as kids say it - sep 9

While we were waiting for 7:30AM in the van we hired as our service, I had this conversation with my student.

Ashlea: Why do you love to climb mountains Teacher? Don't you get tired? It's like you are wasting money for travels.

Thank you Ashlea. There's this unexplained euphoria when I reach the top, the view from there and the experience. Not to mention the company I was with when I climb mountains or go to an adventure. Its not so much about wasting money but saving experiences. 

revived - revival

I want to revive this blog again with my kids' lines. Hoping though that I can keep up despite my busyness and all the activities I've joined and were thrown on me. As you have known, this is my secondary blog so I can't promise to be always updating this. Admittedly, I had forgotten about this. Hehehe.. My apologies. But, but.. Thanks to one of my student who persistently asked me early today to post our conversation this morning. So, I can't promise but I'll try.  :)

after more than a year

It has been eons since I last posted, visited or logged on to this blogger account. I even almost forgot my username and password. If not for a friend who is a newbie in the blogging world who I decided to help, this blog might forever be neglected. Thanks Sib.  :D

as kids say it - sep 20

I was reviewing my tutee with her Civics quiz tomorrow about the national symbols. As I was casually reviewing her knowledge on the symbols, I encourage her to ask questions. I was sharing to her that Dr. Jose Rizal fought the Spaniards with his pen, he wrote 2 books that then started the revolution.

Tutee: What does the 8 rays of the sun mean teacher?
Teacher: The rays represent the 8 cities that fought the Spaniards during the war. Meaning, we were like prisoners for a while.
Tutee: Huh?? I never remembered being in prison when I was young.

Right one there girl.

as kids say it - aug 15

I was reviewing my kids with their sight words. I have a bunch of printed sight words in a cue card to my perusal. I come to the card of 'must' when my routine was interrupted by one of my kids.

Ada: That is like the church close to our house.

It stopped me for a while. I thought, it must be the school (Mindanao University of Science and Technology). On the second thought, this kid lived nowhere near that school and she is using the word church not a school. Then, it occurred to be. This kid is referring to a MOSQUE. Good thinking.