WHERE SHOULD DISCIPLINE START?
The author is Master Teacher
MARIFE L. DIZON
In this fast changing world where almost everyone is running out of time manipulating his own tiny gadget… could we say because they are learned and attended their school , they’re already disciplined? Where should discipline start?
Discipline is passed on by the most influential people in a man’s life, particularly in a child’s life… his parents, peers, not to mention his teachers.
During school age, busy moms and dads , find it comfortable and practical sending their child in school , thinking that they ‘ll well taken care in the hands of their trusted teacher. Well, they are definitely correct ! But is it fair to leave all the burdens of disciplining children to super teachers? Haven’t they had children of their own also?
The implication of discipline goes beyond the experiences of a child. It is more than what he learns from school , from his peers, from his environment.
Discipline should start mainly at home. Upon birth to formative years , a child’s heart and mind is like a vacuum , a blank CD, an empty glass, where he welcomes all what is being place, what is being programmed, what is being poured out.
One of the learning styles of children is through modelling. Role models like parents, teachers and all authority must be righteous not only of words but they must see it through their actions.
How good it is to see that every home and school, doing it’s part in rearing children in a Godly way.
There would not be any fear of misleading children when times of independence com e.
A child should be surrounded with love. In his innocence and vulnerability he could also be a good influencer, a channel of blessings to his playmates and to everyone.
Then and only then could we create an environment of what we call “Disciplined People ”… then learning follows.
As it is stated in the world’s Best Seller Book of all times, the Bible, in Proverbs 22:6 “Train a child in a way he should go and when he is old, he will not depart from it.”
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I at Fausto Gonzales Sioco Memorial School
The author is Master Teacher
ROSALINA C. BATHAN
A promise to build more classrooms to sow the seeds of learning.
This is the promise of the Department of Education (DepEd) that public schools in the country will continue to have additional classrooms cuts in the proposed budget for 2019 for new classrooms. As part of its commitment to catch up in providing more basic education inputs, DepEd is set to deliver 81,630 classrooms, which are currently in various stages of implementation, until the end of December 2019.
Education Secretary Leonor Magtolis Briones noted that the situation “gives breathing space to the Department” in responding to needs and expectations of the public. This “breathing space,” will enable programs like the Basic Education Facilities to be “implementation-ready” come 2019.
Concerns arose when DepEd stated that the reduction in the proposed allocation for new classrooms may result in an average of 10 and a minimum of two classrooms to be allocated per district. In its original 2019 budget proposal, DepEd allocated 47,000 new classrooms as part of its Basic Education Facilities program. However, the Department of Budget and Management’s (DBM) National Expenditure Program (NEP) reflected a significant reduction with 4,110 new classrooms instead.
By the end of December 2019, DepEd said public schools will have about 80,000 new classrooms built, which will come from the allocations and programs and projects that have started since 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, and 2018.
Indeed, the additional classrooms will give teachers breathing room and make the learning process truly conducive for students. Let us not forget that the classroom is the center and seat of learning.
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I at Lourdes Northwest Elementary School