The Final Reflection

After the whole semester attending the Micro Teaching class (even though sometimes I did not attend it), my view and opinion about being a teacher began to change. I felt that being a teacher could be fun and interesting. I used to think that being a teacher is a misery for me, remembering that the teacher's salary in Indonesia is not very high but the teacher should work extra hard for the sake of the students. That's why I hate if I have to be a teacher one day. That's why I did not raise my hand when Mr. Prast asked who wanted to be teacher at the very beginning of the class. Now my view begins to change. Now I think that being a teacher is a very great job. Being a teacher is about how we could make our students gain their knowledge but with their own hand. It means that I will be only their guide, but for the mastery of the knowledge it would be the students task. I like such a kind of role. That's why in my last performance I ask my students to figure it out what they will learn and what they have learned. This kind of role reminds me to my favourite movies: Star Wars. In Star Wars, my favorite character is not Luke Skywalker; instead, my favourite character is Master Yoda. Master Yoda taugh every single thing about being a Jedi Knight to Luke, but he was not merely teaching. He was only giving clues to Luke and let Luke figure it out by himself; and it work. Finally Luke found his Force and he was able to use it. I think that's what I will do in my teaching next semester. I will only give clues to my students and let them figure it out by themselves. I like this role very much. Mr. Prast, thank you very much for giving me a new understanding and vision about being a teacher. Thank you very much for our relationship and cooperation for this semester. Hopefully, we could cooperate again for the next semester. Your presence give me, and maybe the rest of your class, a new inspiration. I am trully awfully sorry if I had committed something wrong the class (especially when the time I was being a "Santa", hahaha....). I promise I won't commit the same mistake again. Last but not least, there is nothing more I could say.