LOOK AT SMPN 226 JAKARTA WITH YOUR HEART

I moved to Junior High School number 226 Jakarta on September 1^ST, 2015. My previous school is in the same district with it. I never know that this school is an inclisive school, serve the disability student s in their class.

None told me, this situation before I teach in  class. On the first day teaching here. I found something different from my previous school. On that day, on the first period I taught in 9.4 class, There was a yang lady, she sat on the first row on the left corner of the class. Her seat next to teacher table. When I taught I felt bad, I thought Why did on of my student, didn’t want to pay attention to me. I came next to her, I found her note book was not the same with other, the line on the book was very big. Her friend said to me that she is low vision. At the end of my class read the questions for their task. It was very amazing she could write, every question correctly.

On the third period I taught at 9.2 class. I took the absent, there was a girl student really attract my attention, she always called, “Mam … mam, …  mam, …”,  many time. She really attracted my attention. When I stated teaching, I showed my material by using LCD. Suddenly she stood up, and came to the front. She pointed a word on my slide, she asked how to say and the meaning of that word. I could not understand what she said. One of her friend came to her and asked her to sit down. She didn’t want. Her friend told to me what she wanted. It seemed to me that her friend was shy to make the new teacher knew that  there was such kind of student in this class.

When I taught for the last period on that day I taught at class 8.8. This class was on the first floor. I found one student with her wheel chair. She didn’t want to stare at me when I tried to look at her eyes. “Oh, my God, will I teach in this school. Why should I?” I was so sad. I have been being teacher since 1997, but I never taught the disability students.

            I didn’t know that in SMPN 226, there are disability students. The fact that, in SMPN 226, they have been teaching variety disability students since 1993. Wow … I couldn’t imagine, they have done a job with full of heart.  I think it is not easy to teach in the class which has the disability with different disability.

            I do appreciate to all teacher in SMPN 226. I think not all people can do this difficult job. Why do I say this, after teaching for more than three months, I found the math teacher made her test special for the blind student. She uses a tool to make the blind student to imagine the picture that she made.

            It was not easy the teacher  made one of  student to join national math competition. He was the first winner.  It was one example of result  teacher did her job with heart.