Nestly P.

Tapia
Reflection Paper on Educational Tour


Before the tour begins we prepare the things that are needed on the tour. We know that
tour or fieldtrip is costly and extravagant on time. The first questions of the parents are how
costly the tour was. So we introduce the budget of the three days educational tour. After fixing
all of the requirements in the educational tour we our now preparing the personal need. We our
oriented that we must bring light things, that just needed in the tour. When all the things are
settled we are now prepare for the tour. On our meeting place we are oriented to be on the group
all the time. We have the checklist or educational observation and learning sheet. In this there are
things need to write on the observation on educational tour. On our way to I feel dizzy because
its been a month that I didnt travel that far. But the help of my classmate I feel ok. When we
have arrived our first stop was to take our breakfast. It is hard to find a meal that is fit to our
budget because we only have 5o pesos for every meal. So we find a place and luckily we have
found and then we eat. After our breakfast we will now going to the first place of the itinerary
the UIC Elementary and High school located at Jp Laurel Ave. Bajada Davao City. My first
reaction was WOW the place is so nice it is clean and properly developed. When Sir
introduces the head of the school Im still amaze to the place because it is my first time in that
school. We tour the whole place of the school. They introduce to us the faculty and staff, the
facilities they have. We didnt conduct observation on learning process because it is the schedule
of their exam. So we just pass by the hall and slight observe the rooms. After that we are
gathered to their function hall to orient and give us some information about their school. I
appreciate their teacher because they share they knowledge not only on academic but also in
religious form. After the brief orientation we move out to go to our lodging and take our lunch.
After we have rooms and fix our things we was given a time to rest and then we will be going to
our next stop the sped school located at Bangkal Davao City. They warm welcome us to there
school. They give us also brief orientation were they teach us basic learning that is need for us to
communicate to those special student they have. I appreciate the dedication of the teacher in this
school. They have big effect to the students they have. After the orientation we give us a tour to
their classrooms. They have different rooms for different learners they have. They have also
facilities that are needed for the learning of the student they have. It is not easy to teach that kind
of student. I bow to their hard work with there students to make them learn. We end our first day
of educational tour in the NCCC Mall. We have given a time to rooming around the mall after
that we go back to our sleeping place and take our dinner. We have a curfew time of nine all of
us been in the room and have rest for the next day. We was meeting that our departure time on
the next day was 7 so we sleep early then rise at 3 am for us to prepare for the next school to visit
for. Our next itinerary was the Ateneo De Davao University elementary and high school. The
elementary major were go to elementary building then the secondary were in the high school
building. They give us a tour on there school. They introduce to us the facilities they have. As I
observe I appreciate that they have advance learning for their student because it is complete in
facilities. Their tuition is high but the educations they get were corresponding to what they pay. I
also observe that their learning environment was effective to learning. We spent the half day of
the time we couldnt observe a regular class because it is the day that they celebrate the fiesta of
their school. After we have done tour in ADDU we went to Mindanao Kokusai Daigaku we
observe there students in the performance they presented. They welcome us and give us
orientation and brief information of the school. They teach us the proper way of dressing the
Japanese dress they have. And they teach us some common Japanese word that corresponds to
our language. After how many ours we go to a place were we can take our lunch. After we have
our lunch we go to the next school the Ateneo de Davao University we was tour by there selected
students. We was just following them they never tell us what is this place the place I appreciate
more is there library. They have 5 floors for the different section of the books they have in there
library. After that we went back to our van to go to the next school and finally the last one. The
University of Immaculate College we was welcomed by there presentation. After that we have
observed the whole school. It is nice and clean and wide. After that it is time to get rest. Its a
tired day we get rest and sleep. On the next day Im excited to go home. But before we got home
we buy lots of pasalubong for our love ones. And after lunch we travel back and got home. It is
direct experiences that lot of learning acquire and maintain to our mind. Educational tour or
fieldtrip will bring us to the world beyond the class room that could give us concrete learning
that we would never forget. Its a nice experience that I have in my EDUC 125 subject and Im
thankful for giving me opportunities to learn more that could help developed my abilities to
become a good teacher in the future.