Anak SMA

Anak SMA is a condition where someone is still learn at Senior High School. SMA or SEKOLAH MENENGAH ATAS is an Indonesian name for SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL. that mean, Anak SMA is person who is student at Senior high school. in Indonesia. This article is based on my a monthly research with a help from IRNA DIANA, my sister and my assistant. she is considered as ANAK SMA even if she is now at third semester in Unirow, a Small but prospective University in Tuban. So, the term for Anak SMA is now being mutating and a bit different. My research was taken directly from my society to tell the world on what the society in my hometown think about Anak SMA. We call ANAK SMA in injunction with a someone who is at sixteen until nineteen years old. so someone might be not study or learn in Senior high school (due to economic reason or whatever else) but still called as ANAK SMA if she or he is at sixteen or nineteen years old. the fact is even if someone at twenty years old and still learn at Senior high school, he or she would not considered as ANAK SMA. it is strange isn't it?

if you said that is strange, let me continue the explanation based on my research. while a someone who still learn at senior high school is not called  an ANAK SMA, a someone who is learn in other Education grade might be called as ANAK SMA. there are some factor to determine a someone is called as ANAK SMA or not. if you think the great factor is the age of the person, you were wrong. getting confused? so, what is the big great factor on why someone is considered as ANAK SMA? Read the information below (based on my research):

1. Someone who learn at Senior High School => considered as Anak SMA
2. Sixteen until nineteen years old => considered as Anak SMA
3. More than twenty years old and still learn at Senior High School => not Considered as anak SMA.
4. More than twenty years old and not study in Senior high School => considered as Anak SMA.
5. Less than sixteen years old and still learn at Junior High School => considered as Anak SMA.

I hope the information above will answer all of your question. what? more confused? hehe..

alright, here are the explanation:

• at the point one above, everyone  who is learn in Senior High school called as Anak SMA. it is typical and commonly used in my society. so people don't care about your age. they only care about the Uniform as the Uniform is used to Identify who a someone is. A student of senior high school or not. the important factor is UNIFORM.
• at the second point, a someone who is at the age of being in Senior High School is called Anak SMA even he or she was not learn in Senior High School. why the Uniform is not the important factor? let me answer this. Do you think a someone will always wear a Uniform everywhere? of course not. so to Identify whether she or he is Anak SMA or not is by using the age of the person. the key important factor is AGE.
• at third point, a someone would not considered as Anak SMA even if he or she is still learn at Senior High School. why? it is simply because many people would not believe a someone who is supposed to be at a University still learn in Senior High School. it is same as we would not consider a young person as a Professor even it is possible. the important factor is Perspective from the society and age of the person itself.
• at fourth point, we can see it as the opposite in point three. a someone will be considered as Anak SMA even if his or her age is more than twenty years old. how come? here is the explanation, if lots of people call you as Anak SMA, then you were Anak SMA (even if you have been graduated from Senior High School). it is simply because everyone watch your behaviour as Anak SMA. the behaviour consist of the way you talk, the way you walk and what clothes you were used. the Important factor is Behaviour.
• at the Last point, I found out even if a person is less than sixteen years old, he or she would be considered as Anak SMA if they have a relevant face. by the meaning of relevant face is a condition where the face is the same as the person at sixteen until nineteen. so if you have the face of Anak SMA, you would be considered as Anak SMA. it is actually not only face but there is the other Unimportant factor, the act or the way they think is also the point but it is minimal. so the important factor is FACE.

the summarize of my research are:

• A someone would be easily Identified as Anak SMA if he or she has one of this condition: Wear Uniform, at sixteen until nineteen ears old, the behaviour is the same as Anak SMA, and the face is Relevant to Anak SMA
• A someone would not considered as Anak SMA even if he or she learn at Senior high school because of this condition: didn't wear the Uniform, the age is more than nineteen years old, the behaviour is not reflect Anak SMA and doesn't has the face of the person who learn at Senior High School.

this research is taken the time from June 20, 2010 until July, 20 2010 which took different place but in the same town.. the sample was taken from thirty people from the different job. the research conducted without the subject know if I were conducted a research. I use this technique to eliminate the bogus result. by using this technique, the result is 100 percent correct and have zero tolerance. I do this research just to spent the times and therefore I didn't include any of the related material (I can added it but it is free research by me after all.) the method is by speaking and joking with the subject while giving them ten question about five different people at their sight.. I got 300 record from this free research.

the Subject are: five pedicab driver, five taxi driver, Five teacher, Five Student, five people who learn at University and five seller in the traditional market where many people gather around to buy something. all the subject were random and I didn't know about them. most of the time the research conducted by joking. Each subject will be asked for ten question with 5 different object (each object has two sample). The object are, A student who wear Uniform (junior and Senior), a woman or man, a teen which is young but without uniform. a teen with out uniform and a random people.

the subject are:

Five subject were Pedicab driver (easy to find), the research took place in front of Mapolres Tuban, a place where lots of pedicab driver gather around waiting for the passenger. while giving them a cigarette, I ask them whether a someone who walk across the street is Anak SMA or not. I spent 5 days for this research. ten people analized per days. so there are 50 records.

1. Five Subject were Taxi driver. took place in Pertigaan Pakah. the object was the passenger which i choose. I got ten record for every subject and collected 50 record overall. the research took Five days.
2. While i take some rest in front of Unirow tuban, I ask five people that I don't know to identify the people who is ride a bicycle in front of us. it is easy but not too easy as I got some trouble waiting different people to choose from. fifty record collected. took five days.
3. In Kecamatan Plumpang, I met lots of teacher and five of them become my subject. I ask them a people who is in front of us. we were in the traditional restaurant or called "Warung" in Indonesia. easy research. i got fifty record. took five days.
4. in Bundaran Pakah at evening, my sister ask some student to determine  a someone is Anak SMA or not. easiest things ever. for five days she gave me fifty record.
5. I meet lots of seller in the market and I use this as my own advantages. by asking them to identify the people who bought at them, i got fifty records. took longest time. more than 3 hours.

Now, the research is over and i have finished this report. honestly, finishing this report took the longest time as my english is terrible. more than thirteen cigarettes were used at this research. (i forgot how much i bought it). i spent more than Rp. 190.000,- for this research. overall, i really satisfied with the result.

Next moth, i will researching the other after I got some money to spent lol.

see you next time.

ARICK

(An indonesian volunteer in doing research for society)