BLUE METAVERSE

GET OUT OF SCHOOL

Ritha's head suddenly dizzy when receiving a call from her father related to the development of her eldest son's education. Her chest feels tight. I don't know where he wants to put his face, it feels like he's throwing nasty, smelly shit. His father, who represents the school, was forced to give him an equally bad choice for his proud son Faiz: resign or be expelled from school.

His feelings are mixed up. The combination of disappointment, shame, anger and sadness piled up into a sense that is difficult to describe. How could the son of the founder and school donor be expelled from the school he initiated. Moreover, this incident occurred when the school was initiated

getting accreditation A and taken into account because its alumni are famous for being smart, disciplined and virtuous. Moreover, the school was managed by his father who incidentally was Faiz's own grandfather. How humiliating.

“Faiz has repeatedly broken school rules. It has been counted more than 30 days he was absent from mandatory pesantren and school activities during this semester. By forced papa must ask you to move your grandson from this school.Rules and order must be enforced indiscriminately so that all students feel justice. If left he will be a bad example for other students,” Pak Umar spoke in a soft and careful voice. Ritha knew, at this time he had to speak as the leader of the educational institution. Must fair. Although blood related to him, Faiz is a santri who has the same rights and obligations as other santri.

Ritha was inexhaustible. I don't know what her stubborn firstborn wants. Is this one form of rebellion as a young adult? Why did he break the rules? Does he think he can do it because his father is the founder and donor of the school? With his status as the son of the founder and donor of the school, as well as the grandson of the manager of the educational foundation where he studied, maybe he felt immune to the law. You can do anything because you can't get kicked out of school. Or....he did it because he felt he was too smart to need school anymore? Ouch, Faiz. What's wrong with you, son?

Fireflies surround Rita's head, dancing around while ridiculing her as a failed mother.

This problem is not really new. Faiz's misdeeds had been told by Mr. Umar - his father - in the previous month. Unfortunately Ritha ignored the notice due to her mountainous bustle. Regretting. It was only that word that had overwhelmed his heart at this moment. He should take the time to visit his son, accompany him for several days, and talk from heart to heart what causes his son to break the rules arbitrarily. If only he had done that, maybe the problem wouldn't have gotten this bad.

“The past few months Faiz has been repeatedly called his homeroom teacher and counselling teacher. Advice and punishment were followed, but Faiz made the same mistake without any guilt at all. Papa's confused. Papa has also repeatedly intervened to advise him as the leader of the educational institution, as a grandfather and as his guardian. But Faiz never deter.” complained Mr. Umar. His voice sounded raucous. He must have been very burdened with the stubbornness of his eldest grandson. Very different from his two daughters who are always obedient and disciplined.

As a teacher, papa has always emphasized the importance of children's education. Ritha. That is why even though the family was simple, education still takes precedence. Being born into a family of educators makes it easy to feel sad and fail when you hear your child neglecting education.

“Faiz unique child. He rarely spoke, never refuted when advised and always served the punishment inflicted on him well without complaining. He has been punished several times for cleaning the bathroom. Punished run 10 times round the school field also often. Even now his hair is still shaved due to punishment. Almost all kinds of punishment and advice have been received, but none can deter him. Papa and the teachers here are confused why his mouth is always silent but his head remains petrified. He was not the type of child who liked to rebel fieryly. Sometimes it looks obedient because after serving the sentence, he follows all the rules of pesantren as usual. But a few days later he repeated the same mistake without guilt. When reprimanded again, his facial expression remained flat and calm like a person with no faults. Papa was confused how to deal with it. The school counselling teacher raised his hand. He's been hiding out at the boarding school for the past week. When asked, with an innocent face he said he needed to skip the reason for focusing on online gaming tournaments.”

chests. Sometimes he breathed a long breath to calm his mind and inhaled more oxygen in order to keep thinking clearly. He tried to be airy to hear things that had never previously thought would happen to his son.

“Papa has already met this with the teacher's board, sister. In the name of order and the glory of education, we were forced to ask Faiz out of school and return the educational obligations to his parents. Now there are some students who are addicted to online games because they imitate Faiz. If left unchecked will be bad for the education of other students in pesantren. It is also bad for Faiz's own mental development. Papa does not want my grandson to act arbitrarily to break the rules even though his father is the founder and funder of this school,” said papa with a heavy voice. Ritha sure papa must be disappointed because it failed to educate the first grandchild who had always been a pride because of intelligence and good looks above average.

“What is no other policy, Pa? Isn't his academic grades still good?”

Papa's breathing sounds rough. Ritha had never heard of papa dumping carbon dioxide out of her body that hard. His disappointment must have been deep. Papa is a simple teacher who has succeeded in delivering dozens of students to ‘orang’ including two daughters who graduated higher education with very satisfactory grades. Now, the old man who was once crowned the exemplary teacher must give up, unable to educate his eldest grandson.

Ah, Ritha regretted asking questions that seemed to disavow and shamelessly negotiated the school decision that seemed to be final. I want him to hit his own head. How could such a foolish question come out to an honest and law-abiding educator like his father.

“The academic value is never bad. But pesantren are not only concerned with academic values, Kak. Within the vision, mission and curriculum of the institution, there are obligations of pesantren in character education, adab and discipline or self-control santri.”

Ritha nodded slowly.

“Before addiction to online games, Faiz was an exemplary santri. He always showed his best achievements in the academic and non-academic fields. He was already considered a role model for other students. We don't want other students to follow in his footsteps. Rules must be enforced. Faiz has broken the rules, often does not participate in pesantren activities and for the last 6 months he was recorded to have skipped more than 30 days. The school has been warning, advising and punishing according to procedures, but nothing has deterred him. Papa has also repeatedly spoken with four eyes, but has not managed to make him comply with the school rules.”

“What's because of Faiz's online game addiction to bad boys?”