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Category: A Teacher’s Life

A Teacher's Life · Teacher Voice

The Things My Teachers Did

August 18, 2012November 2, 2012 Fil2 Comments

I have a few role models when it comes to teaching in basic education. I remember a teacher, Ms. Pramoso, who made me understand metaphors and poetry when she taught Shakespeare’s Sonnet 18 to my third year high school class. She was probably the only one who wrote lengthy comments on my essays. I felt… Continue reading The Things My Teachers Did

A Teacher's Life · Teacher Voice

If I’d answered the UPCAT essay questions

August 13, 2012October 5, 2017 FilLeave a comment

This year, for the first time ever, UPCAT exam takers were asked to answer an essay question. A student asked me the day before the exam if he should read about current events. “Huwag na,” I said, after a couple of seconds’ thought. I was thinking then that UP was probably going to ask a… Continue reading If I’d answered the UPCAT essay questions

A Teacher's Life · Fashion Fridays · Teacher Voice

Fashion Fridays for Teachers

July 21, 2012November 2, 2012 Fil5 Comments

I’m going to do something I’m not used to doing, ever, and that is to fashion-blog. This is done mostly for posterity’s sake, but if you think it can help you rethink your teacher-clothes, then that’s awesome! See, my teaching partner Edison and I like our semi-formal Fridays so much that during our coffee break… Continue reading Fashion Fridays for Teachers

A Teacher's Life · Teacher Voice

How to Date a Teacher

July 21, 2012November 8, 2013 Fil18 Comments

How to Date a Teacher Some pro tips from a teacher who is dating a teacher. If you’re a student, especially of this teacher, stop reading right now and move on to better things, i.e. guys your age. There are laws governing teacher-student relationships. Seriously, stay away and forget it. If you’re of age and dating… Continue reading How to Date a Teacher

About the Blogger

Fil is in her early 30s. She is a new mom, a high school teacher, a lover of literature, and a traveler during long school breaks. She’s an Iska, an Archer, and a Ravenclaw.

Fil is a proud Filipino.

Top Posts & Pages

  • Poetry Wednesdays: Louise Glück, "Celestial Music"
    Poetry Wednesdays: Louise Glück, "Celestial Music"
  • A Weekend in San Felipe and San Narciso, Zambales
    A Weekend in San Felipe and San Narciso, Zambales
  • If I'd answered the UPCAT essay questions
    If I'd answered the UPCAT essay questions
  • Throwback Thursdays: Lake Pandin, San Pablo City in 2011
    Throwback Thursdays: Lake Pandin, San Pablo City in 2011
  • Poetry Wednesdays: Ode to a Secret Love by Pablo Neruda
    Poetry Wednesdays: Ode to a Secret Love by Pablo Neruda
  • Travel Tales: Mt. Abong-Abong and Pasonanca Park, Zamboanga City
    Travel Tales: Mt. Abong-Abong and Pasonanca Park, Zamboanga City
  • Sabtang Island, Part 1: The Savidug stone houses
    Sabtang Island, Part 1: The Savidug stone houses
  • Changdeokgung and Changgyeonggung (Hint: Visit the Secret Garden!)
    Changdeokgung and Changgyeonggung (Hint: Visit the Secret Garden!)
  • Poetry Wednesdays: Pablo Neruda, "Sonnet IX"
    Poetry Wednesdays: Pablo Neruda, "Sonnet IX"
  • Poetry Wednesdays: Hafiz, "We Should Talk About This Problem"
    Poetry Wednesdays: Hafiz, "We Should Talk About This Problem"

Recent Posts

  • An open letter to my one-year-old, on the occasion of his first trip abroad
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  • We (unintentionally) gatecrashed a wedding in Unhyeongung
  • Why Insa-dong should be your base in Seoul
  • Changdeokgung and Changgyeonggung (Hint: Visit the Secret Garden!)
  • From Gwanghamun Square to Gyeongbokgung
  • What does the Garden of Morning Calm look like in the afternoon?
  • Do Min-Joon is waiting for you in Petite France
  • An Autumn Morning on Nami Island

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