We’re just a human, we are not a robot.

Good evening everyone! Sorry for being so inactive for the past few days because of tons of paper works and sudden seminars and training that are unexpectedly happening. I’m not going to write something so important because today I will write about rants and complaints as a human.

But first, I just want to say thank you to all my sponsors and readers. God bless you all!

I love my chosen profession, and I will always treasure what I have now because it’s my dream, it’s my passion. But still, I am not perfect, I have no superpower, and I feel exhausted, stressed, and drained sometimes. I’m just a human, I am not a robot.

This week, we’re still preparing for the checking of forms, (School form 1, 2, 3, 5, 9, and 10). The pressure is always with us because we are always expected to be perfect and 100% no corrections in all kinds of forms, and it’s very stressful. Because the blame will always throw on us, even if we are not at fault for all the mistakes, just for example the entry of data on birth certificates.

Our school year just ended a week ago, July 12 to be exact, and our school year for 2022-2023 was proposed to start on August 22, 2022. We are ordered to prepare ourselves because the enrolment will begin on Monday, July 25, 2022. 

And now, we are supposed to finish our RPMS-PPST: Results-Based Performance Management System- Philippine Professional Standard for Teachers, it is the assessment instrument used to ensure quality performance at different career stages. It consists of KRA’s (Key Result Areas) that are composed of 19 different kinds of objectives. We are required to comply with it before the vacation ends.

But here’s another added to my stressful week, we are one of the schools that qualified to go under validation for Level II, and I am the coordinator, so I am supposed to manage everything to make it possible. SBM is the Schools-Based-Management it is the DepEd thrust that decentralizes the decision-making from the Central Office and field offices to individual schools to enable them to better respond to their specific educational needs.

And what is worse for the week?

There is shuffling of school heads and it so happens that our school principal is mandated to leave us on Friday, and it is so heartbreaking. She’s very close to my heart, from being my first ever teacher to being my colleague at work as my school principal is a very special thing for me because I’m considering her as my second mother. She’s a kind, loving, and very considerate school head, and I’m she’s one of the reasons why I choose to be a teacher because she inspires me and motivates me to be one.

It’s supposed to be a vacation, but I guess we are not meant for that thing….

 Well, I guess we are not supposed to rest. It is called vacation but for us, it’s just another term used for MORE PAPERWORKS!!!!!!! Hehehehe.

Yes, we are tired; we are exhausted because again, we are not robots we need to have some rest also.

But again, we are not supposed to give up, we have no right to give up. Maybe others may not see our worth, but we are so happy for those people who appreciate us. And it’s fluttering to know that there are still people who respect and give thanks to all the teachers out there, and we are very much happy to feel that we are valued and we are loved.

And I’m not telling this not to discourage and to demotivate those people who choose this kind of profession, but rather to prepare them for all these kinds of things to be ready at all costs. But I assure you that being a teacher is great fulfillment because, behind this kind of paper works, there are children who entrust their future to us, and that’s a great thing about being a teacher, they hold someone’s future and that’s a great feeling, to produce someone to be productive and successful in time.

So maybe, these are things that the government should be aware of. And we appreciate it if it will be given a chance to lessen paper works and workloads. Because we are teachers, and we are not robots.

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By the way, thank you to my baby Quatrooo for always being by my side even in my busy moments. I love you, my love!

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