Name: Cuba, John Almer D.

Course Subject: PREd 200 – Teaching

Internship
CYS: BSEd 4A

REFLECTION PAPER

Reporter’s Notebook: Buwis Buhay na Serbisyo ng mga Titser sa San

Pedro

Never has the dedication of the people who practice the teaching profession

been spotlighted in the way it has over the past few days but because of the

documentary of I Witness, these are being highlighted. We were shown, in dramatic

terms, to what lengths teachers are willing to go to fulfill the crucial mandate they have

been given: the education and welfare of the most precious members of our society just

like what teacher Oliver Arguelles and his co-teachers did in San Pedro, Jaro, Leyte.

Teaching is a calling. Not everyone has the will or the stamina like teacher Oliver,

teacher Christel and teacher Genevieve do it well. It takes love, pride, and an almost

sacred commitment that can't be explained in words.

In the Philippines, teachers have traditionally been underpaid, because in

Philippines’ early communities, "schoolmarms" were always spinsters who were not

expected to support families. In other countries, the teaching profession is considered

so noble that it is well paid in comparison to many other professions, as it should be.

The teachers in San Pedro, Jaro, Leyte invests in the future of their students and his

or her legacy consists of the product of those students' fertile minds. Occasionally,
Vision: A globally competitive university for science, technology, and environmental conservation.
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teachers are even called upon to throw themselves into harm's way to protect the lives

of their charges as if they were their own children.

Vision: A globally competitive university for science, technology, and environmental conservation.
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Mission: Development of a highly competitive human resource, cutting-edge scientific knowledge and No._______________ v0
05-04-2020 innovative technologies for sustainable communities and environment.