That morning at SMP Santa Angela Bandung, I wasnāt in the classroom ā I was on guru piket duty, holding the front line like it was mission control. Coffee in hand, I watched the day unfold: students rushing in, some trying the classic āIām not late, Iām just early for tomorrowā excuse, others greeting me with the kind of energy only teenagers can pull off at 7 a.m. Between reminding them to tuck in their shirts and answering questions that had nothing to do with school rules (āSir, if you had a high-tech suit, could it get me out of math?ā), I realized piket isnāt just about discipline ā itās about reading the room, catching moments, and maybe, just maybe, engineering a better start to someoneās day.


















