JAKARTA - The 5th President of the Republic of Indonesia Megawati Soekarnoputri gave a message in commemoration of National Children's Day 2021. Megawati reminded that Indonesian children as the nation's next generation must grow up healthily.
"And most importantly, you have to study hard to be able to study and always be happy," said Megawati, quoted from the PPPA Ministry's YouTube show, Friday, July 23.
In addition to being healthy and diligent, Megawati also advised the children to not only focus on formal lessons in school. However, it is also necessary to go out and learn from nature or the surrounding environment.
"Because if we calculate that we study at school for less than one day. So during those extra hours, look for knowledge anywhere," said the chairman of the BPIP Steering Committee.
According to him, children should be invited to know the outside world. Because the best teacher is the universe.
"Just try to go for a walk when the children finish studying. We can meet dragonflies, meet frogs, meet water parks," said Megawati.
The PDI-P general chairman then gave homework (PR) for the children to find out where the frogs and butterflies came from.
"I want to ask, later this is homework, where do frogs come from? Where do butterflies come from? Many children don't know now, so it's homework from mothers," he said.
Megawati also advised Indonesian children to have high ideals. In accordance with Bung Karno's statement, he said that ideals need to be hung as high as the stars.
"Bung Karno, the father of our nation once said hang your dreams as high as the stars in the sky because why, if you fall, you fall into the stars. How beautiful a dream like that," explained Megawati.
Megawati said that when she was a child, she often felt lazy in doing her assignments. However, according to him, there needs to be a spirit of self so as not to be stupid and lose to other children.
"Mother has also been a child, mother has also been lazy, how come there's a pile of homework, huh? But you have a fighting spirit, I don't want to be stupid that's why something inspires me from my own body. I want to lose with other children," said Megawati.
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