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If I have a student who looks problematic or uneasy with my class, I talk to him after the
period one on one. Most of the students share their problems and all I have to do is to make him
feel that he is not alone and give him the best advice I can give. Hanggang payo lang talaga.
Especially when dealing with students family problem, mahirap makialam sa ganon. she
exclaimed. Teachers are counsellors, they deal with the problems of their students. It is their
responsibility to listen to their issues and hardships, and provide them an appropriate advice. If
his problem is about a conflict with his classmate, I will be the mediator to let them talk about it
and reconcile their issues. she added. As well, she do home visit when a student is consistently
and consecutively having absences in her class. She is eager to find the reason of her students
absence and try to provide the best solution or help she can give.
Teachers also deals with personal and professional problems and challenges throughout
their practice. Most common issues are being disgraced or not married although having a child;
and being involved to molestation or harassment issues. In line with this having an ethical and
moral standards is very much needed in teaching profession. Teachers are just human, we also
commit mistakes. My stand on that emerging issues is that teachers must always reflect and look
back to our oath. We should always walk and talk the moral and ethical standards made by the
people and by the law. We are role models not only for our students but for the whole society, so
being well-mannered and decent is essential and must be always practiced. she explained. I
myself experienced being pregnant at early age, I was a neophyte then in the profession, even
though my boyfriend and I still have no plan for marriage, we decided to marry each other for
the sake of following the ethical standards of being a teacher. We did it because we need to. And
I have no regrets. Lyra (her daughter) is two years old now. she added.
The most challenging experience I have encounter in my practice is that when I started
to teach here (Ternate National High School). It took me so long to adjust with the whole school,
my co-teachers, my students, and the environment. I tried to adapt to them that I copy the
strategies and techniques of my co teachers. It worked for a while, yes. But in the long run, Im
the one who got tired if imitating what
other teachers are doing. So I tried doing it
my way. I learned that I have to be myself
because youll be meeting them every day
and its very hard to be somebody else. I
learned to hone and polish my own
teaching skills and develop my own
strategy. she exclaimed. Being a teacher
is a personal challenge, you will be
imparting not only your knowledge to
your students but also your whole
personality and humanhood. It is very
important that instead of just copying the techniques of others, one must develop his own.
Students will learn from a teacher that is being himself, than a teacher that is trying to be
someone he is not.
The best part of being a teacher is the privilege to inspire your students and change their
lives. She religiously believe that the mediocre teacher tells, the good teacher explains, the
superior teacher demonstrate, the great teacher inspires. Mrs. Rellorta is a former DOST scholar,
shes the only DOST scholar from ternate before. When she started to teach in TNHS, everyone
has no idea about it. With regards to this, she dreamed to produce DOST scholars every year and
to achieve it, she offers free review classes for potential students who wanted to enter the
program (DOST Scholarship). I handle 15 to 20 potential fourth year students and prepare them
for the admission test for DOST Scholarship. Its my way to pay forward for all the good things
happened to my life. Gladly, I have one student each year who successfully entered the program,
and for me that is the most rewarding experience I can ever ha as a teacher. Im hoping that every
year, that one will be two, then three, then as many as possible. As a teacher I wanted to inspire
them and change their lives forever. she verbalized.
With all this narration, it is very apparent that Mrs. Rellorta is the repertoire of a good
teacher. She keeps her class in order and gave importance to the value of discipline, yet manages
to make it fun and motivating at the same time. Shes always there for her students to provide
academic as well as personal help. She is an efficient teacher, she engages her students to the
learning process. She opted to follow the ethical and moral standards of teaching profession.
What made her great is her advocacy of inspiring young minds, hone them, and change
their lives. It is her dream to pay forward and give back to her hometown by producing (DOST)
scholars like her that will eventually be somebody, may be a doctor, nurse, engineer or a teacher,
someday. It is her passion and advocacy that made her a living example of why being a teacher is
a noble profession.