Why I should become educator
The people recently have reduced meaning of educational purposes
which implemented by some deviations on their live practice. Educations as the
base of human live to work, to think; to survive and so on has functioned as
commercial trade. This assumption can be seen in the phenomenon of educational
institution which always tries to promote consumers with many services which
not relevant on the real quality of that institution. Some institutions try to
put label of international for their institution in which the label of
international school be based on the quality of the products its institution.
Otherwise, recently the people needs the committee of education that can
provide system of education which relevant with recently context.
However, the orientation of education is not only refers to
material achievement. Some educators identify its meaning with variety
definitions. Syed Muhammad Naquib Al-Attas, educations is a process of giving
things to human which be supported by some methods and be applied with some
steps gradually, to reach the content of education itself. Meaning of it is
education supposed to be tools and instrument of human in reaching its purpose.
Meanwhile, the purpose of education is character building and creates the
civilization wealthy.
Ahmad D. Marimba notes education as guidance of person physically
and personally based on the Islamic laws toward forming character according to
Islam measurement. Athiyah Al-Abrasy, Islamic education is preparing human for
living perfectly and peacefully, loves the homeland, good on character and
physical, wide minded, and professional at jobs.
Those definitions inspire the author to implement and manifest its
values on real education globally. Mean that, education is not only purposed on
enriching mind materially but it supported to build their character and
attitude. Creating that purposes is not only can be achieved by giving lessons
and knowledge in the class temporary but also must be successive with good
examples of some teachers as the person who facilitate student in the class.
However, the author knows that it is not easy way to put ideas and
implement it on real education system, but at least with some reasons of education,
I would like to hold the students in knowing and understanding the mean and
purpose of education by rules of Islam. Hence, education could be made as tools
and instrument to create good personal and character.
