LETTER FROM SUPERVISOR

Proverb “experience is the best teacher” is very popular among us, which can be applied in many aspects of our life, such as in social aspect, political aspect, and also educational aspect. Focusing on its application in the lattest one, “experience” becomes the root of learning process to frame knowledge and plays a vital role in creating individuals who are able to construct series of ideas, which would finally lead us to the term “practice”. In other words, experience and practice are, then, like two-sided coin shaping our capabilities and competencies inseparably. We mature by doing actions (read: experiencing and practicing): taking challenges; making mistakes; and solving problems. Such a maturing process shapes us to become a wise quality figure in a true sense. Students, for instance, undoubtedly need experience and practice during their learning stages within campus life. Doing projects, completing tasks, conducting surveys, observing surrounding phenomena, as well as thinking critically to recent issues are examples of how they gain experience, so that they would not be out of practice at doing something.

Experience. How do we gain it? As it is alrady explained and as it is usually defined – something important that we do or that happens to us and it affects us – can surely be gained and felt by taking any opportunities in every inch near us. IT IS priceless. It works only to those who have will to move forward, even if they have to jump, take a step back, sneak, run, or even crawl sometimes. Experience comes as we learn to do different brand new things outside our safe zone bravely. In addition, experience, particularly the good one, can definitely be shared to others for the sake of giving benefecial values of other people’s life. This is like spreading out meaningful life impact to larger member of society, with the final hope of being able to foster betterment of mankind today.

This magazine is constructed by presenting experience of those who are involving in the effort to give meaningful values of life to others. It is a work of compilation of English Department students, i.e. individuals who are challenging themselves to become wise individuals with all of their self quality. From this EDEN, you would be able to see and prove that every single part of your life is a real challenge. Some stories are true and very meaningful. They give you motivation to challenge yourself more and more, that is “to EXPERIENCE”.

Sincerely,

Ardianna Nuraeni (EDCOM Supervisor)