I don’t know how to start this journal not only because I can’t think of something to write about the topic above but also I don’t know what to do first-- my portfolio, my presentation, or to review for the upcoming pre-board exam? How great is this life. Anyway let us proceed.

Community linkages. What about that?

A school is a community and outside the school is another community. When both of the communities relate with each other, there we have a link and who makes that possible? Of course, teachers make that happen. They are the

frontrunners of all possible transactions for the improvement of both communities. They talk a lot inside and outside the school. It’s the only profession I think that your house becomes an extension of the school.

They are seen by the students, the parents of the students and the common tao as a respectable entity and with that, we can say that teachers have high social status. As a matter of fact, if social status is the basis of the list of richest men on earth then I think a teacher will make it to the cover

of the Forbes’s magazine. Unfortunately it’s not. We are so underappreciated when it comes to economic status. Service oriented? - I say yes! And isn’t it, that the more that a job is service

oriented then we should receive what is due to us. Should a Senator push that motion in the congress and be able to legalize it, I’ll do whatever I can to campaign him

for President. On the other hand, let’s talk

about voluntarism. After this week, I had completed my Field Study seven. Practice teaching is over. Basically,

FS7 is not all about practice teaching. It is also taking part of some of the

MY REFLECTIVE JOURNAL

Cagayan State COLLEGE OF TEACHER Andrews University EDUCATION

Campus

“Community Linkages and Voluntarism”

activities/programs and do some favors for the school. So what were my contributions to TCSHS?

Together with my companion, Gelmarie, I was able to help clean the laboratory and fix the chemicals there. We also segregated the plants in the

vegetable and herbal gardens and I think the most especial thing that I’ve done is when I danced during their Christmas program. Take a look at some of the pictures at the center. So for now, this is the least I can say. So long.