Nick Jackson from Monash University, Australia, Becomes A Volunteer to Teach English in some UAD Lab Schools
Nick and Teachers of SD Muhammadiyah Pakem
His name is Nicholas Charles Jackson. Born in Clayton, Melbourne, Australia on February 23rd, 1992, people usually call him Nick. Taking Linguistics and Indonesian Studies, Nick has just finished his bachelor degree education at Monash University, Melbourne. His hobbies are reading, going to the beach and hanging out with friends. Tempe is his Indonesian favorite food. He has one sister and one brother. His parents and siblings all live in Australia.
Nick has started studying Indonesian language since in primary school, but he started to find Indonesian language very interesting since his trip to Bali with his grandfather. After starting to study Indonesian language more seriously, he got more and more encouraged. He found “something” while studying Indonesian language. He ever got a scholarship from Indonesian Embassy in Australia, and often joined Indonesian program or festival in Australia. When taking his bachelor education, he also had a chance to study in two universities in Jogja those are Universitas Gadjah Mada and Universitas Sanata Dharma.
Now, he comes back to Indonesia after finishing his bachelor in Australia, and help some lab schools of UAD to teach English. Teaching not for money, he just wants to give something to Indonesia because he feels he has already got a lot of knowledge, help and chance from Indonesians. At first, teaching felt very difficult for him. Being a teacher is not easy, but step by step he can find the way. Now, when he sees his students could speak English, he feels very happy and amazed. All teachers and students at school are also very happy to have a teacher like Nick. Nick is not only a native speaker of English, but he can also speak Javanese. Therefore, it is always enjoyable to have an English class with him.
When he doesn’t teach at schools, he comes to UAD to teach some staff in UAD. He thanks UAD to give him such chance to teach English in lab schools of UAD. The schools welcome him very well, and all school members are very enthusiastic. “I love Jogja,” said Nick. 🙂
