Mr. Bachmann : Set Me On The Right Path

My wood-shop teacher, Mr. August J. Bachmann, was the most influential teacher I ever had. I had gotten into trouble in his class: Another student had pushed me into a wood lathe, and I became enraged and began to hit him. Mr. Bachmann stopped the fight, but instead...

Kesombongan Diri

Budi, seorang anak laki-laki SD kelas 3 baru saja memenangkan sebuah medali sebagai pembaca terbaik di kelas. Terbuai oleh kesombongan, ia menyombongkan diri dihadapan pembantu di rumah, “Bibi, coba lihat, jika mau Bibi dapat membaca sebaik saya.” Pembantu...

Pajak Penghasilan Tertinggi Dunia

Pernah kah pembaca mencoba merenungkan kata-kata dari seorang Ilmuwan Amerika kelahiran Jerman yang bernama Albert Einstein, beliau mengatakan “Sesuatu yang paling sulit dimengerti di dunia ini adalah Pajak Penghasilan.” Dalam pemahaman penulis pribadi ada...

Pauline Jambard : Became My Family

I was nine when I arrived at the Children’s Home in Nashua, New Hampshire, in 1965. I failed third grade that year, barely made it through a second time, and had squeaked through fourth grade by the time I reached Pauline Jambard’s fifth-grade class at Charlotte...