Qualities of a Good Teacher

Teachers have the very important responsibility to help the students build knowledge within their; therefore, all teachers should strive to know what can be considered to be a good teacher. A positive or negative influence from a teacher can have a great effect on the life of a student. Moreover, teachers come in all types and sizes. For example, some teachers are very good; besides, some teachers are not that good. It can be seen from their ability to face all criteria of the students. Consequently, there are many qualities that can be possessed to be a good teacher. The qualities are knowledge of subject matter, willingness to help a student, and dedication to excellence.

First, a good teacher must have knowledge of his/her subject matter. For instance, teachers are in charged with the responsibility of providing students with specific content knowledge with give a syllabus at the first meeting. A good teacher will know how to explain the content that he/she is teaching based on the syllabus. Explain the lesson accordance with the content of the material and not out of the material. The teachers must know what the subject matter well that will they teach.

Second, good teachers know that some students need an extra attention or assistance. They realize that achievement is not just a good grade on a test, but a feeling of accomplishment with mastering a subject. They are willing to work with a student. The teachers can give an additional time to teach students out of their teaching hours. A good teacher should be there if the students need extra help and even encourage it.

Third, a good teacher wants the best result from their students. The best teachers encourage the sharing of ideas and offer incentives like suggesting the educational students to try teach in schools or give private lessons to train students’ ability in teaching. The teachers guide the students to produce some product based on the material that teachers have been taught. The teachers want students to learn and able to apply what they learned, not just able to pass tests. They encourage students to be good people in students’ lives, not just good memorizers of text in students’ education.

To conclude, there are many qualities that can be possessed to be a good teacher. Knowledge of subject matter, willingness to help a student, and dedication to excellence are some qualities to be a good teacher. The teachers must meet these qualities in order to be a good teacher.

Going to Jogjakarta

            I am very happy went to Jogjakarta this year because I can do lots of activities in there. At the first day we arrived in Jogja, my family and I went to our grandparent’s house at Candran Rt 12/05, Godean, Jogjakarta. After that I went to Malioboro with my little brother to dinner. That is the first time I came out without my parents at midnight. My father gave me a freedom to go to Malioboro just with my little brother. The next day, spending the time at Parangtritis Beach is the first trip since we arrived in Jogja. I went there with my family, and we enjoyed a sunset. It is the beautiful moment that we do. The last day in Jogja, we visited the temples using a pedicab. Borobudur, Prambanan, and Mendut are the temples that we visited. I think it is an amazing traveling because we used a traditional vehicle to traveling. I can not imagine how tired the pedicab driver, but we are happy do that. I am satisfied going to Jogja this year.

A Mysterious Girl

        I have a best classmate, and she is a mysterious girl. Her name is Selvi Nur Wenda. We study at UHAMKA, and we are on the fifth semester. I always call her Mpi. At the first time I met her, she is very reserved. I thought she is a boring girl. Until at the time, we got an assignment and we must do that in a group. I chose to do it in Selvi's house. At the first time, learning atmosphere is very tense, until Selvi started interacting and could put up a job as well by throwing a funny word. Then the atmosphere was melted and warm conversations were intertwined. After that I know she is a nice and funny girl. Selvi in a campus is very different from her daily life. I had been feeling she is a mysterious girl.

Swinburne University of Technology

          On next Saturday, I will be presenting about abroad university to speaking final exam. I chose the Swinburne University of Technology in Australia. This institution was founded by the honorable George Swinburne in 1908 and achieved university status in June 1992. On 1 July 1992, Swinburne was proclaimed a university and its first chancellor was self-made businessman and philanthropist, Richard Pratt. Now, the chancellor is Bill Scales AO and vice-chancellor is Professor Ian Young. The 2011 Good Universities Guide has rated Swinburne as the best university in Melbourne for teaching quality for past five years (2007–2011). It has six campuses. There are Hawthorn, Prahran, Lilydale, Croydon, Wantirna, and Sarawak. The five campuses are located in Australia, and the last one in Malaysia. Swinburne University of Technology has six faculties. Till now, Swinburne University of Technology has more than 40.000 students who studies in six campuses. A lot of alumni graduated from this university. Such as Gillian Armstrong as film director, Mark Bolton as Australian Football League player, Ray Crooke as artist, Sidney Nolan as artist, Philomena Tan as author, etc. So, if you want to continue studies abroad, choose Swinburne University as your place to study. Later, you will become the next great person in this world.

Vocabulary:

1. Honorable: showing high moral standards.

2. Chancellor: the official head of a university.

Breakfast = Slim

        In this morning accidentally I open the website earlier, because I miss the news on television. Hoping to get updated news today, but I accidentally read the article with the title ‘breakfast if you want to stay slim’. Seen from the title that reads ‘slim’, I was interested to read that article.

Some point can I take from the article:

1. Breakfast is important for breakfast really help control the problem of weight gain and obesity for everyone. Numerous studies show that most successful people maintain weight just by familiarizing breakfast every day.
2. Numerous studies show that people who like to ignore the breakfast, and pay it all at once when the lunch, usually not even healthy. Why is that? Empty stomach sometimes 'force' people eat foods high in calories and fat.
3. Another advantage if we breakfast according to The American Institute for Cancer Research, familiarize breakfast increases your metabolism, or rate of burning calories. As a result, the body will be more energetic and control weight more easily.

A few tips below we can try:

• Fresh fruits such as bananas, apples, melons, papaya and others is a good choice for breakfast lightning. But it would be much better if we mix this fruit with yogurt or milk and cereals, e.g. cornflakes.
• Milk, cow's milk or soy milk for breakfast is always advisable. If we do not have a problem with weight, it is better to add a little honey or sugar into the drink is to add energy substances.
• Low-sugar cereals such as oatmeal and cornflakes are rich in fiber and very easy to prepare it is an ideal breakfast menu. To make it more delicious you can add raisins or grated cheese.
• For fans of bread, try to fill a sandwich with protein substances such as cheese or eggs or meat. Protein substances needed to prolong satiety.

So make sure always, breakfast was good for the body effect, rather than just filling. Happy healthy life!

Vocabulary:
1. Advantage: a quality of something that makes it better or more useful.
2. Satiety: the state or feeling of being completely full of food, or of having had enough of something.

The Special Dishes from Padang City

          Presentation is a one of material in a speaking class. I’m does the presentation on last Wednesday. My presentation is about special dishes from Padang City. Now I want to representation about the dishes. The special dishes from Padang City are nasi kapau, dendeng balado or batoko, sate padang, and ayam pop.

1. Nasi kapau

Nasi kapau is traditional dishes from Minang Kabau, West Sumatra. Kapau is a name of village in West Sumatra and the first seller of the dishes is coming from Kapau village. That's the story why it's called nasi kapau. Nasi Kapau is mixed rice from kapau dishes uses generous amounts of thick coconut milk and ingredients that come from various parts of the buffalo or cattle. In nasi kapau, plain white rice is served with sambal and a variety of curry like stews, such as a vegetable stew jackfruit, long beans, cabbage, bamboo shoots, fern and jengkol (cubadak), curried tunjang (buffalo tendon), buffalo meat stew, Gulai Tambunsu (stuffed intestines), eel, brain, (kikil) cattle feet, etc.

2. Dendeng balado or batoko

Dendeng balado is a speciality from Padang, West Sumatra, made from beef that thinly cut then dried and fried before added with chillies and other ingredients.

  

3. Sate Padang

Sate Padang is a special sate from Padang, West Sumatra. It made from beef cut into small dices with spicy sauce on top of it. The sauce is made out of lots of chilli and spices to make it tasty and spicy. In Medan, a lot of Sate Padang use not only beef but also chicken and lamb. There are three types of sate padang, which are sate padang, sate padang panjang, and sate pariaman. The three types are differentiated by the color of their sauce. Sate Padang Panjang usually has yellow-colored sauce while Sate Pariaman has red-colored sauce. Bearing the sauces are different, the taste of both Sate are different. While sate Padang has a variety of flavor blend from the two types of sate above. Fresh meats are boiled twice in a big drum filled with water to make the meat soft and juicy. Then, the meat is sliced into parts and spices are sprinkled on the meat. The boiled water will be used as a soup broth to make the sauce. Then the broth, mixed with 19 kinds of spices which have been smoothed and stirred with various kinds of chili. All seasoning are then put together and cooked for 15 minutes. Grill the sate when ready to eat, using charcoal from coconut shell.

4. Ayam pop

It called pop chicken, for cutlets of chicken are dipped and marinated in spiced juice. And then the cutlets are deep fried in very hot oil for only a few minutes, you'll hear a loud “POP” sound when the chicken enters the oil.

 1. Lamb: meat from a young sheep.

2. Bearing: the way in which something is related to something or influences it.

3. Charcoal: a black substance made by burning wood slowly in an oven with little air.

4. Dipped: to put something quickly into a liquid and take it out again.

5. Marinated: to be salty.

Assignment

          UAS getting closer and the lecturer have started to chase the target subjects. An assignment was not left behind from the UAS towards the compulsory routines. So many assignments make me confused to begin working on whichever comes first. Because of continued confusion to start which one assignment to do first, consequently everything was not done. The assignment had been neglected and ultimately will continue to accumulate. The problems of all this is lazy. Sometimes I think, when there are drugs sold in pharmacies lazy. With the hope I can cure this feeling lazy and can with the spirit of pre- UAS doing this. Hopefully tomorrow morning, all these lazy condition improved. At least some levels are reduced, so that I can repay all the piling assignment.

1. Chase: to run, drive, etc. after something in order to catch them.

2. Compulsory: that must be done because of a law or a rule.

3. Repay: to give something to somebody or do something for them in return for something that they have done for you.

Bad Day

          This story begins on January 3^rd, 2011 in the morning. The first problem is in the ears that itch, and I feel uncomfortable. Before taking a bath, I asked my brother for help to clean my ears with ear stick. Instead of improving, in fact I feel it to be deaf. Finally, I left college with my left ear condition problematic.

          The first lesson is a writing class in that morning. Ms. 3 provides shock therapy by providing a question one by one to the students. Unfortunately, my name comes out first to answer. With the troubled condition of my ears, plus I’m forgot with the subject matter of structure 2, and a sense of shock at first call. So, I cannot answer simple questions from ms.3. In the midst of writing lessons, there is also a snap quiz. So my day was complete on campus in that morning.
           But the problem still hasn’t wanted to get away from me on that Monday. At 15:00, I’m back to go home after college. I decided to go to the Haji Hospital, because of my ears did not get better that day. A little lucky followed me. I do not need to wait for a doctor as long as, because I get the first serial number. After review by a doctor, it turns out there's only dirt that clog at the base of the ear. Only about 5 minutes in suction using sophisticated equipment. My hearing returned to normal. The doctor did not notice anything. He just wrote down something on paper checks. Then with a smile, he gave the paper to me to be given to the administration. Part administrative processing of paper, and I’m waiting a bit. About 10 minutes of waiting, finally my name on the call. Feel like fainting when he saw a bill payment that I have to pay. With black ink written Rp 236.500,- the bill was. With a sense of trust do not believe, I am completely out ATM and take care of hospital administration. On the way home, I muttered to myself, "just in time about 25 minutes I could spend Rp 236.500,-." Oh how my misfortune that day.
On Monday grey, full of exciting stories that make the heart sad.

1. Itch: to have an uncomfortable feeling on your skin that makes you want to scratch.

2. Providing: to give something to somebody or make it available for them to use.

3. Clog: to block something or to become blocked.

4. Sophisticated: clever and complicated in the way that it works or is presented.

5. Faint:  to become unconscious when not enough blood is going to your brain, usually because of the heat, a shock, etc.

6. Mutter: to speak or say something in a quiet voice that is difficult to hear, especially because you are annoyed about something.

7. Misfortune: bad luck.