Parents Gathering: ?The Next Step?

To celebrate the twentienth anniversary of Univesitas Pelita Harapan, James Riady, as the founder of UPH held a parents gathering meeting on Saturday, 24 May 2014 at Building D 501. This event is important for the parents to know the quality of education that their children had received in the university. Not only to understand, but also to guide their children on having a successful life in the future.

Before the session began, the parents were given opportunity to talk with each lectures that had taught their children in the classroom. Through this meeting, the parents are able to convey their inspiration and critique that they have on the university. Each parents could went to the private rooms the committees had prepared according to their children faculties. Mostly, the parents were concern on the trisemester program that take most of their children time to study.

Then, to continued the event, the parents were having a heart to heart session with James Riady. He brought a topic of ?The Next Step? in the meeting. James Riady emphasized the importance of parents role in guiding their child education. ?As a parent we need to work together with our partner. The thing is, we need to have the same vision that our partner have, and we can work it through. These factors are related, because our children will make their assumption about us. If we fight often, they would think that it is okay for them to do it. Therefore later it would be reflected on their character, ? explained James Riady. He even shared his experience with his parents and how his parents would treated him.

According to him, being smart is easy. Knowledge can be gained from everywhere. He illustrated it with a child using an Internet for a year. Just staying in front of the computer, he could know everything from it. But, knowledge is just a part of the factor of being successful. Without a good foundation of moral values, spirtual, and social skills, their characters would change and influence easily. With a good belief and foundation, a child would hold on to their ideology and do the right things. For example: being in the trisemester program, the children will be tested on their capability of self-disciplining themselves, and their persistency on doing a great job.

James Riady hopes that this meeting would be an insight that might help them to guide their children. He was grateful for the parents attentiveness on criticizing the university. For him, their inspirations are beneficial so UPH could grow more and give an impact to the society. (pris)