Suara.com – Ray Sahetapy tells about the childhood of his third son, Surya Sahetapy. According to the 66-year-old actor, Surya has been known as a genius since he was a child. Ray even admitted that he had been kicked out by small Surya.
“Surya has been smart since childhood. When he was small he dared to chase me away,” said Ray Sahetapy, telling about his old moments with his son, when he was met in the Kuningan area, South Jakarta, Monday (22/5/2023).
It turned out that the reason why Ray Sahetapy was kicked out by his son was because he was considered to be disturbing his study hours. “He kicked me out, because he was seen as disturbing his studies. When it’s already six o’clock, he feels disturbed,” said Dewi Yull’s ex-husband.
The story is that at that time Ray Sahetapy was doing his usual activities at home, such as chatting and playing with his children. But when the time shows 18 o’clock, Ray will be asked to leave by Surya because the child has to study.
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Because Surya likes studying, Ray Sahetapy said that Surya’s dream since he was small was just to study, study, and study. “(His dream) is to study. His dream is to study, study, study,” said the star of The Raid film, laughing.
Profil Surya Sahetapy (Instagram/@suryasahetapy)
Therefore, Ray Sahetapy said that he was not surprised to see his son’s achievements when he recently graduated from Masters. Because he has seen Surya’s genius talent since he was small.
“He won three awards, I’m not surprised anymore because he’s really smart. When he was little he skipped classes three times, he also studied there every year, many praised him, many Americans praised him,” said Ray Sahetapy.
As is well known, Surya Sahetapy, who has been deaf since childhood, successfully graduated his master’s degree with flying colors at the Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT), New York.
Surya managed to get a final GPA of 3.9. The 30-year-old man also won three awards at the same time, namely the International Student Outstanding Service Award, The Outstanding Graduating Student Award in the Master’s Degree, and the NTID Graduate College Delegate.
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But unfortunately, Ray Sahetapy was unable to attend the happy moment for his son due to the busy shooting schedule he had to live with.