Imposed Questions

trying to wear this shoe?

to leave or not to leave
that is the imposed question

forseen plans
uttered opinions
agreed decisions
left unresolved

united oppositions
against two division
unfathomable tasks
for common horizons
appeared so blur

whoever said this imposed question
flaunted what and who he is
circumstances made him deaf
majority suffered
for they became mute

spoken questions
should have remained unspoken
questionable orders
must have been followed
answered queries
should have been unanswered
humans then should have been
controlled machines

with just a click

everything will be followed!!!

pagkatapos ng lahat lahat

nasabi ngang opinion, di naman makatotohanan...

everyone is entitled to his or her own opinion

like this democratic country

pero bakit lahat ay parang nagiging autocratic na?

"do you have a problem with the team? how do you feel about the environment?" were the questions asked when i was called to have a face to face talk with the "master".

insanity suddenly knocked my head so i replied "oh, it's so hot in here. why don't we put on the aircon so the 'environment' will be better?". we both laughed but i don't know if he was able to get what i mean.

i was reluctant to act upon his "order" because i didn't want to talk and to have meeting in just a snap of a finger because i was rushing the papers i would be needing for the coming hours . since a master is still a master and i have to submit to his authority, i left what i was doing and headed to our little acqurium where he sat and waited for me...5 minutes talked went to more than an hour of blah blah blah and only to be stunned by his own response as to what he felt within the so called team.

No motivation.Laziness.Bad tempered complaints. Objections.

These are just among the feed backs he said. Nah! complaints and reasons have been said but it is still the same. improvements and the like..ahrgghhh!!! it’s been a long time and we are all doing our best..(but i guess our best wasn’t good enough, cause here we are back where we were before)…its changing and I am wondering if it’s moving forward or stepping backward. it has been debated a long time ago. it's like a pirated cd.

let us all mirror ourselves first and ask why all these things are happening. i don’t know if i have to blame someone for this but I know it is unlikely to do that as part of the team. if we approach one of them and tell those observations and insights, incidents will likely occur. it is unbecoming to drag down someone instead of working out all together for the benefit and improvement of everything. i don’t like working this way. i loved attending meetings before but now I came to hate it. para kasi kaming sirang plaka eh..i just want to be with the children because I see and feel genuineness with them.

As the song goes..Just once, can't we figure out what we keep doing wrong? can't we find a way to finally make it right?

Let’s make a deal…bago natin punahin ang dumi sa mukha ng iba eh siguraduhin nating malinis din ang atin..(tama ba?)..deal or (no) deal?.. :)

those words are too heavy to carry. i just had a chat with some fellows and i was probed as to why all these things are happening. i just shrugged my shoulder.

MLC..to the ZOO

shy ako... isama nio ako!!!

truce?

roarrrrrrrr!!!!!!!!

what is it doing?????

shy talaga ako...

the femme fatale in the pedicab. they don't like to walk kasi malayo at nakakapagod.

tuwang-tuwa si "kagandahan" o... they rode from v. cruz to the zoo...

yagueians!!!

the lost animals....


mga siga sa Yague!!! sinong kalaban natin cathy?
beautiful eyes benoit! :)

Where to? Antipolo? Cloud 9? How will we go there? How long will it take? You’re so funny guys. These people planned to have their socialization in Antipolo somewhere in what they call “Cloud 9” and to see the view of Metro Manila. However, the plan was changed because nobody knew how to go there. We were running out of time and didn’t know a place to go so one suggested the zoo. (Hay naku… sa zoo din pala ang bagsak!) Hmmnn.. anyway, it was fun. We just visited our ancestors out there. :)

Marikina River Bank Outing

The MLC outing was held at Marikina River Bank last November 9, 2007. 30 children who successfully attended their activities in the centre must have joined this said outing but some of them were not able to come. Some of them were reprimanded by their houseparents or staff in the homes because of misbehaviours. Anyhow, the 19 children who were able to come enjoyed walking and running around the cemented pathways. Most of them appreciated the janitor fish leaping from the water, (the water was dirty since it rained the other day), and would even like to catch them. The guard often called their attention because it was forbidden. Some played ball games where the carabao sculptures (made out of stone) were located. The children were on top of those carabaos while passing the ball to one another. Some were playing football on the ground using the ball of the basketball and tossing and catching the smaller balls on the half cemented and half grassy part of the football field. The ball was thrown into the river so the facilitators needed to run through the river banks just to follow where the ball was going while shouting for some help from the man on the boat.

I thought the coordinator would dive into the water as he was about to do it. My gosh...The water was dirty and it was muddy. Just imagine a person who would dive into it then found himself planted on the mud. It was almost like a rice field.

At around 2:00, the children were tired and decided to go home and take a rest. It was 3:00 when we reached Yague Street.

MORE OUTINGS!!!!!

First Quarter Examination for 2007-2008

120 children take the First Quarter Examination
Amidst the rain coming in torrent, the children enrolled in pre-school and tutorial lessons took the First Quarter Examination last Aug.13- 18, 2007. Mathematics, Filipino, and English subject which is composed of Reading and Language in the tutorial lessons were given by the teachers following the same tutorial schedule. Pre-school subjects like English, Filipino, Mathematics and Science were given to the Nursery and Kindergarten children by the Pre-school facilitator.

The effort done during the assessment is really a big help in grouping the children according to their levels. This makes the result of the written examination positive. Most of the children got a good score; however, there are some who failed due to schedule conflicts, behavioral problems and the like.

Regarding the computer class, the volunteer facilitators gave an application test wherein the children applied the basic concepts they learned from their computer lessons. The Basic Computer Course for the smaller kids entered data in the excel sheet and followed the facilitator’s instruction. On the other hand, the Young Adults made a presentation depending on their topic of interest using the Power Point Presentation. Through this, the children were able to express their insights, enhance their creativity, overcome their stage frights and observe the proper way of reporting.

Monitoring the Children

Teachers and facilitators worked hand in hand in filling up the progress report card of each child for monitoring purposes. They had to write down the results of the examination, their observation during tutorials and the cognitive aspect of every child to track down the progress. The cognition is based on the monitoring card of the child which is being checked every session of the scheduled tutorial. All of these are communicated to the different homes through the feed backing with the House Parents and Social Workers.

paglinang sa kaalaman

Education is just like the game of chess. Why chess? Why not basketball or football? Yes, these games may have common grounds to be understood before the players play, however, in chess, only one player plays and wins. One has to learn at least the names, arrangements and the different moves of the pieces more has an idea on how to give and get out of check. Basically, this is what I do in Tutorial Room 1 (TR1) with the children I am handling.

I don’t teach them chess literally because I know they’re good in playing it. As a facilitator, I just want them to realize that as they move their pieces they must already know the proper arrangements and the names of each member of the board game. Just like in education, the children can not read and blend words like cat, dog, goat or rainbow without knowing the letters and sounds of the alphabets or even find the value of X-Y without mastering the basic mathematical operations. I am handling children from Level 1 to Level 4 and some of them lack these abilities especially the one’s enrolled in the higher levels. There are some instances that the topics hardly penetrate their minds.

Being the initiator of these kids, I have to find other ways and techniques to help them dig in to their minds the concepts and applications of our topics. Sometimes, we need to do our lessons on the floor to make them comfortable and combine play activities to lessen their boredom. I have to involve their talents as well since most of them are very talented and artistic. They draw, color, cut and paste figures or pictures and even compose a poem or a song basing from the pictures that they like. They can create their own melody through the use of a guitar or can adopt the tune from their favorite songs. The children like challenges and do well if they understand the lesson. This motivates me to do our evaluation through a contest by giving them numbers to solve. We also do story telling through the use of puppets and power point presentation to make our session interesting instead of just merely reading the story book. Most often than not, we also sit or lie on the matted floor while watching movies related to our curriculum. It helps them think critically and teaches them to value life.

These are just among the things that I and my students do in TR1. I don’t want them to chase the rainbow but just like in chess, the player must plan first before executing a good move. It’s up to him to think and weigh before he do a checkmate. So come, let’s play chess in TR1. :)


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