students give incorrect answer or incomplete ones for the teacher‟s questions. The
teacher should not punish them for it will ruin their self confidence. Heshe should give reinforcement for their process of trying to answer the questions. In this case
the teacher may ask the students to repeat their answer and show their errors. Verbally the teacher must avoid using the words that can hurt the students feeling.
The teacher should release that the students‟ errors are the natural phenomena that normally happen in this process of learning
2.2.3 Street Children
Oxford Advance Learner Dictionary 1995: 1180 states that a street child is a homeless or neglected child who lives chiefly in the street. We can say more that
street children is children who live on the streets of a city. They are basically lack of family care and protection. We can see that, the concept of a child itself has
been definite and understood differently by each people as far as their needs. Based on The Law No.4 in 1979 about children welfare, a child is someone who
is under 21 years old and not married yet. But, The Law No. 23 in 2002 about children protection said that a child is someone who‟s less than 18 years including
the baby in the womb. According to the ILO Convention No.138 the minimum age for a child to
be allowed to work is 15 years old and the work must not cause illness, or bring the negative affect for their safety, education, and their mental growth. To make it
clear, the minimum age to be allowed to work a dangerous job is no less than 18 years old. On the other hand, most children on the streets are between the ages of
about 5 and 17 years old, and their population between different cities is varied. There are three kinds of street children, as you can see below:
a. Children on the street are those engaged in some kind of economic activity
ranging from begging to vending. Most go home at the end of the day and contribute their earnings to their family. They may be attending school and
retain a sense of belonging to a family. Because of the economic fragility of the family, these children may eventually choose for a permanent life on the
streets. b.
Children of the street actually live on the street or outside of a normal family environment. Family ties may exist but are very weak and are
maintained only casually or occasionally. c.
Children in the street are those who spend all of their time on the street because their family are also part of their street lives.
Children may end up on the streets for several basic reasons: They may have no choice because they are abandoned, orphaned, or unwanted by their parents.
Secondly, they may choose to live in the streets because of neglect or because their homes do not or cannot provide them with basic needs. Many children also
work in the streets because the money which they get is needed by their families. But homes and families are part of the larger society and the obvious reasons for
the poverty or breakdown of homes and families may be social, economic, political or environmental or any combination of these.
According to Salahuddin 2004 based on the result of SUSENAS BPS Indonesian Survey Sosial Ekonomi Nasional, Badan Pusat Statistik in 1998
shows that there are about 2,8 million street children but then increase into the number of 3,1 million in 2000.
2.2.4 “Satoe Atap” Community
