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Tomorrow’s the day!!!

As what I posted on my past text post,  I created a checklist that I should accomplish before the start of Sophomore Year. And here I those!!!

• Post all the major outputs I made last term here on Tumblr
• Fix and segregate the files I have in hand and on my baby
• Watch the movies, The Lucky One and Every Breath You Take
• Find new stuff that I’ll post on my Vision Board

Ohyeahhh! I was able to accomplish all those four! Hihihi!

So, awhile ago, I prepared the things I need for tomorrow - my notebook, etc.! Hihihi!

The 1st Term of my Sophomore Year will start tomorrow! I’m just so excited! First, I’m a CAM student now. Second, I’ll now take my majors. Third, I have two orgs where I will be able to develop my skills more. Fourth, I’m excited to meet my old and new friends! Lastly, I don’t know why, I’m just so excited!!!

Shoot for the moon. Even if you miss, you’ll land among the stars…

TREDTWO. INTFILM. MASSCOM. WIKAKUL. INTPRIN. INTBROD.

I’m so ready!!!

I’ll own you!

I’m ready to bring out my game face!

Lord God, thank You for the wonderful and awesome Frosh year You gave me. May You continue to bless and guide me as I venture to another year filled with harder challenges and trials where I will be able to bring out the best and worst in me. Lord God, thank You so much. I offer all of my triumphs and defeats for You, my God. To God Be All The Glory. Lord God, also bless and guide my loved ones - my family, my friends, my countrymen. Thank You so much for everything. I love You so much. Amen.

Hello Sophomore Year! Hello Fourth Term! I’m ready to rock and to roll! \m/

KEEP CALM AND BELIEVE YOU CAN

INTFILO: Spiritual Pedagogy Reflection Paper

Here’s one of the four reflection papers I submitted for my INTFILO (Introduction to Philosophy) Course. For this reflection paper, I got 4.0 for this paper! Yeah, bragging rights! Hihihi! So, here’s my paper!

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A school prepares and trains its students to become highly competitive and thoroughly ready to face a bigger world. A school offers holistic education which simultaneously  works on the physical, psychological, emotional and spiritual aspects of the students that seeks to have a balance among the four components. It is a complete and whole  package which forms the human being.

I am lucky to have the opportunity to graduate both Primary and Secondary Education in a private sectarian school, a school owned by a religious organization, which molded me to become the person who am I today. Since I graduated in a private sectarian school, it has different activities which helped the students to become closer with the Almighty through the Morning Prayers, Daily Reflections, First Friday Masses, and the yearly Recollection and Retreat. But what about the students who study in a public and private non-sectarian schools where there are no religious activities prepared for them… through the spiritual pedagogy, all of the students, whether a student is from a public or private school, will have the chance to have a personal relationship with the Almighty.

According to the paper, there are three important elements that a spiritual pedagogy must have. First is the promotion of authentic values. I remember back when I was in Grade School, our class, together with our class adviser, prepared a skit regarding the value of self-reliance which we presented during the morning ceremony. Prior to the day of our presentation, we talked and discussed what is the value about and how can we transmit the message of our value in a way that will catch their attention. This implies that through the creative skits prepared and presented by the students and the teacher allowed other students to visualize and envisage the value presented to them which they could apply for the rest of their lives. On the other hand, when I was in High School, consistently, a value for the month was presented by the Campus Ministry Coordinator during the first Monday of the month wherein he told the connection of the value for the month to the core values and teachings of our school and the indications that every administrator, teacher and student must do in order for us to follow the footsteps of the founder of our school. We also have a promise board wherein we, students, can write the simplest things we would like to do in order for us to live the value for the month. We were also told that even though the value of the month is already done, we should keep on doing what was told for the betterment of ourselves. Through these skits and values for the month, it greatly helped the students, as well as the administrators, teachers, and employees, to understand the values presented to them and I am really hoping that all schools will have these kinds of activities like the value presentation through the skits and the monthly value for the month, whether in a public or private school.

Second is the education of emotions. Ecstatic, delighted, pleased, exhausted, upset, and lost are some of the emotions that a person feels which depends on the intensity of their feelings. As what I stated earlier, the emotional aspect is a part of the holistic education which helps to maintain a balance among the four aspects. The emotional intelligence quotient of a student is important for the students for we, people, are emotional beings who feel different emotions every single day. It is as important as the intelligence quotient of a student for both are needed, as well as the two other aspects, to be successful in life. Just like in the case of a student with great intellect, who has the highest CGPA in his batch; but he does not know how to control his emotions and feelings, his intellect is somehow useless. There should be a balance between the two aspects. At some point, that student needs the help and comfort of other people who will help him grow as an individual

And lastly is the sense of social awareness and responsibility among the students. As what was stated in the paper, spiritual pedagogy helps the students to become socially aware with the things happening around them which will trigger the students’ responsibility in being the change they want to see.

These three things will be made possible by the teachers, professors and educators who mold the students to become the persons of tomorrow. They will be their second parents, their guide, and their mentor. Being a teacher, professor, or an educator is an exceptional profession for they manage to handle their students all at the same time; unlike  other professionals who can only attend one client at a time. According to my teacher, seeing their past student as a successful person is one of the greatest gifts their profession can give them. They teach minds; they touch hearts; and they transform lives…. with the help of the Almighty, they can make it happen.

TREDONE Church Involvement: Journey of Learning

One of the major requirements of TREDONE was to render 10 hours of service in your Parish/Church for you to pass this course. I rendered my service in a St. Pancratius Parish, the Parish where our Chapel belongs. Here are the things that I learned and realized throughout those 5 weeks of service!

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Church involvement is not new for me. Back when I was in 4th year high school, Church Involvement is a part of the Civic Welfare Training Program of our school. Prior to the day I started my Church Involvement, I went to our Parish to ask for their permission if I could render 10 hours of Church Involvement and luckily our Parish accepts students who will serve the Church. I was assigned to be a Clinic Volunteer for the first week. The Clinic Head briefed me on what should I do like what to write on the patients’ information sheet, on how would I get their weight, height, temperature, and the history of their condition and the like. The Clinic head informed me about the different activities and programs the clinic is giving their parishioners every week like every 3rd Sunday of the month there is a Dental Mission. When I went to the medicines’ storage area, there were very few medicines on the closet. The clinic head told me that the government is not consistent in providing medicines and medical supplies for their clinic. I think they should not solely base the supplies of the medicines on the government, but they, too, should also do their part and understand that their clinic is only one of the thousands of clinics our country have. Good thing, a person with a good heart donated medicines to the clinic that somehow gave life to the storage area. With the patients I handled, most of them were children who have colds and cough. This made me realize how health is important for us and the need of our countrymen the access to free and quality healthcare. For the second up to the fourth week, I was tasked to be in the Educational Assistance Program of the Parish that allowed me to share the knowledge and skills I have with the kids. The second week was special to me because I was assigned to teach an old woman that despite her age she wanted to learn the basics of mathematics, reading and writing. Before I started teaching her, she told me the back-story why she would like to study. The reason is that she, together with her business partner, had a growing business but, sadly, her business partner deceived her. She already knew how to count and how to read a letter but she’s having a hard time reading words. I taught her how to read the words but still, with the limited time, I was not able to teach her that much. I salute her for her desire to know the basics of school things despite of age. I agree with the cliché saying, “If there’s a will, there’s a way” which greatly depicts the pursuance of the old woman to learn. No barriers will be a hindrance if one strongly believes in the power and capabilities one has. On the next few weeks, just what I did in our home-based tutorial in our NSTP - CWTS, I taught the kids who are on the Primary and Secondary Education. When they attend the Educational Assistance Program, they are given P100 for Grade School students while P150 for the High School Students. The money given to them is, really, a big help for the student and their family but sadly some of them are not attending the Educational Assistance Program every Sunday. Most of them are having a hard time understanding Math. For example they saw a big number in the equation, they will immediately say “Ang hirap naman nito, Kuya.” On my part, as much as I want to give them easy problems and equations, I want them to realize that they really need to go through that part in order for them to learn, for them to realize that they should experience hardships in order for the to gain the success they are aiming for, which I hope they learned from me.