![]() ![]() ![]() But, most of all, I am worried that I will be graded on the content of my talk.īut did you know that before I was made to secure a proper NBI clearance, I was ever so briefly a teacher as well? After having spent 17 years in an institution run by the Christian brothers, I wanted to give back to the school that had raised three generations of my family. I feel nervous because my fourth year social sciences teacher and homeroom adviser is watching me deliver this talk. Instead, I feel that it should be all of you here on this stage lecturing to me. I don’t feel entitled to do so, especially since most of the books I have written are probably banned from your school’s libraries. ![]() I am very wary of speaking in front of hundreds of teachers. I’d like to start my talk with a confession. So for the sake of posterity, for the sake of transparency, for the sake of Pete, allow me to share with all of my three female readers some excerpts of my talk on how my memorable teachers touched me in all of the right places. ![]() But after consulting with my lawyers, I knew that this was an invitation well worth accepting. I was flattered and humbled and wondered what type of medication my teacher was currently taking, when I received the invite. Evan Panganiban, to invite me as their resource speaker for the Kapisanan Ng Mga Guro Sa Pilipinas’ First Annual KaGuro National Teachers Convention on the topic “Teaching Minds, Touching Hearts, Transforming Lives†last Saturday at the Pamantasan Ng Lungsod Ng Maynila. So I am unsure what possessed my senior year homeroom adviser (of many tasteful years, waistlines and hairloss prevention treatments ago), Dr. After having written about flatulence, involuntary bladder discharge and assorted pink parts all these years, my Catholic high school teachers could have had me exorcised me from their memories. ![]()
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