Teacher! Teacher!

I've been a teacher for 2 weeks and 2 days now. I can say that being a teacher is equally hard and satisfying. My experience is not as tough as most teachers though. For starters, I only have 9 students, sometimes 3. I don't need to bring test papers home just so I could return them on time. I don't need to make a lesson plan. HAHAHAHAHA *insert triumphant laugh here*


One of the joys of being a teacher is seeing that your students are able to understand what you are saying. It's like saying "Oh Yeah! I can teach! I can teach!" IT FEELS GOOD. DAMN GOOD :)


Now I know why smart students are teachers' favorites. These smart students give the teacher a sense of accomplishment. They get the lesson. They are able to do it by themselves! YESSSS!

It's kinda scary though, being a teacher. I mean, yeah I teach them everything I know and have learned but a person retains only a certain percentage of knowledge from school. So that fraction of knowledge that I learned and passed on, will be much much smaller in my students' brains. And that's just the lack of knowledge.. what if I teach them something wrong??? YIKES!


There are also a few things I realized that helped me understand my previous mentors

1. Seldom will you find a teacher that checks the solution a student wrote. I gave a quiz that have very short solutions. After thoroughly checking 3 papers, I gave up. I just checked their final answer. Now I know why sometimes, solutions have no point at all
   
2. Teachers want students to box or encircle their final answers because if the student's hand writing is like... I can't describe it... the teacher will have a hard time finding it; or worse just not give them any merit for the "scribbling" they have done on their paper
3. Cheating ticks of instructors because it's like a subtle way of saying that the student's didn't understand a thing.
4. Students that are not listening and doesn't perform well is torture!!!!

Walang teacher na yumaman

Thinking about it, teachers do give their damn best to their students. They are giving a portion of themselves to their students and the only worthwhile payment they get is when they see or hear that their students' are excelling or have excelled in school or work.

This goes out to all the teachers I had. My heartfelt thanks and love. I am molded into who I am because of the different portions of yourselves that you have given me

1. Teacher Cherry
2. Teacher Rose
3. Mrs. Nieva
4. Ms. Cruz
5. Ms. Gallego
6. Mr. Gonzales
7. Mr. Eulalia
8. Mr. Lim
9. Mrs. Lim
10. Mrs. Miranda
    
11. Ms. Lesaca
12. Ms. Tolentino
    
13. Sir Yap
14. Sir Sta. Maria
15. Sir Nalayog
16. Sis. Myra
17. Sis. Rose
18. Mrs. Roxas
19. Mrs. Alunan
20. Mrs. Pandela
21. Ms. Balein
22. Ms. Mau
23. Ms. Bom
24. Ms. Lastierre
25. Ms. Pimpullo
26. Ms. Mananquil
27. Ms. Ignacio
28. Mrs. Asuncion
29. Mrs. 3rd yr. english teacher
    
30. Ms. Bacus
31. Mrs. Barozzo
32. Mommy Mars
33. Sir Rambongga
34. Sir Morsiquillo
35. Sir Odchi
36. Sir Maranan
37. Sir Panoy
38. Sir Ulysses
    
39. Ms. Abao
40. Mrs. Abao
41. Ma'am Javier
42. Ma'am Mitch
43. Ma'am Cosme
44. Ma'am Cha
45. Ma'am Narcisso
46. Ma'am Kat
    
47. Sir Ponay
48. Sir Kesh
    
49. Sir Dota
50. Sir Jale
51. Sir Bernabe
    
52. Sir Mike
53. Sir Cerezo
54. Sir Siwa
    
55. Sir Carreon
56. Sir Verg
57. Sir Cabero
58. Sir Jess
59. All those that I forgot to mention because of my faulty memory