Last January 5, 2014 a very interesting scheme was cooked up within the four walls of the Multi-Purpose Hall of DMMMSU Open

University System.

Under the tute-lage of the very charis-matic Dr. Estella Caya-byab, the students of Certificate in Teaching Class 1 agreed to involve themselves in communi-ty related projects out of their own volition. The class was divided into eight (8) groups com-posed of (5) members. A meeting was held

amongst members of the groups as to what their community involvement projects they are to have. The criteria for the pro-jects were simple: 1. Choose a project which is cost effective—the less expenses, the better,

2. Choose one that bene-fits the community, 3. Choose an activity that is achievable and lastly choose one that also ben-

efits the group.

A presentation to the class of the project will be done on the 22nd of February. The same date will be the deadline for a paper detailing the

said activity.

All groups agreed and eagerly planned their own com-

munity projects.

Volume 1, Issue 1

A Noble Proposal

February 22, 2014

Special points of interest:

Colored spread of „caught

in action” photographs

Points to ponder inside

Teaching Through The Ages

Free Wall: “Tell Me „Bout

Your Teaching Experience.”

D O N M A R I A N O M A R C O S M E M O R I A L S T A T E U N I V E R S I T Y

Pet adoption. Alms giving. Blood letting. A lot of these ideas have come to mind. The phrase to many to choose from has driven us nuts from making one solid choice. Our group, consisting of five of the brightest (ahem) , most

active (translated as rowdy) and most extroverted (simply put talkative) stu-dents under CT-Class 1, has finally chosen to have a coastal clean up at the shores of Taberna, Bauang,

La Union.

Why? 1. We love nature especially the beach and we would love to help keep it clean for the kids to come. 2. It is red-tape free. No hassle from permits and what-not. 3. It cost us only

our sweat, effort and time!

The Professional Teacher

One Bright Idea!

Inside this issue:

Editorial Cartoon 2

A Teacher is A Cleaner 2

Coastliners 2

Sea you there! 4

What‟s Your Story? 14

Feature Story 17

Our Group 18

much trash as we could.

Beach combers and some of the locals waved as we passed, probably wondering what we were up to. The on-lookers possessed outspoken curiosity at the sight of this wee group of ―basureros‖ in our customary bright yel-

low uniforms.

Here we go! February 8, 2014. A hot and humid Saturday afternoon. One short ride from the Municipal Market of Bauang, La Union to the well-known and loved shores of Barangay Taberna and we

were ready to roll.

Armed with gloves, thongs and a lot of trash bags we had that determined look on our faces aiming to pick up as

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A Teacher is A Cleaner Too!

Editorial Cartoon Taken from bladimer.wordpress.com

Coastliners– Waging A War With Sea Waste

Our trade is education. Our basic tools are the blackboard and chalk. We live daily for our students. But for today, we live for Mother Earth. Let us be warriors with brooms and trash bags in hand, armed with determination to battle it out with dirt. Just for to-day we hope to start a ripple effect that will echo through out the

years to come. One piece of trash by one, we can clean up the world.

T h e P r o f e s s i o n a l T e a c h e r

“A teacher takes a

hand.

Opens a mind.

Touches a heart.

-Anonymous”

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Teaching Through the Ages

When Socrates was put on trial in ancient Athens, one of the two charges brought against him was "corrupting the youth" (the other was fail-ure to believe in the ap-propriate gods of the city). Because he taught a meth-od of rational inquiry in-stead of mere information, Socrates is consid-ered one of the most im-portant teachers in histo-

SOCRATES

ry. The records of his dialogues with his stu-dents have given us what is now known as the "Socratic method" -- a way of discovering new truths by relent-lessly asking questions until a satisfactory an-

swer is reached.

PLATO

A pupil of Socra-tes's informal school in Athens, Plato went on to become an important phi-losopher in his own right, recording the teachings of his master for posterity (though how much we should truly attribute to Socrates is debatable), and pondering questions of what makes good govern-ment in perhaps his most famous work, The Repub-lic. In this dialogue, Plato argued for an all-encom-

passing, state-provided education that went from young childhood well into

middle age.

In his view, one of the primary roles of gov-ernment was to educate the people, and education was the principle project of life. After the death of Socrates, Plato started his own acad-emy, where he instructed students in philosophy for

the rest of his years.

You probably know the story of Anne Sullivan (1866-1936), who became famous for teaching the art of communication to Helen Keller -- a girl who had been both deaf and blind since she was less than 2 years old. It's hard to imagine the difficulties involved in such a task, as Keller could not see to read or view exam-ples, nor could she hear to learn instructions or find

encouragement.

ANNE SULLIVAN

Famously, Sulli-van overcame these obsta-cles by the sense of touch, teaching Keller the alpha-bet by allowing her to touch objects and then spelling words into the

girl's hands.

Source:http://www.discovery.com/

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Sea You There!

T h e P r o f e s s i o n a l T e a c h e r

“A teacher takes a

hand.

Opens a mind.

Touches a heart.

-Anonymous”

Combing the Shores

-Not for shells nor treasure but to remove the things that do

not belong to the sea!

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P a g e 8 N e w s l e t t e r T i t l e

A team that cleans together, learns A team that cleans together, learns A team that cleans together, learns

together!together!together!

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I am a simple girl who understands that our world needs all the help it can get to stay

clean and beautiful.

The coastal clean up we did was satisfying for me. If anything I re-alized that I have to be kind to the environment

by picking up trash and being responsible for

our litter.

Small steps lead to bigger ones. It defi-nitely makes a differ-ence. It was a super en-joyable experience with

my cooperative team.

are all part of the com-

munity.

As simple as it may seem, the effort we have given can be of great importance. It is something I would like

to teach my children too.

It (Coastal Clean up) was a great experi-ence for me as part of the community to show love and concern to our environment. And to share our time in small activities like cleaning the coastal area—just like what we did! We

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Annalyn Tejano

Fernando Ferrales

plest way. What I am really hoping for is that whoever saw us that day, while cleaning up at the shoreline, will look at us us examples and inspirations to do

the same.

It was something differ-ent. It was a wonderful experience and even if it was really hot, it felt good for me. I liked the feeling of helping in saving our environment even if only in the sim-

T h e P r o f e s s i o n a l T e a c h e r

“Most of us end up

with no more than

five or six people

who remember us.

Teachers have

thousands of people

who remember

them for the rest of

their lives.”

-Andy Rooney

Rowena Robiñol .

V o l u m e 1 , I s s u e 1

We had a coastal clean-up. We all know the importance of our natural resources especially the bodies of water – one of which is the ocean. For many of us, it is a source of income – the fisherman, diver or the boatman. It is

used to transport or export goods. But as the time goes by, we don’t even think of how to protect the ocean, we just think of our

own interests.

In our community activity, I saw how people abuse the beach. It has be-come their own waste dis-posal ground. There’s san-itary napkin, food wrapper, diaper, old clothes. Even though residents see the marine debris they don’t even pick it up or clean it. We don’t even know if they were the one who

littered there. Visitors are problems too. They swam, had their picnic but have no sense of environmental-ism whatsoever and just

left trash here and there.

As teachers, we don’t only teach knowledge, skills or atti-tude. We can be and we should be involved in community activities. Be role models on how to save not only the bodies of water but also the other natural resources and the mother earth for the next

generation.

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Arlance Sandra Marie Garcia

Maree Lyne Rodriguez

awhile we finally came up with the idea of a coastal

clean up drive.

February 8 was very hot afternoon. I was worried about what to wear. My uniform did not fit me anymore at 7 months of pregnancy. Awww. Nevermind. I just hurried to our meet up place. Maree was kind enough to bring a long pick up tool for me to use as I can not bend anymore. The walking was difficult for me on the sand. I was itchy, sweaty and huffing as if tired. But I was aston-ished to realize that I was not tired. I was happy. I was having fun. A lot of the locals were watching

us. If anything, I hoped that the sight of us picking up trash on their ―backyards‖ awakens them to act and be more consci-entious of their waste. As I walked, I was chanting in my head ―Lord let our world be clean again, one

trash at a time.‖

My first thought was, ― How can we, a mere group of five, do something for our commu-nity?‖ It boggled me. The idea was to do something out of our own initiative, without incurring too much expenses. It became sort of a puzzle for me. Then, there was also choosing group members. I had to think fast. And so I opted for my closest friends, not just because we were close but we all lived in the same area, Bauang. Then we recruited Ann who also came from Bauang and Kuya Fer from a neighboring town, Naguilian. The burden of choosing an activity was then shared burden. After

“I am indebted to

my father for living,

but to my teacher

for living well.”

-Alexander the

Great

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FREE WALL

T h e P r o f e s s i o n a l T e a c h e r

“If you can not

explain it simply,

you did not

understand it well

enough.”

-Albert Einstein

V o l u m e 1 , I s s u e 1

This is a very im-portant life lesson that a philosophy teacher taught

his students.

The teacher cleared off his desk and placed on top of it a few items. One of the items was an empty mason jar. He proceeded to fill up the jar with golf balls until he could fit no more. He looked at the classroom and asked his students if they agree that the jar is full. Every student agreed

that the jar was indeed full.

The teacher then picked up a box of small pebbles and poured them into the jar with the golf balls. The pebbles filled all of the openings in between the golf balls. He asked the students if the jar was full.

Once again, they agreed.

Now the teacher picked up a bag of sand and poured it into the ma-son jar. The sand filled in all of the empty space left between the golf balls and pebbles. He asked the class again if the jar was full. The students agreed it was technically

full.

Finally, the teach-er pulled out two beers from under his desk and poured both of them into the jar filling the empty space between the sand. Now the students began to laugh wondering how far

this was going.

The teacher waited until the laughter stopped. "I want you to recognize that this jar represents your life," he started. "The golf balls represent the im-portant things. Your fami-ly, children, health, friends, and passions. If everything else was lost and only they remained, your life would still be

full.

The pebbles repre-sent the other things in life that matter, such as your job, house and car. The sand---that is everything else. The small stuff. If you put the sand in first, there is no room for the

pebbles or golf balls.

The same goes for life. If you spend all of your time and energy on the small stuff, you will never have room for the things that are most im-

portant. Pay attention to the important things in

your life.

Enjoy time with family. Go to dinner with your spouse. Play games with your kids. There will ALWAYS be time to clean the house or take yourself

shopping.

Take care of the golf balls first---the things that really matter. The rest is just sand. You are dis-

missed."

Before the stu-dents left, one shouted out. "You never mentioned

what the beer represents!"

The professor smiled and said, "Well I'm glad you asked. The beer just shows you that no matter how full your life may seem, there's always room to have a beer with a

friend."

Source:

http://www.sunnyskyz.com/feel-good-story/111/A-

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A Teacher's Life Lessons Using a Jar and Some Golf Balls

“The mediocre

teacher TELLS. The

good teacher

EXPLAINS.

The superior teacher

SHOWS. The great

teacher INSPIRES.”

-William Arthur Ward

Feature Story

City Of San Fernando, La Union

D o n M a r i a n o M a r c o s M e m o r i a l S t a t e U n i v e r s i t y

O p e n U n i v e r s i t y S y s t e m

Five members. Five dif-ferent personalities. Five beauti-ful minds. Connected by chance

in a small classroom.

Coming from different walks of life, all had started out

from different paths. Now shar-ing the same call: to be a teach-

er.

About the Group

Saving the Seas, One Trash at A Time

(A Community Involvement Project)

D r . E s t e l l a C a y a b y a b

A d v i s e r

Left to Right: Fernando Ferrales, Annalyn Tejano, Maree

Lyne Rodriguez, Rowena Robiñol, Arlance Sandra Marie Gar-

cia

Fernando Ferrales

Arlance Sandra Marie Garcia

Rowena Robiñol

Maree Lyne Rodriguez

Annalyn Tejano

Our dream is small. Our vision is big. Our aim is to inspire. Simple people we may be, but we desire to change the world, beginning with ourselves!