Realization and Insights about Teaching

 This was a mid-term requirement that I have decided to share with you:

                Looking back I am amused to realize the things that led me to the entrance of PWU, leading me to the door of the distance education. Now that I am just days away for the nearing mid-term, I believe and hopefully that what I taught of why I entered this teaching profession change.  

It started while I am sitting in one of my review class for the nurse licensure examination, (wherein the reviewers where use to writing their names and titles in the board) gave me an idea that I wanted to be just like them holding different licenses. Fast forward, after the board exam I was job hunting in different BPOs trying to find something to do and a source of income while waiting for the result. Upon experiencing rejections (All applications failed) and talking to my parents I then decided to inquire to PWU about the CTP.

 Lucky me, it was the last day of enrollment for the distance education program and without the permission of my parent, I enrolled myself. That is what made me pursue the teaching profession to nurse my wounded ego.

Upon reading the first three chapters of the books entitled: "The Teaching Profession" and "Principles of Teaching" is when it fully hit me that I am on the road on becoming a teacher. Quite different on where I started and that is to be a nurse. Then I asked myself "Do I really want to do this?"  I knew for a fact that I wanted to teach. I wanted to teach nursing students but secondary students? Looking back trying to remember what we did, I and my classmates, during our high school days do I want to experience it? This time as a teacher?

After quite some time I realize the mundane difference between teaching and nursing e.g., teaching is a day job while in nursing we have shifts in the hospital, teachers have two days off vacation per week, they are not mandated to teach during holidays, they have vacation every year, and when there is storm classes are cut. While as a nurses rain or shine, Christmas or New Year as long as it is not your off, you have a duty to fulfill. You are required to be in the hospital at the bedside of the patient caring for them. Both requires the person practicing to upgrade knowledge, skills, and attitude. And lastly after realizing what both teachers and nurses have another thing in common, I laugh to myself, both profession is being paid low here in our country.
Both are rewarding and requires devotion. In nursing you are to care for your patients, while in teaching you are to care for your students.   

Not everyone are nice enough to keep to themselves discouraging remarks on why I decided to splurge money and time, telling me it is just a waste of time. Of course there are those few who provide encouraging comments e.g., like telling me that it is a wise decision and hopefully I finish it. 

But in the end the decision is up to me would I pursue it or not? 

The answer is yes I would pursue it not for the sake of the title alone. This time I want to pursue it because I want to contribute in changing the world by molding and nurturing the birth of wisdom of my future students, so I can help in developing them to become a worthy citizens of the world.

I realize now how silly I am to pursue it for the sake of the title. Because now I know that the title without experiencing it would be meaningless, it would just be a new book bought for the sake of having it but eventually forgetting to read it. How would I be able to do that? I’d rather not focus or worry myself on that, for now I am just happy and would settle for the reasons why I want this, and when struck by turbulence I just going to remind myself of what is written on these two pages and hopefully I would get there.