“I’ve never seen a faculty here quite like you…”
I sat there dumbfounded in front of the internationally acclaimed full professor in front of me, two days after she observed my class two days earlier. I knew I did great, but I didn’t expect her to be THIS impressed.
“You were so funny…! You’re confident and you knew your stuff… He promote higher reasoning and critical thinking from your students… They are at ease with you… I was SO impressed…! Oh my, you’ve only been teaching for two years and you’re all this? My, this is in born!”
There I was, showered with compliments by a US based scholar who barely knew me as the guy who always got books from her office. She was just a visiting consultant for our university observing the faculty and the school in general on how it was managed.
All I could do was smile and say, “Thank you po.”
Probably, the thing that made me feel flabbergasted was that this was the very first positive reinforcement I received since this semester started.
“SenseiJery, you’re late again! What did I tell you about being punctual for the students?!”
“SenseiJery, stop joking around in class!”
“You’re noisier than your students!”
“You should have requested your materials days before!”
“Why do you need an LCD? I’m too busy to look for it!”
“Hinahayaan niyo ‘yang estudyanteng maging bastos! Hindi niyo dinidisiplina!”
“SenseiJery, your necktie doesn’t suit your dress!”
“PAY ATTENTION!”
“Sensei! Mali ‘yung naituro mo!”
“SenseiJery, GET A HAIRCUT!”
I was bombarded with lines like that since I got back in school this June by my seniors and my morale is in an all time low, until this professor who’s a total stranger to me actually saw me beyond my bundy clock and what I wore.
And before I left that room, the scholar told her final words to me, “You have potential, and your future is so bright. Sabihin mo sa mga ka-faculty mo na gayahin ka nila.”
Sometimes, because of all these people trying to pull me down with their uneventful comments, I sometimes forget why I’m a teacher in the first place.
I finished 5th in a big batch of 2,700 students in my university, graduating with Latin honors.
I am a licensure exam reviewer.
I am a well versed researcher.
I’m an active student leader and choir conductor.
I won a national competition.
Recently, I aced my comprehensive exam for my Master’s degree with a “high passed” score on all subjects--- a feat that only I was able to make.
I should remember that I am, and will always be, a CHILD PRODIGY.
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Naks… Yabang. Pagbigyan niyo na ako. Wasak na wasak ang ego ko.
Gara Gara Go! (Whatever that means…)
–wind_psycho
I sat there dumbfounded in front of the internationally acclaimed full professor in front of me, two days after she observed my class two days earlier. I knew I did great, but I didn’t expect her to be THIS impressed.
“You were so funny…! You’re confident and you knew your stuff… He promote higher reasoning and critical thinking from your students… They are at ease with you… I was SO impressed…! Oh my, you’ve only been teaching for two years and you’re all this? My, this is in born!”
There I was, showered with compliments by a US based scholar who barely knew me as the guy who always got books from her office. She was just a visiting consultant for our university observing the faculty and the school in general on how it was managed.
All I could do was smile and say, “Thank you po.”
Probably, the thing that made me feel flabbergasted was that this was the very first positive reinforcement I received since this semester started.
“SenseiJery, you’re late again! What did I tell you about being punctual for the students?!”
“SenseiJery, stop joking around in class!”
“You’re noisier than your students!”
“You should have requested your materials days before!”
“Why do you need an LCD? I’m too busy to look for it!”
“Hinahayaan niyo ‘yang estudyanteng maging bastos! Hindi niyo dinidisiplina!”
“SenseiJery, your necktie doesn’t suit your dress!”
“PAY ATTENTION!”
“Sensei! Mali ‘yung naituro mo!”
“SenseiJery, GET A HAIRCUT!”
I was bombarded with lines like that since I got back in school this June by my seniors and my morale is in an all time low, until this professor who’s a total stranger to me actually saw me beyond my bundy clock and what I wore.
And before I left that room, the scholar told her final words to me, “You have potential, and your future is so bright. Sabihin mo sa mga ka-faculty mo na gayahin ka nila.”
Sometimes, because of all these people trying to pull me down with their uneventful comments, I sometimes forget why I’m a teacher in the first place.
I finished 5th in a big batch of 2,700 students in my university, graduating with Latin honors.
I am a licensure exam reviewer.
I am a well versed researcher.
I’m an active student leader and choir conductor.
I won a national competition.
Recently, I aced my comprehensive exam for my Master’s degree with a “high passed” score on all subjects--- a feat that only I was able to make.
I should remember that I am, and will always be, a CHILD PRODIGY.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Naks… Yabang. Pagbigyan niyo na ako. Wasak na wasak ang ego ko.
Gara Gara Go! (Whatever that means…)
–wind_psycho
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