This is my story about the first time that I liked mathematics. Granted, I was in the 11th grade. At that grade, my teacher, Mrs. Sri, gave a huge assignments. In the first time, I was being crazy, but my teacher always said motivation words for all of her students. She also made fun learning with a lot of education games when the assignments were being ghost for all students.
In the next grade, I felt easy to understand my teacher’s explanation. I always studied before the class started. It was a good way for me. I could ask the material that I did not understand yet. That way made my score almost excellent. After that time, I had confidence to solve mathematics problem. Many friends asked me to teach them. I was showing the ways to solve the mathematics problem.
From that situation, I felt comfortable to communicate about mathematics. I also learned how to make a good communication in learning mathematics. I had different perspective about learning mathematics. Mathematics makes someone being logical ans systematic thinker. Mathematics also help someone to think critically when they prove the theorem. Based on that perspectives, I decided that I am going to be mathematics teacher.
After I finished my senior high school, I was looking for universities that had mathematics education in their majority. I tried in UNJ and SSE. God loves me, I passed SSE test. I was really happy. I studied as well as I can. I also used drill and practice to make me better in solving mathematics problems. However, I thought that I still need more exercise because I don’t have confidence to teach my students with limited exercise. I just have to learn and practice my knowledge. I am just learner that will learn as long as I can. If I make mistakes, it is so natural in learning process.
Dian Ayu Utami
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