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        "id": 1276853,
        "msgid": "schools-abandon-literature-poet-1447893297",
        "date": "2000-11-07 00:00:00",
        "title": "Schools abandon literature: Poet",
        "author": null,
        "source": "JP",
        "tags": null,
        "topic": null,
        "summary": "Schools abandon literature: Poet JAKARTA (JP): Renowned poet W.S. Rendra and Bahasa Indonesia expert J.S. Badudu expressed on Monday their concern for the low interest in literature subjects in schools across the country. Badudu said that there were not enough qualified teachers to teach the subject and that they did not read enough books on literature.",
        "content": "<p>Schools abandon literature: Poet<\/p>\n<p>JAKARTA (JP): Renowned poet W.S. Rendra and Bahasa Indonesia<br>\nexpert J.S. Badudu expressed on Monday their concern for the low<br>\ninterest in literature subjects in schools across the country.<\/p>\n<p>Badudu said that there were not enough qualified teachers to<br>\nteach the subject and that they did not read enough books on<br>\nliterature.<\/p>\n<p>\"How can we expect that literature will improve while teachers<br>\nwho teach the class don't even like the subject,\" Badudu told<br>\nparticipants of a seminar on Bahasa Indonesia in Bogor.<\/p>\n<p>Rendra, who also spoke at the seminar, echoed Badudu's opinion<br>\nsaying that the teaching of the subject had been deteriorating<br>\nover time.<\/p>\n<p>Rendra said that learning literature was meant to free oneself<br>\nor others' by reviving conscience.<\/p>\n<p>\"Learning literature is also very important to master people,<br>\njust like learning drama, if you learn it you can use it to know<br>\nother people's characters,\" Rendra said.(21\/jaw)<\/p>",
        "url": "https:\/\/jawawa.id\/newsitem\/schools-abandon-literature-poet-1447893297",
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