The Master's Lecture Note
Chapter 17 Scopus
Mas Saiful used a black suit in the event after finishing the proposal exam. Right at 1 pm, changing I started the defense exam, indeed I predicted that my polulation would be changed, but nothing after two hours I managed to answer all the questions submitted by the examiner and thank God I was declared graduated, but had to change the existing population and discuss with the two examiners, he said, ah lebay it feels.
That means I have to see the examiner again after the revision, but still I feel sad, I want to argue but I can't bear it, these two teachings confuse me but yes, that's it, the important thing is to be declared a graduate. The heart still does not accept the feeling, because I have followed all the directions from the lecturers.
But Ajarn Chin and Ajarn Nai always make me strong, one week before the test I talked to the teacher that I wanted to visit my brother in the village I got word from the teteh if you just came home from the hospital.
I also told him that my money was spent in preparation to come to the conference, ajarn Nai and ajarn chin advised me that the spirit to complete this revision and be able to return to Indonesia soon, after completion Ajarn Nai approached me alone and would reimburse the editing money for writing proposals.
Nai's teaching has always been this heart-affirming, the evening he sent me a picture of me smiling as the exam went on and for the first time he said you did good work, he was the one who understood me the most. Before the presentation, after the presentation always send me a greeting, proud to be your advisor.
“Mas I want to go home next week, titip yes if there is anything to call ya.”
“Only you can already collect data?”
“Iya Ajarn Chin has Acc, Ajarn Nai tomorrow he said.”
“Sama me too, stay Ajarn Nai as usual revisiannya many”
“ I'm coming, you pesen two tickets with me.”
“Although you are sure this week is done.”
“Most is”
I also bought bus and plane tickets for both of us and a few days after I Acc Mas Saiful also Acc guidance for conducting data collection.
As usual we take the consortium bus from the front of Lee Garden Plaza is a frugal way to travel from Hat Yai to kuala Lumpur airport although it is a bit complicated and takes approximately 10 hours total trip.
On the second floor of this double deck bus me and Mas Saiful chatted with ngidul starting from the first time we went to college and until now we want to finish, we want to finish, nostalgic for a moment enjoyed the weight of the master study period and I also asked.
“Mas you can cepet revision proposal today and can directly data collection?””
“Lu again ajarn? A dreadlocks? Imaging again?”
“ I said if you want to nemenin lu kasian Dani ajarn, he went home alone I was worried there was nothing because he was labile.”
“Satan lu, you said so ama ajarn?”
Again he made me a bait for his sake and again touched with a clear face that he always displayed it.
“ That's not my main reason, I want to come to my son's birthday celebration,” with a sad face Mas Saiful began to tell that he misses the child he left at the age of seven months just for college.
“ When is the show, Mas?”
“ 15 December ”
“This is still September, Mas?”
He giggled ….
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After working on data analysis for several months and returning to Hat Yai, new problems emerged, the graduate school or post-graduate section of my campus wants every student to publish in international journals indexed scopus and ISI he data base journal is very authentic and difficult to penetrate, let alone students … just as the level of teaching takes time to break through, while the scholarship deadline is only until August, this is very unreasonable when I read the scholarship contract no word should be indexed scopus or ISI, he said, only international peer review which means international journals with reviewers of various countries are enough. Another difficulty to penetrate professional journals must be credible journals do not include predatory journals or journals from which we have the money to publish and certainly take a long time, that is our challenge.
We international students facing graduate school asking about the graduation requirements in the form of graduate school staff journal publications cannot answer firmly because we all carry a scholarship agreement contract letter, and we all have a scholarship agreement, not to mention there are a lot of questions that are rife between us about graduation whether we can get graduation this year or have to wait 1 year until our publication is accepted in an international journal.
Mas Saiful and I also coordinated with all 2014 international students in PSU starting from indian, vietnamese, cambodian, laos, and other students, china and many more especially those who live in the same dorm with us to ask for this certainty because of the impasse we were finally given time for a live audience with the graduate school dead.
After we met with Dean graduate school Prof. Faroongsarng Damrongsak, Ph.D. Dean said if they are concerned with predatory journals that are rife in the world today and they do not want the scholarship given to get the impact of such non-credible journal publications, he said, we insist especially on me and Mas Saiful, we think it should be if the statement is written in the scholarship contract agreement letter do not be like this and if this rule should not be applied to us who are already at the end of the road.
Finally we are given a solution that we can graduate this year by bringing a temporary certificate for the original certificate we have to wait until international publication in approx, and it became a breath of fresh air for us because of our scholarship only until August 2016, after that I got an email from faculty for my final defense schedule which turned out on June 17, 2016 right in the fasting month, did not feel this struggle will end soon.