Category — Education Today and Tomorrow

My brother D, one of the more than 33,000 hopefuls that took the Licensure Examination for Teachers (LET) last April 3, 2011, is one lucky guy. He passed the LET! Wohooo! Everybody in our family was rejoicing upon hearing the news last Friday. This is a dream come true for my brother and we all prayed for it. God is really good.

my brother is now a licensed teacher!

Now, my brother is a full-pledged teacher, and licensed at that. He’s very thankful and optimistic about this positive development in his teaching career. He’s teaching this June at a private school in Divisoria and he’s very excited already. He said he feels more confident now that he’s a LET passer and that he plans to pursue higher studies, possibly an MA degree. He also said that he wants to transfer to a public school in the future. I said he should do it one step at a time. No need to hurry things up. I advised him to earn experience in a private school first before transferring to a public one. This way, he’ll be able to experience both worlds and find out what works best for him.

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My sister J, who shifted from Accountancy, is now a Banking and Finance student. She’s just told me all about it thru text. I’m happy she was able to get a slot early. She said she’s very optimistic about her new course. She’ll be a sophomore come enrollment time in June.

Speaking of enrollment, how do you save up for tuition fees? Do you pay in full or installment? Personally, I think it’s always best to save up money for tuition fees in advance. This has proven to be a wise move for me as I’m the one who handles the family’s finances. I find it easy to do. I just allot a particular amount to “Education” in my budget monitoring sheet. Slowly but surely, the money accumulates and before I know it, I have already generated the amount needed for the tuition fees of my two siblings who are both in college.

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Shifting to a different course is quite hard. It means a lot of things for the shiftee: an entirely new curriculum, a new set of classmates, a new class schedule, change in study habits, physical and psychological adjustments, etc. While shifting to a different course can be prevented, sometimes you are left with no other choice. The trick is to choose the course according to what you want to pursue best and have your documents processed ahead of time so you get a sure slot.

My sister J who’s studying in a state university here in Manila learned yesterday that she had to shift to a different course because she failed to pass the qualifying exams. Apparently, Accountancy (her course) has a quota to live up to its competitive standards. Qualifying exams are then given to the students at the end of each academic year to determine who will make it to the quota.

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