Handling A 1st Grade Student Who Stole Money in the Class at Santa Ursula Elementary School Bandung.

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ABSTRACT

Dalam Tugas Akhir ini, saya akan menganalisis masalah yang saya hadapi saat saya melakukan magang di Sekolah Dasar Santa Ursula Bandung. Masalah yang saya hadapi adalah seorang siswi kelas 1 telah mengambil uang temannya di dalam kelas.

Setelah menganalisa masalah tersebut, saya menemukan dua hal yang menjadi penyebab masalah tersebut. Penyebab pertama adalah siswi yang mengambil uang temannya tidak memiliki pengendalian diri. Penyebab kedua adalah siswi yang mencuri uang temannya tersebut mendapat tekanan dari teman-teman dikelasnya dan ia perlu menyesuaikan diri dengan teman sekelasnya.

Masalah yang saya hadapi juga memiliki dua dampak yang sangat berpengaruh. Dampak pertama, siswi yang mengambil uang tersebut menjadi marah terhadap saya, ketika saya menanyakan perihal uang tersebut. Dampak kedua adalah kegiatan belajar mengajar dikelas menjadi terganggu.

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CHAPTER I

INTRODUCTION

A. Background of the Study

I did my internship in Santa Ursula elementary school from January 4, 2016

to February 9, 2016. In Santa Ursula elementary school I became a teacher

assistant who helped the main teacher. I taught English to the 1st,₂nd,_and

3rd_{grades students. What I did there was teaching English materials in accordance}

with the book that has been given by the main teacher. I also made question sheets

for the students when they needed a test. I checked all of the students’ answers

and also gave them scores.

When I did my internship on Wednesday January 13, 2016, I found a

problem that I could not solve. When I taught the 1st _{grade students, I got a}

student who stole her friend’s money, At the first time, I thought I could sort the

problem out, but I was wrong. I think this problem should be handled immediately

because if the teachers ignore the student's deed, more problems that are based on

stealing may appear. I had a student who stole her friend’s money in the class, her

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student who lost the money told me that her friend stole her money. Then, I asked

Gio whether she stole the money or not. She was mad at me at that time. I did not

want to force her to confess in front of me, because I was not the main teacher in

the class. I went to the teacher’s room to meet the main teacher and I told her

there was an incident in the class that I could not handle. According to the main

teacher, this was the first time that she found her student stealing. I did not know

the reason why Gio was stealing her friend’s money.

According to an article entitled My child is stealing published on the Kids

Health website, “whatever the reason for stealing, parents need to get to the root

of the behavior and address other problems, that may happens. Teachers aslo have

a responsibilty to teach honesty together with parents.” (para. 1). The student in

early age should be taught about honesty. Their parents or their teacher should

give awareness about the student’s behavior because the parents should know

about the root why their children are stealing. If parents and teachers are not

aware of their children’s behavior, it could be something negative in the

chlidren’s future. Parents and teacher should know how to handle the student if

she or he stealing, because this kind of behavior could not be handled arbitrarily.

The teacher and parents should know the reason why their students steal and make

a decision how to handle the students.

B. Identification of the Problem

The research questions are as follow:

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2. How did the incident influence the classroom situation and other

students?

3. What are the possible solutions and the best solution to use and

anticipated if a similar incident takes place in the future?

C. Objectives and Benefits of the Study

This term paper has one objective and three benefits. The objective is to

discuss the causes, the effects, and the potential solutions of the problem found

during the internship. The first benefit of the study is for the teacher at Santa

Ursula elementary school that they will know how to handle a student who is

stealing. The second benefit is for the readers who have the same problem and to

have more knowledge how to handle the student who is stealing. The last benefit

is for me as the writer of this term paper. I could learn more about classroom

management in practice, especially in handling the student who is stealing in the

class.

D. Description of the Institutuion

Santa Ursula Bandung is a school that consists of kindergarten, elementary

and junior high school (originally Maria School). It was established in 1927 and

located in Merdeka Street Bandung. It was relocated to Bengawan Street no. 2

Bandung on 1930. On January 8, 2007 Santa Maria was renamed Santa Ursula.

This renaming was based on the proposals of the principals. The vision of Santa

Ursula elementary school is “Being a community of learners that are innovative,

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Ursula elementary school, 2007). The school is led by Mrs. FX. Erna Susanti,

S.Pd. (Santa Ursula elementary school, 2013). It has 48 employees including 27

teachers, a librarian, two computer technicians, four administration officers, six

security officers, and eight janitors (Santa Ursula elementary school, 2013).

E. Method of the Study

This term paper contains data taken from an internship that I did from

January 4, 2016 to February 9, 2016 at Santa Ursula elementary school Bandung.

During my internship, I wrote my daily activity in a journal. Reflecting on the

content of the journal, I found a problem which I believe important to be

discussed. Therefore, I looked for theories using the internet and books to support

my analysis.

F. Limitation of the Study

This term paper has limitations. The first limitation is that I only used

observation in the grade 1 class as a tool to collect data when I did the internship.

The second limitation is that I only focused on a student who stole in the class. I

chose to focus on it because I only taught English for elementary school and I

found a stealing incident in the class is very important to be discussed as it helped

me to be a teacher.

G. Orgnization of the Term Paper

This term paper starts with the Abstract, Declaration of Originality,

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chapters. The first chapter contains Background of the Study, Objectives and

Benefits of the Study, Description of the Institutuion, Method of the Study,

Limitation of the Study and Organization of the Term Paper. The second chapter

contains Problem Analysis with further explanation about causes and effects of

the problem. The third chapter is Potential Solutions. The last chapter is

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CHAPTER IV

CONCLUSION

The problem of my term paper is having a student who stole money in grade

1 at Santa Ursula elementary school. There are two causes of my problem, the

first cause is a student who stole the money lacked of self-control and the student

who stole the money felt peer pressure and needed to fit in with others. The

problem has two effects. The first effect is the student was mad at me at that time

when I asked her about the money. The second effect of my problem is the

learning process was obstructed. There are three potential solutions to solve the

problem. The first potential solution is I will make a general request to all students

to return the stolen money and put the stolen money into the cupboard in the class

during lunch time. The second potential solution is I will talk to the student

privately. The last potential solution I will use a story telling method to facilitate

student who steals money or other item to confess and allow other studens to

learn how to react when finding a friend who steals things.

Based on the analysis in the previous chapters, I would like to choose all

three of the potential solutions to solve my problem because the combination of

them will allow me to solve the problem. The first solution that I will use is I will

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Then, I will ask the student to put the money in the cupboard so that the

student can save face and nobody knows it. The solution might make the student

who stole the money realize that what she/he had done is wrong and also the

whole class would not know who is the student who stole the money in the class

so that the student who stole the money will not being judged by her friends. If

this kind of method is not working, the next solution that I will choose is my third

potential solution. The solution that I will use is using the storytelling to facilitate

“student’s confession” and allow other student to learn how to react when finding

a friend who steals things. I hope it might help the student who stole the money

understand that stealing is wrong. If this method still does not work, I might use

the last solution, that is my second potential solution. I will talk privately to the

student whom I suspect to steal the money in order to make the student return it.

Through this method, the whole class will not know who stole the money and the

whole class will not be judgemental to the student who stole the money.

Combining the three solutions will make the student who stole the money

understand that what she/he had done is wrong and will not do it again. To sum

up, using these solutions will be effective to help the first grade students

understand that stealing is wrong and how to act when their friend steal

something. Early education in the first grade in elementary school is very

important, because the first grade in elementary school is the foundation for

building students’ characters, basic values, attitude, skills, behaviors and habits.

Thus, preventing students at the first grade for not stealing is very important. I

expect that these solutions will help other teachers who have a similar problem as

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HANDLING A 1

st

GRADE STUDENT WHO STOLE

MONEY IN THE CLASS AT SANTA URSULA

ELEMENTARY SCHOOL BANDUNG

A term paper

submitted to DIII Programme for English at Maranatha Christian University

Rani Rahmawati

1443908

DIII Programme for English

Faculty of Letters

Maranatha Christian University

Bandung

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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

Alhamdulillah all of honors is just for Allah SWT, the Almighty.

I would also like to thank my supervisor, Fenty L Siregar, S.S., M.A, Ph.D.

for her valuable guidance, encouragement, patient, advice, and suggestions which are

very helpful in finishing this term paper. Thank you for your guidance from the very

early stage of this term paper as well as giving me extraordinary experiences

throughout the past six months.

I would also like to thank Mrs. Tjing-Tjing as my supervisor who had allowed

me to do internship in SD Santa Ursula Bandung. Thank you for allowing me to

conduct my research in your class. I could never have finished this without your

great guidance.

I would like to thank my parents, for their endless love, pray, support, and

motivation for me. I also would like to thank my bestfriend, Given Roberta, S.S. for

her help. I would also like to thank my boyfriend, Fachri Ramadhan, for all his love

and support. Last but not least, I would like to thank all my bestfriends and friends in

D3 English Programme who have given me support and shared cheerful moments

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ABSTRACT

TABLE OF CONTENTS

CHAPTER I

INTRODUCTION

A.

Background of the Study

B.

Identification of the Problem

C.

Objectives and Benefits of the Study

D.

Description of the Institutuion

E.

Method of the Study

F.

Limitation of the Study

G.

Orgnization of the Term Paper