Judul : My Story as a Teacher and Educator
Penulis : J. Soedradjad Djiwandono
Ukuran: 14 x 21 cm
Tebal : 236 halaman
This autobiography captures the life journey of J. Soedradjad Djiwandono. The stories in it are not only limited to his life as an academic and scholar. He has always been honored and proud to serve as a teacher and educator for young people who are eager to gain knowledge for noble ideals. However, this book also tells his journey as a practitioner who had sat as an Assistant Minister to the Junior Minister of Trade in the Development Cabinet V, and Governor of Bank Indonesia in the Development Cabinet VI.
The story in this book is indeed quite short and delivered in a storytelling style that is easy to enjoy. Soedradjad starts his story from his childhood and family and moves on to a youth filled with academic brilliance. Then, his life continues with raising a family, being stranded in the ranks of the bureaucracy according to his expertise as an economist par excellence. And, his story is closed by filling his old age without leaving the campus world.
His consistency as an academic makes him known as a scholar with rich experience as a practitioner. He is a complete figure who jointly carries an intellectual tradition as an academic, but also has the provision of experience because he is directly involved in the world of economics, trade, and banking as a state official.