Professional Teacher

Hello Fellas,
So this is my writing about professional teacher for final exam Landasan Pendidikan.
and there are two versions English and Bahasa :)
Enjoy it :)

--English--

Professional Teacher

(By: Sharizan)

Talking about professional teacher is inseparable from the various aspects that make the teacher a professional teacher. Teachers can be said to be professional if the teacher has basic competencies that must be possessed by a teacher, ranging from personal competence, social, professional (mastery of material), to pedagogical competence. Scientifically, professional teachers can refer to teachers who can provide good learning materials accompanied by good feedback from students. However, professional teachers also refer to other things and are more complex. Depending on one's judgment about one's professionalism too, there are those who categorize the teacher's professionalism from the point he shares his time, the teacher's skill in regulating feelings, giving lessons and much more.

Based on my experience, each teacher has their own way of being a professional teacher and being loved and being a role model for their students. As long as I sit in school starting from elementary school, junior high school, to high school my thinking about professional teachers always changes. When I was in elementary school, in fact the environment was still classified as not too focused on learning and more on character building and the fundamentals of education I categorized professional teachers as teachers who were always able to hold back their emotions, always be gentle, understand their students captured well. Unlike the case when I was in junior high school, I categorized the professional teacher as a teacher who focused more on better knowledge and material delivery and always actively mobilized students to carry out an activity. Finally, in high school, in my opinion professional teachers are teachers who have high creativity, and are wiser and give more responsibility and trust to their students.

From this it can be concluded that each level has a different professional reference and the professionalism or absence of a teacher is also viewed from the assessment of the students and the level of success of the teaching. It should be underlined that everyone has a different opinion about professional teachers and each teacher also has different ways to become a professional teacher. Based on this, I will explain further about professional teachers from various aspects and perspectives that will be accompanied by several views from the figures and data regarding this matter.

The teacher is a figure who becomes an example for himself, including by students. A teacher is said to be a professional when fulfilling core competencies and expertise as education. This is an important thing for a teacher. The same thing was also conveyed by the Indonesian Minister of Education Muhadjir Effendy about professional teachers, namely teachers who were competent and met the standards of expertise demanded in the times. Based on the results of the 2015 Teacher Competency Test (UKG), the national average is only 44.5 - far below the standard value of 75. Based on these data, it can be seen that the average teacher competency is still below and it is necessary to improve teacher competence. A teacher must provide a knowledge that is in accordance with the times. As we know that now is the 21st century where every thing is integrated with technology so that everyone is required to be able to literate technology including teachers. So that a teacher is said to be a professional if he can bring learning according to his era. As for the other advantages of teachers who have competencies and expertise in accordance with the times, namely the learning environment will be more interesting and students will not become bored and the teaching and learning process will be more efficient and effective than before so students have critical, creative, innovative thinking skills. communicative, and able to collaborate in the face of technological developments.

If a teacher has competence and expertise in dealing with students, then the next thing that must be done by a professional teacher is to build good relations with fellow teachers. As mentioned previously, that the development of the times requires the teacher to always be flexible and can follow it. One of the things that can help and improve in the face of this is the existence of good relationships with fellow teachers. Fellow teachers must have feedback from each other and there is a desire to improve and help each other with fellow educators. Those who know tell those who don't, the younger ones teach the older ones and so on so that good communication is formed between fellow teachers whose results will make education better than before.

A teacher must also care for and improve his social life because this is important because the teaching profession relates to the wider community starting from students, parents, the community, to fellow teachers themselves. A teacher is obliged for him to have a good social life because a teacher has a considerable trust and trust from the community, namely educating a generation that will damage the country's development. Based on this, it is obligatory for a professional teacher to care for and improve his social life with the community. Caring for and increasing the social life of a teacher will also provide benefits for the teacher himself or the community, in this case the parents. With the good social spirit of a teacher there will be good communication with parents and society, teachers or parents will not hesitate to talk to each other regarding the development of the child and things that must be corrected with each other. Thus there will be two-way communication, and the occurrence of cooperation to make students better in the future.

The last thing a professional teacher must have is the ability of a teacher to handle each student and can be a role model as well as a friend who is ready to help students and parents. As we know, today's students are smarter than before and some of them have special characteristics and needs that must be given. Therefore a professional teacher must have the ability to handle it all, a teacher must be ready to face every possible event. Furthermore, a teacher must also have a strong mental and soul in dealing with students or parents. A teacher must always be patient and cool in dealing with everything, especially bad things. As we know, there are many cases in the world of education ranging from violence, abuse, and other crimes committed by teachers, students and parents. Based on data from the KPAI, 84% of students experienced violence in school due to several factors, one of which was the unpreparedness of the educators themselves in facing unexpected things. Therefore it would be nice for a professional teacher from the beginning to prepare mentally and mentally in the face of bad things that happen to him at any time.

 Teachers and lecturers are learning agents who must be facilitators, motivators, drivers, learning engineers and inspirational learners for students (Law No. 14/2005). The teacher is one of the determinants of the future of the nation because the teacher relates directly to the younger generation who will continue the relay level of the nation's struggle, the good and bad of a nation is determined by its young generation. Therefore professional teachers are needed in the promotion of education. Every teacher must be professional starting from the aspect of competence and expertise that occupies, a good social life, and can put himself in any situation so that Indonesia can become the country with the best education in the world.

Reference Source

https://m.detik.com/news/kolom/d-3741162/mengkritisi-kompetensi-guru

https://edukasi.kompas.com/read/2018/10/02/13264651/mendikbud-ungkap-3-ciri-guru-profesional

https://www.google.com/amp/s/nasional.tempo.co/amp/1084922/hari-pendidikan-kpai-84-persen-siswa-alami-kekerasan-di-sekolah

--Bahasa Indonesia--

Guru yang Profesional

(Oleh: Sharizan)

            Berbicara tentang guru yang profesional tidak terlepas dari berbagai aspek yang membuat guru tersebut menjadi guru profesional. Guru dapat dikatakan profesional apabila guru tersebut memiliki kompetensi dasar yang harus dimiliki oleh seorang guru, mulai dari kompetensi kepribadiaan, sosial, profesional (penguasaan materi), hingga kompetensi pedagogik. Secara keilmuan guru profesional dapat mengacu pada guru yang dapat memberikan materi pemebelajaran dengan baik yang disertai umpan balik yang baik pula dari peserta didik. Namun, guru yang profesional juga mengacu pada hal lain dan lebih kompleks lagi. Tergantung pada penilaian seseorang tentang keprofesionalan seorang juga, ada yang mengkategorikan keprofesionalan guru tersebut dari pandainya dia membagi waktu, pandainya guru dalam mengatur perasaan, memberikan pelajaran dan masih banyak lagi.

            Berdasarkan pengalaman saya, setiap guru memiliki caranya masing-masing untuk menjadi guru yang profesional dan dicintai serta menjadi panutan bagi muridnya. Selama saya duduk di bangku sekolah mulai dari SD, SMP, sampai SMA pemikiran saya tentang guru yang profesional selalu mengalami perubahan. Ketika saya di SD yang notabene lingkuangan masih tergolong tidak terlalu fokus ke pembelajaran dan lebih pada pembentukan karakter serta dasar-dasar pendidikan saya mengkategorikan guru profesional adalah guru yang selalu bisa menahan emosinya, selalu lemah lembut, paham terhadap anak didiknya serta setiap pembelajaran yang diberikan dapat ditangkap dengan baik. Berbeda halnya ketika saya di SMP, saya mengkategorikan guru yang profesional tersebut adalah guru yang lebih menitik beratkan pada pengetahuan dan penyampaian materi yang lebih bagus serta selalu aktif menggerakan peserta didik untuk melakukan suatu kegiatan. Terakhir ketika SMA, menurut saya guru profesional adalah guru yang memiliki kreativitas yang tinggi, dan lebih bijaksana serta lebih banyak memberikan tanggungjawab dan kepercayaan pada peserta didiknya.

Dari hal tersebut dapat disimpulkan bahwa setiap jenjang memiliki acuan profesional yang berbeda serta profesional atau tidaknya seorang guru juga ditinjau dari penilaian dari peserta didik dan tingkat keberhasilan pengajarannya. Perlu digaris bawahi setiap orang memiliki pendapat yang berbeda mengenai guru profesional dan setiap guru juga memiliki cara yang berbeda untuk menjadi guru yang profesional. Berdasarkan hal tersebut saya akan menjelaskan lebih lanjut mengenai guru yang profesional dari berbagai aspek dan sudut pandang yang akan disertai dengan beberapa pandangan dari tokoh dan data mengenai hal tersebut.

Guru adalah seorang figure yang menjadi contoh bagi diri sendiri termasuk oleh peserta didik. Seorang guru dikatakan profesional apabila memenuhi kompetensi dan keahlian inti sebagai pendidikan. Hal merupakan hal yang penting bagi seorang guru. Hal senanda juga disampaikan Menteri Pendidikan Indonesia Muhadjir Effendy tentang guru professional yaitu guru yang berkompetensi dan memenuhi standar keahlian yang dituntut dalam perkembangan zaman. Berdasarkan hasil Uji Kompetensi Guru (UKG) tahun 2015, rata-rata nasional hanya 44,5 – Jauh dibawah nilai standar 75. Berdasarkan data tersebut terlihat bahwa kompetensi guru rata-rata masih dibawah dan perlu dilakukan peningkatan kompetensi guru. Seorang guru wajib halnya memberikan sebuah pengetahuan yang sesuai dengan perkembangan zaman. Sebagaimana kita ketahui bahwa sekarang merupakan abad ke-21 dimana setiap hal terintegrasi teknologi sehingga setiap orang dituntut untuk dapat melek teknologi termasuk guru. Sehingga seorang guru dikatakan profesional apabila dapat membawa suasa pembelajaran sesuai dengan zamannya. Adapun keuntungan lain dari guru yang memiliki kompetensi dan keahlian sesuai perkembangan zaman yaitu suasan pembelajran akan lebih menarik dan peserta didik tidak akan menjadi bosan serta  proses belajar mengajar akan menjadi lebih efisien dan efektif dari sebelumnya sehingga peserta didik memiliki keterampilan berpikir kritis, kreatif, inovatif, komunikatif, dan mampu berkolaborasi dalam menghadapi perkembangan teknologi.

Apabila seorang guru telah memiliki kompetensi dan keahlian dalam menangangi peserta didik, maka hal selanjutnya yang harus didilakukan oleh seorang guru yang profesional adalah membangun hubungan baik dengan sesama guru. Sebagaimana yang telah disebutkan sebelumnya, bahwa perkembangan zaman menuntut guru untuk selalu fleksibel dan dapat mengikutinya. Salah satu hal yang dapat membantu dan meningkatkan dalam menghadapi hal tersebut adalah dengan adanya hubungan yang baik sesama guru. Sesama guru harus ada umpan balik satu sama lain dan adanya keinginan untuk saling memperbaiki dan membantu sesama tenaga pendidik. Yang tahu memberitahukan pada yang tidak, yang lebih muda mengajarkan yang lebih tua dan seterusnya sehingga terbentuk komunikasi yang baik antar sesama guru yang hasilnya akan membuat peningkatan pendidikan kearah yang lebih baik dari sebelumnya.

Seorang guru juga harus merawat dan meningkatkan jiwa sosialnya karena hal tersebut merupakan hal yang penting karena profesi guru berhubungan dengan masyarakat luas mulai dari peserta didik, orangtua, masyarakat, sampai sesama guru itu sendiri. Seorang guru wajib baginya untuk memiliki jiwa sosial yang baik karena seorang guru memiliki amanah yang cukup besar dan kepercayaan dari masyarakat yaitu mendidik generasi yang akan menerusakan pembangunan negara. Berdasarkan hal tersebut, maka wajib hukumnya bagi seorang guru yang profesional untuk merawat dan meningkatkan jiwa sosialnya dengan masyarakat. Merawat serta meningkatkan jiwa sosial seorang guru juga akan memberikan manfaat bagi guru sendiri ataupun masyarakat yang dalam hal ini orang tua. Dengan baiknya jiwa sosial seorang guru maka akan terjadi komunikasi yang baik dengan orangtua maupun masyarakat, guru ataupun orangtua tidak akan sungkan untuk berbicara satu sama lain berkaitan perkembangan si anak maupun hal-hal yang harus diperbaiki satu sama lain. Dengan demikian akan terjadi komunikasi dua arah, dan terjadinya kerja sama untuk membuat peserta didik menjadi lebih baik kedepannya.

Terakhir hal yang harus dimiliki guru yang profesional adalah kemampuan seorang guru dalam menangani setiap peserta didik dan dapat menjadi panutan sekaligus teman yang siap membantu peserta didik maupun orangtua. Sebagaimana kita ketahui, dewasa ini peserta didik lebih cerdas dari sebelumnya serta beberapa diantaranya memiliki sifat dan kebutuhan khusus yang harus diberikan. Oleh sebab itu seorang guru profesional harus memiliki kemampuan untuk menangani hal itu semua, seorang guru harys siap menghadapi setiap kemungkinan yang terjadi. Lebih lanjut seorang guru juga harus memiliki mental dan jiwa yang kuat dalam menghadapi peserta didik ataupun orang tua. Seorang guru harus selalu sabar dan berkepala dingin dalam menghadapi segala hal terutama hal yang buruk. Seperti kita ketahui sekarang banyak terjadi kasus didunia pendidikan mulai dari kekerasan, pelecehan, maupun tindak kriminal lainya yang dilakukan guru, siswa maupun orangtua. Berdasarkan data KPAI tercatat sebanyak 84% siswa mengalami kekerasan di sekolah hal tersebut disebabkan beberapa faktor salah satunya ketidaksiapan dari pendidik itu sendiri dalam menghadapi hal yang tidak terduga. Oleh sebab itu alangkah baiknya bagi seorang guru profesional sedari dini menyiapkan mental dan jiwanya dalam menghadapi hal-hal buruk yang sewaktu-waktu menimpanya.

 Guru dan dosen adalah agen pembelajaran yang harus menjadi fasilitator, motivator, pemacu, perekayasa pembelajaran dan pemberi inspirasi belajar bagi peserta didik (UU No. 14/2005). Guru adalah salah satu penentu masa depan bangsa karena guru berhubungan langsung dengan generasi muda yang akan melanjutkan tingkat estafet perjuangan bangsa, baik buruknya suatu bangsa ditentukan oleh generasi mudanya. Oleh karena itu guru profesional sangat diperlukan dalam pemajuan pendidikan. Setiap guru harus profesional mulai dari segi kompetensi dan keahlian yang mempuni, jiwa sosial yang baik, serta dapat menempatkan dirinya dalam situasi apapun sehingga Indonesia dapat menjadi negara dengan pendidikan terbaik di dunia.

Sumber Referensi :

https://m.detik.com/news/kolom/d-3741162/mengkritisi-kompetensi-guru

https://edukasi.kompas.com/read/2018/10/02/13264651/mendikbud-ungkap-3-ciri-guru-profesional

https://www.google.com/amp/s/nasional.tempo.co/amp/1084922/hari-pendidikan-kpai-84-persen-siswa-alami-kekerasan-di-sekolah

Story of My Life

Assalamualaikum warahmatullah wabarakatuh

Hello fellas....

Long time have no post something here since 2015  so today i’ll post about story of my life that have relation with pedagogic, education foundation. Pedagogic or pedagogy (most commonly understood the approach to teaching) refers more broadly to the theory and practice of education, and how this influences the growth of learners. Pedagogy, tajen as an academic discipline, is the study of how knowledge and skills are exchanged in an educational context, and it considers the interactions that take place during learning. So that’s common definition about pedagogic. so let’s check it out my story

Story of my life

Birth and Childhood

On Thursday, May 28 twenty years ago, in the morning. a boy was born from husband and wife named Abasri and Wazibah. Previously the mother had conceived under normal conditions like a woman in general. The child was born in a maternity hospital in Kuala Lumpur Malaysia. The child was born with healthy and a weight of 3 kg, he was a child from an Indonesian family who was migrated to Malaysia. A few days later the baby was named Sharizan bin Basri who was inspired by one of Malaysia's famous actors at the time. The baby and family are living 8 months since the baby was born, but unfortunately because there is a problem about identity, especially his mother. So the family returned to Indonesia. Even though it was hard to leave the country who had given a pretty good life, but they keep returning to Indonesia.

The family return by ferry and carried a lot of items. After comeback to their hometown in Sentajo Village, Kuantan Tengah District, Kuantan Singingi Regency, Riau the family returned to carrying out daily activities such as tapping rubber farming and so on. The family is still stay in their parents' house. however they continue their live in the village and try to provided everythings for their children.

Elementary School (SD)

Life must go on, i started going to school, I still remember my first day in the school i spent with my grandfather, because at that time my mother worked tapping rubber and had left early in the morning.

As long as I was in elementary school, I had a lot of problems such as often pulling out and not following school rules and it’s lack of attention from my parents, which made me lazy to study And i become target of bullying, so I very lazy to studying in class. But over time the things began to change as my family give more attention to me, I still remember when my oldest brother taught me about abjed in the alphabet from the book that I got the outside of library. Since then I began to show my talent in learnt, I began to getting a position or ranking that was quite good in class and added suggestions that I received from families who intentionally bought supplemental medicines that made me more confident that I would be successful in school. Another thing that made me more confident was that I was appointed as the class leader in elementary school which increased my responsibility, and I increasingly enjoyed my position as a student who was studying for the future.

Step by step but sure, i achieved intentation in elementary school so that it led me to become the champion of the class which made me even more want to be a champion later in the province and national level. While i’m in elementary school, I also actively participated in scout activities and competitions that held in school and not infrequently and I also won the competition. Like i joined speech competition, and i became as 3rd winner which made me like that and was encouraged to take part in other competitions. Aside from being a winner in the class in elementary school, I also had the chance to won in MDA / PDTA which was a special program from the Kuansing government to provide early religious instruction to the children there.

Became as achieving in the elementary school in my opinion was not enough, I try to participate in various competitions at the village or sub-district level. I took part in competitions such as MTQ and Pildacil which led me several times as champions of the competation. The thing that motivated me to do that because of my parents and the happy and sensation that I got it when I followed and won in various competetions both in school and society. Furthermore, I want to show my existence to the community, teachers, friends especially those who bullied me. Then right in 2012 I graduated from elementary school with satisfying grades.

Junior High School

 The journey of my life went to the next level, after took education in elementary school I continued my education in junior high school. At that time I had two choices, I went to MTsN Sentajo or SMP 3 Teluk Kuantan. After discussed the strengths and weaknesses, I decided to study at SMP N 3 Teluk Kuatan, now they called SMP Negeri 1 Sentajo Raya. I still remember when I registered in middle school, I was accompanied by my sister. Maybe it crossed your mind why every day on the first day or register to school I was always accompanied by someone else not my parents. Honestly I really wanted the first day or school registration to be delivered by my parents. But I know, that’s impossible because my parents were busy working to finance and feed all of us. Therefore we are ordinary brothers and are used to it.

Before I continue this story, I want to tell more about my family since I was a child until now. For me family is everything, family is a place where I feel very comfortable and warm and accept me as I am. My family is a life motivation for me, I am alive until now because my family included my grandmother and grandfather. In this family, I discovered the meaning of how hard it is to live and support another when it is so difficult. In addition to this family, I found out how to always be independent and trust each other, even though brokenhome as I have said before, but this is what makes this family survive and exist until now.

Next, I will tell you about my experience when i was in SMPN 3 Teluk Kuantan. Before entering high school I made a commitment to myself that I should be better and more spelled out in the middle school class. I must be the center of attention and can be a reliable student and always be in front of every activity. When entering junior high school or the first day, I have shown this by being active during the orientation period. First, I was appointed to be the 7A class chairman and neeed to be responsible for everything that happened in 7 grade, as for information when my school was still using a superior class system and the class was a superior class. During the class I got a lot of experience and of course was known by all school people, I still remember when it was my routine job to take and return absences every morning. Besides that, I also routinely invite friends to decorate the class in such a way, because at that time there was a beauty class competition which required each class to decorate their class. During the 7th grade all the things I felt began to become the ceremonial officer until Friday's activities continued. At that time I became one of the most ambitious people with the popularity and value of school. I always prepare especially replay or practice far away because I always determined to be the best in class, a little story I have memorized the contents of all books so that I can pass the exam. However, because of that I was so emotional when the things I wanted were not achieved. That is one of the things that I always remember.

Furthermore, since in junior high school, i became one of people who were often sent to the various competitions such as I had attended LPIR training and modeling or provincial scientific papers. Not only that, I also active in student organization or OSIS. Became a secretary at the time and it continued until next grade. When I was in eight grade, I was re-elected chairman and was secured as Chairperson of the Student Council (OSIS) in 2014. Whhen iwas in the eighth grade I also actively participated in activities and competitions in various events, such as provincial scientific writing competitions and then the opportunity to take part in the Science biology olimpiad and I won 3rd place at the district level and had the opportunity to attend the provincial level Olympics in Pekanbaru. Since I took part in the Olympics, I immediately fell in love with biology. I always tried to study and work on Olympic questions so that later I could take OSN at the national level and of course IBO (International Biology Olimpiad).

The time had passed so fast, at the end of the eighth grade I had taken part in all the activities that made the activities so fast. When i was in the eighth grade I participated in many competitions, realized every student council program during my administration, and I was still able to become the top rank in the class at that time. The period when i was in the eighth grade was a very memorable time for me, actually there were many experiences and stories that were saved when I was in the eighth grade.

When I entered 9th grade, what occurred to me at that time was how to be the best at the National Examination and to choose the High School that I dreamed of. When i was in 9th grade everything felt normal and as usual, I still actively help my organization and teachers who often ask for help from me working or handling things, sometimes at the end of the job my teacher gives me money in the form of money and stationery which makes me very happy to pass it up. To be honest, I never expected things like that, because I always try to do good and sincerity to everyone who wants help from me.

It doesn't feel that the odd semester in grade 9 ends quickly, the time to take the National Examination and other Exams is getting closer. I still remember when we got additional class for the national exam, we always went home when the time was approaching before I did it wholeheartedly because I thought it was a good thing. In addition to struggling with national exam materials, I also kept thinking about the school that I wanted to go to when I graduated from junior high school later, so many considerations I made when choosing school at that time. I really want to continue my education in SMAN Plus Riau Province, but my hopes are dashed due to the absence of permission from parents and when there was no information about registration at school, the school only recommended seeking information about the registration of SMAN Plus, as a result I was unable to achieve my dream of becoming a student SMAN Plus. However, it wasn't until there that I also thought of continuing my education at the SMAN Pintar in Riau Province which is a state school fostered by Kuantan Singingi district which is equivalent to SMAN Plus. I still remember when I registered at the end of the week of registration due to lack of information and socialization from my school so that I completed the requirements in a hurry, but in the end I was able to register for the school.

A little explanation about SMA Negeri Pintar, this school is a flagship school and guided by Kuantan Singingi district which is used as a place for all students in Kuantan Singingi to become outstanding students and to boast of the Kuantan Singingi district government. This school is in the form of a public school that has a dormitory with a very mega building, the building stands on 10 hectares of land. All school facilities are free including uniforms that are changed every three years, eat and drink are also free and the textbooks are free. To enter school is not arbitrary, when you want to enter this school students will pass various types of selection starting from the sub-district level to the district level and selected the best 75 students to attend the school.

When I took part in the selection, I had to take part in various selections ranging from administrative selection, district level academic potential exams, district level academic potential exams, health tests, physical tests, English interviews till reading and writing the Al-Quran. Before joined all the stages of the selection I prepared myself seriously every noon I always trained my physical and worked on practice questions to follow all stages of the selection. The selection day was getting closer, I followed all the stages of the selection until the last stage. After taking part in the entire selection, I felt that I could not believe myself in escaping because the opponents I faced were quite heavy. I was thinking of looking for another school as alternatives if I did not pass the selection, I thought SMA Negeri 1 Teluk Kuantan or MAN Teluk Kantan. However, a miracle came, when the announcement came out I graduated. Even though I graduated because it replaced the quota which was not enough from other sub-districts, I was very proud because my grades were quite high compared to participants from other sub-districts in Kuantan Singingi District.

After going through various stages of selection and I was declared to have passed the selection and became a student of SMA Negeri Pintar Kabupaten Kuantan Singingi, did not feel the time of the national exam was getting closer. When I took the national exam I was very confident in answering all the questions and as a result I became the second highest UN value in junior high school. I was very grateful at that time, I got a lot of pleasure at the end of middle school. I was accepted into my favorite high school and became the second highest student in the school. I thank all the teachers who have led me to various kinds of success that are actually still not that much, but I realize that without them I am nothing. Until now, I have always instilled in my heart that every success that I got is the result of support from family, teachers, and friends who always beside me.

 High School

During my time in high school, different experiences and atmosphere were felt and made me challenged to conquer it. As I said earlier, my school is a boarding school that requires students to stay and live there for 3 years and only get the opportunity to go home once every two weeks which according to some people is not good, because it makes children and parents far away . But that is the difference between this school and other public schools. In this school students are required to be independent and can do all things without being helped by their parents.

The first day in high school was a very hard day mixed with happiness because it was able to enter the best school in Kuatan Singingi Regency. The first day I leave home and will stay for 3 years in the school to achieve dreams. Although heavy, I still believe there is always a lesson behind it all. On the first night of the dormitory bed I was unable to sleep until near dawn which made me a little uncomfortable in the dormitory. Besides that, the absence of pillows and blankets is also something that makes me uncomfortable with my new environment plus treatment and people I just know

In the first year I got a lot of lessons and experiences and criticism from my seniors and friends in class. This is due to selfishness and other bad qualities. During the first year I did initiations or introductions between senior citizens and fellow classmates. For information on schools, I am also a boarding school that can be said as a pesantren as well, praying in congregation at SMAN Pintar is a necessity which if not done will be punished by the boarding board and of course the mosque management. In addition, in the SMAN Pintar we are required to have religious competence, every two times we always do a tahfiz program which aims to make SMAN Pintar graduates become graduates of Al-Quran memorizers. Religious programs and public relations events are also important in SMAN Pintar. So for 3 years I passed it all with feeling happy and sad because it will be far from my parents.

For academic matters, I think when first grade how can be an outstanding student among intelligent people. During the first semester I was very ambitious to be a champion in my class, I always tried to be active and have high value in every subject, besides that I also played an active role in taking care of the class, filling in, English performance, Japanese performance, Arabic performance and others every week. It began like i want that I can be known and spelled out and can be one of the best in school. However, this is not in line with my expectations, I am usually in junior high school became champion but in high school I am no longer a champion. I still remember when I was in eighth position which made me very down to seeing things like that.

After a while lamenting it, then a thought arose in me that achievement is not only something that is obtained in the class but it can also be obtained outside the classroom and we can still be the best. Then at the beginning of the second semester, in the first grade, I prioritized achievement competetions from outside school amd learning without ignoring it and I promised always be the top 10 and still be able to excel and boast of school. The result was that in the second semester I found various kinds of blessings, as I explained before, I became the only representative in the 10th grade to become a participant in the science olympiad at the district level. Even though I haven't been lucky, but in my opinion it's a good step. Besides that, I became a school representative at MIPA EXPO who was support by UNRI who entered the final of the biology olympiad at the University of Riau and there were still many other achievements that I got.

The journey is still long when my eleventh grade is still struggling to achieve and look at maintaining the value of my report cards. During my 11th grade, my experience continued to grow. I was actively involved in the Student Council, taking part in the student council events and activities. Furthermore, for my achievements, I also participated in various competitions, some of which were champions. One of them I won 1st place in the Sumatra regional story telling competition, then I joined the provincial scientific writing competition and many others. In my opinion, the period when studying in class 11 was the best because I could express every thing in me. I could realize some of my desires while sitting in a high school like I ended up being a class champion even though it was only ranked 3. This announcement was a very happy moment, because my parents can came forward for the first time.

Life's story continues in grade 3 I began to focus on the national exam and the continuation of my education. When the 3rd grade was busy and we were being beaten to succeed in the national exam. Every day we have extra hours that we call afternoon course, actually this extra course has been going on since we were in 10th grade. But the intensity is done during class 3. Every day i and my friends struggle with national exam questions, even though they are busy preparing National exam. But we still have the spirit to got achievement, I say that class 3 is one of the most meaningful times and one of the times that gives a lot of happiness as I won several competitions starting from the regency, province, to the Sumatran level. This has become one of the important indicators in my life.

One of the most important things in class 3 is the part in determining the department and university I want to enter. A tough debate in myself, family and the environment made me very confused to make a choice. To be honest, I really want to continue my education to Java island because in my opinion it is the best thing if I can study at a university on the island of Java. I still remember when my family opposed me to study on the island of Java, but I still insisted on being able to continue education on the island of Java as a result of becoming a UPI in my first choice on the SNMPTN pathway. A few weeks later the announcement of the SNMPTN was announced, apparently I did not qualify and could not study on the island of Java. The thing that surprised me was that I was able to selected in the second choice which actually happened rarely, I graduated at the University of Riau majoring in English education. Seeing this I concluded that the blessings and permission of the parents were blessed and permission from the almighty God Almighty. Actually there are so many stories engraved in this high school period, but it seems that there won't be enough time for me to write all of them.

Lecture Period

The lecture period is a new period and a period of becoming a more independent person, because in my lecture I am required to do and find everything alone. Even though I have felt it before, it was a lot different when I was in high school. In lectures it tends to feel more mature and the learning system is more oriented towards the students themselves so that it feels different. In addition, the difference is increasingly felt in the independence and policy in managing expenditure because usually the money sent every month is not so much that it is not enough to meet all needs. But the lecture period was a pretty memorable time because of the many new experiences that I got as a student that were not obtained at the previous level.

This period is a pretty good time too, because I can also express myself and be myself and the amount of space for achievement at the lecture level. Besides that, I am also the chairman as we know the chairman who has many jobs. But I really enjoyed it because I was used to being disciplined and so on. Besides that, the lecture period was also quite a fun time because I studied the field that I like, namely English.

Actually there are many more times or activities that I want to tell when I am in the academic area, but for the time being I think that all. Based on some of the things that I have said before we can conclude that every success is owned by every person there are hands behind it, then never give up when we are in a bad situation because believe there will be good things will come over to us all last don't forget to always be grateful to God the Almighty and all the people who have helped us, because without them we are nothing.

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