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~ * ~ * ~ * ~ LITTLE TEDDY STODDARD ~ * ~ * ~ * ~
>== SIKECIL TEDDY STODDARD ==
> There is a story many years ago of an elementary
teacher. Her name
> was Mrs. Thompson. As she stood in front of her
5th grade class on
> the very first day of school, she told the
children a lie.
>===== Beberapa tahun lalu ada kisah seorang guru
SD yang bernama
> Ibu Thompson. Dihari pertama saat ia berdiri
didepan kelas 5 di-
> sekolahnya, ia berbohong pada anak2.
>
> Like most teachers, she looked at her students and
said that she loved
> them all the same. But that was impossible, because
there in the front
> row, slumped in his seat, was a little boy named
Teddy Stoddard.
>===== Seperti guru2 pada umumnya, ia melihat para
muridnya dan
> berkata betapa ia sama2 mengasihi semuanya.
Tetapi itu mustahil,
> karena dibaris terdepan, duduk agak lunglai,
ada seorang anak
> laki2 kecil bernama Teddy Stoddard.
>
> Mrs.Thompson had watched Teddy the year before and
noticed that
> he didn't play well with the other children, that
his clothes were messy
> and that he constantly needed a bath.
>===== Ibu Thompson telah mengawasi Teddy tahun
sebelumnya dan
> memperhatikan bahwa ia kurang bisa bermain
dengan anak2 lainnya,
> juga bahwa pakaiannya serba semrawut dan
seakan terus menerus
> dekil, tiap kali masih butuh mandi.
>
> And Teddy could be unpleasant! It got to the point
where Mrs.Thompson
> would actually take delight in marking his papers
with a broad red pen,
> making bold X's and then putting a big "F" at the
top of his papers.
>===== Dan Teddypun juga bisa amat menjengkelkan!
Pernahlah tercapai
> puncaknya, saat Ibu Thompson ini sampai2 bisa
merasa senang dan
> puas, mencoreti kertas karya2 belajarnya
dengan pena merah yang
> lebar, membuat tanda2 X tebal lalu memberi
nilai "F"
> diatas kertas2 itu.
>
> At the school where Mrs. Thompson taught, she was
required to review
> each child's past records and she put Teddy's off
until last.
>===== Disekolah dimana Ibu Thompson ini mengajar,
ia diharuskan me-
> meriksa ulang semua catatan masa lalu tiap
murid dan punya si
>Teddy
> ini ia tunda sampai terakhir.
>
> However,when she reviewed his file, she was in for
a surprise:
>===== Namun, saat mulai mempelajari berkasnya, dia
jadi kaget, terkejut:
> Teddy's first grade teacher wrote, "Teddy is a
bright child with a ready
> laugh. He does his work neatly and has good
manners... he is a joy to be
> around."
>===== Guru kelas satu Teddy menulis, "Teddy
seorang anak cerdas dan
> mudah tertawa. Tugas2nya ia kerjakan dengan
rapi, penuh sopan dan
> santun. Ia menghadirkan kegembiraan
di-tengah2 kita."
>
> His second grade teacher wrote, "Teddy is an
excellent student, well
> liked by his classmates, but he is troubled because
his mother has a
> terminal illness and life at home must be a
struggle."
>===== Guru kelas dua nya mencatat, "Teddy murid
yang luar biasa, sangat
> disenangi oleh rekan2 sekelasnya, tapi ia
amat terganggu sebab
> ibunya menghadapi sakit fatal dan hidupnya
dirumah jadi sulit."
>
> His third grade teacher wrote, "His mother's death
has been hard on him.
> He tries to do his best but his father doesn't show
much interest and his
> home life will soon affect him if some steps aren't
taken."
>===== Guru kelas tiganya menulis, "Kematian ibunya
begitu berat baginya.
> Ia berjuang sebaik mungkin tapi ayahnya
kurang memberi perhatian
>dan
> kehidupan dirumahnya akan segera berdampak
padanya bila tak diambil
> langkah2/tindakan2.
>
> Teddy's fourth grade teacher wrote,"Teddy is
withdrawn and doesn't
> show much interest in school. He doesn't have
many friends and
>sometimes
> sleeps in class."
>===== Ada catatan guru kelas empat Teddy, "Teddy
menarik diri dan kurang
> bergairah disekolah. Ia tak punya banyak
teman, terkadang juga
>tidur
> dikelas."
>
> By now, Mrs. Thompson realized the problem and she
was ashamed of
>herself.
> She felt even worse when her students brought her
Christmas presents, all
> wrapped in beautiful ribbons and bright paper,
except for Teddy's.
>===== Saat inilah Ibu Thompson baru sadar dan
mengerti problemnya dan ia
> menjadi malu pada dirinya sendiri. Ia tambah
merasa amat bersalah
> sekali waktu murid2 membawakan hadiah Natal,
terbungkus begitu
>indah dengan kertas dan pita2 warna warni,
kecuali yang punya si
>Teddy.
>
> His present which was clumsily wrapped in the
heavy, brown paper that he
> got from a grocery bag.
>===== Hadiah Natalnya terbungkus asal2an memakai
kertas coklat kasar
> bekas sembarang kantung kertas toko meracang.
>
> Mrs. Thompson took pains to open it in the middle
of the other presents.
> Some of the children started to laugh when she
found a rhinestone
>bracelet
> with some of the stones missing, and a bottle that
was one quarter full
>of
> perfume.
>===== Bagi Ibu Thompson sangat pilu dan pedih
membuka hadiah itu di-
> tengah2 hadiah2 lainnya. Beberapa murid2
bahkan mulai tertawa saat
> ia menemukan sebuah kalung batu2 alam yang
ternyata tidak lengkap,
> dan sebuah botol berisi minyak wangi tapi
cuma tinggal seperempat.
>
> But she stifled the children's laughter when she
exclaimed how pretty the
> bracelet was, putting it on, and dabbing some of
the perfume on her
>wrist.
>===== Tapi ejekan anak2 gaduh itu berhasil ia
redakan saat ia langsung
> memuji kecantikan kalung itu, lalu ia pakai
sekali, juga ia
>meneteskan
> sedikit minyak wangi itu pada pergelangan
tangannya.
>
> Teddy Stoddard stayed after school that day just
long enough to say,
> "Mrs. Thompson, today you smelled just like my Mom
used to."
>===== Siang itu si Teddy Stoddard - seusai sekolah
- tinggal lamaan
> sedikit hanya untuk mengatakan padanya, " Ibu
Thompson, waduhh...,
> hari ini ibu begitu wangi seperti ibuku
dulu....... "
>
> After the children left she cried for at least an
hour. On that very day,
> she quit teaching reading, and writing, and
arithmetic. Instead, she
>began
> to teach children.
>===== Setelah semua anak2 pulang ia menangis
sedikitnya satu jam. Pada
> hari itu juga, ia berhenti mengajar membaca,
dan menulis, dan mate-
> matika. Sebaliknya ia mulai mendidik.
>
> Mrs. Thompson paid particular attention to Teddy.
As she worked with him,
> his mind seemed to come alive. The more she
encouraged him, the faster he
> responded. By the end of the year, Teddy had become
one of the smartest
> children in the class and, despite her lie that
she'd love all the
>children
> the same, Teddy became one of her "teacher's pets."
>===== Ibu Thompson secara khusus memperhatikan
Teddy. Begitu ia pusat-
> kan diri padanya, otak dan pikirannya seakan
mulai hidup. Makin ia
>me-
> nyemangatinya, makin cepat pula tanggapannya.
Pada akhir tahun, Teddy
> telah menjadi salah satu murid2 terpandai
dikelasnya, jadi biarpun
>ia
> pernah berbohong bahwa ia akan mencintai
semua anak2 secara rata,
> Teddy ternyata akhirnya juga menjadi salah
satu kesayangan gurunya.
>
> A year later, she found a note under her door from
Teddy, telling her
> that she was still the best teacher he ever had in
his whole life.
>===== Setahun kemudian, ia temukan sebuah catatan
pendek dari Teddy,
> mengatakan bahwa dia masih tetap guru terbaik
seumur hidupnya.
>
> Six years went by before she got another note from
Teddy. He then wrote
> that he had finished high school, third in his
class, and she was still
>the best teacher he ever had in his whole life.
>===== Setelah lewat enam tahun dia menerima lagi
sebuah catatan pendek,
> Teddy menulis is sudah menyelesaikan SMA,
termasuk ranking tiga di-
> kelasnya, dan bahwa dia masih tetap guru
terbaik seumur hidupnya.
>
> Four years after that, she got another letter,
saying that while things
> had been tough at times, he'd stayed in school, had
stuck with it, and
> would soon graduate from college with the highest
of honors.
>===== Empat tahun setelah itu, ia menerima sepucuk
surat lagi,
>memberita-
> kan bahwa biarpun keadaan terkadang sulit
juga, tapi ia tetap masih
> sekolah, pasti akan tetap bertahan, dan
sebentar lagi akan lulus
> bahkan dengan angka2 yang terbaik .
>
> He assured Mrs.Thompson that she was still the best
and favorite teacher
> he ever had in his whole life.
>===== Ia menegaskan Ibu Thompson ini sekali lagi
bahwa ia masih tetap
> guru tersayang dan terbaik sepanjang
hidupnya.
>
> Then four more years passed and yet another letter
came. This time he
> explained that after he got his bachelor's degree,
he decided to go a
> little further. The letter explained that she was
still the best and the
> favorite teacher he ever had.
>===== Lewatlah lagi empat tahun, dan masih terus
datang lagi suratnya.
> Kali ini ia menerangkan ia sudah lulus jadi
sarjana, tapi juga
>memu-
> tuskan untuk terus melanjutkan. Surat ini
juga mengulangi lagi bah-
> wa ia masih tetap guru tersayang dan terbaik
yang pernah ia alami
> sepanjang masa.....
>
> But now his name was a little longer --- the
letter was signed,
> Theodore F. Stoddard, M.D.
>===== Tapi kali ini nama dia menjadi lebih panjang
sedikit - surat itu
> ditandatangani, Theodore F. Stoddard, M.D.
(=titel dokter umum).
>
> The story doesn't end there. You see, there was yet
another letter that
> spring. Teddy said he'd met this girl and was going
to be married.
>===== Kisah ini belum berakhir disitu. Dimusim
semi itu datang lagi se-
> pucuk surat, Teddy menyatakan ia bertemu
seorang gadis dan ber-
> niat akan menikahinya.
>
> He explained that his father had died a couple of
years ago and he was
> wondering if Mrs. Thompson might agree to sit in
the place at the wedding
> that was usually reserved for the mother of the
groom. Of course, Mrs.
> Thompson did.
>===== Ia menerangkan ayahnya meninggal beberapa
tahun yang lalu, lalu
> ia ingin tahu apakah Ibu Thompson bersedia
mewakili dan duduk di-
> kursi kehormatan yang biasanya dicadangkan
untuk ibu mempelai
> lelaki. Tentu saja dia bersedia.
>
> And guess what? She wore that bracelet, the one
with several rhinestones
> missing. And she made sure she was wearing the
perfume that Teddy
> remembered his mother wearing on their last
Christmas together.
>===== Coba terka bagaimana selanjutnya? Ia memakai
kalung itu, yang
> beberapa batu hiasnya sudah ompong. Juga
dipakainya minyak wangi
> yang diberikan Teddy kecil, bau wewangian yang
mengingatkannya saat
> bersama ibunya, dulu.....di Natal terakhir mereka
bersama.
>
> They hugged each other, and Dr. Stoddard whispered
in Mrs. Thompson's
>ear,
> "Thank you Mrs.Thompson for believing in me. Thank
you so much for
>making
> me feel important and showing me that I could make
a difference."
>===== Mereka saling merangkul, dan Dr. Stoddard
berbisik "Wah, terima
> kasih Bu Thompson untuk mempercayai saya.
Terima kasih banyak telah
> membuatku merasa berguna dan menunjukkan
bahwa aku bisa berubah
> dan merubah."
>
> Mrs.Thompson, with tears in her eyes, whispered
back. She said, "Teddy,
> you have it all wrong. You were the one who taught
me that I could make
> a difference. I didn't know how to teach until I
met you."
>===== Ibu Thompson, basah berlinangkan air mata,
berbisik kembali,
> "Teddy, kamu samasekali salah. Justru kamulah
yang mengajariku
> bahwa aku bisa membuat suatu perubahan.
> Aku tak mengerti cara mendidik sebelum
bertemu denganmu."
wassalam
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