The Study of Motivation to be a Teacher

INTRODUCTION
There is no doubt that teacher profession plays important role to shape the young generation through education process. This profession also involves high responsibilities which not only transfer the knowledge to the students, but also supervising, caring, understanding, and emancipating. People have different factors that motivate them to choose the profession as a teacher. However, [...]

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A Case Study: A Beginning Teacher Deals with Students’ Misbehaviour at the Technical Senior High School (STM) in Indonesia

On my first day, I came to one class electricity stream, they were just smiling in silence. Suddenly, they threw a lizard at me to frighten me. My face turned pale, but I had to be calm even though was very afraid. I told them that I was not afraid with that lizard. I started my lesson by introducing myself, but they did not listen to me. They only talked to each other. I was angry but stayed silent. At that time, I did not know what I should do. Then, I decided to ignore their action. I just taught materials beyond the chemistry curriculum. I had to finish my teaching material. I did not care whether they understand or not. I just wanted to get out of that class. Until I finished my lesson, they still talked to each other. It was my worst time as a new teacher.

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