REFLECTIVE JOURNAL WRITING

WEEK TWELVE

NAME: NUR FADHUNISHA BT AKBAR JALALUDIN KHANOPTION/GROUP: SAINS/ T4 SN 2SCHOOL NAME: SEKOLAH KEBANGSAAN TAMAN INDERAWASIHDATE: 21st APRIL 2014 25th APRIL 2014

ISSUE: PLAYING TRUANT AMONG PUPILS

1.0 PROBLEMI have observed that my pupils are playing truant and usually they will come to school 2 days only in a week. The pupils that absent are always the same persons and they gave the same reasons while smiling to the teacher. It shows that they absent without a true reason and they do lie to the class teacher. Truancy is also considered as a disciplinary problem that has been going on for years. This issue should be overcome; otherwise it will tarnish the school image and reputation.

2.0 PROBLEMS ANALYSISTruancy means being absent from school without a valid reason. In my view, students play truant fornumber of reasons. Most of them play truant because of negative peer influence. They follow their friends who skip school. Besides that, financial problems can also cause a studentto stay away from school. This explains why students who play truant are mainly from the lower income groups. Moreover, learning problems is another cause of truancy. Students who find academic subjects difficult or boring would prefer to play truant. Regular school attendance is also important for academic success. If a student often plays truant, he may fail in his examinations. Thus, students who play truant also have low self-esteem and become social misfits.

3.0 SUGGESTIONSSome of my suggestions are the pupils have to be monitored by teachers at their school. Discipline teacher has to take responsibility in this case. Besides that, the teacher should also give warnings to them such as tell them that they will be handed over to the Police if they are found playing truant. In addition, school administrators must play a role to send all this problematic pupils for counselling with the hope some of them will realise the effect of mixing with wrong companies and hoping to change for the better.

4.0 DURATION TIMEI could not overcome this issue during this practicum session. Maybe it can be proceed by the school teachers. Moreover, I could help the teachers during the internship program that will be on July.

5.0 UPCOMING ACTION The school administrators should hold some interesting school activities. This will attract the pupils to attend school and stop playing truant. The school administrators can also organize awareness campaign for the students at school to prevent the truancy problems occurring and hold some motivational talks. Lastly, the discipline teacher should meet their parents and have dialogue with them about the problem.

6.0 CONCLUSIONIn conclusion, I hope the truancy problem which is happening in schools especially from the last classes can be cut down with the involvement of all hands. We should make the pupils make their school as their second home and truancy problem will surely be under control.

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