The dream when I left my
place of birth, Lainjanji, Wulla Waijilu, Sumba was be a nurse, by continuing
my study at University of Respati Yogyakarta (UNRIYO). But it was just a
memory, because now I am working not caring for people, but as an alumnus of
Sarjanawiyata Tamansiswa University of Yogyakarta (UST) majoring in English
Education, I have a mission to serve in education institution to teach and
educate students as the nation's next generation.
Now I am working as an
honorary teachers at Wulla Waijelu Junior High School 2, assisting Mrs. Naomi
Ndamung, S.Pd as an English teacher, who is also the principal. When I was
graduated from my study in Yogya I was asked to join and teach in this school.
The decision to return to Sumba became my struggle, moreover relying life on
income from teaching is a kind of gambling. Initially I wanted to start a
business in Sumba instead of being a
teacher. When I arrived in Sumba, I was ill for a week and the situation urged
me to make a decision. On March 2, 2019, Saturday afternoon, I brought the
application as a teacher to the school and Monday, March 4, 2019 became my
first day to be a teacher and responsible for teaching English in grade VII for
3 classes, grade VIII for 3 classes, and grade IX for 3 classes. This school
itself is located about 120 kilometres away from Waingapu to the east.
I realized that being a
teacher is not easy because a teacher must be physically and mentally
well-prepared to face hundreds of students with their characters, patient,
confident, competent, and ready to work on the teacher equipment and other
administrative data, especially preparing the tests or exams, should be ready
with materials grid, correction, grade analysis and students report.
Every morning I travel
about 7 kilometres from Lainjanji village to the school in Latena village and I
borrow Efrem’s motorcycle, my younger cousin, because I do not have motorcycle
yet. Several months passed, I pushed myself to buy motorcycle by borrow bank
loan. It was even not a new one, but it is enough to support my mobility. Although
the salary is not much, if I calculated my teacher’s salary, it does not meet
with the living cost plus the motorcycle maintenance (lubricants, gasoline or
other spare parts), still I determined to take part in educating children in my
area.
Fortunately, when I was
studying in Yogyakarta, I joined lots of training in Stube-HEMAT Yogyakarta, so
that I had many life skills to survive and move forward. Beside teaching, I
also pay attention to agriculture by helping my parents to manage cashews,
growing vegetables, and trading goods. I also have a plan to open English
course for children in 2020. So, I will never surrender to survive, rely on God
and work diligently, surely my life will be blessed. (Siprianus Ndawa Lu).
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