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Teacher Education, a Student You a Teacher Nor Can Define How Good a Teacher in the Mud I walked along the corridors, side-by-side In the second with the cracked walls. subject, my teacher Who knows when they’ll came in and sat. cave in on us? Then I You know what? My third subject was PE. Our teacher was this went inside my classroom All she ever does in really old man who loves basketball, volleyball, and sat. But, like a jolt of TEACHERtext by Maria Theresa Zapanta &E LovelyVALUA Flores|illustrationsT byION Sheen Ponce: the classroom is sit. When and all things round and beautiful. He made us lightning, I stood up and sighed There is much to learn she discusses, it’s so flat, perform these warm up exercises, which was at the horrible state of the chair. boring and lifeless, like weird and awkward because we had to raise It was barely hanging on itself. I staying in an endless sea our butts. We grunted and refused to do the replaced it with another chair. Just then, the teacher came in. Before without ripples. Whatever exercises properly but he scolded us saying, she could say her ‘good morning’, she happened to awakening it’s a preparation for marriage. WHAT?! Some experienced a coughing fit because of did it the way he wanted it done and that too much dust from our primitive visual really made him happy. Pathetic. One time, aide – the blackboard. The teacher he stood so close to one of my classmates sat down and discussed about the who kept backing away. Poor dirty teacher. history of whatever I could not hear. Honestly, is she even discussing or is she whispering sweet nothings to the dead souls that walk with us in these old buildings? I sat at the end of my chair and strained my ear just to hear and encouraging passion her. But alas! My classmates’ chatter for learning? Today, a group is louder. My thirst for knowledge of is reporting. She’s so fond of the history of whatever (yes, some reporting, she already has students are interested with history) groups assigned during the was quenched, not with satisfaction first day of class. Maybe she Finally, my last subject for the day. I am so excited but with resignation. For a few months forgot that not all students to get in the class because unlike some students, I now, she has continuously gone on in CNU are studying to still want to learn something. I sat in front of the room discussing like that – like she doesn’t become teachers. And care if her students hear her or not. even if they are, shouldn’t with my friends. I checked the time. It’s five minutes I did not have to personally tell her she be a valuable example? past the starting period. I talked to my classmates to increase the volume of her voice She became a teacher not while waiting for the teacher. I checked the time because she must have already known to share knowledge and again. The teacher is already late for twenty-five that problem. We put comments in enlighten her students but minutes. Some students are already saying that the evaluation slips. All of her students to sit and rate the visual Ma’am is going to be absent. Again. So, they must have written: louden your voice. aide, the cooperation of started getting out their lipsticks and foundations But she refuses to. Oh, well, let her the group, and knowledge and reapplied their makeup. My friends and I extensive knowledge be wasted. She of the reporters. How about stayed while some of our classmates left the room. learned all those things just to enjoy your knowledge, Ma’am? After an hour, we got so bored of waiting that we them herself and then became a Again, all she does is sit grabbed our bags and left the room too. Ma’am teacher to be paid for it. (This would at the back of classroom, is often absent. She’s a school official and she’s have worked had the classrooms and sometimes, she even always busy with important matters. Unfortunately, been built with an effective sound falls asleep in the middle of her students are not as important as those matters. amplification, the one with walls that my classmates’ discussion. echo the things we are taught. Match Many of her students, that with a class of at most twenty- however, were no longer five students and I’m sure the lessons T listening. Who cares if will be well-learned by each and 1 these students don’t learn everyone. But in a classroom where the I came to school to learn what has been promised 11 anything by the end of the sirens pass by freely, with neighboring to us in the course syllabus. I didn’t sign up to complain. classes taking up subjects Gossip and 111 semester? This is a leading But these injustices, they can’t keep on coming at us when Laughter 101, and with more than sixty 1111 university after all, I’m pretty taxpayers of the Republic of the Philippines pay for our students, ugh, why do I even care?) 11111 sure we’ll score a job when education. I understand there are other things to look into we graduate anyway. 111111 (I should also consider myself in this two-way process of learning). Nonetheless, I deserve more than that. We should 1111111 get what we deserve. So I will make sure those teachers 11111111 will also get what they deserve in the teacher evaluation... 111111111 1111111111 4 angsugapublication|2012-2013 angsugapublication|2012-20135 end IF THE WILL Teacher evaluation has historically addressed two objectives: improving performance and bringing about the dismissal of those judged as inadequate or nonproductive. This also provides the essential information that the teachers need in order to evaluate their performance relative expectations, and for university heads to initiate programs related to teacher improvement. Furthermore, its main purpose is professional growth that leads to improved performance. In this university, our teachers’ performance During the interview, sensitive issues revealed world TOMORROWTODAY? SPEND YOU WILL HOW by Rotsen Angelee Oporto & Cathy Ann Jugasan evaluation is done in the near end of every by the students were brought up. “In the office, semester. According to Dr. Flordeliza Laplap, we do not know about that if you do not tell the dean for College of Arts and Sciences, us. Kay ngano, kung naa man gani ingon ana, we have three columns for evaluation: 1) the we’ll call the teachers. We are glad that you ‘head’ which is composed of the department are telling us about that. We are not aware man chair, associate dean and the dean; 2) the gud on what is happening not unless you tell us. teachers themselves; and 3) the students. And even in the performance evaluation, wala • I will pray gyud ug pamaayo kay para • If end of the world na, magpa- man na didto. Wa man na masuwat,” she said. malangit akong kalag. Adto ko Sto. Rosario. opera jud ko kay para mutaas. “The greater vote of the performance Benjie Vanzuela BSEd-MAPEH I HAHA Leanne Gepuit BSEd-MAPEH I evaluation comes from the students. Whatever “I appreciate the students nga mu-voice out sa is your evaluation on the teachers, 50% na ilang mga concern para sad ma call out nato ang • If end of the world na gani, ganahan ko mu • Magmemorable date kuyog sa uyab. adto sa mountain para mag sunbathing. :P siya. And then 25% comes from the head ilang attention. Of course, ma-apil gyud na sa Hihi- Tammy Tagli, BA Comm IV Hazel “Princess” Mernado BSEd- Math III kay mag-observe man sad na sila and then performance nga Professionalism,” she added. the self (teachers) is 25%,” she explained. • I would escape to my other world, my anime • Mu adto ko ug Manila, mu world. HAHA -Glennah Marie Mondares BSEd-SpEd IV rape kog artista… -Christian “Dili mi kahatag ug action. You should Villalonn B.A.- Eng. Lit. I “And then i-collate na ni siya. So your evaluation inform us. In other words, dili maayo sad is just a part of the total performance evaluation. nga mu-deretso sad ta ug pamasangil. • Ako’ng alsahun ang tanang continents para way mamatay. Murag “Sky After having the final result of the computation, There should also be a proof,” Dr. Sol high” bah! Mag sugud nag panglupad ang mga sakyanan ug tawo this will be signed by the teacher himself for Galleon, CAS Associate Dean, also added. ana! Mu adto pa diay kog Japan para mukaon ug Ramen! Nya nindut concurrence. Just in case dili siya musugot, itilaw anang dako na lami! HAHA! Hoy! Unsa na inyung gi huna-huna na-ay mura ug conference ang teacher and They also revealed that during one of their ha? Tsk. Tsk. Tsk. YANA D. BSEd-English II the dean. So I’ll give them time to look at their regular meetings, they solved some issues • If end of the world na, murequest jud ko sa akong mga Ex na magtipok sila, tagsa-tagsaun nako sila’g evaluated performance considering all the reported by students. It is therefore highly chula dayun ang pinaka wa’y lami mu chula, mamatay ug una. - Clarice Villahermosa areas. Kung okay sila, mu-sign sila. But if ever encouraged to voice out if the students • they have questions, I will also listen. Ato nang are having problems with their teachers. Mugakos ug balas adto sa hunasan. Kay kibaw ko di magtsunami nganhi.Kinhason tan-awon if there is a need to revise and there • Kung end na jud kay di ko muhawa is a justification, i-revise nato,” she added.
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