Sailing on: Towards Becoming an Art Teacher

Post Worthy While information is right at the very tip of our fingers, with the advent of technology and vast networking, we are still bounded by  responsible data curation and data privacy. 1.) Data Curation Speaking from the Fine Arts point of view,  "Curation" in the world of art, can either make or break an artist.  That's why we cannot put so much emphasis to the works and description during an art exhibit---which is very similar to this topic, the appropriate and well "guided" learnings of our future students depend on the information that we gathered and provided. Data Curation, I used to think that whatever available information can be provided as long as it's related to the topic asked or being given. Then, I realized that these would lead to "pitfalls" as  we have the responsibility to provide accurate and valid information specially to a target audience, who can benefit from the information that was carefully gathered and organized. I ho...

Shedding Light Took this picture while walking around UP Academic Oval. This somehow provides me a certain rumination that at these times of uncertainties, we have to be reminded that better days are coming. As Thomas Fuller wrote on his travelogue: "..the darkest hour is just before the dawn" *** 1) Self-Care: Work & Life Balance The webinar by Asst. Prof. Francis Grace Duka-Pante from College of Education is very insightful specially it is designed with the distant learning in mind, where it provides key strategies for education resilience and learning continuity as a response to the current pandemic. I am very impressed with her detailed steps for "internal/cognitive troubleshooting", of which it is really a matter of perspective, just like the stick figure, if it is coming towards you, or away from you. While Vina Vicente and Christine del Rosario Bata's tandem made a huge impact on me as it motivates and empowered me towards achieving my goals---and t...

  This picture was taken on a trip few days after my birthday and right before the pandemic. Looking back, the image tells so much about my current situation, foretelling the events that were about to happen. I'm seeing myself sailing into the untamable sea, of which there are so many factors that are beyond my control. Sailing through the waters, it might get wavy, turbulent and as uncertain--- depending on the weather. A mentor once mentioned that rather than being anxious of the things beyond us, focus instead on what we can control: mainly our response and attitude towards a circumstance. One can always perceive several things, if this is an ominous trip or an adventure, well, what I consider it to be is a journey of a lifetime. This journey could be way beyond me but there's no going back this time. After series of self evaluation and realizations, I finally come into decision to become a teacher, to consider it as a career and not just a job, a calling.  Getting  th...