IT TAKES a community to rear a child.

That speaks for how great a responsibility it is to equip a child with knowledge, skills, and attitudes he will need when he becomes a grown man or woman.

I’ve realized just recently that becoming a parent is a gigantic role. Not that I am already one…uhm, aren’t teachers considered second parents?

I’d just like to share how I feel right now about being a classroom adviser. It’s a first for me and I find it challenging. If in last two-and-a-half months, I was still trying to familiarize myself to the roles and responsibilities, this time I can feel how important it is to get my eyes open to my students’ behavior and what messages these behaviors mean.

I had psychology classes back in college, and classes on guidance and counseling, too.  How I loved those classes! But putting the theories into practice is but a another thing. If you must, you have to put your soul into it.

A lot of our students need proper guidance. I wonder what would become of them if as early as now they wouldn’t be reminded. These kids have so much potentials that would just be wasted if they will not be given the right opportunities to discover and hone them.

As a classroom adviser, I think that it is my obligation to ensure that my students are properly guided and that they get the learning experiences they deserve from this school.

From now on, I will devote my time to these kids. I will not be teaching Physics. I will be teaching kids.