillah. They claim Islam, even ID cards are also Islam but berartal, criminal, gambling, promiscuity, and so forth. Therefore, Islam regulate the life of adolescents so as not to fall into disobedience.

Be proud to be teenagers of Islam do not even be inferior with our own religion, or even afraid of being spelled out not slang and not modern. It was a very big mistake. Come on, we're self-interpection, self-evaluation, and of course soon realized if we've gone wrong. Turning back to an emancipated Islam. Do not let you confess Muslims but many of the teachings of Islam you do not even lakuin. Confess Muslims but you even feel inferior with your Muslim status. We can really become a teenager who slang but still syar'i. Teenage slang that does not mean teens whose hair was left wedged pigtail random mess, clothes odd, crashing colors and materials, then not again stereotyped Western lifestyle very freely without rules, slang also not also be measured in terms of appearance, because the Prophet himself taught us to live simply, but Islamic youth slang it is teenagers who can be successful afterlife. Pleased if the world is successful, and hereafter success. Although still teenagers we should be able to maintain our behavior and avoid actions that can plunge into disobedience and many closer to God.

Keep taqwa after ramadhan

Allah Ta'ala says (which means), "O you who believe, fear Allah in truth to fear Him; And let not you die but in a state of Islam. "(Surah Ali Imran [3]: 102)

The meaning of this verse, according to Ibn Mas'ud 'may Allaah' anhu, "Allah is obeyed, not maksiaksi; God is always remembered, not forgotten; God's favor is grateful, not dikufuri. "(Tafsir al-Qur'an al-'Azhim, 2: 388-389)

That is, if during Ramadan we always feel close to Allah Ta'ala because we are densely worship: obligatory prayer, shaum, taraweh prayer, recitations of the Quran and other good deeds, then after Ramadan, we must be closer to Allah Ta'ala . The more piety. Weight is, but we must live.

We need to be alert after this Ramadan. The point is still intent for the good for our fasting fruits bear fruit. Based on the information I got on the website rumaysho.com quoting the opinion of salaf scholars, "Who fasted in the month of Ramadan and plucked in his heart, later bakda Ramadan after no fast again, he was determined not to berpaksiat on God, then he will go to heaven without Problem, without being reckoned. But who fasts in the month of Ramadan and he plays in his heart bakda Ramadan after not fasting again, he will berpaksiat on God, then the fasting is rejected. "(Lathaif Al-Ma'arif, p 390)

It's really delicious if our fasting imprints on our behavior. Imprint in our worship, imprint in the practice of the Shariah of Allah and His Messenger. Inshallah we become true champion after Idul Fihtri, more piety after Ramadan. It means that Ramadan really has become a place of forging to train our patience, our gratitude, our faith, and the belief in Allah's forgiveness if we will repent for all sins.

During this Ramadan we are accustomed to living regularly and have a high enough fear to Allah Ta'ala We are willing to restrain not to eat and drink in the daytime simply because we are obedient to Allah Ta'ala and keep our fast to not cancel. How we willingly desperately istiqomah in carrying out this command of God. Masha Allah.

Day and night so vigorously worship as if tomorrow death pick us up. Splendor of taraweh prayers in congregation provides a high atmosphere of togetherness, recitations of the Quran echoed great from our mouths. Juz for the sake of our juz pass through with passion and sincerity so that when Ramadan is over, al-Quran khatam read. May our deeds be accepted by Allah Ta'ala. Work hard to worship day and night may increase the value of our piety in the days to his place. Do not let our worship is diligent and obedient to run the command of Allah Ta'ala only occurs in the month of Ramadan alone.

That is why, so we can still run worship outside of Ramadan and the stronger our piety, it would not hurt us to create the same atmosphere with Ramadan. So that we always feel close to Allah Ta'ala and avoid from sin. You've heard of Opick's song titled Tombo Ati? The contents must be we know by heart, there are five heart medicine things. First, reading the Qur'an (pervading the meaning to enlighten reason and soul). Second, night prayer (in order to achieve the discipline of righteous people). Third, hang out with the righteous (to get knowledge and advice). Fourth, shiyam, ie fasting (so our hunger bear fruit conscious). Fifth, dizkir night (get used to dhikr at night when many humans sleep in sleep).

Well, hopefully this can make us always cultivate piety even though Ramadan has passed us. That is, there is a result so, you know. Shaum Ramadan fruition, not just get hungry and thirsty.

There is a good qudsiy hadith to motivate us to be always close to Allah Ta'ala to attain the piety to Him: "If a slave come near to me in an inch, I will approach him a cubit; If he approached me a cubit, I would approach him as soon as possible; If he comes to me by walking, I will approach him by running "(Sahih Bukhari, XI / 199)

Yuk keep fighting because our struggle will continue for the life still contained body (especially struggle against lust to not do immoral and struggle to love worship). So, multiply worship, obedience to Allah in the implementation of the Shari'a, enterprising preaching and of course willing to sacrifice for the struggle of da'wah and uphold Islam on this earth. Keep the spirit and istiqomah!

Keep istiqomah

Friend of the struggle in resisting the temptation of the passions of doing immoral acts and strive hard to love worship is not a mild struggle. Weight. It even feels heavier for most of the Muslims. That is why, it needs strong belief in Allah's help and constantly draws closer to Him to expect His mercy and forgiveness.

Oya, as Muslims of course our obligations are many. That is why, it takes a istiqomah attitude to carry out the many obligations that Allah has imposed on us. Of course, in order for us to be enthusiastic and consistent in carrying out our obligations. Just to know aja yes, istiqomah it means continue commitment to the truth of Islam and continue to worship. Weight? Of course.

Oya, in addition to the weight to possess, istiqomah attitude makes a Muslim viewed by other Muslims as someone who is worthy of admiration. Ibn Mubarok recounts from Bakkar bin 'Abdillah, he said that he heard Wahb bin Munabbih say, there is an expert passing before the other worshipers. He replied, "I am so amazed at the fulan, he is so diligent in worship that he leaves his world." Wahb bin Munabbih immediately said, "No need to be amazed at the person who left the world like that. Indeed I am more amazed at those who can istiqomah. "(Hilyatul Auliya ', 4: 51)

The reward for the istiqomah is also great, my friend. Allah Ta'ala promises heaven. As his word (which means), "Verily those who say: Our Lord is God" then they confirm their stance, then the angels will come down to them by saying: "Do not be afraid and do not be sad; And delight them with the jannah that God has promised you. "(QS Fushshilat [41]: 30)

Be grateful

Sometimes people when misfortune, always fall down like losing everything. if fall ill, certainly complain all the time. screaming in pain. anger here and there. The man knew just point fingers at God. "Oh God, why did you give up this allegation? Why did you make me like this, after a day and night I bow to You, O Lord, why do you give me trouble? why? Why did I Ya Divine?" that's what they always moan. just as I was often override the pain and guesswork. 

at one point, I heard a lecture on TV telling us about thankfull. he said, "why do not you grateful for what you have? He is just a little test for us to get closer to Him. Why should we complain? we should be thankful that God still favor eyes to see his creation, had sore feet, God still give nice meal and hands to do good. what more do you want, O man? "simple words such snapping heart and feelings. berlenang tears fall to the ground. 

When I reflect on myself, I was able to eat, talk, see, just the body's pain makes me difficult to move and move. what else do I want. said he, too, had once been friends for such prayer, "O God, put me in a little company, AMEN". then I thought, what is meant by tue prayer, I kept waiting for answers from the speakers, and then he said that a group of people who are grateful. difficult for many people to be grateful for what he has. Can any new rewards and benefits.

Sometimes  I wondered, did I use this on my family? dah He can not want keje, engrossed illness only. I think the bigger sometimes this I'm getting ails parents. by briskly friends find sustenance but I just sit solitude, until one when I questioned him with questions that reflect berbagai2 thankful that I got, and I cried, because I was afraid if I did not get into those little. sad sad change. 

Friends, use your health a favor to continue preaching and struggling to find a halal sustenance. Grateful for what we get.

National and international efforts

But while there's been tremendous growth in our understanding of happiness, there's still a lot of work to do in order to facilitate greater levels of individual and collective happiness: the latter has remained constant over the past half-century. The amount that has been learnt in the past few decades has turned the topic on its head, but we have still not reached a consensus on the subjects and more importantly  on how we can use this knowledge for the greatest good. We need to redouble our efforts to explore how our national and international institutions can facilitate happiness.

However, as Barry Schwartz noted, these relationships are complex and there are a number of possible contradictions and alignments that need further study. How does the goal of increased happiness interact with desires for equality, economic growth and environmental sustainability? Is there an 'optimum point' where we are able to meet the fundamental needs of all, without moving through to unsustainable material consumption that brings its own set of problems? Happiness is becoming an issue at an international level, particularly in light of its relationship with sustainability; a high level UN level meeting took place in April 2012 on 'Happiness & Wellbeing: Defining an new economic paradigm' the outcome of which was fed into the Rio+20 summit of international leaders. The relationship between absolute and relative happiness and the limitations of measuring subjective well-being are being tackled by some governments already, but will be an ongoing task.

As reflected in this call for a new economic paradigm, the interest in happiness is closely bound to our other national and international goals. In light of our ongoing global economic difficulties there seem to be two opposing schools of thought. For some it has sparked a desire for greater meaning, a different way of doing things, as existing systems and processes fail us. For others the desire to focus on tackling unemployment, increasing GDP and reducing government deficits pushes happiness further down the agenda. The success of one side or the other will be tied up with whether we return to normal, or whether a 'new normal' emerges.

my hobby

          Talking about hobbies, which is an activity that people love to do and when someone does that there is happiness. No exception to me, I have some hobby that I think can make me happy or just feel satisfied when doing it. It's like cooking, writing and watching. This time I will tell a bit about my cooking hobby. Perhaps for some people cooking is not an extraordinary thing that can be used as a hobby. But in my opinion, there is happiness when I cook even that is one way I eliminate feeling tired. Why can? At first glance looks strange, because people usually choose to rest or sleep when tired of cooking because it will make people drain and add a sense of tiredness. But I did not feel that at all, when I was cooking I was able to experiment and make use of simple ingredients into food that could be eaten, and that made me feel my own satisfaction. Actually, initially i could not cook at all, when i was senior high schooo i watched one of the tv shows about teenagers my age very good at cooking. There I am comparing myself to him, and I feel I can not yet, when we are the same age. From where I try to cook, and my first cooking dish is fried rice that tastes very chaotic. First I gave up and decided not to want to learn cooking again because I think I'm still small and there is still a mama who can cook. But, different things happen. My dad came and tasted my cooking and said "if you learn to cook fried rice again it will taste better" even though the word dad is so simple but it makes me eager to change my mistake in cooking. Until finally I can cook though not yet as good as the others, but at least I can replace my mom when not at home.