I have read this striking article online, the week after Christmas, just
after waking up with a heavy heart. Sipping a cup of coffee, the article lifted
my spirit in a way that it struck the me whose dreaming of participating in a
charity and also a me who wants to share my blessings with other people. The
article is about what’s missing in the context of teaching here in the
Philippines. Though K to 12 curriculum has been implemented, lack of
application, in terms of knowledge, has been the missing puzzle piece for us,
students.
I am currently a fourth year college student
and had experience both the small and large class way of teaching. On my side,
I do agree that the small class scheme of teaching is much effective, in a way
that the teacher and student have much personal relationship with each other,
exchange of ideas, criticisms, questions are entertained. Though teachers in
the large class are trying their best to have an interactive class in the large
class scheme, based on my experience, small class allows teachers to fully
appreciate and know his/her student, on the other hand, the student is more
confident to share his/her ideas, raise a question and be more interactive in
this kind of teaching.
Another point is that, with lack of knowledge application, having only
heard the lessons is not effective at all and may not drive us to truly
discover what our talent is, or we have may discover it but do not cultivate it
the right way, that in the end we may end up getting the wrong careers later in
life. Having truly experience our gained knowledge, is what true learning is
and this should be the aim of our education system.
This article has inspired me in a way that maybe, unlike the Irish priest
that built dormitories and a school around the Sapang Palay area, I can also
help by sharing my knowledge and be an inspiration to younger students. That
maybe for now, I do not have enough money to share in a charity but through
teaching, through the chance of molding the Filipino youth, we may change
lives, or rather I may help this society to achieve its potential. Teaching is
not just a mere profession of having a lecture, it is a passion and a big
responsibility, for it is a way of sharing our knowledge and a way of helping
the youth discover and achieve their full potential, honing not only their
skills but also their morality and lastly, as what I’ve learned in my university, lit them
the spirit of nationalism.
This is just my personal
reaction to an article entitled Personal touch missing in Philippine education.
