Selamat pagi,
Saya mendapatkan dan menyimpan artikel ini dari balita-anda beberapa waktu
yang lalu dan tulisan ini sangat meng-encourage istri saya yang saat ini
mengasuh 3 orang permata kami. Semoga menjadi masukan buat kita semua .
Salam,
Papanya Danny, Gabby dan Mike.
I'm just a mother ?
A few months ago, when I was picking up children at school, another mother
I knew well rushed up to me.
Emily was fuming with indignation. "Do you know what you and I are ?" she
demanded. Before I could answer - and I didn't really have one handy ? she
blurted out the reason for her question. It seemed she had just returned
from renewing her driver's license at the County clerk's office. Asked by
the woman recorder to state her "occupation"
Emily had hesitated, uncertain how to classify herself. "What I mean is,.."
she explained the recorder, "Do you have a job, or are you just a ??..
?".."of course I have a job," snapped Emily, "I'm a mother.". "We don't
list'mother' as an occupation ?'housewife' covers it, " said the recorder
emphatically.
I forgot all about her story until one day I found my self in the same
situation, this time at our Town Hall. The clerk was obviously a career
woman, poised, efficient and possessed of a high-sounding title,
like"Official Interrogator" or "Town Registrar".
"And what is your occupation ?" she probed.What made me say I do not know.
The word simply popped out. " I'm ? a Research Associate in the field of
Child Development and Human Relations."
The clerk paused, ball-point pen frozen in mid-air and looked up as though
she had not heard right. I repeated the title slowly, emphasizing the most
significant words. Then I started with wonder as my pompous pronouncement
was written in bold, black ink on the official questionnaire.
"Might I ask," said the clerk with new interest, "just what you do in your
field ?". Coolly, without any trace of fluster in my voice, I heard my self
reply, " I have a continuing program of research (what mother doesn't) in
the laboratory and in the field (normally I would said indoor and out ).I'm
working for my masters (the whole darned family) and already have four
credits (all daughters). Of course, the job is the most demanding in
humanities (any mother care to disagree ?) and I often work 14 hours a day
( 24 is more like it). But the job is more challenging than most
run-of-the-mill careers and the rewards are in satisfaction rather than
just money."
There was an increasing note of respect in the clerk's voice as she
completed the form, stood up and personally ushered me to the door. As I
drove into our driveway buoyed up by my glamorous new career, I was greeted
by my lab assistants ? ages 13, 7 and 3. And upstairs, I could hear our new
experimental model (six months) in the child-development program, testing
out a new vocal pattern.
I felt triumphant. I had scored a beat of bureaucracy. And I had gone down
on the official records as someone more distinguished and indispensable to
mankind than " just another ?."
Home ?what a glorious career, especially when there's a title on the door.
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-----Original Message-----
From: Dewi Hayu [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: 16 Mei 2001 8:49
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: [balita-anda] Berhenti bekerja ( mohon saran )
Dear ibu/mama/bunda/ummi balita anda
Mau minta saran dari rekan- rekan yang punya pengalaman memutuskan berh=
enti
bekerja dengan berbagai pertimbangan dengan tujuan "konsentrasi ke anak=
".
Apa plus dan minusnya.
Kalau pun memutuskan berhenti apa yang mesti kita siapkan ( segi
mentalkah? )
Tolong ya rekan-rekan, via jalum / japri juga oke.
Salam
Ibunya Fathiya
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