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Practical Courses

I wrote about Eric Duquette in my teacher blog. I admit, I cried a bit when I watched the video. Who wouldn’t be crying, his journey has been amazing? With the kind of educational system and support (or lack of) we have in this country regarding the public school system, it is heartwarming when we read about students who excel despite the odds. In Eric Duquette’s case, he was diagnosed with autism.

I was saddened with the news last night when I learned that one institution that gives free short courses to mostly out of school youth have their budget slashed. How can this institution help the students who want to learn basic skills like bar tending, sewing clothes, care giver courses and medical transcription courses. I know more than two million students in our country take this path to enable them to land jobs that will later on, hopefully, help them go to nursing and medical assisting schools, and other institutions where they can earn higher academic achievements.

Most of them dream of going and working overseas to earn green bucks. Who else but the government should help them achieve their dreams because in the end, it is the government who will benefit from the remittances that they will send back.

Homeschoolers No More

My kids are first-timers as school children. We have reached a consensus that they will go to school this school year. I have high hopes that they will have an easier time shifting from homeschooling to regular schooling since they are familiar with the school and big sis is also enrolled there.

For sure they will have to adjust to different things and some are:

  1. wake up schedule since they will have to wake up real early to catch the school bus
  2. school furniture since they will have to use desks and not sit on the sofa when they read their books or do seatworks on the dining table
  3. uniforms since they can’t go to school in their jammies
  4. eating packed lunches

I’m sure there are a whole lot more they will need to adjust to but I am hopeful that they will pull through 🙂

Ang Pagtatapos, Bow!

Isang malaking karangalan ang makapagtapos sa isang lebel ng pag-aaral, ito man ay preschool, mababang paaralan, mataas na paaralan, kolehiyo o graduate school. It is a great honor to finish a level of schooling, be it preschool, elementary school, high school or graduate school.

Pero ang aking ipinagtataka ay ang kalabisan ng ilang mga paaralan sa lebel ng pag-aaral ng mga bata. Paano ba naman, yung iba, kapag nagtapos ng Prep sa preschool, kung hindi ika-dalawang taon ng nag-aral (Kinder at Prep), ito ay ikatlong taon kaya (Nursery, Kinder at Prep) o kaya, ito ay ika-apat na taon na niyang pag-aaral (Pre-Nursery, Nursery, Kinder at Prep). One thing that really baffles me is that schools want to earn so much that by the time a student finishes preschool, he or she has already been studying for what, 2, 3 or 4 years already?

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