My Second Relfection ^_^

As Usual, I like the class. But I like this second meeting more because it was a role play.  I Enjoyed our class but I amazed I got what the material it was. It was not like who I’m.  J

Abraham Maslow Hierarchy of Needs. What do you think about it? We have this material in our class, right?  Yeah , it is great knowledge for us as teacher candidate. The first thing that I thought when I get this material was about those are my needs. I’m a children and a student who needs them.

Everyone needs to survive, to continue their life. It is basic think that we can do to build a high wall of protection. Protection from things outside that will make us feel unsafe. So we need safety as Maslow has said.  Somehow we see this as usual life needs. But from this course I got that it is very important consider it was the basics. Consider that when I was a child I need to eat, drink, sleep, etc. I need to grow up. I’m also still need to survive. I’m still need to fulfill it. I think my needs still in deficiency needs. ^^  

Then, it also amazed me about how importance of belonging is. Suddenly I remember my experience. My worst experience was when my parents were busy with their own business, made our family almost broke up. They were not care to me, then it was made me angry and I was not felt loved by them. I lost my motivation and broke my study, and then it was very bad. I was felt that they didn’t love me. I didn’t have motivation from my family but I got it from my friends. My friends told to me that I’m a part of them and I have them, and being loved by my best friends made me feel happy to study in school. They were motivated me and made me comfort to study. They supported me always. As a students and a child, a feeling being loved is very important. When I felt unloved, it was like what should I study for? And being my best friend’s best friend, it was fulfill my energies to live and study. Then it made me confidence because I felt loved by them.

In this course I also realize how important being respected is. In my opinion, how students feel pushed up of their environment. For Example,( it also was my experience in senior high school). I’m one of chemistry Olympiad candidate from my school, but the teacher didn’t let me do the Olympiad because of my math score worse than before. As a student, this kind of thing makes me felt that I don’t have any competency for doing chemistry anymore. The result was I’m not motivated to learn chemistry until now. Although my best friend always support me in did the chemistry in daily lesson. Because of this case, I always do my best in other courses. Include the chemistry itself but I don’t want to learn it again.  Believe on me from my teacher was very important because I need to be believed that I can do it. But it made me motivated to do the best in other courses. Bad or good experience can give us a spirit, right?

Also, as a student I was very happy when my teacher allowed me to decide the class room rules, or choose the choices that they gave to me. It was like I’m the part of class. I felt like my teacher respect me as whom I’m. As a student I know that I need to be respected because my own competence, I need to be believed to making decision on my environment and I’m the part of my environment. So I hope they will accept me as who I’m. I’m also hope that everyone considers me because my own those competencies. Now as a teacher candidate I know that it is needed. I have to love my children and students and respect their own competencies. I want to give autonomy my children or students in my future. So they will motivated by me. BUT noted: I will give autonomy in appropriate standard. Make sure that my students motivated as enough as possible. No more than enough because in my opinion it will make them spoiled to me. It will also distract the learning processes. All of the processes are to make students/children confidence to their self, and then they will be motivated to reach their goals.

Then I got that IT IS MY RESPONSIBILITY AS A TEACHER TO MY STUDENTS, THAT I HAVE TO MAKE MY STUDENTS CONFIDENCE TO THEM SELF BECAUSE I NEED IT TOO (AS A STUDENT). And because a power of confidence can change their life. I can say it because i have this experience.

^_^ keep spirit and keep smile

         Harisyah Tyas Prastiti

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