2. Bu Mus’ Motivations in Teaching in Muhamadiyah Gantong Primary
School in Belitong
According to McConnell 1977 motivation comes from the Latin word “motive” which mean “to move” that is defined in many different ways, the most
common one is a series of questions that why people think, feel, and behave as they do p.259.
Huffman, Vernoy and Vernoy 2000 also present two forms of motivation that affect achievement. They are intrinsic motivation and extrinsic motivation
p.401. Intrinsic motivation refers to a desire to perform an action for our own sake. Bu Mus has intrinsic motivation because being a teacher is her desire. Being
a teacher is her big dream. Bu
Mus‟ face was puffy from holding back tears. I understood how she felt, because her hope to teach was as great as our hope to go to school.
Today was Bu Mus‟ first day as a teacher, a moment she had been
dreaming of for a very long time. She had just graduated the week before from Sekolah Kepandaian Putri Vocational Girls‟ School, a junior high
school in the capital of the regency, Tanjong Pandan. She was only fifteen years old. Sadly, her fiery spirit to be a teacher was about to be doused by
a bitter reality, the threat of her school closing because they were short by just one student p. 5.
Bu Mus is a determined person. A person who has strong will to make her dream come true. A person who will give her best effort to get what she wants.
There are many difficulties faced by Bu Mus, but her desire is too big to give up. Her determined choice to become a teacher would later bring Bu Mus
unimaginable hardships, no one else wanted to teach at our school because there was no payment. Being a teacher poor private school, especially in
our village, was a moneyless profession, only embarked on by those,
according to village joke, who weren ‟t quite right in the head. Yet Bu Mus
and Pak Harfan filled their roles whole-heartedly. They taught every subject. After a day killing herself in class, Bu Mus received sewing orders
and worked on lace food covers. She sewed until late into the night. And that was her livelihood. p. 47.
Huffman, Vernoy and Vernoy 408 state that in intrinsic motivation, there is not a reward such as money, certificate, or status for someone‟s work, but the
reward is his satisfaction in doing something well. Bu Mus is loving and helpful person. For her, helping others like she does to her school and her students is her
satisfaction. Bu
Mus fulfilled Mister Samadikun‟s trivial and finicky requirements: calculator, compasses, and crayons. She was able to buy a few compasses
and some crayons with money from her money from her sewing. And because calculators were very expensive, she bought an abacus instead.
The important thing, however, was that we now had two trophies that would certainly impress Mister Samadikun p. 335.
She gets satisfaction when she helps her students to fight for their education and dignity. She never thinks about the rewards for the help she gives
because as a loving and helpful person, she really enjoys helping others.
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