I am writing to express my feeling of disappointment toward
today’s reality. Everything seems so cruel today. There are a lot of unfair treatments
done by superior persons to those who are still begging for help and justice. I
suppose this time I’m a bit emotional…but I just can’t help it!
Huff... what
have made me this mad is an incident told by a colleague of mine, Ms. Rafita.
She is an alumnus of a state university in Medan. The incident happened to one
of her friends who has not graduated yet. Let’s say her friend’s name is Ann.
Ann was a girl who had been working hard to complete her
thesis writing. She knew her parents, who are only common farmers/villagers,
were proud of her for being a state university student. They also had been
trying to earn money to support her education in the city. Thus, Ann wouldn’t
want to disappoint them by failing the thesis exam. Furthermore, graduation is
a pride for Bataknese people and this was one of the reasons of Ann’s
perseverance in doing her thesis.
Yet, her hard work was not appreciated by her lecturers, who
thought they could do anything with their authority in hand. Her thesis was
rejected again and again by the lecturers with ridiculous reasons. Ann was
tired and down. Because of this, she felt sick due to months of struggle. She
suffered from Appendicitis. After appendix surgery, everything did not get back
to normal. Else, another illness appeared. One thing that I have to emphasize
here : medical skill in Indonesia is still wretched. I think this is why Ann was
admitted to hospital again because of post-surgery complications. Her
parents also consulted traditional medication for her beloved daughter.
Unfortunately, not long after that Ann died without a chance to finish her
study.
I was upset, shocked, and angry after listening to Ms.
Rafita. She had also cried all night long for her poor friend, Ann. To me, it
is a real irony that people (in this case, Ann’s lecturer) who think they are
educated and superior enough to control others, are in fact the cruelest
creatures that can hurt and even take innocents’ lives away.
Here, I would like to express my deepest condolence to her
family.
