Where have all our students gone? Here is some news from a few of them:
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"Hello Lovely teachers and Friends at Dyatmika, In 2009 a couple of months after graduating i started working in the kitchen at my sister’s cafe for 4 months, then I worked for 3 months in a fine dining restaurant called METIS. There my interest in learning more about cooking grew. Even though it was only for 3 months I learnt a lot about the art of fine food. So i applied to Le Cordon Bleu Australia in Sydney to study more about culinary arts, and I was accepted! After 9 months of cooking on campus, it was time for Industrial Placement (IP). I was lucky enough to get accepted to work at the Hilton Hotel in Sydney as a 3rd grade cook. I worked full time in the breakfast section for half a year. Just recently I’ve been promoted to Commi Chef. Now I’m back on campus studying for an Advanced Diploma in Management and still doing part time work at the Hilton. Life’s tough but you gotta do what you gotta do ;)
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"Dear Ibu Katie,
It’s very nice to be back home on my island Bali for the coming 2 months. I’m able to go to Dyatmika and see the people who I worked with for a couple of years and it feels like coming back to my family. i just want to say that I'm really happy with what I have achieved so far since leaving school, 1 year of full time elite professional tennis training as a professional athlete, and now a couple of months part time working in an interior boating business and still doing my tennis training. |
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Bulan, 2006 graduate In 2006 after graduating from Dyatmika I went to Arnhem Business School (ABS) in Arnhem, the Netherlands. I took the foundation year programme and stayed there for a year. I managed to get a scholarship worth 2,500 euro from ABS based on my grades. I felt that it wasn't the right programme for me, so I switched to another school. In 2007 I started another programme called International Communications and Media at Utrecht Uni of Applied Sciences. I took a faster route to complete my bachelor degree. I finished it in 3,5 years instead of 4 years. During the 3,5 years I managed to get scholarships for three years in a row. I also did two internships in Rotterdam and Amsterdam for 5 months each. For my exchange programme, I went to Toronto, Canada where I studied Corporate Communication for post bachelor students. I graduated in February this year and I am looking for a job in the Netherlands. I feel that Dyatmika has helped me a lot in shaping my thinking process. If I hadn't gone to Dyatmika I wouldn't get a chance to sharpen my analytical, writing and presentation skills. The assignments I got at Dyatmika helped me to understand a subject instead of memorizing it. This, I learnt later, proved to be very useful. I also feel grateful for the close-knit community of students and teachers in Dyatmika. Due to the small number of students, we can all get along regardless of our background, age and classes. That is something I miss from my life in Holland: the close friendship between students.
May 2011 |
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Lawrence
Hi Pak John, Sorry for not writing in a long time. It was very hard to do so when I have quantum physics to worry about. Right now I'm working on a research project for my school's chemistry department. I'm also graduating next semester, thanks to my A level. I've gotten rid of most of my more taxing classes and will smoothly sail towards graduation. I'm planning to apply to a graduate school to continue my chemistry degree but I'm not sure where I'm going yet.
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Jessica Hartana First Month at College I've been trying to adjust to college work and life – it was really difficult at first - but the first month finally passed, and everything turned out to be okay after all. From what I have experienced so far, I feel that it's very crucial to have strong ambition and commitment to be able to survive in a big university like this. From the first day of my orientation, I already had to face adversity. Class registration is not as easy as one might think! I was actually aware that the system is different from high school - where you are placed in a particular class. I was aware that all classes have limits (there are 500-600 people per class) and they do fill up quickly! Worse than that, because I'm an international student, I couldn't register for any of the classes before I physically checked into the university, and that turned out to be a big disadvantage. Yes, the classes I wanted to take were all full! I suffered from a severe mental breakdown for about a week! But then I thought to myself, there must be other ways to resolve this. I started calling up academic advisers (in a big university like this, you don't get assigned to an adviser, you must find them yourself), and all the departmental officers to put my name on their waiting lists. They also advised me to personally check the university's live database in case someone dropped out of the course which would leave a space (we are allowed to add/drop classes until the end of the first week). So I literally stared at the computer screen three or four times a day, wishing that someone would drop my desired classes. It was a truly long and exhausting process, but in the end, every attempt is worthwhile :) The classes vary so much in the number of people - my Economics class consists of 600 people in one lecture auditorium, my Psychology class is about 450, but my English class only has 14 people in it. It is a completely new and thrilling experience for me, to be able to experience a different environment, meet people from different countries and take every opportunity that the university offers. I plan to take internships and part-time jobs on campus next year (when my schoolwork is already settled). For now, I'm involved in the Indonesian students’ organization called the ISAUW (Indonesian Students Association at the University of Washington) as the Events Coordinator/Marketing Officer. Thanks to the opportunities I was given at Dyatmika - joining the OSIS; being a house captain and the head girl – all of these opportunities really counted towards developing my skills outside the academics. But the best news is... that my A Levels played the most important role! Although my Applied ICT and Business Studies did not count, my other subjects however, gave me a total of 37.5 credits (this is the breakdown: 15 credits for the A Level Maths, 15 credits for the A Level Chemistry, 7.5 credits for the AS Level English Language. The credits are all the same for grades from A-C) I needed to have 180 credits to graduate with a Bachelor's degree, so the A Levels have saved me almost a year of college! Taking the A Level Maths in Dyatmika has also cleared my Calculus prerequisites for my application to the business school! That means that I don't have to take anymore maths in my first two years (which I am sure many students would love, hehe!) I think that's all I can say for now. I am just very grateful that all of the hard work done in high school - both the academics and the non-academics - really prepared me for college. I just feel so lucky to have had the experience as a student at Dyatmika, and I hope that everyone will, too! Thanks a lot, Pak John, Ibu Katie, and all of the teachers and staff at Dyatmika :)
Yours, |
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Giri Suarsana. "After I left Dyatmika, I enrolled at Avon Olds Farms School in Avon, Connecticut and coming from a small school like Dyatmika, I felt unprepared and out of place. I found out very soon that my feelings couldn’t have been farther from the truth. Making friends was easy, I had already read John Steinbeck’s Of Mice and Men in Pak John’s English class, and I found my self in 11th grade math, most of which I had already covered with Ibu Seema. Dyatmika provided me with a strong academic foundation that allowed me to adapt and excel on campus. I recently won the Hamilton University Book Prize, which is awarded to the top 10th grader (and by the way there are 136 10th graders), and I know that it would not have been possible without the education I received at Dyatmika." |
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Lawrence Alexander Januar |
