Behavior Shows Identity

Manila has an old style of the building over the city. The city looks old but vintage at the same time. On the forth day in Manila, such a great opportunities to go around the the city. I went to Jose Rizal National Monument which located at land of Luneta. We went to Intramuros Fort Santiago, but before came in, the tour guide stopped in the Handicraft. We were given a shell necklace as a visitor sign and do not put it of until we're out of the store. I bought postcards while it was heavy rain outside. By using an umbrella, we continued our tour walked inside Fort Santiago Proper which is the place where Jose Rizal got killed and heritaged by Spanish. Inside the fortress, there were so many things dedicated to Jose Rizal as a memorial to remind Filipinos about him.

My first experience teaching in academic school was exciting and nervous. I woke up at 5 in the morning, already done praying and all other stuff to be prepared. I took a walk from my dorm to the school, UST JHS where i had to do my teaching practicum. Arrived before 7.15, i prepared my material and presentation in the room that has been prepared for all of the students teacher. I was no longer sitting at the back looking at the students’ back and walked in through the backdoor. When the time has shown 7.15 am, I walked in through the front door of St. Damian section. I stood up in front of them and greeted them. I called one student to lead the prayer. I prepared my presentation but unfortunately it couldn’t connected. My students, as I remembered their name are Jose and Bryan helped me to fix the HDMI cable. Before proceeding to the lesson, I showed my students a motivational video entitled ‘push yourself’. In the end of the video, I asked them what do you get from the video and ...

TEACHING METHOD Sir Balance, that is the way I called my mentor who has long name Danny Osboken Balance. He is one of the English teachers in the UST Junior High School. He is an advisor of Drama club in the school. The first impression when I saw him in the classroom was totally different when we discussed out of the class. He is very expressive and uses loud voice when teaching, of course he is an advisor of Drama club. He always focuses on the students' attention. Get the students attention and make all of them see you are very important in teaching, he said. He always asks the student perspective in understanding the material before continuing main lesson material. He always asks the students whether they understand or not, what do they get from the lesson material. He believes that when he asked the students about what is in their mind, that is when the teaching and learning process happened. LEARNING MATERIALS AND INNOVATION The material in UST Junior High School esp...

A few years back curriculum in Indonesia just updated english as one of the main subject to be learned. Unfortunately, even as a main subject in education system, english is not well enough to be taught because the minimum of using it. Indonesian people love our Bahasa as a nation language, unlike English as a foreign language. But, in this millenials era some of youth mix english and bahasa when they speak with their friends as one of their style. I am proud to be one of the students exchange in SEA Teacher Program so that i can know the difference and compare the education system in other country. Fortunately, the country which i exchange in was Phillipines. One of the country where english as a second language instead of foreign language like in Indonesia. The curriculum in the Phillipines use K-12 while in Indonesia use KTSP, but recent 2013 the curriculum has changed become K13. I haven’t done my teaching practicum in Indonesia, but I have seen a lesson plan in my country. T...

SCHOOL PROFILE The University of Santo Tomas Junior High School (UST JHS) is the school where I had my practicum. The UST Junior High School which known as UST JHS is an integral part of the University of Santo Tomas located in Espana Boulevard., Sampaloc, Manila, Phillipines 1008. Here, where I get a welcoming party as soon to be a teacher. Where I get introduced with my mentor, my coordinating teacher, and my students. After welcoming party, we got a chance to have a tour and a Math teacher as a tour guide. We get a chance to see the whole school, and the students as well. Vision The UST Junior High School, adhering to the mission and vision of the University of which it is a part, envisions itself in the next five years to live up to its vocation as a Christian, Catholic, evangelizing, Filipino and educational community, with its tradition of excellence involving its academic and non-academic staff, dedicated to the holistic formation of its students ...

Introduced by a Thomasian, the University of Santo Tomas which known as UST, is the Pontifical, Royal, Catholic University of the Phillipines, is a Dominican institution of learning founded in 1611, under the patronage of St. Thomas Aquinas. The university as the oldest campus in Asia and also in Phillipines. UST is a school/university where i had my exchange program. Being there is a meaningful and best experience ever!  Mission The university, in pursuit of truth guided by reason and illmunied by faith, dedicates herself to the generation, advancement, and transmission of knowledge to form competent and compassionate professionals committed to the service of the Church, the nation, and the global community. Vision Faithful to her centuries-old tradition of excellence, the University of Santo Tomas, envisions herself as a premier Catholic institution of learning in Asia, committed to the professional and moral formation of her stakeholders for social transformation. ...