As a child I never dreamed of becoming a teacher. I had always wanted to be a soldier, a job which is upheld highly by my extended family. Soldier is regarded as an asset for society and family in my neighborhood. When I was in the first year of university, a friend told me that the Indonesian military academy opened recruitment test.
I thought that was an opportunity to make it in the social and career ladder. I managed to pass the local test and make it to the national level test. One night before the announcement of the recruitment test, I saw the doors to the study room of the barrack where I slept opened by itself. I thought my next future career would be related to study. My hope was shattered when I failed in the health test.
In the same year I was accepted in Yogyakarta Institute of Teacher Training majoring in English education.

I like English since I was 12 but the idea of teaching English never crossed my mind. I prefer translation to teaching and have had very successful record as a translator. Nevertheless, I had a low self-esteem due to the failure of my family and community to appreciate my profession and had only few friends.

However, things turn to the better when I passed the government teacher recruitment test in 2009. At first, I felt it was a very burdensome job with students getting bored and restless in my class. I had no clue how to deliver an interesting lesson and made my students get more organized. Little by little, my students help me a lot to be more relaxed and self-confident. My fellow teachers also help me a lot to improve my attitude and skill. in 2012, my school established cooperation with an Australian school and I managed to be one of the key person to bring the cooperation a success. I felt great pride when the Aussie teachers showed their appreciation of my hard work.They thought that my English level surpassed the average skill of English teacher in Indonesia. I keep cherish their positive encouragement to this day and believe that I have got everything I need to be a high-class English teacher and no longer entertained the wishful thinking of being someone else with different career.

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  • Incorporate science, technology, engineering, and mathematics into the curriculum to prepare students for technology-driven industries.


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  • Thanks Evangelina for your encouragement. It is really a huge honor and blessing as a teacher. There are a lot of rooms for improvement in teaching profession. We can grow in many ways through different activities and interaction with different kinds of students and people.
    To noaslpls : I am also a lucky to have special students with me, they are a blessing for me to shape my character and teaching skills.
    To setareh : That's right, students and teachers mutually shape each other. Enthusiasm in the classroom is really infectious. Teaching is more like creating a spark than pouring water into a pail.
    To ♪♪Blessing♪♪ : Thanks for your support. I enjoy being part of the country education system and make contribution to it.
  • Your students are lucky to have you.

  • Dear Yeri, students can make teacher more interested in their job and they can also make their teacher a better one if they show enthusiasm for the class. Teachers on the other hand  can attract their students to the class and make them interested in that particular subject. i will never forget my English teacher; she was one of the best teachers i have ever had. she came to the class with so much energy and enthusiasm. I wish you all the best.

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