Mrs. Neneng’s Sincere Prayer for Her Students

Last November 25, precisely on the occasion of National Teacher’s Day, Human Initiative team had an opportunity to meet an education hero whose sincere love for her students seen from her eyes.

Neneng Juriah is a teacher who has experienced ups and downs in teaching and learning. This year, she has been a teacher for 23 years.

Every day Mrs. Neneng wakes up early to do night prayer or qiyamulail. Then she continues with the morning prayer and then gets ready to open the learning link to explain the material to her students through a zoom meeting. Before the pandemic hit, at 6 am Mrs. Neneng had already left the house to go to the school.

Her students who happily stood in front of the school fence and greeted her was the most memorable thing she would not forget.

“These children are the greatest gift in my life, they give color to my life so that my life becomes meaningful,” said the thematic subject teacher.

Her love for education has been around since she was in elementary school. Mr. Arianto, her math teacher when she was in the 5th grade, was an inspirational figure. Starting from the way he teaches, how to give practice, and make the students comfortable. Pak Ariyanto managed to make mathematics less scary for his students.

In this special moment, Mrs. Neneng expressed her sincere hopes and prayers for her students.

She wants to see her students who have been considered as her own biological children can become pious children who are successful in this world and the hereafter. With teary eyes, Mrs. Neneng hopes that when she and the other teachers are gone, the prayers of her students will lead the asatidz to walk to His heaven.