Thank you for that kind introduction and thank you for inviting me to be your guest speaker today.

I’m very pleased to be

here to join you in celebrating this wonderful occasion. To our distinguished guests, our __________________, to our municipal
mayor, Honorable Lovelle Anne M. Yu, tour Brgy, Captain, Hon. Allan Murillo, to the members of the Sangguniang Barangay, to
the appointed officials, to our school head Ma’am Janedel Leonido, teachers, graduates, parents and visitors, ladies and gentlemen
a pleasant morning to one and all.
First of all Congratulations to all of you. You should be very, very proud of yourselves for accomplishing this goal despite
the pandemic that we’ve experienced so far. Well done! Alayun anay pagkatujdaw graduates ngan pakpaki niyu an iyu mga
kalugaringon kay hi kamo waray gud bumul-iw han pangeskwelahan bisan ha luyo han pandemya nga atun naeexperyesnhah.
Pakpaki gihap niyu an iyu mga kag anak nga aada permi nasuporta, nagiya ngan nabulig ha pan adlaw aldlaw nga
pangeskwelahan. Pakpaki gihap niyu an iyu mga teachers nga bisan dako an kaibahan han edukasyon yana naging malimpasuon la
gihapon an school year. To the families of the graduates, congratulations to you and you should know that your support through
this process made an enormous impact to them. I’m sure you’re very proud of your graduates as they close this portion of their
lives and prepare for their next steps into a new milestone.
Graduation marks an important milestone in life. It is a time to celebrate achieving a life goal. You’ve finished elementary
education and now ready to move over to another level of education. I’m sure many of you have plans and have a good idea of
what’s coming next, a dream and a lot of hope to get you there.
It’s been 14 years since I graduated from elementary school. Han akon pag eskwela mga bata, dire magarbo , waray kamj
cellphone, waray laptop, dire uso an facebook, labi na an tiktok waray internet, ngan waray ngan gihap kami hdto tv. Kay an
akun mga kag anak mga parag uma la. Pero bisan ha luyo han am kakurian nagtalinguha an am mga kag anak nga makapahuman
pag eskwela ha amon nga magburugto. Kay siring pa han amun Nanay nga tumatatak ha akun huna huna waray hira mapapamana
nga karikuhan kundi an edukasyon. Kay an edukasyon ngan hibaro in dire makakawat ha imo. tas natatagan pa gihap hin balon
nira Tiya and Tay Romy and nakakaupod pa ha Tacloban every weekend. Danay gihap kami namumulayan han am patod hi Ate
Rutchel kay bisan waray okasyon baga dagos la man make up and hairdo haam. Hi Ate Rutchel gihap an ak make up artist and
hairdresser hadto permi kun mayda mga programs ha school. Thank you te. Mayda gihap hadto time kun magbra-brownout mayda
pa spelling bee an amun Nanay nga danay ko pa napeperdi an ak usa nga patod, shout out kan Kuya David. Hehe. Asya ada nga
permi ak first place ha central:) Balitaw nahimo adto namon nga training ground an pa spelling ni Nanay haam to be able to cope
up with the elementary education. Hi Nanay gihap an nagtratraining haak with my declamation pieces and kun may mga programs
ngnhi ha school nga need mapractisan an ponunciation and diction kay very strict gud in hiya when it comes to this. Kun mayda
ada contest kun hino pinaka active nga nanay bngn hi Nanay mismo an magdadaog kay ultimo pagiging PTA President hadto nga
time gin career gud niya. She was really supportive to me, my siblings and to my cousins too. Of course pati gihap an am Tatay
nga no. 1 disciplinarian gihap nam. Imagine usa pala nga sitsit makurog kana pag inuulian kay aguy bngn ka maaward pag abot ha
balay. We should be home on or before 6 kay we usually have our 6pm rosary everyday. So stikto gud kaupay. Thank you Nay
and Tay for letting us experience those things. We’re indeed forever grateful to God for giving you to us. Special thanks gihap han
akon mga uncles and aunties, Ante Fe and uncle ceric han permi paghahatag hin balon kada pagpapalatay han lugit, knda Ta itoy
and Ante Marissa gihap nga permi ak natambay haira kun may new baby na hira kay duro hn ka maki baby ko gud han una, kan
Pa Jr. Han pakakaaro ko hin piso hadto pero dapat maggabot anay hin uban. Thank you all! These are my most unforgettable
experiences way back elementary days.
I had big plans for myself. I was a graduate of Elementary Education specializing in Special Education in Leyte Normal
University Tacloban. I graduated on the year 2016, and passed the licensure exam on the same year. I really wanted to be teacher
just like my previous English teacher, Ma’am Lilibeth Clave. I really admire her dedication and passion in teaching us, that’s why
as early as in my 3rd grade in elementary nakadecide naak nga mag teteacher ako. But I didn’t expect nga it would be so hard and
rocky road journey an pagiging maestra. I worked 2 years in a private school in Cebu to gain experience for ranking purposes,
been in an ESL company for a couple of years too and went back to Leyte to have my ranking. Fortunately way back 2019, the
first time I had my ranking journey, I was able to be part of the D.0 7 or RQA in Deped. I was so happy because I thought it sunod
na nga mahihitabo magiging teacher naak. But unfortunately, there are still no available items for us that year, so waiting game la
anay. I went back to Cebu again to work because I don’t want to be a tambay ha balay kind of daughter, so there I worked again in
another ESL company where I teach English to Japanese students. After several months, I need to go home to update my points in
DEPED and some recommendation to be a substitute teacher in Alangalang 3. I was then fortunate to be chosen as a substitute
because it would be a great help in achieving points for my ranking purposes. And now, I also just underwent another ranking and
hopefully for this second time around, I can have my own item already.
Life doesn’t usually follow the plans you lay out for yourself. You will all experience the highs and lows of life, the difficult
and the easy and unfortunately, there may sometimes be time of too many difficulties and just not enough smooth sailing. Your
true success will be defined by how you handle both of these times.
You have taken a key step towards your successful future and also the betterment of your family and community. You’ve
worked hard, spending months in modular learning due to the pandemic and luckily experience months or weeks in face to face
classes. I know how difficult it is to experience learning with this way, but you’ve showed to us now how dedicated are you as
students and graduates.
Let me leave you with this thought from Ralph Waldo Emerson. “ Do not follow where the path may lead. Go, instead,
where there is no path and leave a trail. Congratulations and Keep going batch 2021-2022 Graduates of Pepita Elementary School!