In a world of instant information, how can we inspire teens to dive deeper into research? Discover five key ways to ignite their curiosity, from passion projects to real-world connections. At Mentari Intercultural School Jakarta (MIS), we empower students through research-based activities, helping them achieve academic success.

“If you want your children to be intelligent, read them fairy tales. If you want them to be more intelligent, read them more fairy tales.”

Do you believe in this? Do you agree that fairy tales should be given to children? Are you one of the few who strongly disagree with having Cinderella and Hansel and Gretel for bedtime stories?

Do rigorous training on piano, violin, math and extra lessons for your children have an impact on making them little geniuses?

Charles Darwin, the Bronte sisters and George Eliot are just one of the hundreds of geniuses in history. But how did they become one? Was it pure hard work or they were just simply born with such innate rare talents?

“Listen to your elder’s advice, not because they are always right, but because they have more experience being wrong.”

When was the last time you spent with your grandparents or perhaps gave them a call?

Do you still turn to them for advice? Is respect for elders shown in your family?

If you are reading this, you must be a parent who wants the best for your children. You want your children to be excellent, be productive, and happy in school. You have given a balanced diet for their meals, vitamin supplements, beautiful home, and even enlisted them in extra lessons. But do you know there is one thing that every parent must never forget? Yes, you are right. It is M-U-S-I-C!

But why Music?

Teachers hold utmost importance in our society. They let children realize their purpose, motivate them to achieve success, and help shape the future. However, people often underestimate the role of teachers and the preparation required for an individual to become one, which is why the assumption of teaching being an easy job requiring no skills and talents needs to be debunked!

Trustworthy adults have guided us to gain the knowledge we need to achieve our ambitions early. We spend a little over a decade learning about the world and ourselves. From Career Days in elementary to University Fairs in high school, the school has consistently supported us in planning our futures. This creates a sense of curiosity as to why we have dedicated so much time to prepare. Some students may be intimidated by the success stories of well-known individuals such as Jeff Bezos, Elon Musk, and Mark Zuckerberg, feeling as if achieving the same is but a pipe dream, unaware that they too started somewhere. 

This brings about the question: Why students must plan their careers and future?

With the pandemic seemingly at its end, offices and schools are slowly reopening. Numerous cars have packed the streets on the way to offices and schools, and mornings are now becoming more intense trying to break away from the so-used work-from-home routines. With the significant shift, here are five ultimate pieces of advice for parents as their children approach hybrid learning.

Managing 6 Internal Assessments and Extended Essays and impending university applications, among a host of other things, is intimidating!  We've been there, done that, and thoroughly understand the struggle like any other IB survivor! But amidst all the challenges we went through, we managed to get 45, the maximum points that can be awarded to an IB Diploma student,  in the last May 2021 Session! So, how did we do it?

That the COVID-19 pandemic changed the world is a huge understatement. It modified healthcare, shut down travel, closed down businesses, and forced millions to work from home.

The COVID-19 pandemic isn’t a straightforward healthcare crisis that most like to think it is. Its impact is widespread and deep, especially among children.

The pandemic has taken a toll globally. Being a parent has become an entirely different concept. Good or bad? You decide.

What do Bill Gates, Oprah Winfrey, and Barack Obama have in common? While they belong to different fields, they all share the same love for reading. In fact, Gates reads at least 50 titles a year! In the United States, the average number of books a person can complete annually is only 12.