At that time, rooms for nephews or other relatives were explicitly separated from the rooms of other students, as were the bathrooms. However, in terms of the rules of the cottage, Ibu Nyai is not selective. According to him, all students, whether family or not, should be treated the same.
This, directly or indirectly, teaches me to be humble and aware of my own shortcomings, especially as a human being who is not free from mistakes and sins so that I will not humiliate others.
Another example of the low profile attitude of students in Islamic boarding schools is when there are regulations regarding restrictions on the use of jewellery for female students, such as gold earrings, necklaces, rings and gold bracelets.
In this case, all students are prohibited from wearing jewellery except earrings. Again, it aims to avoid social jealousy among fellow students. Likewise, in terms of clothing, students are limited to bringing clothes in large quantities, namely a maximum of ten pieces of clothing. Formal school uniforms and diniya uniforms are also included.
These regulations taught me to realize the unity of human origin by showing the degree of human humanity so that we students do not feel proud or higher than others just because of differences in social status.
In addition, the low profile attitude taught at the boarding school is that students are prohibited from shouting or making a loud or loud voice, which is synonymous with arrogance and arrogance. Even if at 10 o’clock later there are still students who make loud voices or shout, then the penalty is they will recite the Koran the following day using loudspeakers in front of the office.
The sanction is quite embarrassing because the other students will look at the front of the office out of curiosity about the voice of the santri who was hit by the takzir so that the santri who are serving a sentence will be watched by tens or even hundreds of other students, who sometimes make fun of them. With a heart-wrenching joke. As I have experienced when I fell asleep during study hours.