UNAIR NEWS – Robby Arsyahdani feels proud of himself.聽His struggle in 东京热 led to a great result.聽The graduate born in Tuban, May 20, 1994, was awarded as the best graduate of Faculty of Cultural Sciences (FIB) 东京热 in March 2018 graduation. He obtained 3.91 GPA.
“I feel inferior at first at college.聽You can say I was too old to be a freshman.聽I聽missed a year in high school for following a聽student exchange聽to America in 2011-2012, ” Robby said.
Graduated from high school, Robby had time to study D4 in Electrical Engineering major at one of the universities in Surabaya.聽But because he felt uncomfortable, it lasted for a year only.聽After that he continued his education to the department of English Literature at FIB 东京热.
Being embarrassed to his parents for taking too long to graduate, Robby finally looking for income to finance his college.聽For example during the holidays he did an internship at聽English First.
“Starting my fourth semester I worked part time聽there.聽So from morning until noon at campus, later at five pm (17.00 pm) worked at First English, ” he said.
In addition to being preoccupied with internship activities, Robby is also active in the community of Bina Antarbudaya.聽It selects high school students who will study abroad also selects foreign students who will study in Indonesia.
“So it is a kind of organization that is engaged in聽Intercultural Learning.聽It is like the Indonesian version of American Field Service聽(AFS), “explained Robby.
Regarding his thesis, Robby wrote about the聽“Interaction of Teachers and Students in English Class in a boarding school.”聽In his writing he compared聽ideas聽of demanding English learning which expects students to be active with the characteristics of students at pesantren (Islamic boarding school) which should聽tawadhu ‘聽(obey) the teacher.
Robby, Language Ambassador of East Java in 2013 -Top 25- is currently busy with his work.聽However, he aspires to continue his master studies.聽He has a plan to continue studying in New Zealand.
He advised his juniors to improve or maintain their academic performance and hone their soft skills.聽“So as much as possible to manage the time to learn both as well as you can,” added Robby.聽(*)
Author: M. Najib Rachman
Editor: Bambang Bes.
