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Thank You so much Lord... Thank You for being so good to me, in helping me pass the exams (Licensure Examination for Teachers Sept 2013 and 3-day Comprehensive Examination Oct 2013 in my Masters @ Notre Dame of Marbel Univ), and sustaining me through it out. Indeed, I am so blessed. Please bless also the people who have prayed and supported me in this endeavor: My family, my mentors and my friends (you know who you are). You have really placed the right people in my life. I am forever grateful. These is all for the glory of God! Love you and You too! Amen. 

Rants of A Literature Student Who Has a Terror Professor

10.20.10

October 20, 2010 at 9:24pm

i started my day with a bright crooked smile. i know there is something wrong. by 9am, it really happened to be all wrong.

if i can just posts here in facebook; or if i can be just as vulgar as anybody here, i might flood my wall with the heartache that i feel.

but i remained discreet.

i did it already. i cried it out. but then i realized that crying doesn't make any sense. i stopped.

i know luck plus grace comes to me freely but i think not now. and i think, it will all come tomorrow.

lesson learned.

lesson learned.

10.22.10

October 22, 2010 at 9:37pm

lovely day..

i've been starting to straighten the things up.. i've starting to lose the stress i got from my new record - the double inc's in short story and novel.. it doesnt really matter if i got inc or 3 or 2.75.. the thing is that i have given a chance by ma'am jaud to retake the failed exam. now, i think that she is doing a great favor for me. i'm so happy that she's still kind to me. i wonder if she did also wondered why i failed the both her final exams. i wish she knew that was not the only exam i failed due to my short comings..

it's a beautiful life and i'm having fun out of it now. i had made a mistake..but i promise not to do it again.

as loring said "PANUKAD"!!!

now, may i have a mug of coffee to start the panukad thing! :)

GOD is with me. and with Him, ALL IS WELL. ;)

10.23.10 8am

October 23, 2010 at 9:11am

i am having a nice morning now.. i woke up kinda late. 7:30. and found a text message from a college friend named remuel octavio. very early in the morning, just a while ago, he joked me that his grade was 2.5 and that was according to me was high when i encourage him that he has a high grade. i really laughed at that. for me, actually 2.5 is high. it's kinda shame for me that that's the high grade for me. and yes it is, it is high  compared to inc. well, he then encourage me that i have the chance to change my grades. i can reach the grade of 2.25 or 2.0 if i do a good job. he actually encourage me to do my best in my second exam. he also realized how lucky i am to have that chance.

i am impressed with his open-mindedness. remuel is a kind of friend who will support you even though you are not so sure. but in my case, i am oh so sure i can pass it. i can have 2.0 if i'll like it and i like it.

this will be for this morning. hope i can write tonight.

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"The Quality of Student Learning Outcomes is Directly Dependent on the Quality of the Teacher?” : My Claim

The quality of student learning outcomes is directly dependent on the quality of the teacher. For me, this is true. Being an excellent teacher involves adhering to the codes of ethics of teachers because it is the mandate of being a professional teacher. To provide excellent student learning outcomes, a teacher must know the strengths and weaknesses of his/her students, use appropriate instructional materials to deal with multiple intelligences and must address the needs of the students to attain a higher level of education. If adversities happen during the instruction period, the teachers know the measures to do in order to continue effectively and efficiently the teaching procedure. He/She must be resourceful and must use alternatives if the intended means of instruction is not available or feasible. An educator must also know and understand the background of the students that influences their performance in school.

         But, in this present time when there are a lot of problems and intervening factors that affect education, the outcome of education is not 100% quality. With those personal/societal/environmental problems and factors in mind, teachers are greatly affected by it and eventually cannot practice their profession to its perfection in which leads to another problem on the human resource management. 

Quality Teaching: A Personal Outlook

For me, quality teaching is having excellent learning outcomes of student not only focus on academic but in attitudes and values developed as well. If my students are doing well, therefore I can say that I’m executing good teaching.

I haven’t been teaching yet but based on my past experiences as a catechist in the church and a volunteer for a local summer reading program, I wanted to give my students something that can help them appreciate the beauty of life and to survive it as well. I wanted to give significant insights that have impact on their lives and will lead them to a brighter future. For me, there is a significant difference between teaching for the benefits and teaching for the students. Teaching is more that the salary you receive. Teaching is what the outcome is. I wanted my students to be professionals someday and to be a good contributor to the society. I always encourage them to be best that they can be, to study hard and to do everything to have education all for the glory of the Almighty God.

My Philosophy as a Teacher

I always have the heart to help the poor. Like grandmas on their 80’s still selling fish on streets or grandpas backpacking tools to make living; Even children who are left by their parents carrying their sisters or brothers begging for money and scavenging for trashed foods on streets; All these scenarios of poverty breaks me, all should have proper education and surrounded with love and care to achieve their full potential and become well-rounded citizens of the nation. Why can’t be all equal?

I am done blaming the government for those effects of greed. It had come to the time that I have to do something and as I thought of it, I wanted to become a lawyer, a doctor or anything that can suffice to their aid. God heard me, I know. So now, He put me to become a teacher. Being a lawyer and a doctor, both has high salaries, but why teacher? I needed to discern again and it took time.

Being a teacher is more than the amount and the title lawyers and doctors earn. The job of the teacher is to educate and help uplift generations. Teachers instil values and knowledge to the minds of the learners and become the second parents and role models for them to look up to so that they will strive to elevate their own status and to be one of the good citizenry. Inspiring children to become what they dreamt to be; teaching them the dos and don’ts; and letting them know that they are dignified individuals and has rights are the teachers’ deeds. Hence, I will never ever be sorry for taking this God-given destiny. Indeed, it is the noblest profession of all. It fits my purpose. It does not boast; it has the heart and it changes lives.