My friends and I went to one of High School in North Jakarta at 05.30 a.m in order to avoid traffic jam. During the way to that school, everything was fine. I was not as nervous as the day before. In that first day, we would meet and get acquainted with some teachers in that school. We needed to take two public transportation to go there. Even though we tried to avoid the traffic jam by leaving at 05.30 from Mampang, there was still traffic jam after we took the second public transportation.
Finally, we arrived at that school then met principal and some teachers there. They were so kind and helpful. After we were introduced to principal and some teachers there, we were suggested to meet our own co-teacher. My team was helped by Mr. Alan., an English teacher for social class. He was so kind and humorist. He was also a kind of teacher who always reflects to himself. He also shared about his experience of becoming a teacher. He said that he sometimes confuse because he do not know how to motivate his students. Is it his mistake or maybe he should take another way in teaching English? He told us that maybe we can help him to motivate his students. Well, the first day of teaching assistant program was going smoothly. Hope it will continue to the next day.
Note for first day: Becoming a teacher is not only make our student learn but also how to motivate and stimulate them to learn.