Tangkuban Parahu

Long time ago in West Java, there lived a woman named Dayang Sumbi. She was thirsting for a husband. Along her life she kept praying and praying. At last, God heard her pray. A male dog picked her up and Dayang Sumbi got married to the dog and called the dog Tumang. After years, Dayang Sumbi gave a birth to baby and named him Sangkuriang. Unfortunately, Dayang Sumbi never told Sangkuriang who his father was. One day, Sangkuriang was hunting with Tumang in the forest and he found nothing except a little animal. He blamed Tumang for the failure and then he killed Tumang. When Dayang Sumbi knew that she hit Sangkuriangs head with a big spoon and expelled him. Many years later, Sangkuriang wandered and found an old house in the forest. Sangkuriang came closer to the house and there was an old beautiful woman. The woman, Dayang Sumbi, recognized the wanderer as Sangkuriang. Unintentionally, Sangkuriang forced Dayang Sumbi to marry him. Dayang Sumbi agreed to marry him but Sangkuriang had to build a vast boat, just in one night. At night, Sangkuriang called his friends, ghosts and fairies to help him. Feared with the boat to complete, Dayang Sumbi asked other women in her village to help her. Then the women punched the grains with grain puncher to make noise which disturbed the ghosts and fairies. The morning came before Sangkuriang completed the boat. Unfortunately the fairies and the ghosts also left Sangkuriang alone. Finaly Sangkuriang got very angry and kicked away the boat to the downside, which finally turned into a mountain, called Tangkuban Parahu.

The Myth of Malin Kundang

A long time ago, in a small village near the beach in West Sumatra, a woman and her son lived. They were Malin Kundang and her mother. Her mother was a single parent because Malin Kundang's father had passed away when he was a baby. Malin Kundang had to live hard with his mother. Malin Kundang was a healthy, dilligent, and strong boy. He usually went to sea to catch fish. After getting fish he would bring it to his mother, or sold the caught fish in the town. One day, when Malin Kundang was sailing, he saw a merchant's ship which was being raided by a small band of pirates. He helped the merchant. With his brave and power, Malin Kundang defeated the pirates. The merchant was so happy and thanked to him. In return the merchant asked Malin Kundang to sail with him. To get a better life, Malin Kundang agreed. He left his mother alone. Many years later, Malin Kundang became wealthy. He had a huge ship and was helped by many ship crews loading trading goods. Perfectly he had a beautiful wife too. When he was sailing his trading journey, his ship landed on a beach near a small village. The villagers recognized him. The news ran fast in the town; Malin Kundang has become rich and now he is here. An old woman ran to the beach to meet the new rich merchant. She was Malin Kundangs mother. She wanted to hug him, released her sadness of being lonely after so long time. Unfortunately, when the mother came, Malin Kundang who was in front of his well dressed wife and his ship crews denied meeting that old lonely woman. For three times her mother begged Malin Kundang and for three times he yelled at her. At last Malin Kundang said to her "Enough, old woman! I have never had a mother like you, a dirty and ugly woman!" After that he ordered his crews to set sail. He would leave the old mother again but in that time she was full of both sadness and angriness. Finally, enraged, she cursed Malin Kundang that he would turn into a stone if he didn't apologize. Malin Kundang just laughed and really set sail.

In the quiet sea, suddenly a thunderstorm came. His huge ship was wrecked and it was too late for Malin Kundang to apologize. He was thrown by the wave out of his ship. He fell on a small island. It was really too late for him to avoid his curse. Suddenly, he turned into a stone.

Lutung Kasarung Prabu Tapa Agung was an old king. He had two daughters, Purbararang and Purbasari. Prabu Tapa Agung planned to retire as a king. He wanted Purbasari to replace him as the leader of the kingdom. Hearing this, Purbararang was angry. "You cannot ask her to be the queen, Father. I'm older than she is. It's supposed to be me, not her!" said Purbararang. But the king still chose Purbasari to be the next queen. Purbararang then set a bad plan with her fiance, Indrajaya. Together they went to a witch and asked her to put a spell on Purbasari. Later, Purbasari had bad skin. There were black dots all over her body. "You are not as beautiful as I am. You cannot be the queen. Instead, you have to leave this palace and stay in a jungle," said Purbararang. Purbasari was very sad. Now she had to stay in the jungle. Everyday she spent her time playing with some animals there. There was one monkey that always tried to cheer her up. It was not just an ordinary monkey, he had magical power. And he also could talk with humans. The monkey's name was Lutung Kasarung. He was actually a god. His name was Sanghyang Gurumina. Lutung Kasarung planned to help Purbasari. He made a small lake and asked her to take a bath there. Amazingly, her bad skin was cured. Now she got her beautiful skin back. After that, she asked Lutung Kasarung to accompany her to go back to the palace. Purbararang was very shocked. She knew she had to come up with another bad idea. She then said, "Those who have longer hair will be the queen." The king then measured his daughters' hair. Purbasari had longer hair. But Purbararang did not give up. "A queen must have a handsome husband. If my fiance is more handsome than yours, then I will be the queen," said Purbararang. Purbasari was sad. She knew Purbararang's fiance, Indrajaya, was handsome. And she did not have a fiance yet. "Here is my fianc, Indrajaya. Where is yours?" asked Purbararang. Lutung Kasarung came forward. Purbararang was laughing very hard. "Your fiance is a monkey, ha ha ha." Suddenly, Lutung

Kasarung changed into a very a handsome man. He was even more handsome than Indrajaya. Purbasari then became the queen. She forgave Purbararang and her fiance and let them stay in the palace.

Assalamualaikum wr wb, Bapak-bapak/ibu-ibu beserta rekan-rekan yang saya hormati, pertama-tama marilah kita panjatkan puji dan syukur kepada tuhan yang maha esa yang telah memberikan rahmat dan hidayahnya kepada kita semua sehingga kita dapat berkumpul ditempat ini, saya ucapkan banyak terimakasih atas kesempatan yang telah diberikan kepada saya untuk menyampaikan sebuah pidato yang berjudul Pengaruh Televisi Terhadap Anak-anak. Sebelum saya memulai berpidato saya ingin menyampaikan batasan masalah yang akan saya sampaikan didalam pidato hari ini, yakni diantaranya ; pengaruh televisi dari segi positif dan negatifnya. Bila kita melihat secara umum pengaruh televisi terhadap anak-anak memang tanpak sangat berguna dan bermakna karena media televisi ini merupakan sarana penyampaian informasi yang paling efektif dan efisien, efektif dari segi penyampaian informasi dan efisien dari segi harga untuk memperoleh informasi tersebut. Dengan media televisi wawasan dan ilmu pengetahuan seorang anak dapat berkembang dengan pesat sejalan dengan perkembangan teknologi yang ada. Banyak hal positif yang dapat diambil dari adanya media televisi ini yakni diantaranya seperti, informasi mengenai berita terkini, ilmu pengetahuan umum, Entertainmen/hiburan, dan lain sebagainya. Seorang anak hendaknya selalu mengetahui informasi terkini yang terjadi didunia guna menambah wawasan dan ilmu pengetahuan bagi anak itu sendiri, yang dapat ia gunakan untuk mengembangkan dirinya dimasa yang akan datang, karena dengan informasi manusia dapat menjadi lebih baik dari sebelumnya, sedangkan untuk bidang entertainment/ hiburan, hal ini tentu saja berfungsi untuk mengurangi rasa penat atau rasa bosan pada setiap anak didalam masa remajanya atau dalam masamasa belajarnya, mengapa demikian? Karena setiap anak yang sedang berkembang akan mengalami satu hal yang namanya bosan dan hal ini perlu dicegah dengan kegiatan yang sifatnya menghibur/ refleksi yang dapat membuatnya selalu Fresh dan berfikir positif, sehingga menjadikan ia selalu aktif dan kreatif. Selain dari wawasan dan ilmu pengetahuan yang dapat diperoleh anak dari media televisi, keakraban antar keluarga akan tercipta sehingga membuat anak merasa nyaman berada diantara keluarganya, karena keluarga juga merupakan salah satu faktor utama penentu keberhasilan diri seorang anak, selain hal itu orang tua juga dapat mendidik anak-anaknya dengan lebih mudah melalui media televisi dan orang tua tersebut lebih mudah memberikan pengarahan terhadap anak sehingga anak akan merasa tidak terbebani untuk memahami apa yang diinginkan oleh orangtuanya. Hal-hal tersebut merupakan salah satu yang dapat kita rasakan/ lihat dari segi positif dampak televisi terhadap anak, tetapi selain itu banyak hal-hal negative yang dapat terjadi jika anak telah terpengaruh oleh televisi, diantaranya adalah malas, mencontoh hal-hal yang tidak baik/negatif seperti cara bergaul, berbicara, berpenampilan, serta pribadinya.

Malas adalah hal yang paling sering terjadi jika seorang anak sudah terpengaruh oleh asyiknya menonton televisi sehingga melupakan belajarnya, dan hal ini merupakan hal yang sangat merugikan bagi anak itu sendiri karena dengan bermalas-malasan dia tidak akan mendapatkan apa-apa dan apa yang ia cita-citakan dalam hidupnya, maka dari itu alangkah baiknya orang tua membatasi waktu menonton televisi dan menyaring tayangan yang sesuai dengan kebutuhan sang anak, selain malas pengaruh buruk televisi terhadap tingkah laku anak yakni mencontoh hal yang tidak seharusnya di contoh, misalkan anak usia dibawah lima tahun menonton tayangan televisi untuk orang dewasa, tentu hal ini sangat berbahaya karena anak bisa dewasa sebelum dewasa, maksudnya adalah tindakan-tindakan yang dilakukan oleh orang dewasa tidak seharusnya dicontoh oleh anak kecil, seperti Kekerasan, gaya hidup seperti berpenampilan, bergaul, dan gaya-gaya berbicara yang tidak sesuai dengan kaidah bahasa yang baik, dan lain sebagainya. Hal ini juga memerlukan kontrol dari orang tua untuk tayangan yang sifatnya dewasa seperti itu. Jika hal negativ tersebut sudah terjadi maka selanjutnya dapat kita lihat kepribadian dari anak itu sendiri akan berubah dan Kemungkinan merugikan bagi semua pihak termasuk dirinya sendiri. Kesimpulannya bahwa, setiap hal yang ada didunia ini pasti memiliki aturan dan pandangan yang berbeda yakni, baik dan buruk, begitupun dengan media televisi, yang selayaknya digunakan untuk hal yang baik tetapi tetap saja memiliki dampak yang tidak baik bagi sebagian orang dan atau fungsinya. Maka dari itu peranan orang tua untuk mendidik anak sangatlah penting serta kesadaran dari anak itu sendiri haruslah tinggi dan bertanggung jawab atas apa yang hendak ia lakukan dengan bimbingan dari guru dan kegiatan-kegiatan positif yang dia lakukan selama dia berada dilingkungan sekolah. Atas perhatiannya saya ucapkan terimakasih, akhirul kata, wassalamualaikum wr wb.