TEACHING EXPERIENCES LEAD TO SELF-DEVELOPMENT

             

           During my childhood days, I always think of what I really want to be when I grow up? Is it to be in a military service, a news anchor, a teacher or even a chef. Alot of professions came into my mind, but one thing I always considered of is the one that will make me happy and the one I enjoy doing the responsibilities I have. Time came, when I noticed that I do enjoyed teaching my classmates with the works they find it hard to answer, I also ensure that I allot some of my time to my nephews and nieces to teach them how to read and write and that's when I realized that teaching is the one I'm looking for. 

               In the field of teaching I took,  there are alot of bumpy roads I encountered and all of those helped me to developed holistically. During my Field Study Observation I experienced the actual teaching itself, it teaches me that as a future educator I must know how to communicate well to my students, in that manner I can help in building a healthy relationship between me and my learners, it is important to have a healthy relationship to avoid misunderstanding as well as to have a conducive learning environment to all. Furthermore, it exposed me in the real-world context wherein I saw the different kind of learners I have as well as their needs, strength and weaknesses as a result it allows me to think of different ways on how I can be creative that help the students to boost the potentials they have. Meanwhile, it also taught me that whenever I teach I should always have the courage and passion in executing it, in doing it so I can teach whole-heartedly I can always give what I have and share it to my learners. It reminds me that being a teacher is not just about the salary or even about myself but instead it's always about my learners. Lastly, the one that I can bring all throughout my journey is to be calm in every situation that I have and not to give up even if things get worse. As a teacher I never know what might happen during the teaching-learning process but one thing that teaching field taught to me is to stay calm in every situation, think of all possible solutions and most impotantly never give up for the reason that teaching is not just a profession but it is also a mission wherein I need to fulfill the tasks that He entailed to me.

         Indeed, the best teacher is always the experiences I'm encountering although sometime it allows me to question myself even the things I worked for but one thing I learned is that this is the one who teaches me how to stand even after falling for so many times. It makes me stronger than I used before and the one who made me realized that I'm in the good path of profession that I can do better and I can be a successful teacher someday. Before I end this blog I would like to share a quotation from Graciousquotes.com that says "Fill your life with experiences, not things. Have stories to tell, not stuff to show."

MOCK DEMONSTRATION AT PHILIPPINE CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY-DASMARINAS CAMPUS
(JUNIOR HIGHSCHOOL)

TEACHING AT NEW ERA NATIONAL HIGHSCHOOL