After college

I am such a loser in making titles *sigh* Oh well, just keep reading. One of the reasons why I'm writing this blog post is to see what my musings are during the past few years that I made contact with this site. I have been majorly been doing this when I was in college and still as of now, I am still doing it so that I could see my works when I reach the age of 40-ish and something to look forward to in the future.

Right now, I am done with my summer class in english literature. I am now a summer graduate with a bachelors degree in education major in Special Ed. Yeah, yeah, I am a sped teacher and I love my profession because the fact that I love kids, I am also one younger looking teacher (Naaaah! Kidding). I just wanted this career because my instincts told me so. Okay, so I just finished my 4 years and 2 months of apeshit studying and proceeding with the real thing, job.

After the whole summer class, I badly needed a job. Well, everyone keeps on telling me that I should wait for that to come but who cares? I need one because I so wanted to help my siblings and some of the bills at home. I never get to land one but so to speak, there are opportunities out there that are waiting for me. So, I guess I can wait.

I thank everyone who are always there for me because I never loosed hope and the fact that my parents are still very supportive financially and morally, I am very happy that they are always there for me. That includes my tita, tito, cousins, and friends. Oh, add him up for that, who never left my side and always there for me. Thanks! I guess I'm very lucky to have a life, I have right now and with those people who are very dear to me and believed in me. I should be thanking my Lola Betty too because she is an inspiration to me in every way she does for me. Wow, it looks like I'm making a very touchy speech here. But enough for that.

I got this job, well, it's very related to my degree. I get to be an assistant teacher in a very prestigious school. When I say prestigious, I meant standard and very advanced in terms of learning and competitiveness. Wow, gotta bow down for that. Yeah, I am a teacher aide in a very very very special class. Why special class? Because I get to teach children with autism. And, oh my gosh! I never felt so excited in my after-college-life.

Talk about never gonna sit in class for 5 hours, not listening to instructors lecture and never studying for another quizzes, never making assignments. Well, hello my friend, I am the one doing it now because I have now the power to do things like a pro. Well, maybe in a regular class but in special class? Slight touches.

Handling a number of 20 special kids in class might sound very difficult and tired. Well, yes! I gotta say It was very difficult. Specially when the kids are very hyper and can't control there behavior. I was about to quit but my mind says that "You can do it JC". Yeah, yeah, as a self-absorbed person that I am I wanted to cry and resign to It. But I felt pity on my teacher because he is the only one handling 20 students in 4 session and that's very difficult. Because they are special kids and you can only teach them in a one-on-one teaching-learning strategy.

Thinking about getting up and waking up early makes my body want to still sleep. But my mind aims for something very special like, "Get up JC, It's a new day. Experience. Experience Experience". Haha! That was all I could think of every time I get second thoughts about getting up in the mornings. Maybe teachers would think about, "Hey, wake up you. Pay day. Pay day. Pay day". Wow, no wonder some teachers are so grumpy in the mornings and now I can relate to that. Hahaha! Kidding educators.

I was able to survive 4 days with them and the remaining days, weeks.. Probably gonna survive for months and years, well, I have to. This is so new to me, but I am able to connect with those special children and able to teach them. I admit, I'm not a very strict teacher but when It comes to kids.. I am very passionate about them. I don't scold them, whenever they made a mistake or even send them to the principal or call their parents when they are in trouble but simply talk them out of it and warn them and shit. Ooops, sorry.

Well, at least I see myself having my very own classroom, and having my very own advisory class. But as for now, I am doing this as an experience for the future reference on my job description. tee-hee-hee. The experience of volunteering as a teacher aide in a school where I can easily land a job after a few years. May God give me strength in continuing to pursuit my dreams in life, especially right now. Handling autism.

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Now, to make the long story short, I am happy to get this opportunity as a teacher aide and well, I get to see him every day. The end. I guess, experiencing in a job your course is related to adds additional points when you tend to use it as a reference in the near future, or better yet, landing a job.