REFLECTIONS (3 OF 3)

“Teaching is not the hardship that counts but it is about how you change one’s life and the number of people you made into a better person!”

 ~ Ma. Manuela Aloquin

“I saw in their eyes that they wanted to learn more experiments that would fill up their curious mind. And I felt so proud of myself because on that day, I added more people in this place to learn and love the magic of science.”

 ~ Metzi Joy Alson

“During the activities, I could see the happiness in the eyes of the students, they enjoyed the activities and during the explanations of the principles behind the experiments to be specific, the Clay Boat, they tried their best to share and got their brains tickled.”

~Sanny Andiano

“The affection, you the teacher, will give to your students, time, and experience with them will make you as a contented and fulfilled teacher. “

~ Geron Pierre Bayatan

“The following days gave us new sets of experiences that indulged us the real battlefield, the school, as our environment. We had learned so much from the day-to-day activities, especially on the day that we had to conduct an interview about mangroves, collect data from fisher folks about their protective and preservation measures.”

~ Edcharles John Baylon

“Before we leave the portals of our quarters, there are some realizations occurred to me. Something that affected my perception about the course I’ve taken. The thought that, should I pursue teaching or not? Then I realized that this Community Immersion proved me wrong. Teaching is really for me.”

~Rey Seith Buyco

“Teaching as a profession is fulfilling.”

~Aveissa Capatayan

“The experience is overwhelming and inspiring all at once. Everything was all put to plan and into action. When everyone is busy and packed up by chores and all, time suddenly slowed down and I was in the middle of everything standing like a post watching everyone moved in slow motion. Something snapped and I was back to reality, It was like the world telling me: “This is it! You are nearly there!”

~Alfred Angelo Cordura

“Visit in the mangrove sanctuary is very exciting we can explore the beauty of nature of Brgy. Avila. In the mangrove area we plant seedlings of mangroves and we also cleaned the area. Afterwards we interviewed local fisher folks about native species of mangroves; in return they gave us a chance to identify which species of mangroves are present.”

~ Joahny Christine Cuaycong

“I cannot always find a good reason why I became a teacher. It’s always about, because I have no choice and because this is what I think is easy. No passion, just a simple college student who wanted to earn a degree. My life was like a blank paper, no meaning and color. Suddenly, like magic, everything changed. It’s because of my one week stay in Guimaras, one house with thirty five different personalities, different characters, different likes, all is different but as every day goes by, the beauty behind those differences appears.”

~Myla Jane Damasco.

“It was my first time to plant mangroves, and I‘m glad I know how to. When we finished planting and cleaning, we were like wandering and roving all around the place because the word curiosity did emerge. We took photos of mangroves and of course of ourselves with different posing in different venue. May that be under the tree, dangling or sagging on to the tree, or hang on it. If only our cameras were waterproof, there was no doubt that even under the sea, we took photos of ourselves.”

~Jerah Espinosa

“I will be a teacher! One week of experience, fun, excitement, learning, bonding, and most of all, imparting and sharing of what you have is more than enough to make me realize my purpose and role in this world. All the questions in my mind about my future were being answered and were made clear to me. And it made me feel complete, satisfied, and happy.”

~Diah Dave Fernandez

“I am sure that we will learn a lot from this experience that we could use in our future profession, aside from the learning and the experiences, surely we will enjoy this activity. Enjoy in such a way that we can understand the partnership of the school and the community in the education of the students and learning to love our future profession.”

 ~Laarni Fruelda.

“Community Immersion greatly affects my philosophy of being a teacher. It is a big event that happened for me to know what thus the real reason why I would become a teacher that before I said thay I don’t want to be a teacher for the reason that this profession was not well recognize by the people for it does not have a big impact to them, but now I would proudly say that this is a noble job. This bridge to success.”

~Romel Galgo

“We went to mangrove forest along the coastal area of Brgy. Avila on our fourth day. It such a fun adventure as we make ourselves educated of the different species of mangroves. I love the exploration in the mangrove vicinity and coastal water, and our mangrove planting. We also conducted interviews with the fisher folks. I learned many stories of fishing life and the importance of mangroves in maintaining their livelihood and their property. For the true purpose of this field activity, we were able to apply our acquired knowledge in the conduct to community immersion projects and we were able to feed ourselves of the diverse of the diverse realities of the significant relationship of the community and the school.”

~Gesila Gallaron

“I now realized that, the experiences are worthy when you are already enhancing your skills and learning in the field. It will give you much enjoyment if you teach students with your heart and passion, not just it is a necessity for you to teach just because you are a teacher.”

~Mary Rose Garcia