i'M a tEaCheR nOW!!!!!

So how is it like to be one?


When I had that decision to resign, teaching was in my very head as i had considered the no hassle process in applying. Simply means, I took it a little for granted.That was after hearing how most of my colleagues landed a teaching job that easy. Recent graduates did as well that made me think our degree is in great demand locally. That's where I got my confidence that I can easily get a teaching job to pay my remaining bank debt.

But I was a little late. The Colleges where I applied already have their new hired ones and if not, they don't need for a new one. So I was in a little commotion, bothered of what's gonna happen to me with my debt. And that came the answer from my dear mentor as he offered me a teaching job somewhere here in Ipil, Zamboanga Sibugay.

I never considered teaching to be a career maybe as part time which i have stated on my application letters. I was planning to do more on business. Maybe that was one reason they rejected me, they might prefer for a full time. And one more thing, the idea that you'll be with these young adults of different moods and attitudes, i would find it hard to adjust. And one last thing is my body figure being petite or skinny that would be more hard to convince them that i'm their teacher. But still i push through.

When i arrived, i then asked sir albert about the students. He said they're fine though there are worst ones. I am actually worried about myself to be in front of these strangers listening and somehow criticizing me on my very face. But then i thought, I'm their teacher and they can't change it. Their future lies on my hand, through the point of my pen.

My first step in the campus of WMSU-External Studies Unit of Ipil happened that 10th of June. My very reaction was quite not good. I was expecting a bigger view. The school is about 8years old and the school is still under progress. There are only two buildings and it's located in a hill. A bit quiet but the overlooking view of whole ipil can take your boredom off. I was supposed to start that day, but there's a need for me to be interviewed. So i showed up in the office of the Executive Head. The interview run smoothly and as expected, since i'm hired that urgent, there's no way for them to refuse me..lol.

My very start happened that 11th. 4 subjects were assigned to me and 3 of them are for first year which i somehow felt comfortable with. And what to expect, it's my first day so i had to get to know them through a short acquaintance. And the show began with me talking in detail everything after hearing their expectations as freshies. The other 1 subject is a programming course for the 2nd year engineering studs.

It's been a month since that day. And so far, I'm somehow getting use to it as I realize it's not an easy task. Things are to consider like making sure that they are learning, always to consider patience as a goddamn virtue and you must be that damn competent in their very face. Everyday is like being inside a cage of hunger lions ready to eat you without a chew. Pressure is always their but must not be that obvious or else they'll find it your weakness. I always show off an aura of a slight terror effect for them to have a little fear of me. And before I had my very start, I insisted to instill to them my principle that goes; "If you want to be respected, then give respect."...If you want a good grade then respect the grade maker.....

Somehow it works!!! Thank GOD!!!!

My Life For The Moment.....

So what had happened after that insomnia experience I had after giving up my job that took me this long to have an update for this blog? Now Read...

It’s been a month after I said yes to an opportunity that brought me to where I am right now. I never imagine being here as it’s not in my list of plans. Only god knows and I’ll figure out why. And here is how the story goes.

May 16, I decided to resign after an incident happened which I have posted here. I took the risk considering that I still have two months to pay for my loan. But I was confident that I can have a new one soon. So I left the office and had my applications submitted to some Colleges within the city for a teaching job.

Teaching. I never had any consideration on it to be my career knowing how is it like through my teachers before, especially college. Though I had done it before; teaching little kids once during a church event on May called Flores de Mayo, conducting tutorials on my college days and even at home for the siblings who need my help, still I consider it to be in the third or fourth list of priorities as I’m more into business or what’s heap today, the call center job. But I badly need a job that will pay me month after with no trainings required.

The thought of landing a job so fast was a mistake. Two weeks had passed, there was still no response from the Schools. The waiting was killing me as my pocket’s about to empty for my debt so I asked help from my friends through a phone announcement. A friend working in a call center in the city advised me to apply and a cousin offered me a job as a Sales Coordinator in an establishment but both I refused considering the months of training. Then that day came, my dear mentor informed me about a customer care job and a teaching job.

I got interested on the first one. More on the amount that I’ll receive, working in the said company is an advantage. The latter one was half-rejected the fact that the area where I’ll be teaching is a bit remote, which I thought it was. It’s also hanging that needs his go signal, so totally I was not up to it.

The result was negative after submitting my application though still cross-fingered to have it. June was approaching and another set of weeks to pay my weekly payment. I was totally disappointed and was losing hope. I remember how I asked God for help one night as I kept on thinking for ways to solve my financial problem. And what to expect, god answered my little prayer.

June 9 the supposed first-day of the class was declared holiday which should have happened on the 12th of June. I was at my grandma’s house enjoying my vacation-like jobless life when my phone rang. A message from my dear mentor appeared offering an urgent job-hiring as teacher somewhere in Ipil, Zamboanga Sibugay, a province in between pagadian city and zamboanga city. It’s the second job that needs his go signal which I half-rejected. I was twice thinking again that moment. “I need a job but not this one.”, I was thinki

ng. “But I need some amount as urgent as this job.”, I reconsidered. And I note his reply after I asked about the benefits,” Grab the opportunity while you are young.”

So I said yes. I was asked to come that very next day for the first day class, so I had my bag packed with a few of my dress that very night. I lent an amount from my mother and had my ride early at 2.

I heard about the place before as a not so progressive one, so I was thinking the place is a bit boring. And the road, it’s what I

feared off on my way. The path is zigzag where if not to smash on the mountain wall, you will fall like from of a cliff. And one last thing is the horrifying story that happened a long time ago, the massacre done by the rebels of Mindanao. Is the place really that safe?

Though these things disturbed me that much, I felt a little relieve knowing that a dear classmate and friend who is also a stranger of the place, is working as a teacher for a year. I’ll be meeting her that made me excited. Another thing is I’ll be working with somebody from my college na

med Albert Dadibo. I somehow remember his name but not his face.

When I arrived, the first thing I noticed was the infamous red-bee head, with big eyes and a big sweet smile. Jollibee is in Ipil that made me say the place is of progress. I was fetched by Sir Dadz and when I arrived at his boarding house, I met another guy, who is a new neighbor of mine, Mr. Ronilo Yap.

So here I am now doing a new career in my life. And my first time as a teacher? I will tell you soon….Thanks to my dear mentors Mr. Hardy Facunla and Ms. Faith Magalso-Lozada....

Welcome me IPIL……