Computing grades is one of the loneliest but most important duties of Teachers.
0 comments Posted by Malaybalay Blogger at 5:34 PM
Many have been said about teaching. It is a mission; it is a vocation. We rarely focus on the presumed consequence that it is also earning one's livelihood. This is a nice observation because for us who have been teaching for more than 30 years are still wondering why we have stayed on if it is only for salary's sake. The more accepted one is that teaching is both a mission and a vocation. It is a mission because we have been sent for this specific function to "lift up" the minds of the young and other learners. It is a vocation because we are called and we have responded positively to this calling to live most of the years of our lives with the privileged position to develop the minds of every learner.
Then comes grades. Here we are in fact in this very important duty which at the very moment we call the loneliest instance. This is being said not in the context of being sad but precisely because in the process of computing grades many factors have to be considered and only the teacher has the ultimate responsibility to compute it and give it justly. So here comes the teacher and indeed all senses are set to finish the task. Wish this teacher well!
Quarrel between and among siblings can be a learning moment . . .
0 comments Posted by Malaybalay Blogger at 4:48 AM
Precisely because every person is unique so it goes that conflict is part and parcel of any social relationship. It is when the conflict becomes so hurtful and disrespectful that there is need to do something about the tension. The process alone can be a learning moment for every person involved.
This talking point also reveals the role of words that we use in every conversation we engage with anybody around us. Some of the words that we use have nuances that are very inhumane that to say it to a sibling becomes multiplied in damage. It shows that you have become doubly disrespectful and uncaring as to what the terms you attributed to the one you hurt can be misconstrued.
A particular scenario is the one that recently happened between two actresses who are siblings: the other is no longer as active as she used to be while the younger one is the one who is in the limelight. The older sibling filed a case against her younger sister for moral defamation and grave coercion. The text messages have been submitted as proof of the untoward messages hurled by the younger one to the older one. You have to read it to feel the words. Visit www.PEP.ph and analyze the text messages.
In the meantime, let us never forget that the family is our first home. You can lose everything but if you have your family, everything is still yours. Quarreling is part of family life and as we already know, even this pain can be a learning moment!
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