Arabella G. Batiancila. 21. A student-artist, practice teacher, daughter, and killer storyteller.

She did not dream of being a teacher. Not when she was a six-year old kid who always loved going in and out of school; not when when she was a fifteen-year old girl who made her mom go back and forth to stage to put countless medals around her neck. She did not dream of being a teacher. But she wanted to.

She wanted to become a teacher when she became a seventeen-year old woman who became aware of her surroundings and the society. She wanted to become a teacher when a kid approached her and asked for money just so he could feed himself and go through the day. She wanted to become a teacher when she saw how the eyes of unprivileged children spark whenever there is going to be an outreach program in their area. She wanted to become a teacher for those who cannot become a proper student.

And so here we are.

Compiled in this site are her daily experiences; from travels, foods, teaching experiences, and overall happenings each and every day that she is reporting at Lakan Dula High School. In short, compiled in this site are what builds her in becoming the teacher she aspires to be.

Grow with her. Enjoy reading.

Mrs. Wenefrida A. Manglicmot. 52. Mother of four, loved and cherished teachers of many.

She isn't one of those millenial and youthful cooperating teacher that one could imagine having during practice teaching. She isn't an easy score; she will make you do a lot of things that you did not think you would be doing once you're on the field.

For others, she isn't this, she isn't that.

Bur for me, she is the best cooperating teacher a student teacher could hope for.

She is energetic; she never lets any boring atmosphere in her class. She is compassionate; she will push you to bring out more from you, but will understand you once you say this is the best that you can do. She is a mother-figure; she will clap for you once you achieve success and will hold your hand once you feel demotivated.

A month with Ma'am Winnie in the class is enough for me to understand why many students, even the ones that she taught eighteen years ago (I am not exaggerating), always come by to say "hi" and share their milestones in life. A month Ma'am Winnie inside the English Department allow me to appreciate why her co-teachers, even the ones from other departments and respective offices, adore her a lot despite of age, expertise, and experiences.

Because she is one of a kind.

And a teacher like her is rare to find.

Lakan Dula High School (LDHS). Tondo, Manila.

It is a public educational institution which was one of the annexes of Florentino Torres High School in 1962. It became independent and named after Lakan Dula, Manila's last chieftain (lakan).

I was never familiar of how things work inside a public educational institution because I was never enrolled in one. I never relate to any of my friends and classmates' sharings about thier high school life which are mainly focused on things that only a "public school student" does.

Luckily, I never felt different with my co-student and cooperating teachers. Instead, I felt more seen, maybe because they are so used to being with a lot of people so they somehow managed to try and see each and every one of them.

Conducting my practice teaching in this institution is something that I will always bring in my heart no matter where I go, no matter what I achieve.