MY SITUATION NOW?

MY
SITUATION

NOW?

NURUL IZZAH BINTI
MOHAMAD PUAD

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ACCORDING TO THE CAMBRIDGE
DICTIONARY, CHARACTER IS
DEFINED AS THE PARTICULAR
COMBINATION OF QUALITIES
IN A PERSON OR PLACE THAT
MAKES THEM DIFFERENT FROM
OTHERS. THIS CHARACTER CAN
BE LIKENED TO THE FRUIT ON
A TREE THAT HAS GOOD AND
BAD. THEREFORE, THE
CHARACTER MUST BE TRAINED
FROM AN EARLY AGE TO
PRODUCE A GOOD PRODUCT OR
RESULT LATER.

ISLAM ITSELF TEACHES ITS
PEOPLE TO BE VIRTUOUS
FOLLOWING THE HADITH
NARRATED BY BAIHAQI "INDEED
I [THE PROPHET MUHAMMAD] WAS
SENT TO PERFECT THE VIRTUES
OF MORALITY. ISLAMIC
SCHOLAR, IMAM AL GHAZALI
DESCRIBES MORALITY AS "THE
NATURE OF THE SOUL THAT
ENCOURAGES OR GIVES BIRTH
TO UNINTENTIONAL ACTIONS."

VARIOUS STEPS CAN BE
IMPLEMENTED TO BUILD A
CHARACTER OR A PERSON'S
NATURE. AMONG THEM IS THROUGH
HELPING ACTIVITIES AT HOME.
THIS IS BECAUSE CHILDREN'S
FIRST TEACHERS ARE THEIR
FAMILIES. THIS STATEMENT IS
FURTHER SUPPORTED BY THE
HADITH WHICH MEANS “EVERY
CHILD IS BORN ON NATURE. IT
WAS HIS PARENTS WHO MADE HIM A
JEW, A CHRISTIAN OR A MAGIAN. ”.
THEREFORE, PARENTS ARE THE
MAIN MODELS IN SHAPING THE
CHARACTER OF EACH CHILD.
(BERNS, 2009) FAMILY MEMBERS
PROVIDE CHILDREN WITH THEIR
FIRST SOCIAL RELATIONSHIPS,
THEIR MODELS FOR BEHAVIORS
AND ROLES, A FOUNDATION OF
VALUES AND BELIEFS, AND
INTELLECTUAL STIMULATION.

SO, NO WONDER HELPING AT HOME

CAN DEVELOP ONE’S CHARACTER

TOWARDS A MORE OPEN MIND AND

BEING ABLE TO THINK

RATIONALLY. FOR EXAMPLE, THE

SITUATION WHEN SPELLED WITH

MY MOTHER. THIS SITUATION

MADE ME FEEL ANNOYING AT

FIRST, BUT WHEN I THINK BACK

TO WHY MY MOTHER WAS

COMPLAINING, THERE MUST BE A

REASON WHICH IS TO DISCIPLINE

ME WHEN DOING A JOB. IN

ADDITION TO BEING ABLE TO

DISCIPLINE ME, I WAS ALSO ABLE

TO ADAPT TO THE LETTER BY

THINKING RATIONALLY WHEN

FACED WITH EXTERNAL

SITUATIONS. NEXT, MY MOTHER’S

SCREAMS MADE ME LOUD AND NOT

EASILY RUSHED WHEN

INTERACTING WITH OUTSIDERS.

FIT INTO AN OPEN-MINDED
CONTEXT WHICH MEANS HAVING
THE ABILITY TO CONSIDER
OTHERS’ PERSPECTIVES AND TRY
TO BE EMPATHETIC TO OTHERS,
EVEN WHEN DISAGREEING WITH
THEM. AS A STRONG ARGUMENT,
THE PROPHET MUHAMMAD WAS A
LEADER WHO WAS OPEN-MINDED
AND FAIR IN MAKING A
DECISION. PROPHET MUHAMMAD
WILL MEET FIRST BEFORE
ISSUING INSTRUCTIONS OR
RULES TO ENSURE THAT BOTH
PARTIES AGREE AND ACCEPT
EACH OTHER'S ADVANTAGES. SO,
ACTION AND INTERACTION ARE
THE TWIN KEYS TO THE
DEVELOPMENT AND LEARNING OF
MY LIFE.

IN ADDITION, HELPING AT HOME
CAN TRANSFORM A PERSON’S
CHARACTER INTO SOMEONE WHO
PERFORMS MULTIPLE TASKS AT
ONE TIME. THIS IS BECAUSE
WORK AT HOME SOUNDS EASY BUT
THE REALITY IS DIFFICULT AND
THERE ARE A LOT OF ACTIVITIES
TO DO. FOR EXAMPLE,
HOUSEKEEPING ALONE CAN BE
CATEGORIZED INTO SEVERAL
OTHER SMALL TASKS SUCH AS
WASHING WINDOWS, SWEEPING
RUBBISH, DISPOSING OF
RUBBISH, AND SO ON.

THEN, IT IS CLEAR THAT VARIOUS
TASKS NEED TO BE DONE AND
COMPLETED IN A DAY.
THEREFORE, VYGOTSKY [1978 A]
STATES THAT DEVELOPMENT AND
LEARNING ARE ESSENTIALLY
SOCIAL ACTIVITIES. THIS IS
BECAUSE IN GENERAL, THE
NATURE OF SOME PEOPLE IS
MORE LIKELY TO FIRST OBSERVE
A BEHAVIOR AND THEN FOLLOW
IT. THEY LEARN WITH AND
THROUGH OTHER PEOPLE,
ESPECIALLY THEIR PARENTS. SO,
THEY WILL EASILY LEARN WHAT
IS RIGHT AND EXPECTED IF THEY
SEE AND EXPERIENCE IT DAILY.

MOREOVER, THE RESULT OF
THIS CHARACTERIZATION CAN
AVOID PROCRASTINATION AND
BECOME MORE RESPONSIBLE.
THIS IS BECAUSE EACH WORK
THAT IS DELAYED WILL
INCREASE A LOT AND CAUSE
HIGH LAZINESS. NEXT, THIS
CHARACTER CAN HELP MOTIVATE
ME TO ACHIEVE MORE AND
INCREASE PRODUCTIVITY NOT
ONLY AT HOME BUT ALSO IN THE
OUTDOOR ENVIRONMENT. A CASE
IN POINT, I CAN STUDY WHILE
WASHING CLOTHES USING A
MACHINE. THEREFORE, THE
BEST OPPORTUNITIES TO TEACH
POSITIVE CHARACTER ARE
FOUND IN REAL-LIFE
SITUATIONS.

FURTHERMORE, LEARNING HAS
BEEN DESCRIBED AS A CYCLICAL
PROCESS THAT CONTINUES
THROUGHOUT LIFE. ISLAM
ITSELF HAS EMPHASIZED THAT
KNOWLEDGE IS VERY IMPORTANT
AND IS VERY DEMANDING OF ITS
PEOPLE TO SEEK KNOWLEDGE.
THIS KNOWLEDGE IS NOT
NECESSARILY IN THE FIELD OF
RELIGION ONLY BUT ALSO
REQUIRED TO LEARN ABOUT
LIFE.

IN SURAT AL-BAQARAH [2]: 269,
ALLAH SWT SAYS: "ALLAH
BESTOWS AL HIKMAH (DEEP
UNDERSTANDING OF THE QUR'AN
AND THE SUNNAH) TO WHOM HE
WILLS. AND WHOEVER IS
ENDOWED WITH WISDOM, HE HAS
INDEED BEEN ENDOWED WITH
MANY BOUNTIES. AND ONLY
THOSE WHO ARE PRUDENT CAN
LEARN A LESSON (FROM THE WORD
OF GOD). "THIS VERSE REVEALS
THAT THE KNOWLEDGEABLE WILL
BE GIVEN GOODNESS IN THIS
WORLD AND THE HEREAFTER.

ACCORDING TO BREDEKAMP AND
ROSEGRANT [ 1992, P . 32 ], THIS
CYCLE STARTS WHEN YOU FIRST
NOTICE A NEW CONCEPT OR
PHENOMENON AND CONTINUES
THROUGH PERIODS OF DISCOVERY
AND INQUIRY UNTIL YOU CAN
APPLY YOUR NEW KNOWLEDGE OR
ABILITY. AS A RESULT, HELPING
AT HOME CAN HELP ME BECOME
MORE MATURE BY APPLYING MY
EXPERIENCE IN LIFE. THIS I CAN
PROVE AGAIN WITH MY
EXPERIENCE IN THE HOSTEL. I
NEED TO BE MATURE-MINDED IN
SOLVING PROBLEMS LIKE LACK OF
WATER, LOSING MONEY, AND SO
ON.

IN ADDITION, THIS
CHARACTERIZATION LED ME TO
BE SELF-RELIANT AND TO HAVE
A POSITIVE MENTAL ATTITUDE.
AS A RESULT, THE VALUE OF
CONFIDENCE INCREASES IN
DOING A JOB AND ALSO IN
DEALING WITH ANY SOCIAL
SITUATION. IN THE END, I
MANAGED TO BE A HAPPY
INDIVIDUAL WITH A POSITIVE
OUTLOOK.

IN CONCLUSION, MORALITY IS A
MATTER DIRECTLY RELATED TO
HUMAN DAILY LIFE. THEREFORE, IT
IS NOT SURPRISING THAT HELPING
AT HOME PLAYS A VERY IMPORTANT
ROLE IN DEVELOPING ONE’S
MORALS AS WELL AS CHARACTER.
THIS IS BECAUSE THE REAL
SUCCESS OF HUMAN LIFE CAN BE
SEEN FROM THE LEVEL OF MORAL
QUALITY OR GOOD CHARACTER
PRACTICED IN HIS DAILY LIFE.
CONSEQUENTLY, AT HOME, I WAS
ABLE TO BUILD MY CHARACTER AS
AN OPEN-MINDED, MULTITASKING,
AND MATURE INDIVIDUAL.

BANI HIDAYAT MOHD SHAFIE & NOR HAYATI FATMI
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