The Information Revolution the most important commodity today is not rice or coffee, television or the motorcycle. the most important commodity today is information. In the 14th century the largest library in the world had about 1400 books. In the 20th century about 100 books are published every week in English!.

We are surrounded by information. Every morning, we wake up listening to information from the radio. This information tells us what is happening in Indonesia and in the world. It also gives us information on things we might like to buy and places we might to visit.

When we leave our house to go to work we see many sign, notices and advert along the street. We buy a newspapper and read more information. We talk to other people about the information we read. "Did you read about the fire Glodok yesterday?" "Yes . Wasn't it terrible!.

At work we read manuals and reports from other department. We talk o our colleagues about how to solves problem at work. All day, we giv information and we get information. At night, at home,we watch TV. We get more information about what is happening arround us. We might learn something about animals in Africa or the people of Nepal. If we have a computer, we can Join the Internet and get information on anything we want. There is a saying in English, 'Knowledge is power'. Its true. That's why school is so important. A good school can teach you how to get knowledge and how to use it.