Morality

     My teacher in high school once told us, one of the hardest subject to handle is Values Education. Even harder than Physics, Grammar, or Algebra. Why? If you teach a class how to find the value of X, there is a certain formula to be followed, in grammar, there are also set of rules. There will be a concrete evidence whether the students got the lesson or not. But let’s say you’re trying to integrate the value of honesty, how can we make sure that the next day, everyone will never result to any forms of dishonesty again? We won’t know for sure, but that doesn’t mean that we just stop inculcating values in teaching all in all.

     Since we are Language and Literature teachers, it’s a bit easier to integrate morals and values in our lessons, especially in the field of literature. Ms. Tamayo does a good job in this.. In fact, she’s very keen on highlighting morals and values in the topics that they cover, that sometime you would think that she’s a walking book of inspirational quotes. Well, I know that’s not the objective way of saying that a teacher is good at imparting morals and values in her lessons, but what I do see is her heart to do it. She sees the significance of it, and you will feel that it’s not just because they are required to integrate values. I think her way of imparting values actually reflects the values and morals she uphold as a teacher and as a person. Also, I like how she doesn’t sound preachy when she does it. She’s not “Oh, do this,” “You should not”. “You should”, she’s more focused on eliciting insights form the students and from there she will emphasize the values and morals that they can get by also connecting it to real life situations.