RANCHEZ, Jan Karlo Thomas V.

September 9, 2023
MALED 209

One-minute Paper

Today, I realized that we teachers go through a lot of circumstances every day

as we practice our profession. As we do our usual work, we have tendencies that we
want everything to be perfect, or to make our plans take place as they should. Thus,
when our plans do not go as they should, we get frustrated. However, we should
acknowledge our little "wins" as well. Things may not go as planned, however, we,
teachers, are flexible enough in addressing unexpected changes and this is also an
achievement. We forget that these wins are actually not "just" a win but a "big" win
for us, and most especially for the students. It's the little things that matter, too, as I
say. I also realized that as teachers, we go beyond our role inside the classroom. We
do not just help our students learn their lessons or acquire skills from our subject, but
we also help them in their other endeavors and even in their personal lives. For
instance, the example of Mr. Olimar Rosario where they had to help one of their
students who experienced abuse at home. This just goes to show that being a
teacher is not just a job that we do inside the classroom or in school, but being a
teacher extends beyond that. We care for our students just like how we are tagged
as their "second parents." Lastly, I learned that there are no specific strategies that
would be applicable to all of the students. A strategy may work for a few students,
and some may not. Therefore, as teachers, we should know how to innovate ways to
address student's concerns and needs and we do not simply stop until we can find
effective ways how we can help our students.