Guys, this essay was my first assignment of ' Becoming an Early Childhood Professional' subject. It was about why I took Early Childhood Education course. The grammar was totally horrible but I JUST WANT TO SHARE WITH YOU:)
Becoming an Early Childhood Professional
Many people looked down on me when they asked, "What major are you taking in college?" and I answered " I take Early Childhood Education." Most of them will wrinkle up their forehead and looked puzzled why me in the very first place, I wanted to take on culinary art course changed my mind to become an educator. After I thought about it several times, I realized that early childhood education is very interesting and complex course, made me have always build up my creativity and maintain high patience if I wanted to enter this world and also because I feel comfortable when surrounded by children. It made me feel both challenges and rewards when teaching children. Although I know to become an educator is not easy, especially an early childhood educator, where at this stage children body and soul development increases rapidly and as an educator I am taking part to support their development.
Another factor that influenced me to study about early childhood educator further is because I want to have my own establishment from it, opening my own kindergarten and training center for future teacher. So, children at my kindergarten are taught by teachers from my training center. This might be sound delusive but I really look forward to make this happen. At least, if this dream comes true, I hope I can make a little contribution to my country about education.
Right now, from this early childhood program that I take, what I want is to become a teacher. As a teacher, I want to be able to make the best lesson plan that is appropriate to the children age and development, which linked to my understanding towards their individual needs, because every children has their own unique characteristic. Then I want to try to find what their good at- their talent and emphasize the talent. Also help them in building their state of discipline, honesty and responsibility since young age. Lat but not least, to become a good partner for their parents. I will be very happy if the parents can put their trust on me for their child's care.
Becoming a teacher does not mean I know everything that the children and their parents do not know; I still need to learn more and always open my mind to new knowledge and information. I have to enhance my creativity and imagination to catch the children attention and made them understand what I am saying and not feeling dejected when they ask something that I do not know the answer.On that matter I can always ask them to find the answer together with me, basically learning how to share information. Also, I have to direct myself to not always commanding and ordering them around, for example: "Be quiet", "Sit down", "Do this", etc. because that action actually will just drive them to be a passive character.
If people ask me, what is my aptitude to support this education? I will answer that I am loving and energetic person.Without loving the children, it will be difficult to be surrounded by them moreover making them to trust me. Even sometimes I always ask myself, can I make the children trust me? But from loving grows acceptance, so I am sure that they will trust and accept me sooner or later. I also an energetic person, hopefully somehow I can influence the children to be energetic as well. If the children ask me to play physically such as: running, jumping and hide and seek, without hesitating I will play with them too. But energetic not always come in term to only playing, when facing a lesson we also have to be energetic. I will make the impression that study can also be fun, not so boring and so they can gain knowledge even from playing.
Finally, although it is tough to be an early childhood educator but the complexity and personal satisfaction it gives me, make me feel want to dig deeper about this knowledge. Maybe I have personal satisfaction when they call me 'teacher', it sound great for me, I hope from my knowledge and later experience, I can give a little contribution for the children. it is hard to reach but that is the consideration to be professional and there are no boundaries to be professional.
