I realized that once you embrace the teaching life, you would not go on thinking how to lose it.
This is what Ma’am Phine wanted to prove. She is now in her retiring stage as a public school teacher. However, it is not yet the time for her to leave the worth fulfilling repertoire of teaching. She still wants to teach. As if there is not retirement stage in teaching profession, she would go on teaching for the rest of her life. For her, retirement would make her weak since there are no more things that would make her busy in life.
Perhaps, teaching will not make you grow older (only if you make teaching as a wonderful not a stressful profession). This is another perspective I had seen on her. At the age of 64, she still looks so young at her age.
Ma’am Phine is a graduate of Universidad de Sta. Isabel. Before, she dreamt of becoming a nurse or to take any health services related courses. But because of financial inadequacy and she was the eldest in the family, her father decided to let her took education course. She never thought that she would be contented of having it up to this time that she spent more than 30 years in teaching career.
Ma’am Phine (like Ma’am Yen, my cooperating teacher during my In-campus) always give snacks. She is fond of sharing me some nuggets, bread and ham; and native crackers like puto and pili. Because of this, I think that USI graduates were very humble and passionate.
As I have noticed, one thing that makes her younger amidst of the stressful career life of teacher is her love for children. Thanks for the good influence and opportunities to meet her across my practice teaching life.
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