"CHARACTER BUILDING"

"CHARACTER BUILDING"

Forming student character is not an easy and quick effort. It requires continuous effort and deep reflection to make a series of moral decisions must be followed up with concrete action, so that it becomes practical and reflective. The necessary amount of time to make it into a habit and character development or a person's character.

Besides the declaration of character education is certainly meant to be one of the answers to the diverse problems facing the nation that is currently widely seen, heard, and felt, which is where many problems arise that in the identification comes from the failure of education in injecting values ​​- moral values ​​to their students. This is certainly very appropriate, for the purpose of education is not only intelligent beings who give birth, but also created man of strong character. As Dr. Martin Luther King, namely intelligence character is the ultimate goal of true education.

Many things can be done to realize the character education in schools. The concept of the character is not quite serve as a point in the syllabus and lesson plan in schools, but it must be more than that, run and practiced. Begin by learning to obey the school rules, and enforce that discipline. Schools must make character education as a value system that developed well in school are realized in the examples and real appeal is demonstrated by educators in schools in everyday school activities.

On the other hand, character education is an effort that should involve all interests in education, the family, the school, the school environment, and the wider community. Therefore, the first step that needs to be done is to rebuild educational partnerships and networks that seem to be breaking down between the school environment, namely teachers, families, and communities. Formation and character education will not succeed as long as the educational environment there is no continuity and harmony. Thus, the household and the family as the environment and the formation of the first and main character education must be improved which is further supported by the environment and learning conditions in schools that reinforce the process of formation.

In addition, no less important in public education. Community environment is also greatly affects the person's character. The public environment greatly affects the success of planting values ​​- ethics, aesthetics for the formation of character. According Qurais Shihab, social situations with the value system espoused, influence the attitudes and perspectives of society as a whole. If the system of values ​​and their view is limited to the now and here, the efforts and ambitions are limited to the same thing.

Character education through schools, not only - the learning eye of knowledge per se, but more than that, the planting of moral values ​​- ethics, aesthetics, and a noble character. Additionally characters among which the students need to have cooperation, discipline, obedience, and responsibility. And the important thing is to do with the practice and discipline by every element of the school.