My experience in the holiday for one month some years ago was
so excited. It was for the first time I became a teacher at one of the kindergarden In TK Aisyiah 24. Starting
with open disscusing with my father this idea come suddenly. I have a conviction
that live in this world just for a while so how I can use this a few time to
make something advantages for others and me, one of the way is develop my self
in becoming the true person with all my ability. I believe in my self if there
is a will there will be a way to reach that, it’s depend on our effort to reach
that seriously.
In the morning day, my father and I was talking
each other, I said to him that I want to looking for a job during a holiday,, he
said to me that “If you want do something knew it depend on your self how to
obtain this and believe in your self that you able to reach it. On Friday, directly I went to the kindergarden
and asked to the headmaster there. I was interviewed by her why I want to work
here? My answers were to add experience and develop my self. Before that I talked
to her about my background which is still study at the University in semester 3, she
listened me concernly. As a result she applied me as a teacher. The headmaster
was as young as my mother’s age. With her
I was welcomed and introduced to another teachers, I was thrilled because all of
them apply me as a student and youngest teacher.
On Tuesday, It was the first time for me working as “kindergarden teacher”, my
feeling was so mixing, I was happy because of new experience gathering with all
the cute children, I was full of spirit
seeing them in funny faces, I was so confuse because of the method how to handle
them,how to teaching them as kindergarden students. I need other teachers to
help me if I have difficulies in facing them.
The head master asked me to join and help the
B1 class which was handled by “Buk Dian”, she is the young teacher
about 25 years old and still continiuing her S1 study at the “STIA
University”. She has became a teacher there for 5 years. She must manage her time
in two conditions, whether in the school or in the university. Although she was
busy with all her activities she helped me in understanding the children how to
teach them, because teaching children 5 or 4 years old wass not easy. We must have
creative method to make them feel enjoy with the learning. Teaching them how to
know their friends and how to do that, teaching them writing, reading, speaking in
front of the class, singing and many others. It was need a patience too.
In TK Aisiyah 24, there are four
classrooms, three classes for kindergardens and one for “Paud”. One class consits
of 18 students and two teacher. Same with B1 class during I join this class as a
second teacher I made my self as a
student too in micro teaching learning from seeing the first teacher teaching
in front of the students. In this class there were 9 boys and 9 girls, I found
many characters here, audio ,visual and kinestetic, the boys were kinestetic one
because I seeing from their learning sometimes a half of them running from one
class to another class while studying. There were also crying students, talkative
one, silent one and many others it was so funny view for me.
Every morning when I entered “School Aula”the
children who were playing , running at me with happy faces to shake my hand and
say “Assalammualikum buk”..What a surprise.Calling me “Buk”was the strange case
in my ears, and I feel rather old at the time, but now I feel proud
of that ,, It gives me great pleasure & appreciate as
a person because I never be done like this before and I think that become a teacher
is a nice job.
For two weeks, I got microteaching from “Buk
Dian” made me more rape In teaching them, sometimes If “Buk Dian”has important
event at her University she asked for a permit and this was my oppurtunity to
explore my ability in teaching them. But I still doubtfull if alone so I was
helped by another teacher. What a surprise leading them to study was a nervous
until I felt hot at the moment. I leaded them to sing a song, speak out
well, reading & writing “hijahijah & Indonesia”words, english speaking
and others. The difficulty here was bring “the life situation”to made them feel
enjoy and didn’t feel bored when learning. It’s need more practise again.
One month in Tk Aisiyah was interesting
experience for me and now I don’t become a teacher there anymore, but all of the moments I will
safe in my mind tidily because experience is the most value. And what I
need again is meet with all my students. Hopefully, if they grow teenager and adult they can become
manage this country well as a leader future. I like them very much…
(dont' remember 2009/2010, whatever ^_^)