TITSER'S LAB

                        2 TEACH is                         2 TOUCH lives                          ------------------------                         4 ever 

           An inspirational equation and quotation right? guess you are inspired right now, that's good but for how long?             When I first heard that teaching is a vocation and teachers are not after the salary, mentally I mocked my professor who said it. "Hypocrite", I said to myself. "Teachers became teachers not because they wanted to lend a hand but because it's the stablest and easiest job to do," I added while speaking to myself. During that time I shifted from Accountancy to Education with a bitter smile on my lips because teaching is far from what I want to do with my life. I can still remember what I said when my mother was motivating me to take up Education "pag nag teacher ako dito na ako mamamatay" I bitterly told her, because during that time I wanted to work in Manila and based from what I observed teachers stay on one place (to where they're teaching) only, that is if I will become one I will never have an opportunity to explore places and experience life in Manila. But maybe this is my fate because even if I'm not serious with my studies still I passed my subjects and fortunately passed the Licensure Examination for Teachers (LET) as well. On my first year of teaching I was so idealistic, I thought I can change the behavior of my misbehaving students with just a single snap of my fingers, but I'm wrong. I was so surprised when I found myself thinking of ways and strategies on how I will address the problem I'm encountering with my students. At first I thought that I'm doing it just because I want to prove something and I don't want to be misled because I'm thinking that teaching was just an easy job back then, but I was proven wrong again. I realized that It wasn't me who must prove something but my students. I want them to prove something to themselves, to their parents, to the community and to the world. I want them to succeed on whichever way they will take. Little by little I realized that teaching is not an easy job not because of the paper works that a teacher must accomplish nor because teaching involves a lot of talking but because teachers without knowing are touching students' lives. Touching lives is a difficult thing to do because once a teacher touch the life of the student eventually she will be a part of it. Maybe you would ask "what's wrong with that?" Honestly there's nothing wrong about it, but you know what's hard? it's when a teacher became a part of her student's life it will be hard for her detach herself from her.  Her success is also the success of the teacher and her failure is double the failure a teacher may feel. Teachers do laugh if her student achieve something but they also cry. They always cries on students' achievement, on students' failure, on students' struggles, on students' behavior, on students' pain, on students' happiness, on recognition, on graduation,  for students...for students. It's not the salary that will make a teacher happy but it's the achievement of her students. Most of the teachers are not rich but they are generous. They oftentimes spend their own money for the development of the students, for the development of the school, and for the development of Education. They are generous not because they're rich but because they care...care a lot.                On my 4 years of teaching there were times when I felt like I'm becoming restless. As if I had given everything and I'm so drained. I wanted to be inspired again, to ignite the burning passion I discovered I have within. My inspiration oftentimes don't last long but I never stop coz I always look for another inspiration. They say teaching is touching the minds of the students, but what if you fail to touch their minds are you going to stop?   Hmmmmm.....

"Teaching is touching the MIND of the students, if you cannot touch their mind, touch their HEART, if you cannot touch their heart, then it's time for you to touch their PRIVATE PARTS (such as family, bf/gf and friends. wag green --credits to Sir Christian of Romblon)

Teachers will reach their students in all possible ways. They also smile and cry for their students. They are generous not because they are rich but because they care...because they're willing to embrace their students with LOVE.

         HAPPY TEACHERS' DAY          MY TEACHER MY HERO

Tin  October 05, 2016 1:13 a.m