Congratulations Graduates....
Submitted by Richelle on Sat, 03/21/2009 - 10:49.
As I was on my way here, I had read so many banners containing this greetings "Congratulations Graduates..." Passing by outside the university where I am studying now, I had seen happy parents, relatives and friends of the graduates filling the amphitheater during the baccalaureate mass. I know today is a very special day for them because after several years of sacrifices, finally they will reap the fruit of their labor... Hopefully, two years from now I will be graduating...The road going to that day is certainly not easy. ...There were so many exams to take, so many requirements to submit, so many challenges to face. It would be very difficult but it is not impossible as proven by so many graduates we have...So, congratulations graduates and may all of you remember to say thank you to your parents, to your educators and to everyone who has helped you along the way...Above all, thank God because He is the source of all wisdom, knowledge and understanding...
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Soar High Graduates!
Congratulations to the graduates!
Graduation is not the end, it is just the beginning that's why it's called "Commencement Exercise".
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LET it be
Let us pray for the graduates who will be taking their Licensure Examination for Teachers on April 5.
Let us pray to Jesus, the greatest teacher of all time to provide our country with mentors after His heart.
Consider this:
When Christ was here on earth, he healed many sick, but he was never called a doctor; He was the fulfillment of the law, but never addressed as attorney; People lovingly called Him, "Rabbi" or Teacher.
Teachers are heroes...
May the upcoming Licensure Examination for Teachers will give way to more skillful and good teachers who will really help in creating a bright future for our country and who will be touching the lives of their students.
Personally, I consider my teachers as significant people in my life. What I have learned from them and whatever memories we have built are all everlasting. They have contributed in shaping me. To all the teachers around the world, be it professionally or in your own little way, BE PROUD YOU ARE A TEACHER. THE FUTURE DEPENDS ON YOU...Teachers are heroes. They have sacrificed a lot. So it is important that we include them in our prayers.
May teachers have stored enough patience and enthusiasm to continue their noble profession. May they become more and more inspired to teach well and to spread the good news too...
"For I know the plans I have for you. Plans to prosper you and not to harm you. Plans to give you hope and future."
-Jeremiah 29:11-
Touching the Future
“I touch the future – I teach!" Simple yet meaningful words printed on a souvenir item. Only few are given the chance to shape the future and teachers are privileged to be among them. Teachers bear a great responsibility – The future is inches away from their hands.
What kind of future will we have if we have monsters lurking inside the classrooms? Monsters who tear hearts and pierce minds. Monsters who ruin the dreams and scar the memories of innocent students, depriving them their bright future. Monsters who dare to call themselves teachers when they are not. They have sowed hatred and wished to reap love.
I can still remember the pain when my ear was almost ripped. The burning sting on m y cheek slapped with a plastic envelope and speaking the national language brings a lump to my throat. No one can think that I got these inside the classroom. I believe that there are many others who share my fate from these monsters who vent their frustrations in life to their students.
What lies ahead if we let these criminals on the loose? They do not just touch the future; they already smashed it before somebody gets there.
On the other hand, another hand can touch the future. A hand that brings hope to the future, a hand that belongs to a real teacher - teachers who leave their families and teach others first. They spend more time with other children rather than their own.
I am proud to say that my mother is one of them. She was teaching in the mountainous area of our then municipality when I was a child. Transportation was next to impossible so mother had to go by Sunday morning and be back home by Saturday, mostly in the evening. I could barely see her home. It was always my father who was at my side. He was the one who taught me my first ABC’s on a piece of paper while mother taught hundreds of children how to read and write. I did not resent this; I was proud because my mother’s a teacher.
Most of the teachers are living miserably because of overwhelming debts. People console them by hailing them heroes and by telling them that teaching is a noble profession. For these, they are paid meager salaries and offered every loan available.
Indeed they are heroes! They live and die unnoticed and the fruits of their labors and endeavors are enjoyed by others still. (During elections, teachers are made scapegoats by politicians. They are accused of cheating which they did not commit. Some even died in horrible ways in this mock exercise of suffrage.)
Parents and teachers have the obligation to educate the children. Parents sometimes tend to do away with their responsibilities. They send their children to school and let the teachers carry the burden of their deficiencies to their children. Parents forgot that education and discipline begin at home. When their children perform poorly, they blame the teachers. (A friend of mine was mauled by a father in front of horrified pupils for this reason.) It is really very hard to be a real teacher…
Dear parents and teachers, the future does not belong to any of us. We only touch it. The children are our future. Given these hands to choose from, we can still dream of a brighter future ahead of us. We can mold the future by using the hands of a real teacher.
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