FLASHKM TRAVELS AND ADVENTURES: April 2012

Few days back, I was able to watch one of the documentaries of " I witness".It is all about those teachers who decided to teach in rural areas despite a very low salary being given by the government. It is an episode where the heroism of teachers were being presented and narrated. It was a story on how sacrifices and hardships were being given by these teachers to their devoted students despite a bulk of work and paper works that needs to be accomplish.

Becoming a teacher is no difference as to that of a priest, it is a profession which is considered a "Vocation" . Vocation as to the meaning of many is a " Calling". Yes indeed, Many are called to teach but only few responded. I am very honored to share that I am one of those few who responded to this call. I am a graduate of Accountancy, I am an accountant by profession in short, teaching was never been my dream and passion, in fact it is indeed far from my interest, it was never even came into my mind during the early years of my school life. I've worked in reputable companies for few years, after I graduated in college as an Accountant, Finance Analyst and even as Auditor, but I didn't became happy, there is no sense of fulfillment. I am looking for something which will make me more worth, the feeling then is unexplainable, it is as if there were some things in my mind during that time which I can't figure out, until May 2008, I was being offered by one of my friends to try teaching. At first, my mind was overshadowed with questions, my heart was filled with mixed emotions, I even asked myself What???! Am I capable to teach? Am I able to give justice to the subject which I will be teaching? Can I inspire my students? These are some of the questions which I uttered to myself at that very moment.

Days had passed, after analyzing the situation, I decided to try, just a try in fact " There is no harm in trying, as others may say, and the rest is history. from trying, I am now enjoying my life as a College Instructor from a State University. I've been teaching for 4 years now and still counting for years... I was able to teach a lot of subjects already, some of these are Accounting, Finance, Economics, Taxation, Law, Marketing and Management.

The fulfillment of being a teacher is when the students are learning from you and appreciate you from all the ideas and knowledge you have been sharing with them, the smiles and commendation that they give to me is ABSOLUTELY PRICELESS! A quote from " Henry Adams" says that "A teacher affects eternity, he can never tell where his influence stops.". Yes, I agree with Sir Henry, once you become a teacher, you will forever be, the good things that you impart and taught to your students will eternally instill to their minds.

Being a teacher is a noble profession. In teaching, there is no money, Yes, I admit that you can never be rich with material things when you are in this job, but I can say that richness does not only comes from getting bulk of money right?, it also comes from things which money can't buy, like in my case, I am getting rich, richer and even richest whenever I see my students marching up on stage getting the fruits of their labor their " COLLEGE DIPLOMA". I think that is the most precious treasure that I have in my life.

I would like to end this note with words from Andrew which says " I want to fight for the opportunities of my students that's what I want out of teaching." I guess that is also my reason why until now I still cannot leave THE WORLD OF ACADEME!