Handling a 12-Year-Old Girl Who Was Dependent Too Much on Me as Her Homeroom Teacher at Grade 6 at Equal Bright School.

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ABSTRACT

Dalam tugas akhir ini saya menganalisis masalah yang saya hadapi ketika melakukan kegiatan magang di Equal Bright School Bandung. Masalah tersebut adalah seorang siswi berusia 12 tahun yang duduk di bangku kelas enam yang bergantung kepada saya sebagai wali kelas nya.

Saya menganalisis penyebab-penyebab siswi tersebut selalu bergantung kepada saya. Penyebab yang pertama adalah siswi tersebut memiliki masalah dalam hal kepercayaan diri. Penyebab yang kedua adalah siswi tersebut kesulitan bergaul dengan teman satu sekolah nya karena pengalaman dia di sekolah sebelumnya. Penyebab yang ketiga adalah siswi ini seringkali bertanya tentang banyak pertanyaan yang selalu saya jawab.

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CHAPTER I

INTRODUCTION

A. Background of the Study

From 18th July to 12th August 2016 I did my internship at Equal Bright School which is located on Setiabudhi 20 Bandung. My position at Equal Bright School was as a classroom assistant, a children supervisor and a homeroom teacher. Basically, as a children supervisor, my duties were to observe the children activity, while as a classroom assistant my main duty was to manage the classroom. I also became the homeroom teacher for 6th grade students. As a homeroom teacher, my job were to remind the students if there were a test or homework or group project, assign the classroom leader, manage the seating arrangement, and handle the printing of

student’s works. There were eight pupils at 6th grade, five of them were Koreans, and three of them were Indonesians and my student who was dependent too much on me was an Indonesian student.

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attention from me as her homeroom teacher. Also, there was one situation when this girl demanded extra attention and so many times she interrupted me by calling my name and throwing many questions. Based on my teaching experience that was not always recorded on internship journal, Grace several time interrupted me not only by calling my name but also she wanted me to be on her side while she was doing her tasks. On my journal on 26th July 2016 I observed that Grace was asking questions that were actually not related to the subject, such as her hobbies during free time, her favorite movies, and her favorite cartoon characters.

I think this topic is important to be explained, because I think as a teacher I need to know how to handle a dependent student while teaching elementary school students. As stated by Linsin (2015) that,

The level of dependency in your classroom is directly related to how you respond to it. This is a key issue, because if left unchecked, a culture of

neediness will infiltrate everything you do. It will affect every lesson, every activity, and every routine. It will make your life infinitely more difficult and stressful and cause you to be a less effective teacher (para. 5).

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B. Identification of the Problem

The research questions are as follow:

1. Why was the 12-year-old girl at grade 6 at Equal Bright School dependent too much on me as her homeroom teacher?

2. How did the problem influence me and the girl? 3. How should I solve the problem effectively?

C. Objectives and Benefits of the Study

This Term Paper has three objective and three benefits. The objectives are to discuss the causes, the effects, and find out the best solutions of the problem. The first benefit is for the teachers at Equal Bright School, they will know how to handle the dependent students. The second benefit is for the readers, to make them understand about dependent children and know how to deal with this type of children. The third, I will get more information about how to make students become more independent learners.

D. Description of the Institution

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potentials. As quoted in Equal Bright School’s official website (2012-2013), “the vision of this school is to provide an exceptional learning environment where students are able to recognize and achieve their fullest potential so that they can contribute in building a better society”. The mission of Equal Bright School is “A place of excellence that provides a balance of academic rigor (knowledge) and the teaching of life skills (values). The school strives to partner with parents in electronic sources. The internship was from 18th July until 12th August 2016. The data are used for analyzing the causes, effects, and finding the best solution.

F. Limitation of the Study

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G. Organization of the Term Paper

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CHAPTER IV

CONCLUSION

In this chapter, I would like to discuss the best solution for handling a 12-year-old girl who was dependent too much on me as her homeroom teacher at Equal Bright School. I found that there are three causes of my problem. The first cause is the student had trouble in trusting herself. The second cause is the student were afraid to make friends with others because she was bullied by her friends in her former school. The third cause is the girl often kept throwing a lot of question to me which I always responded.

There are also three effects of the problem. First, the student demanded much of my attention that I had little time for other students. Second, it took so much time for her to finish her work. Third, the student had very few opportunities to develop her social skills with her peers. I also find three potential solutions to solve my problem. First, I will encourage the student to trust her own-judgments. Second, I will ask the student to do pair work with her classroom buddy to study together. Third, I will only allow her to ask three questions per day and I will not respond if she asks for more questions.

For the best potential solution, I will combine three potential solution.

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trusting herself but the girl’s socialization process will not happen. When I only

choose second potential solution I will only fix the girl’s problem in making

friends but will not fix the girl’s problem in trusting herself. When I only choose

third potential solution I will only fix the dependency on herself and not fix the

girl’s problem in making friends. That is why I choose to combine both of three

potential solution that I feel will fix the girl’s problem effectively.

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HANDLING A 12-YEAR OLD STUDENT WHO WAS

DEPENDENT TOO MUCH ON ME AS HER

HOMEROOM TEACHER AT GRADE 6 AT EQUAL

BRIGHT SCHOOL

A term paper

submitted to DIII Programme for English at Maranatha Christian University

STELLA NATALIA

1443004

DIII Programme for English Faculty of Letters Maranatha Christian University

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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

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