Guro [Teacher]

Guro. Even the way the word rolls in my mouth brings me such a joy.

The whole family and I went to church yesterday evening, well minus piapot because she came home late doing some work at the university. Here in our place, it is common to see whole families hearing mass together, especially during Sunday mornings. We used to attend the Sunday morning mass, but since we are very busy and our workload extends up to Saturday evening, it was so hard to wake up early Sunday! LOL.

Last night’s homily talked about God teaching in the temple. It was  said that God taught with authority, unlike the scribes during that time, and He taught that way because he had pure heavenly wisdom.

Day after day, before I step in the classroom to teach my students, I say a silent prayer for guidance. I pray that I be made an instrument of God’s love for my students.

Each time I taught, it was successful because I am able to hold my student’s attention, and when they take their exams, they ace it. Right off the bat, I knew I  had authority that springs from a humble heart of service, and I feel God has been answering my prayers each time I taught, because I feel He has been endowing me with his pure heavenly wisdom.

One of my instructors told us that once God decides you will be a teacher, you cannot escape it no matter where you run. I laughed silently because I felt that I should have known better.

When I was younger, Mother Goose and My Mommy Fe (Mother Goose’s sister) urged me time and again to take up education as my college course just like them because I had the gift. But I brushed their advice aside and took up nursing. I did not feel any calling from nursing. It was just that I did not know what I wanted and the best logical course to take that time proved to be nursing.

But look at me now!

I ended up still a teacher – and I am loving every single second of it! In retrospect, I find that God’s wisdom is all over my life, driving me towards this course of career.

Summer last year, I was supposed to take the nursing state board but failed to do so because of the Northcap review center scam, which seemed to have been forgotten these days by the way. Since I was not able to take the state board, I can’t work, or even  volunteer because I do not have a license. That was when I decided to  return to the university.

It was perfect timing that the university where I finished my nursing degree was opening a new course that time of the year – the Certificate of Teaching Program, where they offer all professional graduates 36 units of Professional Education subjects. So instead of being idle at home, I enrolled myself without much idea as to what will happen between me and the course.

The rest of course is summarized by the words “Ma’am PM”.

I cannot describe how I feel, each time I would be teaching, each time I would see my students laugh or hear them call me Ma’am, especially when they see me outside of the university and appear so excited. I cannot explain why, despite the hard work of making detailed lesson plans, numerous teaching materials, and a number of quizzes everyday I still look ahead smiling and wishing for more work like this to do for me. Each time I see my students understand, I feel like I have just received tons of roses.

PM is a very thankful, blessed girl just being able to do all these. And please pray with me that after I finish this course on March 25, I will find an immediate job so I can continue ASAP being Ma’am PM, and an RN at the same time since the results of the November state board has not been released yet. But honestly, I feel God’s presence, telling me to keep my peace of mind because He will take care of everything.

As of now, I am keeping my focus because my students need me, and I am very glad in turn, to be there for them.

Guro. Even the way the word rolls in my mouth brings me such a joy.