The Joy of Being a Kindergarten Teacher
The Joy of Being a Kindergarten Teacher
Published 14 March 2024
Dian Rivia, S.Pd
Every child is unique.
Translator : Larasati Adiannisa W
From a teacher, the next generation is born, mediating knowledge and character. There are many events that we can tell. Starting from the intention to educate the next generation, I ventured to share my story with the readers, a little story of how I became a teacher.
I am a kindergarten teacher, who must have the courage to make decisions quickly because at that time my mother-in-law really wanted to have a place to learn for early childhood. So an Early Childhood Education (PAUD) center was opened at the same level as kindergarten but in the non-formal education sector and that's where my teaching career began in 2005.
My heart was moved to be able to do everything from scratch, which at that time I did not have the slightest knowledge about early childhood education or kindergarten, by having compassion for early childhood and a strong desire to be able to make a good next generation, I started by reading Bismillah.
It turns out that being a kindergarten teacher is very fun! every day there are stories that they can share with us as teachers and for their friends. Many of their behavior is funny and adorable, although sometimes there is a little misunderstanding between teachers and parents.
According to other people, kindergarten teachers must be very complicated and very troublesome profession. but not for me, because children are actually unique. They have very sweet and charming personalities, there are always repetitive stories that we often hear, but they are never boring.
Year after year, each early childhood child has a different story. At the beginning of the new school year, there are always students who are shy or afraid to be left by their parents. That's where our role as teachers is required to be able to make these students want and love to be in kindergarten even until the time they go home from school.
There are students who only a few days can adapt to being in the school environment, but there are students who up to 1 or 2 weeks we still have to patiently deal with in order to adapt to the school environment. As a kindergarten teacher, I have to be everything in their eyes as a transfer of the role of parent to teacher, I have to be a clown or anything so that they can laugh and stop crying. That's what I will do in the first weeks of the new lesson.
Hahahaa isn't it funny, it's fun to be a kindergarten teacher!