Education Fulfills the Dreams of a Lifetime

Marisa F. Waniwan

The opportunity came just in the perfect time!

The gift of knowledge encapsulates the long-time prayer that my family wishes me to have. In point of verity, it is genuinely my immense passion since child how my family valued the importance of education and its core. This is probably the very reason of embarking with this challenging course for it suits my likes and interests not only as a future practicing professional but also as a contributing member of the community that would later lead them to an educated environment. This happens purely through leadership by example. As what Gardner declares that leadership is the process of persuasion or example by which an individual induces a group objectives held by leaders or shared by the leader and his or her followers.

This assertion constitutes the pioneering character of an individual to successfully relate with his members. There are desirable traits that a leader must possess to generate leadership capacity. Being consultative in brainstorming, employing freedom of expression in a forum, and addressing individual differences are much needed qualities to achieve the desired goals of enhancing leadership capacity and establish a cordial relationship among them. In this extent, it only added congruence of valuing their contributions in the group, and likewise provided them venue and opportunity to be rained as future leaders as well.

This learning experience is solely a launch pad in determining greater challenges in my post as a TEACHER.

I know that this may seem difficult with the impediments along the way but with enormous courage and reliance, this continual journey of responsibility and hard work would be overcome for I have sustained to keep the FAITH in this long struggle. Hence, with immense certainty, this would be rewarded at the end for it is indeed an answered prayer of a dream in a lifetime –to be a TEACHER and now SCHOOL HEAD.

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The author is OIC School Head of Del Rosario Integrated School