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English Can Help Indonesia to be Recognized by The World

Sometimes I like to speak English in school. When I talk to my friends (in Bahasa Indonesia), I like to use some English terms that I think are very familiar and easy to understand. But some of my friends don't really like that habit of mine. They often say that because I'm Indonesian and I currently live in Indonesia I should be using Bahasa Indonesia at all times no matter what. That way people could really see me as somebody who actually loves Indonesia. And I was like "What the....". These people are terribly mistaken. Just because sometimes or often I use English it doesn't mean I don't love Indonesia. In fact, because I'm fluent in English, I can help my country. I can share what my country has to the world because I can communicate easily with people from anywhere. They don't seem to see this opportunity.
So I'd like to urge my Indonesian friends out there to study English and be able to speak it fluently. Imagine if all Indonesians could speak English fluently. It would definitely be beneficial to our country's advance. It would help in almost all sectors. Economy, politics, social, tourism, etc. I'd also like to give a shout-out to all those Indonesians thinking that speaking English in Indonesia when you're actually talking to an Indonesian is an act of "treason" (to put it in an extreme way). In fact we could spread the English virus to everyone and we could achieve a lot of stuff as I said before. So come on, Indonesians. If more of us could be fluent in English then we could help our nation A LOT :)

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