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Character Development Training (CDT) Trainer 2023

Character Development Training (CDT) Trainer 2023

Francisco Trianto / August 27, 2023

My Experience being a trainer for Character Development Training Institut Teknologi Bandung (CDT ITB) 2023.

CDT ITB

CDT, Character Development Training, is a training done by ITB for all freshmen. It's an event that must be taken by all the freshmen. CDT itself trains the students about the basic characteristics needed to survive the harsh environment of being a university student. So if you skip the event or have a bad final score, you must partake in next year's CDT.

In CDT the freshmen are called the trainees and the teachers are called trainers. Trainers are senior students who first must go through many selections and special training before being selected as a Trainer, including myself.

cdt-itb First Day of CDT ITB 2023

Materials Taught

CDT taught the students about AIR ITB, which is the core characteristic ITB wants the students to have. AIR itself stands for Adapatif (Adapativity), Integritas(Integrity), and Rendah hati(Humility).

  1. A -- Adaptability
    Adaptability is the ability to adapt to the surrounding environment. Each student needs to be able to adapt, and each student comes from all kinds of environments. Without this ability, the student will struggle in daily university life which could affect academic performance.

  2. I -- Integrity
    Integrity is the quality of being honest and showing a consistent and uncompromising adherence to strong moral and ethical principles and values. For example, students should hold a high value on honesty and not fall short of cheating in exams or tests. This also means that students must always be ethical in the real world and not continue the bad culture like nepotism, corruption, etc.

  3. R -- Humility
    Humility is the act of being modest. It's the act of knowing the bounds where one does not brag or think they are better than someone else. This problem is caused by the students in ITB, mostly the best out of the best students. This usually causes many of the students to brag or feel like they are better than most people out there. Thus making it a must to teach the students to be modest about themself.

Closing

It was my first time participating in an official event committee, and it was full of amazing problems and journeys. Overall, this is a new experience. Although I wouldn't do this again, I gained so much just by participating in this event, and in the end, this was a memorable experience.

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