Sammy S. Mallari
Knapsacks:The
Student That I Become
The school year has ended,
and every student is busy making their Reflective Learning Journal. This
journal has made every student to keep track of their activities and
performance in every subject. This also has made them to better themselves and
made every teacher reflect on their performance to their specific subjects. I
teach Chemistry and Values III and I may say, these journals from my students
made me aware if I do good or not. Each positive comment made me lift that high
and those negative comments made me realize that even though how good I am in
my field there is still something that I have to explore or something that needs
to be mended for my students’ sake and mine as well.
This is to feature some of
the reflective learning journals made by my students, which struck me.
Here are the guide questions
that I have given them for a reflection:
1.
What/Who is a Learner?
2.
Did I meet my expectations as a student? To
my subject? To my teacher?
Where
did I go wrong?
What
am I going to do to maintain my standing for what I have now?
3.
Where Am I headed to?
Learning is a process wherein a student is headed to achieve his goals and dreams in life. For me this is an adventure, wherein there are so many roads to be taken, sometimes difficult, sometimes easy, until you reach the finish line. You really have to work hard for it, but once you achieve it is something that no one can take it away from you.
I have met my expectations
to my teacher, I already heard from him, that he is a good teacher, that he
knows everything. He knows what he teaches. And there are so many students
saying that he will do everything for his students to learn, and make those
students worst in class better. He can make those naughty students good. Just
like me, I’m not good, but now, when he has talked to me, this school year I
never visited the POD. I value everything that I’m doing now. He has helped me
a lot.
I’m headed to my fourth
year, and I will instill in my mind what Sir Sam has taught me. I will do
better. I will be a good student. I won’t let the efforts of my teacher be put
into waste.
Bernard Jason N. Muñoz
III
– St. Philip
Here I am again holding my
pen thinking on what to write here on my RLJ in Values. This question is asked,
”What/ who is a learner?” I thought for a while. For me, a learner is the one
who knows on how to understand. A learner knows how to listen to their
co-learners. A student must know how to understand, respect, and how to deal
with his fellowmen.
Yes, I met my expectations
as a student, not just in this subject, but also in our teacher. On the first
grading period, I didn’t expect that this subject would be this great. This is
the only subject wherein I can share my feelings regarding my family and
friends. I can relate in every lesson. Thanks to my teacher because he taught
me how to forgive and forget. Through his advices, it leads me to the right
path of forgiving those people who did me wrong. I t lightens me, and lifts me
up.
I know I had done mistakes
in my studies, wherein I got low grades which made my rank in class go lower. I
didn’t do anything to maintain my standing and I regret all the things that I
have done. I wasn’t able to be in the achievers but at least, it’s now a lesson
learned. The most important thing is I learned from my mistakes and I will not
do the same thing when I reach 4th year.
I’m heading to a new life.
I’m heading into something new. I will change for the better and I am ready for
the next chapter of my life. I am ready to be a senior. A more improved and a
more responsible person. Who will not have a high confidence level? This is the
new me.
Gernica A. Timoteo
III
– St. Philip
For
me, a learner is someone who is studying in order to attain success in the
future.
I am a learner therefore, I
still have many things to learn and to do. I have many expectations during the
first quarter especially to our teacher which is also our adviser. I expect
that our teacher is very nice but he gave me more than I ever expected. He
supports me in every decisions that I take and corrects in my every mistake. He
has been helpful to me and my future.
Sir Sam really changed me
compared to what I am in the past. I learned to be more responsible in
everything that I do. I am going to be a better person, and I have learned from
my past mistakes, and I should maintain my standing from now.
In the future, I will do my
very best to apply everything that my adviser taught me. I am very lucky
because I never thought that one man can change me from the past and up to now.
He has made me realize that God will be there to guide me.
Charlene R. Ayen
III
– St. Philip
This is my last journal and
I think the most memorable. I learned and still learning in my everyday life as
a student. First and foremost, a learner is an individual who can capacitate
his/her own knowledge through his/her own understanding based not only from the
book, but also through experience. A learner for me is an individual who is
still living, and experiencing the beauty of life. He/she is still learning
from his/her curiosity; a learner is not only a student in school but a student
in everyday living.
My expectations in chemistry
were not all good. In my first day I thought that, like any branch of Science,
Chemistry is a torture. And I was wrong, chemistry was great, it is not only
based through the book. I learned from each discussion by the sharing of each
of us. Through the end, I expected that chemistry will be just in its smooth
flow. I met this expectation. I enjoyed listening and also I enjoyed being a part
of our Transfer Task. I can’t say anything about our teacher, he did all his
best and he was excellent for his efforts.
For me, I went wrong through
this quarter, because I didn’t exert all my efforts in participation. Surely, I did my best in answering all the
questions regarding each discussion. I can maintain my standing through
preparing every day and still be active in learning what I read and hear
through discussion. I am still heading the right path, because I know that God
is there to lead me.
Kent
Michael G. Sunglao
III-
St. Andrew
For me, everyone is learner. Myself, my
classmates, my family and even my teachers, they are all learners. Learning is
a longtime process that even you graduated it will not stop. Learners are able
to learn in every place where we are taught by our parents. There are lessons
that we need to learn that we ourselves can find it. Schools do not provide all
the lessons that we need to learn in our life. That’s why we must explore and
experience many things. Learners are able to learn from their failures and
mistakes. Everyone suffers failure but we must be optimist because these
mistakes can help us be a better person.
As a normal person, we look forward on what
will happen in the future, that’s why we expect. I have many expectations in my
life because I always want to have a good future. As a student, I expect that I
will be more patient, friendly and think before doing something. I did not meet
all my expectations because I became more careless and does not think what will
happen if I do a certain action. In my subject, all of my expectations are
right. It will be more on computation and less items to memorize. I also
expected that I will be nervous when I answer a quiz or a test in chemistry. My
teacher exceeds my limitations. I never expected him to be like what he is. He
opens himself to everyone, you can share your problems and he gives advices or
solutions. Before he gives an advice, he lets you tell your story, then after
that, he will ask, “What do you want to do?” “Are you sure?” “How do you feel
about that?” And he will say, “I’m only here to give you an advice, but the
next thing is yours. You’re still be the one to solve your problem. The choice
is yours. So think about it many times. And follow your heart.” His life does
not revolve on money but on the people around him. The one thing I never expect is that he
forgives. He said that God forgives him in his every mistake that’s why he does
the same. He forgives and forgets and does not plant any hatred in his heart
because he is not a farmer.
I know that I have done many mistakes in my
life. I never prioritize the feelings that someone would have if I have done
something wrong. I am very sorry because it’s my fault and I never realized it.
This quarter, I am satisfied on what is happening right now, I have good scores
in quizzes and activities, I had the opportunity to take the test early. We
submitted our Transfer Task on time. I will make sure that this will be put
into action. I will never change who I am. I will not do anything to boast
myself. And I will prioritize others. This is what I will do to maintain what I
have now.
I hope through all these, I will have a
harmonious relationship to all the people around me. I also hope this will lead
to calmness and rejoice of my emotions and spirit. I am heading to a state that all my mistakes will help me
maintain who I am and what I have now.
Jimcarl
R. Murilla
III
– St. Andrew
If we build students in the future, they
also build us. Every words written in their journals, are reflections of what
they have become during their stay with us. Truly, they will not remember the
lessons that we taught them but they will remember how we have dealt with
them. We must not only fill their minds but their hearts as well…
