๐ฑ๐ข ๐ณ๐๐๐๐ ๐ฟ. ๐ฒ๐๐๐๐
๐ด๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ฟ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐
๐ฒ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ฒ๐๐๐ข ๐ณ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐
๐๐ฏ๐๐ซ๐ฒ ๐ฆ๐จ๐ซ๐ง๐ข๐ง๐ , ๐๐ข๐ฏ๐ ๐ญ๐ข๐ฆ๐๐ฌ ๐ ๐ฐ๐๐๐ค, ๐ฌ๐ก๐ ๐๐ซ๐ข๐ฏ๐๐ฌ ๐ค๐ข๐ฅ๐จ๐ฆ๐๐ญ๐๐ซ๐ฌ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฌ๐ฉ๐๐ง๐ ๐ก๐๐ซ ๐๐ง๐ญ๐ข๐ซ๐ ๐๐๐ฒ ๐๐ญ ๐๐๐ฅ๐ข๐๐๐ง ๐๐ฅ๐๐ฆ๐๐ง๐ญ๐๐ซ๐ฒ ๐๐๐ก๐จ๐จ๐ฅ, ๐๐ฎ๐ซ๐จ๐ค ๐, ๐๐๐ซ๐๐ง๐ ๐๐ฒ ๐๐๐ก๐๐๐, ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ซ๐๐ง ๐๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ. ๐ ๐๐๐ซ๐ฌ, ๐ข๐ง๐ฌ๐๐๐ฎ๐ซ๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐๐ฌ, ๐๐ง๐ ๐ฎ๐ง๐๐๐ซ๐ญ๐๐ข๐ง๐ญ๐ข๐๐ฌ ๐๐๐ง๐ง๐จ๐ญ ๐๐๐ญ๐๐ซ ๐ก๐๐ซ ๐๐๐๐๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ ๐ฌ๐ก๐ ๐ฎ๐ง๐๐๐ซ๐ฌ๐ญ๐๐ง๐๐ฌ ๐ก๐๐ซ ๐จ๐๐ฅ๐ข๐ ๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐ญ๐จ ๐๐๐ฎ๐๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง. ๐๐ก๐ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐๐๐๐ฒ๐ฅ ๐. ๐๐ข๐ง๐๐ฎ๐ ๐๐ง, ๐๐๐๐ ๐ญ๐๐๐๐ก๐๐ซ, ๐๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ก๐๐ซ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐จ๐ซ๐ฒ.
โWould I arrive safely?โ โWould my students learn?โ โWould I be able to cater to their needs?โ These and a million questions kept juggling in her head almost daily, with no clear absolute answers. But she is sure of one thing: she must fulfill her mission.
Not even the bumpy and muddy road, uncompleted bridges, and the noise pollution by the big trucks dampened her resolve to reach and teach her learners, using these uncomfortable circumstances as the springboard to motivate her to go on and do things even better.
As the Chinese philosopher, Lao Tzu said, โA journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.โ For Teacher Racyl, she took the first step that led her to see and feel the excitement and happiness of her learners on the first day she met them โ the perfect experience that banished her doubts and fears, knowing that her learners, despite their abject poverty, were joyful.
Teacher Racyl had to deal with learners who wore no slippers or school uniforms and no decent clothing or school supplies. Some of them attended school hungry, without any โbaonโ to get them by for the dayโs grind.
Seeing them in this condition, Teacher Racyl dug deep into her teacherโs heart to find ways to alleviate their plight. She wisely tapped every available DepEd resource and the help of stakeholders. She implemented the school feeding program that provided her learners with food, medicines, school supplies, and other necessities.
Like most IP teachers, Teacher Racyl had to overcome the language barrier in the teaching-learning process. The Mamanwa tribe was well aware of this problem; hence they took every opportunity to teach her their native dialect, resulting in a more effective communication flow between her and the learners.
Sometimes during class hours, Teacher Racyl would hear gunshots fired from unknown directions. She feared for her life, but the safety of her learners was her utmost concern. Fortunately, the military officials assured her they were in control of the situation and that she could continue with her mission.
She has all the reasons to continue as a teacher because she found meaning in her involvement with the IP community. She understands that her role is more than just teaching knowledge and skills to a marginalized community, but also to build up hope in their hearts and motivate them to become the builders of dreams for their community.
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NB. Teacher Racyl is currently assigned at La Union Elementary School as a Grade 6 Adviser.
๐ธ๐๐๐ก๐๐’๐ ๐๐๐ก๐: ๐โ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ฃ๐๐ก๐๐ ๐ก๐๐๐โ๐๐๐ , ๐๐๐-๐ก๐๐๐โ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐, ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ , ๐๐๐ ๐๐กโ๐๐ ๐ ๐ก๐๐๐โ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ก๐ ๐ โ๐๐๐ ๐กโ๐๐๐ ๐ ๐ก๐๐๐๐๐ , ๐๐๐ค๐ ๐๐๐ก๐๐๐๐๐ , ๐๐๐๐๐ , ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ , ๐๐๐ ๐๐กโ๐๐ ๐ค๐๐๐ก๐-๐ข๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐ข๐๐๐๐๐๐ก๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐กโ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐ข๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ค๐๐๐ ๐๐ก๐๐ . ๐ถ๐๐๐ก๐๐๐๐ข๐ก๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ฆ ๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ก๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ฃ๐๐ ๐๐ โ๐๐๐.
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