I will never forget this……

Going in a 3 day tour is great for me because it was my very first time to

experience this kind of trip. I am very happy, excited, and secured. On our first

destination we went to University of Immaculate Conception grade school campus and

high school campus. I was really amazed of what I saw for it was my very first time to

enter into a university. The place was beautiful and peaceful, very far from noise

pollution which makes the place more conducive for learning of each student and the

parents are much secured of the education that they are giving. I also love the teachers’

treatment when we are at their campus. They welcome us with heart whelming smiles

and they let us enjoy our tour. It was tiring but very worthy to stroll into. The students

are very friendly too. Because of their place I can somehow say that studying in an

expensive school is still worth paying for and I am thinking that one day if I will be

having my own family I will really send my child in a school like UIC where as a parent

you can really say that the learning of your child is very secured.

In our second destination we went to Mindanao Kokusai Daigaku or Mindanao

International College I felt very amazed to their heart whelming welcome to us that they

gave us a presentations and introduce to us what can be found in their school. It was

very great experience especially with their teachers because some of them are

Japanese teachers and they only knew a little tagalong words. It was amazing to know

that their student are really on a hands on works, they are very exposed to activities

related to their studies that if you are a great performer you have a very big opportunity

to study in Japan or visit Japan for free. So, even if the units are not cheap unlike

DOSCST it is still worth it.

Then after lunch around 1 pm we went to Davao City Special School (Sped). In

there I was very amazed on the teachers; they are very patient enough to teach the

children who are very different in terms of their intelligences and level of understanding.

I am really touched with their different stories especially to those children who cannot

utter even a single word through their mouth but because of those teachers who are

very patient enough to teach a sign language they can now able to communicate with

other people. Another story was to those children whom their one ear cost millions for

them to hear and for them to know how to speak, they need cochlear implant. It is very

moving story that made my tears started to come out from my eyes. For me it is very

hard to deal with them but I really salute those teachers who are there because they not

just a teacher to them, also a mother, sister, and even playmate. I am very proud to

those teachers. I salute you teachers, I hope that more teachers will be as dedicated as

what all of you doing right now teachers of Davao City Special School.

Furthermore, on our next day tour I was captivated of how big Ateneo de Davao

Elementary and Secondary Campus. Bigger than any other schools that I saw in Mati. It

is very clean and very systematize. As I observe in their classes I am a little bit of

ashamed of myself because the students in Grade V where I was observing with my

partner is very attentive and easy to understand. They are just given instructions which

are printed out by the teacher and then they will do all the works. And if the teacher

gives instruction like what I observe in their exchanging of papers for them to check it is

very quick and when the teacher will say ready, they are already prepared. I can really

compare them on us as a student in tertiary level that we cannot get immediately even

an instruction of exchanging papers in a counterclockwise. It is really different on how

they are trained. Even on the school that I am observing which is also in Grade V level,

they are very different in terms of how the teachers teach them and also the lessons

that that they are teaching.

Now when I was writing this I realized that elementary education is really

important for it was the foundation of the child whether he/she will excel or not, because

if the foundation of the child is week then the child won’t be able to discover his/her

assets and liabilities that may bring him into his/her future life. Then when we went to

Ateneo Collage, it was also captivated with their tall building that during our tour it was

very tiring to go upward using the stairs but it was worthy. I found my batch mates their

which make me happier. It was really great that they made effort of letting us observe

their facilities in every department. And our last destination was the UIC collage where it

was also very nice school and big. It is very great experience for me. Having this

educational tour really is an opportunity for us students to be exposed and to see better

places that someday as a future teacher we can be part of the institution that we just

visited. But in every adventure that we are going we need to put God on it for us to be

safe because extra careful is needed in every path we are taking. Lastly, thank you

everyone for making our tour a successful one. <3

Arcel Marie A. Emeliano

BEED IV

(5:30 – 6:00 pm)

TTH