Parents Meeting
After more than one month Lumbin class deactivated, finally we came to a conclusion to revisit Lumbin and held a parents meeting to discuss about the class under new mentor. We would like to know what happened with the class overall, about the mentor itself and about the students. On a week trip to Tobasa, I spent 3 days on Lumbin to check the VSAT and all the facilites but the most important thing is to gather all the students and share their thoughts about the class for the past 3 months.
One of the main reason why they did not come to class is they can't afford the monthly payment which is 8000 rupiah/month. The second problem is they don't like being taught by their friend because they already know how to do it. The last problem is sometimes when they come to class the mentor did not show up.
After collect all the information and their opinion, we need to make a few changes to the class rules. The major changes is that we need to limit the students to 18 students, why? because I want them to have 1 laptop/each person and they will have a twice/week meeting. The next major changes is that the class is now free of charge, because the most important thing is they come and learn something new every week. Another changes that we made after the meeting with the students and parents is we need to appoint another mentor to back up the class if one of them is busy with their family and work.