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Subject Matter: Round

Ruthi — Fri, 03 Sep 2010 22:04:00 +0000

“The world is round so that friendship may encircle it.” - Teilhard de Chardin -

As a teacher I learned that being a friend to my students make my lessons teachable. Friendship is a good motivation to teach young minds because trust is present.

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Question: A Teacher or a Learner?

Ruthi — Fri, 04 Jun 2010 02:34:20 +0000

It was my 1st day at work. Everything seemed all new to me.

Of course, everything was indeed new to me because I am no longer a teacher… in the classroom… with my lesson plan on one hand… and with a box of chalk on the other.

Of course, everything was [...]

Hindsight: The Work of a Teacher

Ruthi — Sat, 17 Apr 2010 02:29:46 +0000

I was watching my favorite TV show and having my cup of tea one fine night. I just had a relaxing deep tissue body massage that I regularly have on weekend nights and getting ready for bed. It was passed my bedtime but I was still in the mood for another cup of [...]

Subject Matter: Responsibility

Ruthi — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 16:42:43 +0000

I had a busy weekend. I had to attend a whole day training last Saturday as required by the State for Child Care licensing. It was a very enlightening and productive training except for the crappy weather. And one of the things that really struck me was the topic on the “responsibility” of [...]

Hindsight: Storm

Ruthi — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 18:04:17 +0000

My ear was literally glued on the radio’s speaker as I listen to the news. It was not a good day. You could tell when you see those buckets in every room in the house almost half filed with rain water dripping from my dilapidated ceiling caused by the leakage on my rusted [...]

Subject Matter: Sentiments

Ruthi — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 13:10:04 +0000

Having been out of work for almost a year now gives me the stress I have never experienced when I was still working. Strange but true. Work is one of the reasons why people are stressed out. But I have never realized that being at home and not working is more stressful [...]

Question: Wanna Bet?

Ruthi — Sat, 06 Feb 2010 03:55:38 +0000

It was just an ordinary morning at work. About few minutes before the school bell rang, my staff approached me and told me… “That teacher is so mean!”

I was surprised by his remark then out of curiosity I asked him… “Why? What did she do?”

“She told the kid to [...]

Subject Matter: Vacation

Ruthi — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 15:27:04 +0000

WHEN I WAS A STUDENT… vacation time was my favorite subject aside from “recess”. Whose kid doesn’t like vacation and recess, anyway? It is the best idea that school had every come up with.

Vacation means… you don’t have to wake up early and hit the shower so you won’t be late [...]

Hindsight: A teacher called Mistake

Ruthi — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 15:25:34 +0000

Sometimes I doubt it if I have what it takes to be a smart woman. I have screwed up a lot in the past but I can’t call that as being stupid. Maybe I just made some bad decisions or harmless mistakes or radical judgment that made me somewhat irresponsible.

But as [...]

Un-teach Me

Ruthi — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 02:31:10 +0000

The hardest lesson I learned from being a teacher is… to un-teach myself.

Life is a teaching-learning process and the world is your classroom. And being an educator is not just a profession (I wish it were)… it is a lifetime commitment. The compensation is not much but huge in other “fringe” [...]