Assignment M 2 LA 1
1. Establishing a descriptive text about favorite person
My Mother
My mother, Mrs. R. Purba, is without doubt the most important person in my life. She is my number one favorite person in the entire universe. There are plenty of reasons for this including her unconditional love for me and my siblings, her constant sacrifices in a bid to ensure our happiness, her inner strength that makes the world a better place to live, and her immense wisdom buried deep within her soul. She is simply a precious gift to me.
My mother birthed four children and I am the eldest child in our family. One of the reasons my siblings and I are especially fond of my mother is the way she used to take great care of us, especially when we are ill. She is a very knowledgeable lady who made a variety of home remedies to help take care of the minor illness that we had when we were kids. Now, we have been grown up and lived separated from our parents. Though, we don’t live together, my mother always calls or texts us jut to know our condition. My mother always suggests us to stay healthy by reminding us to eat and drink well though we had a lot of tasks to do. This suggestion is simple but this is how my mother shows her care to us.
My mother is a hard worker. She along with my father is a famer. Though, working as a farmer is not an easy job, she never complains neither to us nor my father. She always helps my father working in our field to fulfill our needs and to ensure we have good education. The way she struggle to support our family always inspire me not to give up easily when I find hard life in my study and my work.
My mother is a strict person too. She teaches us to be discipline in order to have a good time management for studying and helping parents. Last time, when I was at 6th grade, I came home late after school without informing my parents. I played with my friends till noon. That time, my mother was angry with me. She punished me by not giving pocket money for three days. Even though I did not like the punishment then I now look back and realize that it was meant to lovingly correct me and help me to follow the right path when growing up.
As an outdoor worker, my mother doesn’t have glowing skin like those who have regular treatment at saloon and spa. She has a bit dark skin. She owns slanted eyes and short straight black hair. For me, my mother has the kindest eyes. Though she sometimes has problem, she loves and cares us tenderly.
Undoubtedly, my mother is my life’s anchor and the most complete woman I know. Her comforting advice makes difficulties vanish in a trice and her motherly care and love comforts us in periods of despair and pain. Her strong will and determination make huge mountains appear tiny. All my mothers’ qualities make her unmatched.
2. Establishing a descriptive text of the school where I am teaching at the moment.
SMP Negeri 1 Sidamanik
SMP Negeri 1 Sidamanik, also known as SMP Negeri Sarimatondang, is the one and only public junior high school in Sidamanik sub-district. This school is located on Jalan Op. Naihorsik, Sarimatondang. The location of the school is not hard to find because there are some public transportations that pass by this school. This school area is 10,155 square meters. It’s quite big school which has bordering on public housing in the north, public elementary schools in the east, the land of Golom Damanik in the south, and Sidamanik’s field in the west.
SMP Negeri 1 Sidamanik was built in 1963 by some local community leaders who concerned about education. They built the school though it was not permanent. Last time, the school had 12 non permanent buildings which 10 for classroom, 1 for teacher’s room, and 1 for principal office. Now, the school is bigger and the buildings are already permanent. The school has 22 classrooms, 1 students’ counseling room, 1 administration office, 1 teachers’ room, 1 principal room, 1 library, 1 mushola for Muslim to pray, 1 laboratory, 7 toilets, and 3 school canteens. The school is green with some shady trees. There are benches under the trees that the students can spend their break times there for eating, playing, or even just for talking. The school also has large field. It is usually used for having flag ceremony every Monday and having students’ creativity show every Wednesday and Thursday.
The school also has so many achievements. There are a lot of trophies that had been received from many school events in Sidamanik sub-district, Simalungun regency, and North Sumatera province. The trophies are mostly from sport competition, speech competition, and Olympiad in science, mathematics, and social sciences. When commemorating Indonesia’s Independence Day in 2018, the school got first place for the parade competition and English Speech Competition.
The average score of National examination (also called Ujian Nasional (UN)) for B.Indonesia, English, Mathematics, IPA in the late three years are decreasing. In 2015, the average score for UN subjects was 88.69, in 2016, the average score for UN subjects was 76.27, and in 2017, the average score for UN subjects was 73.30. From the data, we know that the score of students for national examination is decreasing. Though the result of National examination is decreasing in these three years, some teachers tell that the school still has better result if we compare to other school. The principal of the school tells that the quality of teaching and learning process needs to be improved especially by teachers.
Every year, there are more than three hundred prospective students who wish to enroll themselves in this school. Though the parents know that the numbers of students who are accepted are limited, they just register their child to this school. Local news at https://www.24jamnews.com/24jamnews/smp-negeri-1-sidamanik-kabupaten-simalungun-diserbu-calon-siswa-baru/ reported that there were 320 prospective students on the second day of students’ enrollment. The local students have high interest to study in this school. The school accepted the new students based on the rule from local education office consisting of three criteria namely the closest zone, students’ age and students’ school report or certificate. The students who live nearby the school or the closest distance from school prioritize to be accepted as stated in the rule from local education office.
In conclusion, SMP Negeri 1 Sidamanik has been developing rapidly especially for having large number of students who study in this school. However, the quality of the teaching and learning process and the learning facilities have to be improved in order to have better reputable school and better future for students.
3. Establishing a descriptive text about the principal of the school
The Principal of SMP Negeri 1 Sidamanik
Mr. Eden Purba is the principal of SMP Negeri 1 Sidamanik. He was born at Sarimatondang, 28th June 1960. He graduated from IKIP Medan in 1984 majoring civics and got his master degree from University of Setia Budi in 2011. He has been as principal of SMP Negeri 1 Sidamanik since November 2016.
He has a grand personality and good leadership in the school. It is undoubtedly because he has already got much experience in leading school. He was the principal of some Senior High Schools before leading this school. The way he leads the school is by giving opportunities for teachers and school staff to be responsible in doing their job descriptions without telling bad words or showing anger if teachers and school staff do mistakes in our job.
The principal usually arranges the teachers’ meeting at least once in a month to discuss any program that we have in our school. We also have discussion of any issues related to our school. If we do not understand any point, he makes us understand it clearly. He is constantly asking us “What can we do together to improve our school, our classrooms, and our students’ learning?” When it comes to individual students, we are encourage not to ask, “How can I stop this student from causing so many problems?” but rather, “What can I do to help this student overcome his or her difficulties?” The focus is always on the students and how we, as teachers can work together to make a difference and solve the student’s difficulty in learning.
Our principal is a man of high interest in students’ development especially about the students’ creativity. He loves to see student creativity. He supports the students’ creativity program which is held every Wednesday and Thursday. He gives the prize to the students or the class if they are good at their show like delivering speech in three languages, singing, dancing, answering quiz, etc. He is making the students at school are highly motivated to be creative.
The principal of our school takes great interest in his work. He really cares about the school members. He takes wise decision and creates a good atmosphere for teachers and students to grow well.
