While some kids enjoy child’s play like luto-lutuan or patintero, I on the other hand enjoy teacher-teacheran. I love how my hands get whiten by chalk dust and the thought of knowing that they know things because of my teachings is great for me.
But being a teacher is not in my “what I want to grow up” list. I remember dreaming of being a chemical scientist, a game developer or an actress someday but not a teacher. After high school, I took Computer Science because of my curiosity to computers, animation and games. Again, that is far from teaching.
Because of financial limitations, our university was so generous to accept my application to work as a student assistant. When they asked the department where I want to render my services, I excitedly replied “at the kinder garden ma’am.”
For six months, I looked after for 11 kids and they were my very first students. I thought them the ABCs and the 123s. I thought them how to pray and be polite. I was so close to each of them that they even tell stories about me to their parents. They were all angels to me and by that, people seems to notice that I have this heart of sharing love and knowledge.
Then people starts telling me to become a teacher.
In my heart, I know I love to teach. But I also know that there is more than teaching that I need to do. I have to explore the world and because of that, I declined the idea of teaching and pursued a career in IT after graduation.
I worked as an IT assistant for a company for two very memorable years. Our college dean offered me a job to teach in our college but to stick in my decision, I declined the offer and signed a two year contract to another company in Makati. I do not know if it’s destiny but just after six months, the global crisis issue hit hard on our company that caused me to resign and finally, accept the offer.
That’s how I entered the gates of my Alma Matter again and it felt great!
I’m teaching in college for three years now and nowhere did I feel so close to home than here. My students are my source of joy and the stress of preparing exams and lectures makes me at least booked and not think much about missing my husband.
