Turning Through Pages of Life (A Reflection for the 2nd Quarter)

        Another chapter in the book. Can't go back but you can look. Yes, exactly, another quarter of our last year in our High School has ended and I ask myself again, "How far have I gone already?" I couldn't answer because I really don't know. Maybe, in the positive side, I can see it as I am halfway to the finish line.

      When we run through the race of life, we couldn't help but sometimes fall. I was still about to start the race when I already fell and that was the moment when I couldn't even take a glimpse of my name in the Honor's list for the First Grading Period. I keep telling to myself that it's okay though it's really hard because when you fall to the ground, you get bruises, you get wounds, and these are the things which causes hurt. Plus, there are also these people around you who keeps on asking why you didn't make it. And that wouldn't make it any better because if they think they're trying to help, they are actually not. And when you get home, your parents are there, expecting for a good news with wide smiles on their faces. I am even so ashamed to face them because honestly, I can't really disappoint them. I just can't turn those wide smiles to a frown. I just couldn't let them think of me as nothing. I want to prove them that I am someone. I want them to be proud. But all gave them is disappointment. And I hated myself for that. I was the worst daughter a parent could ever have.

      Time flew and that wound has been healed and that pain has been diminished. But the scars are still kept inside which serves now as my inspiration to stand up and continue because I know that my life wouldn't end at that very moment. So I stood up, brush the dusts off, wore a huge smile and began the race of life again. I am ready for the next level.

Teachers: The Unsung Heroes

         A teacher. A mentor. A coach. An instructor. An educator. A tutor. A preceptor. A pedagogue. What else can you call someone who is always there to look after you in the journey of life? Someone who is willing to break all the theories in life just to prove himself/herself worthy of being called a hero.

        They say that teaching is the noblest profession. Yes, it really is. For a teacher creates all profession. Without a teacher, there wouldn't be a doctor, a lawyer, an engineer, an architect or any other else. Entering into teaching profession is an act of selflessness because in this, you have to give yourself as a whole to be able to acquire the true identity and a heart of a teacher. Teachers stay late at night just to prepare the discussion for the next day. Teachers get tired and are sometimes hurt because of handling student's behaviors. The problems of their students are also theirs. Likewise, the happiness of their students. You may not have seen one, but I tell you that teachers do shed tears sometimes. They get to handle with about 40 students in a class a day. Sometimes, their students wouldn't even mind paying attention or even just to lend their ears. Sometimes, teachers are even being laughed at when they make mistakes. Sometimes, teachers are also being blamed at because of their reckless students. Now may I ask you, do you want to be a teacher? If yes, then I salute you and urge you to continue moving forward. If no, then maybe you can still think twice or even thrice.

        Teachers are unsung heroes. They may not have superpowers to control the world but they have hands to rule and touch lives of every student. They have the hands that will hold and pull you up when you fall. They have the hands that are willing to work for the good of all people. They have the hands that will change the whole world.