Siti Nurbences #Part 2

“Sial banget sih nyokap bener-bener udah nguji kesabaran gue deh,”ujar Rivi sambil nyobain ngereka-reka rancangan baru di manekin.

            “Kenapa lagi sih,cyiiiin?,”Stevy yang lagi asik makan es krim tertarik denger ocehan Rivi.

            “Nyokap tuh,bikin gue bete tingkat tinggi,”

            “Biasa Stev...,do’i disuruh jadi cowok tulen,HAHAA...padahal kan nggak mungkin banget,”Raisa nemplokin es krim Stevy ke mulutnya, sementara Stevy masih bengong aja.

            “Hmmm...menurut gue sih elo kalo jadi cowok emang lumayanlah,”Alika ikut nimbrung makan es krim sambil ngeliatin Rivi sibuk nata kain di manekin.

            “Maksud elo lumayan buat nakut-nakutin hantu gitu?!,”Rivi membalik badan dan melototin tiga temen ceweknya itu. Sejenak mereka diam kemudian serempak ketawa bareng.

            “Nggaklah,Vi...gue serius,elo cool,”lanjut Alika.

            “Yaaa,tunggu sampe lebaran kingkong deh,”Kata Rivi seraya nuangin air di gelas.”O ya,Nathan ama Vidia kok nggak pernah nongol sih?,”Rivi menuju kursi malas sambil ngegrab beberapa majalah di laci.

            “Tau tuh,pacaran mulu’, ditelponin juga nomernya sibuk...macam orang sibuuuuk aje,”Stevy membalas Rivi dengan sedikit logat melayu.

            “Ciyeee...sok melayu, mentang-mentang sang pujaan hati pangeran dari Kelantan, HAHA!,”Raisa nyeplos aja sambil tetep asik main game. Spontan Stevy menjitak kepala Raisa.

            “Udahlaaah...ngapain sih disembunyiin, jujur aja kaliiii lagian sekarang tuh bukan saatnya bahas gebetan,tuh bantuin si Rivi nge-design keq,” Alika melerai kedua sohibnya, sementara Rivi sibuk sendiri bergelut dengan jarum, benang, dan mesin jahit.

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Siti Nurbences #Part 1

Rivi bersungut-sungut nggak karuan, maminya lagi-lagi mengomel gara-gara kebiasaan anaknya yang dianggap abnormal. Mulai dari ganti nama dari Rio jadi Rivi sampe bawa-bawa alat make up sambil nentengin tas ala cewek metropolitan kemana-mana.

            “Sampe kapan sih kamu mau kayak gini terus?,”

            “Udahlah Mi, aku berhak nentuin jalan hidup aku sendiri,” Dia natapin cermin sambil betulin lipstik yang agak belepotan.

            “Kamu cowok,Nak...sadar,”

            “Rivi juga tau,Mi,”abis betulin poni dora yang neces manis di dahi, dia pamit,”Rivi gaul dulu ya,Mami...babayyy,”Maminya hanya menggeleng-gelengkan kepala malihat anaknya yang semakin hari bukannya semakin ganteng,malah makin cantik. Boil honda jazz warna putih melaju mulus dijalan A.P. Pettarani, kacamata berbingkai pink tanpa lensa menghiasi wajah si pengemudi. Sepintas dia memang bener-bener mirip cewek. Cantik, tinggi, langsing dengan kulit putih mulus. Bener-bener cewek idaman setiap lelaki—hehehehhh--. Rivi segera markirin si Putih, panggilan untuk mobil kesayangannya lalu bergegas ke studio 21 Mall Ratu Indah.

            “Mana sih nih anak-anak,ntar lagi filmnya tayang lagi,”ujarnya sama diri sendiri. Diraihnya handphone dan langsung dial nomor teman-temannya.

            “Woy, dimana sih loe gue udah kering nih nungguin loe pada,” Rivi udah mulai sebel, tiba-tiba aja dari belakang beberapa temen yang ditunggu-tunggu ngagetin. Sambil ngelus-ngelus dada dia bacain mantra-mantra ajaib yang membuat temen-temennya ketawa heboh.

            “Kurang ajar, udah tau gue latah malah dijahilin,emang bener-bener ya loe semua,”

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Dear kaum Hawa...

Kalian kebayang nggak, di saat kalian harus nikah ternyata cowok yang elo nikahi itu udah nggak perjaka lagi...

Masalah nggak yah?!?!?!?!!!

JELAS  ITU MASALAH(menurut gue sih...--hehheehh)

Ya iyalah, cewek dengan segala,segenap,separuh, dan sepenuh hatinya selalu berusaha jaga “virginity” buat dipersembahkan buat suami tercinta nantinya, tapi malah di khianatin gitu aja, itu namanya nggak menghargai usaha cewek kaliii...

Hmmm...gimana yah caranya bedain cowok perjaka ama bukan,jujur sih gue sendiri nggak tau tapi sebagai cewek pesen gue nggak banyak,satu hal yang harus elo ingat semuanya...

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Reading #2

SCHOOL PHOBIA

In children, one of the most common anxiety disorders; also known as school refusal or school absenteeism. There is some controversy whether refusal to go to school is related to separation anxiety, truancy secondary to conduct disorder or a fear of failure. Fear of going to school may begin as early as kindergarten, but it usually develops during grade or junior high school. In many cases, the child begins to devise reasons for staying home from school. Some develop symptoms, such as nausea, stomachache or headache. Others leave home for school but then return without their parents knowing that they are absent from school, or spend their day elsewhere.

School avoidance should be evaluated and treated as soon as it is detected to prevent future personal, academic and social consequences. A therapist, along with teachers, parents and the child, should try to determine the underlying reasons for the school avoidance. Reasons may include low self-esteem, being teased or bullied by others, being criticized by others or feeling inferior to others. Situations surrounding actual school issues should be considered, such as riding on the school bus, eating in the school lunchroom, using the public washrooms and undressing in the gym locker rooms. Issues of body image may be involved.

Often the child’s mother covertly remembers her own phobic behavior or has anxieties about the child and needs supportive help to not convey her anxieties to the child. Treatment of a child who avoids school should be regarded as a crisis intervention. The goal should be to get the child back in school as soon as possible and attending regularly with less fear and more confidence to meet the daily challenges, whether in the classroom, the playground or the gym. With appropriate counseling and conferences with teachers or other school officials, children and parents can develop a new understanding of the anxieties regarding school attendance. There is some evidence linking early history of school phobia with later occurrences of panic disorder and agoraphobia. Fear of school, or school phobia, is known as didaskaleinophobia

Vocabulary list:

·         Anxiety           : kegelisahan,keinginan.

·         Absenteeism    : ketidakhadiran,kemangkiran.

·         Truancy           : pembolosan,kemangkiran dari sekolah.

·         Nausea            : muak,kemuakan.

·         Inferior            : orang bawahan.        

·         Issues              : pokok persoalan.

·         Supportive       : yang mendukung.

·         Covertly          : dengan diam-diam.

·         Regarding        : mengenai.

·         Occurrences    : kejadian,peristiwa.

Answer the following questions!

1.  1.  When is the fear of going to school begin?2. What are the reasons that usually used by children for staying home and avoid school
   3.   Why is school avoidance should be evaluated and treated as soon as possible?

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Reading #1

Read the passage and answer the questions!

Fear

     An emotion resulting in intense and unpleasant tension that comes about because of a real threat or the imagination of a threatening situation, as in a phobia. There may be an intense feeling of wanting to escape, together with physiological reactions, which might include weakness, dizziness, rapid breathing, rapid heartbeat, nausea, muscle tension or weakness in the knees. Different individuals have different physiological responses to fear.

     The general public often misuses the term “fear” for phobia, and vice versa. Fear is a real and knowable danger and can usually be recognized by others. On the other hand, phobia is an inappropriately fearful response to a situation and out of proportion to the real danger; the danger in a situation perceived by one as phobic cannot be seen or realized by another. Real fear is normal. Chronic phobias that cause avoidance behavior are considered anxiety disorders.

    Fear can be a helpful emotion. For example, the fear reaction enables people to get out of the way when they hear the whistle of a train. The fear reaction sets off a signal in the hypothalamus that triggers a release of adrenaline into the body. Adrenaline acts immediately to prepare the body for fight or flight. The heart beats more strongly, breathing deepens, perspiration increases to cool the body, pupils dilate to sharpen vision and the face may turn pale.

   Questions :

1          1.     What is fear?

2          2.     What is the difference between fear and phobia?

3          3.     How is the effect of fear to our body?

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