Being a teacher is a choice of profession that when promising a good future. In addition to the attention of schools, the Government through various programs provide allowances for teachers to improve their welfare.
With the increasingly welfare of the day, it is expected that the professionalism of teacher work is also getting better. Thus, in the end it will impact on the quality of teaching and learning process applied in schools.
Being a teacher is not an easy profession. In addition to the welfare issue, the professional demands of teachers require that they continue to learn from various sources so that the subjects they raise are getting rich with relevant information and relevant daily contexts. Thus, the teaching and learning process will be more rich and fun.
Thus, the professional demands of teachers require teachers' hard work to prepare lesson plans, extract information from different learning sources, and prepare creative learning strategies for students. This creativity demand is in line with the teacher certification program for the Government that requires the creativity and activity of teachers in various scientific and social activities.
The magnitude of this challenge requires a positive teacher's mental attitude so that what is executed can provide the benefits as expected. The mental attitude required of the teaching profession, among them are as follows:
Master is a Form of Devotion
When we decide to pursue a profession as a teacher, it is necessary to instill in us this form of our devotion as a servant of God. As servants of the Lord, we serve by spreading knowledge and knowledge to the nation's cadres in the future.
That way, every time we teach, we intend that our work is for worship. With the intention to worship, will reflect our values of sincerity and patience in the face of various challenges. Sincerity and patient attitude is indeed one of the important attitude to be a good teacher.
Ikhlas means there is a willingness to accept the various conditions that exist and do not complain to face the challenges and difficulties of life. Gratitude will color our daily attitude of life accompanied by patience and fortitude in the face of adversity. This sincere attitude also gives us the strength to always find a way out any difficulties so that any problems can be parsed immediately.
By looking at the profession of the teacher as worship, we will wholeheartedly believe that what is done daily will be rewarded and good. This belief makes us unhappy and lazy, but gives us the strength to always be serious in the profession as a teacher.
Master is the Noble Profession
When viewed from the various professions that exist in this world, we need to be sure that one of the noblest professions is the teacher. This profession is a good profession, halal, and also a respectable profession. Therefore, as teachers, we need to maintain the honor of this profession with creativity and hard work in various matters relating to improving the quality and ability to become teachers.
The teacher's job is to educate students to have the values and foundations of a good standard of personal and social life. The teacher instills these values and norms of life so that students are able to distinguish what is good and what is bad, what is right and what is not right. It is this kind of value that should be instilled in every student so that they are ready for a better future.
In this case, the teacher provides the foundations of a foothold by providing good life values. The teacher trains the various life skills that must be possessed by the students according to their age and personality development so that students will be ready for life's challenges.
Teachers also pass on knowledge and pengatahuan it has through the process of teaching and learning to students. Science received by students then become provisions for him to prepare themselves to enter the process of learning to teach at a higher level.
Thus, a teacher must be convinced that the profession he is profession of a noble, lawful, and good for others. With full confidence in this, one should be proud to be a teacher.
A teacher should be proud of his profession, not even inferior, fearful, or unconfident. Pride does not lead to the pride of life, but the pride actually makes it work and struggle harder to improve the quality of teaching and learning that becomes obligations.
Being a Teacher is the Best Way to Learn
There are many ways to learn, and the best way to learn is to teach others. That's because we can not provide good and profound teaching if we ourselves are not enriching ourselves with sufficient knowledge and skills.
Teaching work requires us to continue to enrich our knowledge by reading and learning. The knowledge we read is not limited to the subjects we care for, but also about other relevant knowledge.
If we want to develop effective teaching-learning strategies for example, we need to study them and practice them in earnest. We are always in a state of continuous learning because it is the development of science and knowledge that continues to grow.
Understanding this poses a challenge for us not only to be content with what we are getting now, but to continue to develop creativity to always get new things that can be practiced in the classrooms. Being a teacher means being a learner to the end.
Being an Educator Requires Totality, Do not Half
If we want to be a good teacher, it takes totality and sincerity from us to run it. Do not make the profession of teachers as a half-profession, so we run it just to run the activity.
Totality means we show sincerity and hard work as a teacher. We earnestly prepare the subjects to be taught, earnestly in teaching, giving evaluation, managing the class, and various other jobs related to our profession as teachers.
Serenity is also reflected in our mental attitude in everyday life. We are disciplined to come on time, not lazy, and work hard. Being a teacher, done with full totality and not half-half.
You Must Love Your Work
Love your work as a teacher. Words of love for work may be cliché, but the fact that loving work is the best attitude for us in facing the challenges and obstacles. Love will give way out of every problem that arises.
When we teach in class, not all students pay attention. Some of them are playing alone or annoying their friends while studying. Love will make us patient and give way how we treat the children well. Our love for the profession makes us not complain and run it sincerely and responsibly that it is an integral part of the grief and learning that a teacher must experience.
When we do not earn income in accordance with what is expected, or feel that the income is always less in meeting the needs of everyday, lovingly we accept it with patience while trying with our creativity to manage the income as well as possible. Certainly not a complete surrender to our fate and condition, but creativity will lead us to seek new innovations to be able to meet our daily needs.
Love will make us endure with various obstacles and challenges faced. The love of the teaching profession also brings hope for us to gain success in the future. Love, ultimately will give us happiness in our lives.
The happiness that is based on love in the profession arises from the joy that always covers our daily life. Loving children with all their creativity and delinquency, love to prepare for teaching, seeking knowledge, reading, making and correcting problems, will really make our lives much happier. Especially with the hope that our profession will benefit many people, it is essential human values that are not materially valuable.
