English Impression (Batch 7)

`A pleasant afternoon, everyone!

Let me start my message by borrowing a line from Henry Brooks Adams, and I quote, “A teacher affects eternity. He can never tell where his influence stops.”

I am pretty sure that for 5 days of stay here at this totally wonderful university, we, attendees, turned into students, and all of us were greatly affected by our mentors, our coaches, and yes, I am referring to our friendly and credible speakers, who became our own teachers for a week.

Our coming here is providential. I believe that God makes things happen for a reason. We didn’t choose to be here. So, lucky us, for we were privileged to be seated next to our new-found friends from the different schools of Rizal, as we all listened and digested everything that was given us by our lecturers. And what could better this? After feeding our minds and hearts, our stomachs were also fed on time!

And just as what EXCITE means to me as it means to you, we should never forget that as teachers, we are all given a great responsibility of applying what we have gained from here when we return to our students. This is not the end of the EXCITE spirit in us, but only the beginning.

For the JAROT group of the English batch, it was nice sharing things with you. Thank you for the gift of friendship. Till we meet again.

For the ones who organized this 5-day training - the support staff, the maintenance, the canteen people, and the effectual lecturers - we salute you all! You have truly accomplished your objectives… for now, we have become EXCITED!

E – Educated, in terms of new ideas from the experts

X – X-posed to new experiences and new friends in the field

C – Confident, now that we know a lot better than before

I  – Interested, yes we are! We are now more interested to teach.

T – Talented, for we learned to be flexible when faced with

several complexities

E – Elegant, as we carry our black EXCITE bag around,

knowing that only those who attended this seminar have one

D – Developed, for we have grown wiser, better, and… bigger

Teachers, let us pay it forward to achieve ONLY WHAT IS BEST FOR RIZAL! Taas-noo, RIZALENO!

Again, a fine afternoon, everyone.

Prepared by:

Mrs. Andrea P. Angeles

Eulogio Rodriguez Jr Elementary School