Hi.. My name is Kasim Bahri Batubara. This is my fourth year to be a member of this outstanding institution, SMAN Sumatera Selatan (Sampoerna Academy). It is always resplendent to witness tens of students coming to school with their uniquely varied characters every year. I’m now responsible in Students Services area where the focus is to build up students’ leadership skill and discipline. Working at this field gives me more insight about students’ perspectives and needs so better approach can be devoted for their success as teenagers.

As an English teacher, I am given a challenge to handle the earlier year-students; where the emergence of any new confronted language (eg. English) is always seen confrontative in such a rooted-cultured ethnic community. But a wonderful and fabulous effort has been shown by my students. They have continuously improved their understanding in English. They now, step by step, see English not as a big “threat”, but more like a friend to have fun. We try our best to give an interactive and fun way of teaching-learning process in every of our lesson and discussion time. You know what I’m saying: “When your students forget that they’re learning language, you are on a right path!”.