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| Successful international teachers! From L-R: Emelyn Plaza, Roditha Fuentes, Elizer Carillo, Maria Maderal , Arcielo Letigio, Cathy Domingo, and John Barrido |
This is not about going to home bound classes, or after school detention, or bus duty or stay a little longer to do paper work. Believe me, these teachers had so much of that! The likelihood of getting a new perspective about work after staying in the country for more than three years is more than happening. Whether we like it or not, fraction by fraction we are being influenced by the culture of the people we're working with. The good thing about it is that, we at least find time to gather together once in a while to eat, drink, sing and dance, and to share glories, worries, plans and support for one another.
This isn't just after school.
Maybe, the law of chemistry strongly applies. There is a strong bond between like molecules as in solid. Ms. Maria and Ms. Plaza teach Chemistry and surely they would agree over this principle. While each element has its own properties, the molecules however have the ability to mesh as in productive synthesis reaction. It makes sense. We deserve to be happy in this work-and-work place.
Go to the world and teach how to multiply - probably, is the new divine calling for Math teachers. At times, this is our lingering topic in our meeting and it usually helps pour out our frustrations in the classroom.While it is true, Math must be a fun subject to teach but it doesn't happen all the time especially if you will look at the way your students participate in class. Some get it while majority don't. There are lucky days that we get what we expected. Learning styles vary like culture does. If I will compare a teacher effort to teach from country X to country Y, I could come up with a good mathematical relationship as;
Country X = E
Country Y = 2E, 3E, 4E...
where: E stands for effort the teacher spent in class, that could be translated to Joules (J) unit of energy if I want to. The dots, which means to infinity is not to exaggerate the facts. If you want to be understood by your students, double the effort. If you want them to get what you want them to get, simplify your subject matter.
I love after school. And maybe the rest of us do!
Units of Energy
This isn't just after school.
Maybe, the law of chemistry strongly applies. There is a strong bond between like molecules as in solid. Ms. Maria and Ms. Plaza teach Chemistry and surely they would agree over this principle. While each element has its own properties, the molecules however have the ability to mesh as in productive synthesis reaction. It makes sense. We deserve to be happy in this work-and-work place.
Go to the world and teach how to multiply - probably, is the new divine calling for Math teachers. At times, this is our lingering topic in our meeting and it usually helps pour out our frustrations in the classroom.While it is true, Math must be a fun subject to teach but it doesn't happen all the time especially if you will look at the way your students participate in class. Some get it while majority don't. There are lucky days that we get what we expected. Learning styles vary like culture does. If I will compare a teacher effort to teach from country X to country Y, I could come up with a good mathematical relationship as;
Country X = E
Country Y = 2E, 3E, 4E...
where: E stands for effort the teacher spent in class, that could be translated to Joules (J) unit of energy if I want to. The dots, which means to infinity is not to exaggerate the facts. If you want to be understood by your students, double the effort. If you want them to get what you want them to get, simplify your subject matter.
I love after school. And maybe the rest of us do!
Units of Energy
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