Name: MIKEE JANE P.

DELA TORRE
Dates: (Week 1) February 17-19, 2021
Program Supervisor: Ms. Elvy Malabo
Cooperating Teacher: Mr. Aldine Romero
Activity: Pinning Ceremony & Practice Teaching Orientation

NARRATION:
In the beginning of the week, we were given the time to work on our requirements
ahead to avoid cramming and so we can focus on our demos once we start our
arrangement in the classes. Because our pinning Ceremony was moved to Thursday
(Feb18), the days before that I personally allotted to prepare for the deployment soon.

Thursday came and our pinning ceremony took place. It was a day of celebration
and we were able to finally formally acknowledge that we are indeed practice teachers
already.

Friday, February 19, was our deployment day, wherein our program supervisor
reminded us of our requirements and responsibilities. We met some of the teachers
from the Basic Education department and was indeed filled with enthusiasm. I was
assigned to Mr. Aldine Romero and was added in his google classroom where I was
able to scan the particulars of it.

Our practice teaching journey will officially start on Monday, February 22, and I
am looking forward to enhancing my skills and learning a lot with this experience.

REFLECTION:

When we fixate goals, there’s nothing more unsatisfying than getting a

slow start. We immediately want to get started and get going with it. This week
was a slow start for us all. With all the postponed timetables and moved events,
we are fervent to begin instantly. But little did I know, this is precisely what I need
for the new tasks ahead of us. With the days given for us to slowly get going with
our requirements, I realized that it was a blessing in disguise given. A slow start
offered me the time and testing it takes to plan the right groundwork for triumph.
Without this time for preparation and practice, my abilities, assets, and character
will all come up short eventually—usually earlier than anticipated and every so
often leads to devastating outcomes. In these days of planning ahead and
anticipating what can happen, I found some of my weaknesses I otherwise
wouldn’t notice.

I understood that with time to spare for preparations, we discover

resources we didn’t know we had. I was able to look up on helpful things I think
can be very helpful soon. Head ups put our creativity, endurance, and courage to
work in ways abrupt commencements cannot allow.

Whenever we’re of a mind to fume or belittle a slow start, it’s essential to

remember that the very challenges we may face can be combatted with our
readiness. Without readiness, we’re all tree and no roots. When a strong straight-
line wind hits us, we’ll almost instantly topple.

I am privileged to start slow. I am thankful for the time to prepare for the
reason that I established patience and cautiousness. Patience may not be the
easiest quality to abide, particularly for the eager ones, but it can serve as a vital
purpose in developing our qualities as practice teachers. Every so often, the
deliberate and steady path is the prudent one, especially if it helps us elude
costly slipups. As I take this time of preparation, I realized that the journey ahead
is not all hard; it’s just new. And I just have to take it slow.