Due to the fact that we still don’t have regular classes, I went to my alma mater back in high school, OLOPSC. It’s been more than 7 years since the last time I went there. The nostalgic feeling came to me and I remember my high school days. I am just an average kid back then, often mocked and bullied by my classmates and schoolmates, physically, mentally and emotionally. Scars of my past sink in to me when I set foot on my school again. First, I talked to our former 4th year guidance counselor, Mrs. Soriano, she is now the guidance counselor in elementary. We talked for a while, she asked me how I am, if I am already graduate in college, and how I am today. I told her I didn’t yet graduate because I stopped for more than a year due to a surgery and some other things. Then we talked about my life, I said that as of now I am a writer and I showed her my binder with my poems. She said that I should have instead pursued journalism. But I should finish first my course. Then I told her that I’ve written a love story, not the typical one, but a love story about girls loving each other. I explained to her that my purpose on writing that was to make other people understand that what they considered a bad relationship is not what it is, that we also deserve some respect and love for who and what we are. I told her about my relationships both in friendship and love and about the situation I am in right now. She said I should reconsider things and think about it twice so that I will not regret it later on.
After talking to her I went to the high school department to see if my adviser back in 4th year is available. Fortunately she is and my former teacher in Filipino, Mrs. Arquero called Mrs. Abelo out to talk to me. And she went out and asked me first if from which batch I am from, I answered BATCH 2004-2005 and she remembered me. She asked me how I was and if I already graduated, I said not yet, she asked why, I said I stopped for a while due to the surgery I went through back in 2009. She told me that I should finish my studies and do my best. She asked me if I am still in bad terms with my classmates who often bullied me during 4th year, I said I am not talking to them at the moment and she just smiled. Then she asked me if I am still a crybaby, I said not that much anymore because I went through a lot of things and somehow I grew stronger. She told me that I should not be oversensitive anymore because of the things that I might face, that I should be more stronger. She believes that I can be successful if I give my best. Then lastly, she asked me if there is an Alumni Homecoming I should come so that I can see my other classmates. After that I bid farewell because she was kind of busy and she said thank you for coming again to her. As I went out of my alma mater, I finally find the inner peace that I have been searching for a long time.
My adviser’s words went through my heart and soul, and until this moment she still guides me and wants me to grow more and be much stronger. Back then she always scold me, honestly, she is a strong but silent type of person. But I think she is one of my best mentors not only during my high school days but throughout my life. She is strict and quite stern, her methods is quite an intimidating one but it is effective. Maybe students might find her too strict but she only does that for her students’ sake. And I believe, that she is one of the reasons why I am able to stand up over and over again whenever things are falling apart. She gave me the answer I’ve been searching for a long time. Her words would be forever embedded into my heart. And she is my BEST TEACHER.
She uttered this words to me, and all through the time I am under her.
“FIGHT BACK IF YOU MUST, NEVER LET ANYONE STEP ON YOU, STAND UP EVERY TIME YOU FALL AND BE MORE STRONGER.”
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