Jakarta  (Kompas: (29/08/07) There are two kinds of teachers: curriculum-oriented and inspiring teachers. The first ones are very compliant to the curriculum and they feel guilty if they are unable to transmit the content of the books which has been assigned to them. They teach habitual thinking. Curriculum-oriented teacher represent 99% of teachers I have ever met.

Meanwhile, the number inspiring teachers are very limited, less than 1 percent. They are not teachers who follow the curriculum, but they teach students to be more creative (maximum thinking). They also teach students to think out of box, to change them from the inside and bring them outside again to the community. If curriculum-oriented teachers managed to produce reliable managers; inspiring teachers produce rejuvenating leaders who dare to challenge various old traditions.

The world need both of them, as we need booth internal validity (kept by curriculum-oriented teachers) and external validity (managed by inspiring teachers) in seeking knowledge. Unfortunately, our schooling systems only recognize curriculum-oriented teachers. Even though the existence of inspiring teachers will determine how fast we would be able to get out of the crisis. The more we restrict them, it would be more  difficult for us to get out of the darkness.