Before the writer turns to write his paper, he must be in the brainstorming stage where he is supposed to generate ideas that will be developed further in his writing. What do you want your writing look like? How to develop the ideas? Those ideas might be encountered by the writer before he turns to pour his ideas into writing. To develop ideas well, the writer needs techniques rather than just listing the ideas that want to be developed.

Many techniques can be used to develop ideas. One of the techniques is by mind mapping the ideas. Mendoza (2010) defines mind mapping as a form of “creative note taking” that is used map out the ideas in a similar way of how human’s brain processes them. Earlier than Mendoza, Jones (2009) has actually argued that through mind mapping, a general interest will be focused and branched off into the specifics of that interest. Once being finished mapping the idea, the diagram of mind map will give a visual of different ideas that are the sub parts of a larger key idea. Fleming (n.d.) concludes that in the process of writing, mind map can be made use during brainstorming.
Mind mapping is very advantageous since it enables the writer to observe the relationship between ideas, and to ease him to classify certain ideas together as they proceed. Mind maps work well during the production of ideas, and make the task livelier and more enjoyable (Steele, 2005). In addition, mind map can also activate the right brain. Mind mapping apparently encourages right-brain thinking such as stream-of-consciousness, symbolic, ‘big picture’ oriented. It is better than lying out the ideas in a linear way, for example arranging concepts in a structured method, since the linear way leads our brain to be limited to the left-brain that is logical, ordered, and detail-ordered (Joy, 2011).
To use mind map, first of all, think the topic over and look for possible sub ideas and branches from the main topic. Afterwards, write what was thought onto a paper. Once being able to get some relationships connected, re-examining the relationship between ideas is considered important to avoid misconnection. Discussing it to other people can make the mind map grow with the increased input of new ideas (Mind Mapping Software Reviews, n.d.).
Steele (2005) adds that before the mind map is ready to be turned into writing, it is important to organize first the mind map. Organizing the mind map into a linear format eases the writer to decide the best way to present their points. The writer should first think about the overall structure such as the order in which to relay the information, and then focus on the precise function each paragraph will have in their final text, as this helps to clarify their writing. 

Here are some photos of kampus bawah which were taken before the deconstruction.

1. The main entrance

I Putu Arik Budiarsana

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This Monday, we were so lucky to get a chance to have a visit to Children Houseat Jimbaran. It is a pre-school which offers English as the main and the only communication medium used in the classroom. We had a very rare chance to have a look at activities both in the classroom and outside the classroom, to observe the classroom materials, to get known of the lesson plan and syllabus, and also to have a discussion with the teachers.

The activities arranged both in the classroom and outside the classroom are found so different from the activities conducted in the other pre-schools, especially the state ones. The teaching-learning process is conducted using the syllabus that the teachers and staffs themselves develop.So, it has a little possibility to be similar as other school. The syllabus, lesson plan, and the activities are developed on the purpose of nurturing children’s nature. The nature or the environment becomes the main concern of the schools. Children are persuaded to respect and save the nature throughout the activities planned by the school staffs.

To be effective in nurturing children’s nature, the children are taught with two teachers who each of them should play different roles in the classroom. One should teach the materials and another should maintain the behavior of the children. The purpose of the teacher assistant during the teaching and learning is to avoid the teaching-learning disruption. Take for example when there is a child crying. To avoid other children for being bothered, the teacher assistant will try to make that child calm and avoid the spread to the other children.
Furthermore, in nurturing children, the school and the teachers always keep contacting the parents. It is for the better development of the children since the children are not only at schools for the whole day. Parents are expected to know what the children’s development at school. Teachers usually keep reporting the children’s lack and try to solve it together. The school usually provides a parent-teacher meeting to talk about it at the end of each semester. Parents are usually very helpful to improve the children’s achievement.
From theinformation above, I think being teacher, if it is done seriously, is not easy as I think before.Besides transferring knowledge, the teacher should be able to communicate well with the parents. The teacher should record the children’s development and report it in the certain time that is agreed.
Teacher needs also to concern on how the children are nurtured, to persuade the children to be aware of the nature and environment. Teacher must be carefully aware with the activities conducted. Mistakes are likely to emerge in threating the students’ attitude towards the safe nature and environment. I clarify this by illustrating the example of mistake that I got from the discussion in the Children House. To celebrate the independence day of Indonesia, one dayin August, the schools held a competition of ell trolling. The game is a sort of game that is very well-known within the children since it is common to be done somewhere within the society. However, an E-mail came from a parent who complained the competition. It is since the parent was so difficult explaining the competition in which the children thought it was cruel. The game ignored the feeling of the eel which the children made fun during the competition. Thus, the teacher should plan the activity carefully in the adjustment with the mission of the school themselves; it is to develop the students’ nature and to keep the nature or environment.