I’ve been working in a
private school for about 6 months, by the name itself we actually know how the
school programs work. Private school means we got less government’s hands on us
and run the school with our own creations based on well known and trusted programs.
It does mean we should take
the examples from the developed countries that already got many great ways in
teaching the kids. But not just the way in teaching, the way their teachers behave
is something we shouldn’t miss.
Teacher,
somebody who give almost all of their time and mind on the students just to
make sure they will get enough help in making their future life
That’s how teachers in many
developed countries work, they fall down deep into the student’s problems and sometimes
unknowingly they’ve gone too far and get their life distracted, sacrifice their
own life to save their beloved students.
We can take the example
from Jodi Schmidt, a teacher from Oakfield Elementary who saved her sick student
named Natasha. Tasha had been missing the school over trips to the hospital for
dialysis. Jodi couldn’t just sit and watch Tasya’s problem. She came up with a
plan and decided to act. Eventually, she successfully made Tasya coming back to
the school by donoring her own organ. Jodi gave us the truly meaning of helping
a student. She’s willing to know what really happened to the student. She is
one over millions in the world, hardly to find a great teacher like her
nowadays because following her step is almost impossible.
Then how to be at least
a ‘mini’ Jodi who helped the student wholeheartedly?
The basic thing is be their friend first, we must observe them, understand what
they like, what they hate, and what kind of problems they’re facing off, and of
course try our best to help them out.
But the next question is
have we found those characteristics here on our teachers in Indonesia? Do they ever
have that thought in their mind? Some might be do, but most of them don’t.
