A GREAT MOMENT TO PONDER

CARLA VALENCIA MEDINA

Life is full of good and bad moments. As the own writer of my life, I bring various moments in it. Of all those various moments, the writer has that special moment that she cherished. It was a day when her dream was fulfilled. When the writer was a child, it was her ultimate dream to be a teacher. She loves to play role with her friends as their teacher. That dream became her goal to strive hard. She did not come from a well-off family that is why she needed to do her best to finish her studies. With God’s guidance and with his given knowledge to her, she fulfilled her dream of graduating. Those were the great moments happened in her life. Being the manager of our life, nothing is impossible if we put our heart in what we believe we will ach i eve.

Her great moment as a teacher was when she had fallen in love in teaching. I found that the most amazing value of a teacher was when I touched the lives of my students. That moment when I read the notes of my students stating “My favorite teacher I ever had”. That really melted my heart. Having a joy in teaching let me gave my heart. As what the story of Teddy and Miss Thompson, it is not only about teaching arithmetics. It is about how you touch the lives of my students. For every “I can’t”, there is always “I can”. I will do whatever it takes to encourage, motivate and inspire them because I love what I am doing. — oOo— The author is Teacher III at Mauli Elementary School, Guagua West Di st r i ct