Friday, 27 March 2020
My most memorable experience while becoming a teacher was when I handled a noisy classroom by raising my voice. It was indeed effective; the students got quiet and took their seats. But the reality was different than what I had imagined. Quiet students did not always mean that they were paying attention to my lessons. In fact, they were busy with their own activities.
Thursday, 26 March 2020
I’m not a physical education teacher. I’m not an English teacher. I'm not a religion teacher either. But I can teach students those subjects if requested. I have little bit of knowledge of all those subjects. As a general teacher, I teach mathematics; Indonesian; civic education; natural science; social science; art, culture, and craft (SBdP); and local content subjects.
Thursday, 26 March 2020
Life at the university and work are very different. As a new teacher, I have a lot to learn, from managing the class, understanding each student's character, dealing with parents, and other things. However, working in a different school forced me to adapt to a new environment. I had to start over again to understand the characters of my colleagues, parents, and students.
Sunday, 23 February 2020
In 2005, the central government issued Peraturan Pemerintah (PP) or Government Regulation No. 48 on the Promotion of Honorary Workers to Become Probationary Civil Servants. The Regulation specified that honorary workers with certain age and years of service could be promoted as calon pegawai negeri sipil (CPNS) or prospective civil servants.