PERSONAL PROFIL
I’m Wahyuni Puji Utami, my collogues and students call me Ms. Utami. I was born in Palangkaraya, July 31st 1997. Both of my parents are Javanese but I grew in Kalimantan. I’m the youngest children in my family and the only daughter. I love to be spoiled by my brothers. I finished my elementary school from SDN 4 Mentawa Baru Hilir, Sampit in 2009 and continued my middle school at SMPN 1 RSBI Sampit. My batch was the last generation of the only RSBI (Rintisan Sekolah Berstandar Internasional) in East Kotawaringin. I finished my secondary school in 2015 at SMKN 1 Sampit, Multimedia major, Technology of Information department. Then I continued my study in Universitas Negeri Malang and took English Language Teaching program in English Department. I graduated in October, 2019 with title S.Pd. During my college, I spent most of my time after classes by attending lots of guest lecturers related to my major, participating in some volunteering programs related to program of international exchange students, writing some papers for PKM (Program Kreativitas Mahasiswa), teaching English for various level of students and being a freelance translator. At the moment, I am an English Teacher in SMP Swasta Bina Bangsa 01 for about three year now.
In the course of my study up to now I have some working experiences in teaching English. I start teaching English freelance for young learners in 2017 to 2019. In 2018 to 2020, I start teaching in a private school called Homeschooling Sekolah Dolan Malang. I taught English, Indonesian, Math and Science for elementary students, English and Indonesian for middle school students and English preparation for National Examination for secondary school students. Besides, I also taught English for students with special needed. It was amazing experiences to meet and learn with students with various background and abilities. In 2019, while teaching in the private school, I also taught English as a preparation for Olympiad in SMP Shalahuddin Malang for three months. I felt so bad when the school announced that all learning activities had to be dismissed when the pandemic started. In the same year, I start teaching English at English Hut, one of famous private English courses in Malang, with more various level of students. I taught General English combined with English for Specific Purposes that adjusted to the educational dan occupational backgrounds of the learners. During the interval, I also worked as a freelance translator, mostly translating Indonesian documents to English. In the end of 2020, I had to move to Kalimantan and started working in SMP Swasta Bina Bangsa 01 as an English teacher. Due to pandemic, I have to teach my students online and never meet them in class yet. Besides teaching English, I also teach other subjects temporarily and administer some school’s accounts.
Throughout my schooldays, I had followed some self-improvement activities on my middle and secondary school such as science olympiad (Physics) preparation, training of TOT Drug Hazard Counseling, Duta Anti Narkoba dan Keluarga Berencana of SMKN 1 Sampit province level. I also gained some achievements like, being a semifinalist of LCC UUD 1945 in district level of East Kotawaringin in 2013; second champion of Karya Ilmiah Remaja in province level of Kalimantan Tengah in 2014; first champion of English Debate in district level of East Kotawaringin and province level of Kalimantan Tengah in 2014; third champion of English Debate for national level in 2014; semifinalist of English Debate on MTQ XIII Universitas Negeri Malang in 2017 and last but not least is being a presenter in Undergraduate Interversity on English Conference, Faculty of Letters, Universitas Negeri Malang in 2017. Besides improving my skill and abilities by participating in events, I also had some organizational experiences such as being a member of PMR SMPN 1 RSBI Sampit, OSIS SMKN 1 Sampit two consecutive years as a chamberlain, a member of English Club SMKN 1 Sampit and a member of UKM Penulis Universitas Negeri Malang. Getting involved in those organizations improved my social skills, how to work in team and showed me a wider-view of diversity in social life. Furthermore, I had done some internship and volunteering program such as an internship program in Kepala Badan Pusat Statistik Kotim in 2014; volunteering in English Month 13rd EDA, Faculty of Letters, Universitas Negeri Malang as a member of Liaison Officer in 2015; volunteering in UM International Camp as a member of Merchandise Division in 2018; an internship program in SMK Negeri 3 Malang in 2018; and volunteering in Bina Antarbudaya – AFS Year Program as an interviewer for two consecutive years in 2018 and 2019.
I have some favorites activities to do during my spare time like listening to music, watching movies and reading. I learn a lot about language, culture and view point from those activities. Songs, movies and books bring me to the place I never know before, bring me to meet people I couldn’t meet at the moment, and put me in conditions I never have imagined before. They always make me to learn more new things daily. I really love interpreting my reading then sometimes put it into a writing an argument. I also like basketball. I used to play it routinely in middle school but had to lessen it because of previous injury. Moreover, I’m interested in editing video and designing innovative teaching and learning English media. In this state of age, I experienced traumas that caused certain disorder but I realize that it can’t stop me for being a human being that full of emotions. I may stumble on my step due to my lack, but never stop me to reach my dream and hope in life. The true me is probably imperfect, but I always try to keep living as me. I may be a critical person toward smallest things happen around me, but I try to hold myself to be a judgmental around people who I work and live. But I never can’t stand injustice and nonsense event happen around people who I care and admire. I have strong interest to create and give awareness about mental health, equality in gender, believes, love interest and culture internationally. I tend to talk about those stuff rather than talking about issues happen in our country (besides education). My views of life and my taste in cultural may singular from majority that people find it hard to accept and interpret my arguments and reasons. But I will be very focus and drown deeply into something that I like. People might see me as an introvert person, but deep down I’m excited to share opinions and sharing what I know to others, colleague and students. I use some social media to share my taught, if you are interest in how my world looks and feels like from my point of view, you can find and follow me on @utami.wahyunip (IG); @utami_wahyunip (Twitter); /in/wahyunipujiutami or contact me by utami.wahyunipuji@gmail.com and 0813-4837-4773.