Charles Robert Darwin was born in Shrewsbury, England, on February \(12\), \(1809\). He came from a wealthy family and never had to work. He studied medicine and theology. In \(1831\) he graduated from University of Cambridge with a degree of theology.

He began a career as a scientist quite by chance. On December \(27\), \(1831\), \(22\) years old Charles Darwin joined the crew of the HMS Beagle as a naturalist. The five years expedition collected hydrographic, geologic, and meteorologic data from South America and many other regions around the world. Darwin’s own observation on this voyage led to his theory of natural selection.

Charles Darwin was greatly influenced by the geologist Adam Sedgwick and naturalist John Henslow in his development of the theory of natural selection, which was to become the foundation concept supporting the theory of evolution. Darwin’s theory holds that environmental effects lead to varying degrees of reproductive success in individuals and groups of organisms. Natural selection tends to promote adaptation in organisms when necessary for survival. This revolutionary theory was published in \(1859\) in Darwin’s now famous On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.

Dear all,

Hope you’re well and had a great holiday. Sorry for the cross-posting. You could ignore this email if your school does not deliver the IGCSE curriculum.

Most of you are aware that Cambridge has decided to develop a new qualification for the IGCSE Bahasa Indonesia.

The development is ongoing and we would like conduct further research to gain more information from schools i.e. expectations, contents etc. Therefore, I will be conducting a teacher forum for the Bahasa Indonesia teachers (IGCSE level) by next week.

Date : July \(19^{th}\), \(2012\) (Thursday)
Time : \(7\) a.m. – \(5\) p.m.
Tentative Venue : Atle Hotel Century Park, Senayan, Jakarta
Attendees : Bahasa Indonesia teachers from Cambridge International Schools