Best Demonstrator of the Week: The untold story of an Education Student

"Teaching is a passion, not just a job". Hello everyone here in the hive community! Its been awhile! How’s everyone? Hope you’re all doing fine and great. For this time, I will be sharing to all of you my journey and experience to my teaching demonstration about a week ago. I’ve already talked about my passion which is teaching, now I’m doing what I can to fulfill my dream.

Choosing education as a course in college is not as easy as choosing what food you want to eat for dinner. Choosing this course is not for short term goal only. Some individual chose education because its really what they wanted, some chose this because their family or some relatives is also a teacher, and some literally chose this for practicality. We have different reason behind our choices, some for self betterment and some is for fulfilling someone’s dream. But in my case, I chose education because this is really what I want. To tell you honestly I was a shiftee, my first course in college was Business Accountancy, that’s what my parents wants me to be, and yes I followed their decision, a month of taking that course, I already felt that Business Accountancy is not for me, this is not what I wanted. I was so young that time, I always listen to my parents since they are the one who supports my school needs.

It was our examination week that time, I was in the cashier paying my tuition fee to take my exam, but honestly I was not in my right mind that time, I was not able to focus, I keep on thinking of what my future will be. The time came where I fully decided to stop this course and shift to Education. That time, I already know what I’m doing, i made my decisions for how many weeks. I decided to just finish this 1st semester and apply for another course. I don’t know on how will I going to tell my parents about my decisions, but the only thing I know is that they will get upset. I talked to my sister, which I trust the most, I shared everything, my plan, my goals and what I really want. We had a heart to heart talk, and I burst into tears telling my reasons and what I want to become. I thought she would get upset but she didn’t even show any bad reactions. She just told me that she will support and respect my decision atleast I know myself. Before I talked to her I already planned everything. I stopped that course and decided to work full time for me to save money for my tuition fee and other expenses. I decided to support myself from the start I made my decision. I knew that somehow I wasted my parents money but I still made my part, I became a dean’s lister before I drop that course.

They don’t have any idea about what I’m doing, my sister and I is here in Cebu and our parents is in Bicol. Months after, I saved all my salary for my school needs, I’ve saved up to cover until my 2nd year in college, I processed everything and enrolled myself to a new school. Somehow that was the most biggest decision I’ve ever made in my entire life. But I didn’t disappoint myself and my family. I told the truth, I’m already a 2nd year education student. I promised them that I will be supporting myself, because I don’t want to become a burden to them. I want them to be proud of what I am doing.

Now, I’m aready in my senior year in College, I’ve become so busy doing all my school works and an active students since 1st year. A lot of my batchmates already dropped from school because they said that they can’t take it anymore, and here’s me still fighting for my dreams, having mix emotions everyday but still keep on going. I just had my Teaching Demonstration, it took me a week to finish all my materials, it was all worth it, I won and became the Best Demonstrator of the week.

Nothing is easy in life, because if its just easy, then there’s no learning.

Hope you enjoyed my heartfelt journey 😊
Always take care and just smile 😃
Love, from zel-diaries 🌻