Susan Ambition

Written by Ghayun P. Permatasari

"Susan, Susan, Susan, besok gede mau jadi apa?

aku kepengen pinter, biar jadi dokter..

Susan, Susan, Susan, cita- citamu apa lagi?

aku kepingin jujur, biar jadi insinyur..” 

-Susan punya cita-cita – Ria Enes-

This song is familiar with you right? Do you still remember what your wishes when you were a child? Or you have forgotten about your wishes because what your wishes now is your parents’ want, not yours? We learn for the first time from our role model: parents. We are imitating them, we do like what they do, and we want to be someone like our mom or dad when we are still young. However, we grow old naturally. We have own wishes and needs. We know about what we want and what our passion exactly. But, not our parents; they are afraid. They are afraid about our future, which we never try before. They do not let us to try; they force us to choose what THEY want, not ours.

The parents assignment is to guidance their child or give a directive in order their child not choose the wrong path. But now, the parents feel that their right is to keep the children choose what they want and this is not original the kid’s choice exactly. They direct their childrien in one way and make the final decision for their children which they will bring it until their die. But, actually the case is family is the first environtment to educate. Or we can say it education is start from our family, so if their children have been educated to not responsible to what they have already choosen, how they can get the right education for his or her own family later? This is the first mistake of the parents: choosing what the best acording themself.

If we look in the other developing country where the children has their own wishes or ambition to choose, the human resourches are so many. Because the children know their ability and can develope

it. If they want to be a teacher, so they do it. If they want to be a soldier, they try to make it happen altough they know it will be so hard. They know the best for themself. Because they know the process is. But, the fact is many children can not choose what they ambition. Their parents let them to not educated as a responsibility person.

Finally, the children now are like a Susan’s analogy. We are Susan and Ria Ernes as our parents. Susan fails to be a doctor or engineer because Ria Ernest direct her. She is a doll with Ria Ernes as a directive. Susan, Susan...