Changing Direction

Yesterday I was excused from the school to go to the Ministry of Education in order to legalize my current report card. The reason, of course, is to follow up the administration for my application on the University of Ind for the academic year of 2007-08. Everything went smooth at first, we had lunch with my Dad's friend, and waited while he do the talking to the officers.

But just before the rightful minister signed my report card, to be legally legalized as equivalent to Ind's curriculum, he saw my school's name.

"IPEKA? I dont think that school is registered as an International school here."

Then he made a few inquiry into their database system, and it turns out that my school is registered only as a National Plus school, and furthermore it has no operational license from the Ministry of Education.

With that, I bade goodbye to any chance of my report card being legalized, let alone enterin Univ. of Ind.

Right now Im really really dissapointed with my school. Not angry, no, we've gone through that time. Previously, the vice principal of the school told us that no International school can be set up by Indonesian, hence my school stays under the name of National Plus.

So why is it that in front of the new building, they wrote in capital letters, IPEKA INTERNATIONAL Christian School?

If it is true, that international schools arent supposed to be built by Indonesians, then how come there's another international school, set up by Indonesian, who already has their operational license, and classified by the Indonesian government as an international school?

Getting really confused.

Now Im stuck here to do my UAN until April next year, by then only I can pursue my univ education in Amsterdam. Should I be cheering or jeering?